Gabe Lacques
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Gabe Lacques
@GabeLacques
Covering baseball for @USATODAYSports. Unbearably staid. "You don't get to hate it unless you love it."
เข้าร่วม Eylül 2012
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No one likes to overthink their jobs more than journalists. The goal is to give readers something to engage with. Some people like straight news; others prefer storytelling. Absolutes like this are entirely ridiculous. Write well. Hope people read. Move on
Richard Tofel@dicktofel
Long-form journalism needs to move past anecdotal ledes. This week’s Second Rough Draft newsletter open.substack.com/pub/dicktofel/…
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@KReevesCarverHS Hey coach, did you think it would work when Salami untied his shoes and told him if he didn't play a second for Oak Ridge he could go back to Carver? What a relief.
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Milton Reese, like you'd never seen him. Happy Heavenly Birthday, Nathan Cook.
Don't worry, Reese, that whole Oak Ridge things is forgiven. Now, gimme forty laps and hit the showers.
Reese: Why 40 and not 20?
Reeves: I said forgiven. Not forgotten.
Hill Street Blues Fan Group@HSBFans
Remembering Nathan Cook "Det. Virgil Brooks". Born on this date in 1950.
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@JomboyMedia Tellin you @GabeLacques, their window closed in 2024.
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Orioles pitcher Kyle Bradish probably wants a do-over here
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@kendallbaker Similarly, some columnists lost a bit off their fastball when they went the Around the Horn route, etc. It's inevitable such commitments cut into reporting/"ideation" time, though at least pods are a little more time-neutral.
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Hot take: Most sports journalists get worse at analysis when they stop writing and go full podcast/video mode.
And it makes sense why.
Writing forces you to slow down and organize your thoughts. Writing is where you pressure-test your ideas. Podcasts let you just… say stuff.
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Rest easy, Mueller She Wrote. We have the watch, and we’ll see you in Valhalla
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@BernieFratto @robmiech @FoxSportsRadio Miller had an eight-pitch AB…He couldn’t get two prime fastballs past Perdomo so he tried to land the slider, which troubled him all inning, missing three times in walking Julio Rodriguez. He had his chances. #factz?!??
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Perdomo had an eight-pitch AB... He fouled off two prime fastballs in his happy zone instead of squaring up the bat and driving the ball. He had his chances... #Facts
#WorldBaseballClassic
@foxsportsradio
MLB Scoring Changes@ScoringChanges
A side view of the final pitch from last night. Absolutely too close to take on a 3-2 count with two outs in the ninth and the tying run on base. It's closer than people think. #WBC2026
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@pamsson Oh no. That's just terrible. Just a candid and thoughtful voice on here.
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I just learned of Marcia Herold passing away. She was a breath of fresh air on Yankees Twitter with her humor, wit, and passion. We lost a great one. My condolences to her family and friends. Rest well, Marcia.
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@castrovince alas, looks like Nolan McLean's Beef isn't going to get any traction.
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Watching a guy named Nolan carving people up in Texas just feels right
Bob Nightengale@BNightengale
USA starter Nolan McLean needs just 11 pitches to strike out the side in the first inning vs. Italy
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@ByMattWeyrich Should be a good rendition of 'O, Curacao' before the game.
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Netherlands and U.S. flags flying over Orioles’ Ed Smith Stadium ahead of today’s exhibition game:
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@DavidLaurilaQA I appreciate that you can x out of it and it snaps back to normal. But I don’t think I’ll be a convert.
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If making things clumsy and unnecessarily complicated was the objective, B-Ref very much succeeded.
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Anytime I hear "señores y señoras" or any variation like we just heard from the Italian announcer in that arena, I can't help but think of Jane's Addiction "Stop"
Just me or anybody else raised on good alternative music?
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@BKSportsTalk the dude is a very handy ballplayer to have around.
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For people upset about the signing, I guess they were really big Cesar Prieto fans? Because that’s probably the opening day roster spot he’ll snag.
It’s fine. I can’t imagine having a bigger opinion on the signing than that lol
Kyle Reis, 58% Neanderthal@kyler416
I think the thing about social media and the overly connected nature of our current existence is that sometimes we feel like we have to have an opinion when we really don’t. I have no opinion about the Cardinals signing Ramon Urias other than the once and future legend of it all
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@pamsson market forces are always interesting. You wonder what Tucker might have received in a year with deeper talent available.
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@GabeLacques Career slash including Miami isn’t holding much weight. He has MVP level production as a Yankee. If he keeps that up, he’ll be evaluated on that and will deserve at least more than Cody. He may end up being the best bat in a weak FA class as well. Definitely not out of the realm.
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I’m curious about this. If his name wasn’t Jazz Chisholm Jr., what are you paying a top 3 second baseman in his prime coming off potentially back to back 30/30 seasons (you’re more than welcome to go with one)?
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@MikeDiGiovanna La Primavera de Oregano's, many are calling it.
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Former #Angels GM Bill Bavasi joined me in the way-back machine for a ride through the wacky replacement-player spring of 1995, a fantasy camp for participants, an embarrassment to coaches and executives and a gold mine of material for ball writers.
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@markasaxon Santa Cruz High had a running back in the mid-80s who was unstoppable. His name was Glen Hill. He also played baseball and eventually answered to Glenallen.
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@GabeLacques What were the dominant teams in the Santa Cruz County Athletic League back then?
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Washington #Nationals president of baseball ops Paul Toboni opened a video call with media bemoaning loss of the Post sports department and ball writers Andrew Golden, Spencer Nusbaum, Chelsea Janes and Barry Svrluga, while noting the San Francisco Chronicle's role in his youth.
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@markasaxon Bud Geracie's In The Wake Of The Week, SCCAL coverage in the Santa Cruz Sentinel, the occasional acerbic Glenn Dickey screed from up north.
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@GabeLacques I'd love to hear Gabe Lacques' journalistic influences as a lad coming of age on the shores of Monterey Bay.
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