Gordon Edes

Happy “Number 4” Day. The legendary Bobby Orr turns 7️⃣8️⃣today. Back in 1986, as part of its 20th anniversary of broadcasting Bruins hockey, TV38 put together a terrific Bobby Orr tribute feature voiced by station’s iconic host Dana Hersey. [From my mom’s VHS bin.]

The amount of institutional knowledge the DMN is losing by laying off the multiplatform desk can’t be put into words.

As far as I can tell, Nolan McLean has the most career strikeouts (57) of anyone in MLB history whose first name is Nolan. Lynn Nolan Ryan is the leader among guys whose middle name is Nolan, far ahead of Garrett Nolan Crochet.

Ken Rosenthal is the best teammate I’ve ever had. A fantastic reporter & terrific mentor. I owe so many stories to Ken, who is also a true ally for women. He constantly was checking in when I was pregnant/had a baby. He’s unafraid to investigate powerful men. He’s the best of us.

Was saddened to hear that Carl Steward died this week. . Was amused when I first told him I read his stories when moved to the East Bay when I was 12. Great guy who could drop some good one liners when you least expect it. Carl and Dave Newhouse . A very rough week

Mark Derosa is catching a LOT of heat right now. Lots of people saying he shouldn’t manage the USA team. Lots of people saying you need a big league manager running the show. As a member of the 2023 WBC team that won a silver medal, and went 2-0 (sniff) for DeRo, let me weigh in on this matter. I saw the interview where he said “tickets were punched”…. I saw it. Is it possible that he didn’t know the exact situation? Maybe. But let’s think clearly on all things people are concerned about really quick: 1. Does he need to have big league experience as a manager to manage the team? The short answer to this is NO. He managed in 23 and knew the format. He knew how the roster needed to be constructed. He knew how teams would be calling and basically telling him how he could use their guys. All teams do it. All teams have parameters on their players. I’d argue he knew this particular system better than the normal manager. Side note…he’s surrounded by big league managers in Freddi Gonzalez and David Ross. Also, Dino Ebel is widely respected as one of the best baseball men and coaches on the planet. Side note 2…. As a teammate of his and player of his, I can honestly say he is one of the best ever at bringing people together and in this format the team has to become a team quickly. Nobody better for that. 2. Did he really not know the exact situation? As stated before, he’s surrounded by staff and USA people. Surrounded by media asking questions all day long. Are we really to think that nobody had given him the tea? Please. I believe he misspoke. He would have known the night before that interview all the scenarios. 3. How could he sit Bregs, Bux, Turang, and Harp? Replaced by PCA (2 home runs and top 10 MVP), Gunnar Henderson (homerun and top 2 MVP in 2024), Ernie Clement (single and just set records in the postseason), Paul Goldschmidt (single and 2022 MVP). They hit. The fact is they gave up 8 runs. The team they gave up 8 runs to is hotter than fire and scored another 9 last night. I wanted them to win that game as much as you did, but sometimes you lose. Let’s just for a second say that DeRo didn’t know the situation. Then the entire staff, hoard of reporters, all the roster… they didn’t know either? It’s hard to get behind that theory. Whoever is still locked in on him being incompetent though, you keeping that same energy if the USA wins and then all the sudden he’s a silver and gold medal winning manager?

Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni mentioned Italy’s World Baseball Classic win over the USA in her speech to the Italian Parliament

For many, baseball was the bridge from Italian immigrants to Italian Americans, a bridge built by Joe DiMaggio. To see this team of mostly Italian Americans, not chosen for team USA, pull off this upset brings such a heartwarming joy for us Italian Americans who love baseball.

Look who I found 🇩🇴🇧🇷