David Aardsma

@TheBackPage 5.5 Good at times, entertaining at times, confusing at times

Ok. How are we grading the World Cup Halftime show?

The US needs to host the WC again in 2038 and just to flex not use a single stadium we used in this WC.

Love it!!!!

How difficult do you think it is as a World Cup announcer to talk about an “injured” player as if he really is injured? #WorldCup #ArgentinaVsEspaña

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Ryan, I know your a young guy just getting his career started. But this is absolutely normal across almost all of baseball. Some managers don’t but it’s all based on how good they are at BP, their coaches, and the managers responsibilities that day. Keep working my man

@JimBowdenGM @KingJames Over the last 15 years 9 different NBA teams have won the Championship. Over the last 15 years 10 different MLB teams have won the World Series. That reasoning is stupid.

WNBA players to ever score 40+ points with 10 assists: 1. Caitlin Clark That’s the list… Not bad for the 11th best guard in the league 😏

@tomdoyo @8_Maxx @MLBONFOX For those pitches in particular. Say, one pitching in a pitchers arsenal that’s “missing” more. See how often they hit a particular location. If it’s a cb, how often are they x amount off from the original glove location consistently. Then you can calculate it better.

@8_Maxx @MLBONFOX Yeah definitely. It's a huge problem I haven't solved yet, any ideas?

I spent 100s of hours grinding out manual labels this summer so that we can measure command! How? By measuring the distance between the catcher's target VS where the ball landed. There's more to come, but here's 10 pitches from the All-Star Game: (📽 @MLBONFOX)

Yes. That is correct. He lost to Shohei Ohtani who had, quite literally, the greatest game of baseball ever played. 10 Ks on the mound 3 HRs at the plate Probably the greatest single game performance from any athlete in any game ever.

I see I’ve accidentally upset the NBA world with this tweet. I’m sorry. There’s not a world where an 83 point game in basketball (36 via FREE throws) is a better performance than 10Ks and 3 HRs by the SAME PLAYER. NOT. A. WORLD. No discredit to Bam though. GG for sure.

🚨 BREAKING: Notre Dame Head Coach Marcus Freeman has reportedly urged either England or France to withdraw from the World Cup Third Place Match. “This is something we do at Notre Dame. If the game doesn’t go our way, we simply opt out. I’d rather be called chicken than get embarrassed in a game that doesn’t mean as much.”

Telegrams… Love it.

Credit to baseball. They fixed the Home Run Derby.

@DanClarkSports Dan. Stop using my name farming for engagement. I know it’s what you do. So here’s your engagement. We’ve never met. You don’t know me. It’s weird I bother you so much. You’re an adult. Act like it. Run away and block me once again and leave it for good. Please. Thank you.

Fantasy Football punishment up live NOW instagram.com/newyorkcitywin…

@CJNitkowski Did you make that?

Game #92

Rays release newest ballpark renderings. Via: Populous

High school players… swing your BBCOR -3. Be ready for college. The new bat rule that was just approved is one of the most out-of-touch decisions I’ve seen in a long time. It feels like it was made by people who know nothing about H.S. Baseball.