Chris Volinsky

Volpe fans rn:

@LucyStats Incredible.

I miss the old days of reading box scores and stats in the paper, so I vibe-coded my own version. It's informed by sabermetrics but still focused on the basics. Just built it for me, but if you're interested: dastudes.github.io/daily/index.ht…

best thing Ive seen in a long time

Crazy design choice by the BJs. Shouldnt your banner say AL CHAMPION in big font, not the div title??? Canadians still quirky as ever. #bluejays

@NateSilver538 Only Mark DeRosa said that

It's a war so I'm gonna be very nice and not dunk on people who 100% deserve it but honestly fuck those people who said it would all be over in a few days.

@ErnieBoy5 @NJTRANSIT The track going to Secaucus is the one they are replacing

@NJTRANSIT so why couldn't NJ Transit have the midtown direct stop at Secaucus then people can transfer to the NYC train instead of going to Hoboken to go to the city?

@CodifyBaseball The highest scrabble value in MLB history belongs to Javier Vazquez

what's an interesting baseball fact most people don't know?

@Blochead4real @LoriMajewski open.substack.com/pub/statsignif…

@LoriMajewski First things first ….. Lori is tops. That being said, when I heard her refer to REM as “classic rock” this morning I gasped. Classic rock has a very tight definition. And it doesn’t mean “old” it is music made from a specific era, with a specific fanbase.

@DannyParkins @Buster_ESPN Imagine writing a whole ass article justifying voting for Ken Anderson over Bill bellichick.

Vahe Gregorian of the KC Star just posted his column on why he didn’t vote for Bill Belichick for the Hall of Fame. amp.kansascity.com/sports/article…

Gonna use this to teach overfitting

@Blochead4real Not messing with you, I genuinely loved the Meadowlands album and then just never heard from them again. I just read the Wikipedia page but don’t understand what the heartbreaking tragedy is?? It just seems like standard band breaking up bullshit.

@statpumpkin I feel like you’re fucking with me. If you’re not … I’m sorry. You should read up on the whole tragic story of the band. It’s genuinely heartbreaking and it went on for decades. I love Charles beyond reason but it’s all very very sad.

I was recently asked “what do you mean by Flawless Taste?” This list is a good jumping off point. Stop listening to the trash you like. Trust me, it’s trash. Start with the first album and listen to all of these. You’re welcome

@HLewison @NateSilver538 Well..sacks are partially a QBs fault so I don’t think he should get extra credit

@NateSilver538 If no QB in history has won 11 or more games being sacked 50 times, then doesn't that mean that Herbert's value should be higher given historical precendence (he's at 49 sacks with two games remaining)?

Trevor Lawrence is actually kind of good now? He's moved way up on this leaderboard over his past several starts. natesilver.net/p/qbert-nfl-qu…

@TooGooden17 give him another Pulitzer

Per Source: After losing Edwin Diaz to free agency, Mets OFer Juan Soto is seriously considering an opt-out clause in his massive contract. Soto's opt-out clause can be enacted if the Mets do not maintain a 26 man roster that consists of 39% Hispanic players at any given time.

@MaqueEsquire @yasisalek Agreed! Check out my Na Na playlist : music.apple.com/us/playlist/ge…

@yasisalek we as a society have forgotten the power of the Nah Nah Nah Nah in a song

LFG youtube.com/watch?v=1D5Pty…

The TOOTBLAN game

@TRalph30 @HHSbobCotter @JoePompliano Why would the FBI pay them back? Is there where you want your tax dollars to go? I assume as part of the criminal case the criminals will have to pay - unfortunately that may take year.ls.

@HHSbobCotter @JoePompliano So does the FBI reimburse everyone who lost a bet on a game they knew was rigged? Does the NBA? Do the sportsbooks? They all knew they were offering odds to innocent people on games that were being rigged for nearly 3 years. That’s a fair bit of interest $, in addition to bets.

The FBI is holding a press conference right now on the details around this morning's sports gambling bust. Here are some of the highlights: 1. Current and former NBA players and coaches Chauncey Billups, Terry Rozier, and Damon Jones have been arrested. 2. This was an illegal gambling and sports rigging operation that spanned years across 11 states. In total, 30 individuals have been arrested (13 mafia members). 3. The case involves La Cosa Nostra (the Italian mafia). 4. Charges include illegal gambling, wire fraud, and extortion. 5. There are two separate indictments. The first involves six defendants accused of participating in a sports corruption scheme that exploited insider information involving NBA players and teams. The defendants leveraged their connections to place prop bets based on confidential insider information, winning tens of thousands of dollars per bet. The second indictment involves 31 defendants charged with participating in a nationwide scheme to rig illegal poker games. The FBI says they used high-tech cheating technology to steal millions of dollars from victims in underground poker games that were secretly fixed. 6. The two cases are separate, but there are three overlapping defendants, including former NBA player and coach Damon Jones. 7. The FBI says that NBA player Terry Rozier told the defendants that he was going to leave a game early on March 23, 2023, with an injury. The defendants then placed more than $200,000 of wagers on the unders for his prop bets, with Rozier leaving the game after nine minutes. Those bets paid out tens of thousands of dollars in profits, and the defendants and Rozier counted the money at his house. 8 The FBI says that former Raptors player Jontay Porter was threatened to participate in the sports gambling scheme because of his gambling debts. 9. Teams that were bet on during the sports gambling scheme include the Charlotte Hornets, Portland Trail Blazers, Los Angeles Lakers, and the Toronto Raptors. 10. The rigged poker games occurred in the Hamptons, Miami, Las Vegas, and Manhattan. 11. The poker scheme targeted victims who were lured to participate in rigged poker games by the chance to play alongside former professional athletes. These athletes included Chauncey Billups and Damon Jones. 12. The FBI says that the defendants utilized altered shuffling machines to read the cards in the deck and then relayed that information to an off-site operator. The offsite operator — known as the "quarterback" — then sent that information to someone at the table. 13. The FBI also says that the defendants utilized other cheating technologies, including poker chip trays that read cards through hidden cameras, special contact lenses and glasses that could read marked cards, and x-ray poker tables that could read cards face down. 14. The FBI says that the defendants robbed a victim at gunpoint to acquire a rigged shuffling machine. 15. The sports gambling investigation is called "Operation Nothing But Net," while the poker investigation is called "Operation Royal Flush." 16. The FBI has been working on this investigation for four years, with victims losing at least $7 million. 17. One specific victim lost at least $1.8 million. 18. The FBI reviewed thousands of hours of video evidence and executed more than two dozen search warrants. These are just accusations at this point. I am just pointing out details from the FBI's investigation. For more updates, join 135,000 others who read my 3x weekly newsletter: huddleup.substack.com

@JayCuda Wasn’t IKF with Pittsburgh?

career history of the likely world series starters

@SawyerMerritt @wholemars I tried it and loved it but pricetag too high for something I don’t need. Price would have to come down 75% for me to consider it. Why not bundle with Connectivity??

This number is going to explode higher in the next 12-18 months. I already feel I can't live without FSD. I imagine many others will soon feel the same as it gets better and better. Still, so many owners don't even know what they're missing because they haven't even tried FSD!