Heck of a run by Taylor Townsend at the US Open. She’s easy to root for.
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Heck of a run by Taylor Townsend at the US Open. She’s easy to root for.
We’ll always have last night’s ghoulish jokes & someday, hopefully soon, we will get to celebrate his death. And it will be glorious.
Me & 85% of my fellow San Franciscans are at your service
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That’s how you know he’s not the second coming of Tim Lincecum. Timmy never had this run support.
My family group chat in an absolute meltdown. Just terrible news.
Also wrote to Senators Padilla and Schiff asking that they demand Kennedy resign. It doesn't get more life and death than what Kennedy is doing to American public health right now. He is a conspiracy theorist, grossly incompetent and a present danger to the country.
Agree. I wrote to my Congresswoman, Nancy Pelosi, today to demand that Democrats introduce articles of impeachment and get behind a pressure campaign to force Kennedy to resign.
Giants finally getting back at the Cubs for the 1998 Wild Card tiebreaker game.
Nice to see the Giants finally playing great defense.
45-year-old Venus Williams about to serve for the 2nd set at the US Open. She is giving Karolina Muchova a real fight. Get to ESPN if you can.
I mean look at these guys. Pritzker on the left. Platt on the right.
A small but added benefit of JB Pritzker being a powerful anti--Trump figure (and maybe the Democratic nominee for Prez in 2028) is that we already know that Oliver Platt will play Pritzker in the movies.
Senator Dick Durbin the background seems genuinely confused that a Democrat can speak up so forcefully against Trump
Pritzker: This is not about fighting crime. This is about the President and his complicit lackey, Stephen Miller, searching for ways to lay the groundwork to circumvent our democracy, militarize our cities, and end elections.
Also, look at Senator Dick Dubin in the background, right side. He seems bewildered that a Democrat can speak so forcefully against Trump and Republicans.
Pritzker has been standing up to Trump since Day 1. No playing footsie with right-wing, anti-trans podcasters. Pritzker's been doing the work to keep his state safe, building coalitions among blue state governors & speaking clearly about the dangers we face.
The corruption of the US Supreme Court has arguably been the most serious single contributor to the US's transformation into autocracy
Hakeem Jeffries, standing in front of a wall: “These so-called ‘military death squads’ and ‘Trump Tribunals’ are just a distraction from
Words/phrases Democrats should never use: * bipartisan * my Republican friends * real, valid, legitimate, serious, important (to describe issue raised by Republicans) * yea (when voting on Republican bills) * distraction (to describe bad thing Republicans did) * woke (in derogatory sense)
I don't like Gavin Newsom any more than you do. But he is the public face of California's plan to combat Trump's effort to steal the House in 2026 with mid-decade redistricting that will gerrymander Dems into oblivion. So, give a few bucks if you can. secure.actblue.com/donate/erra-...
The Rachel Incident by Caroline O’Donohue (I’m deep in a phase of reading Irish women authors)
I don't like Gavin Newsom any more than you do. But he is the public face of California's plan to combat Trump's effort to steal the House in 2026 with mid-decade redistricting that will gerrymander Dems into oblivion. So, give a few bucks if you can. secure.actblue.com/donate/erra-...
An utter disgrace to the country and the profession.
Lead off home runs: good Swinging at the 1st pitch after the pitcher’s walked 2 in the inning: bad
It is mind blowing to hear Democratic politicians talking about the president sending the military into American cities as a “distraction.” Actually you are all now one degree away from being violently removed from power. The fact that this may not happen does not erase the fact that it may happen.
Which is less believable— 3 Giants home runs in the 1st or the reversal of the Padres home run? 😂😂
This is great news! Congrats to you and Pro Publica!
Melvin looks like he’s going through the motions of managing. If he doesn’t want to try to win, he should quit.
The Giants’ putrid offense can’t string hits together to score runs & yet Melvin does nothing to create runs. 1st & 3rd innings, Giants had runner on 2nd/no outs. No bunts. No groundouts to the right side. Just hoping for a hit with RISP that never comes.
That’s literally all he does now.
Incredible times that a former GWB aide & longtime conservative pundit can see so clearly how inept national Democrats are & the Democrats themselves can’t. Absolute failures.
Statistically, it’s hard to get your mind wrapped around the Giants’ ineptitude. Like, just playing average baseball will result in wins once in a while. This is something else entirely.
Hey @productiveouts.bsky.social — what kind of sorcery is going on at Oracle Park with the 3 players in the game with the last name Seymour?
Can’t believe FX brought The Americans back for Season 7.
Oh now you’re skeeting about the Giants??
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Listen Dem Governors: You should all be saying this. Loudly. Every day. bsky.app/profile/atru...
I’m so tired of his smarmy unctuousness, but thank goodness Governor Newsom is fighting fire with fire on Trump’s gerrymandering grab. Every Democratic governor must join this effort or get out of the way.
Did you know that the Founders were so vehemently against having a standing army that might do what Comer is calling for that they explicitly wrote into the Constitution that Congress has to reauthorize the existence of the Army every two years or the entire thing has to disband?
Logan O’Hoppe: American Hero
hey sad Giants fans may I introduce you to another Bay Area summer sports team that is playing well and play down the street from Oracle Park, they are called the Valkyries
This is the most pathetic and cringe-inducing stretch of baseball by the @sfgiants.com at Pac Bell/SBC/AT&T/Oracle Park since it opened in 2000. Embarrassing.
Again, this isn't all Bob Melvin's fault. Or the hitting coach. Or defensive coaches. But together, there is a massive failure going on. And people have to be held accountable.
I'm seeing that show in NorCal next week
This is the most pathetic and cringe-inducing stretch of baseball by the @sfgiants.com at Pac Bell/SBC/AT&T/Oracle Park since it opened in 2000. Embarrassing.
Angels had a walk off walk over the Dodgers nullified by this nonsense strike call on a 3-0 count.
Exactly
Inject this Dodgers base running baffoonery into my veins.
Embarrassing at-bats. Up & down the lineup.
That misplay on Machado’s pop up. That’s happening over & over again. At some point, the manager is accountable.
I think I agree with @gggiants.bsky.social here. Giants players & coaches can’t explain why the team is so bad now. That’s a problem for the manager, who Buster should consider replacing. www.sfgate.com/giants/artic...
The Brewers are making Paul Skenes look like a good—but not untouchable—starting pitcher. Brewers are for real.
the thing everyone is going to have to accept is that the post-trump period, whenever it comes, will not and cannot be a project of national unity, it must be a project of partisan project of renewal, in the same way that reconstruction and the new deal were partisan projects of renewal.
Amazing that the people Shohei Ohtani hired to protect him and his financial interests all end up taking advantage of him. He's either the most gullible superstar on earth or something else is going on. www.sfgate.com/sports/artic...
I'm Jewish and I think about antisemitism all the time. I can't tell you how fucking weird it is that Homeland Security posting literal neo-Nazi propaganda generates less discussion about the threat to Jews than a mayoral candidate who believes Palestinians are human beings.
there’s something wild about all of these conservative white men who would, to a man, proclaim themselves to be defenders of masculinity, going on television and loudly declaring that they’re terrified of leaving their offices and homes every night
As someone who has lived my whole adult life in cities deemed “dangerous”—NYC, NOLA, and SF—I think a lot about how dense cities require patience, calm, and tolerance in the midst of social difference, which are of course exactly the civic virtues that the right resents being told to cultivate.
Why is Patrick Bailey—a catcher—so bad at recognizing pitches when he’s a hitter?
The military takeover of Washington is not a “distraction” from Epstein. It’s a military takeover of Washington, which is an even bigger deal, and those of us who kill brain cells reporting on this stuff knows it’s been an explicit goal since before the election.
Let’s be clear about what’s happening. Violent crime in DC is at a 30-year low. There is no emergency. This is a test run. If the courts, Congress, and the rest of us let him get away with this, he’ll do it in every city that doesn’t capitulate to him. www.nytimes.com/live/2025/08...
The Mets are really, really collapsing
The Mets are collapsing and the Reds are driving a train through that opening. The Giants? Well, it's hard to get on a streak when you only have two healthy, reliable starting pitchers.
Also, Verlander just gave up 4 runs to Nationals so yeah.
Justin Verlander just recorded his 3,500th strikeout by striking out the side. Granted, it was the Nationals, but it still counts.
That is rough!
Sunny & 72 today.
I haven’t seen the Giants win a game at home all season. 0-5.
@nowiknow.com here you go
🎵🎵 California Dreaming 🎵🎵
I had to switch to Brooks bc my toes would push thru the New Balance mesh. It's a common NB problem. But I miss them
An onslaught of bad news for the rule of law over the past few hours as President Trump’s retribution scheme comes into ever-sharper focus: talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/bruta...
Awesome story, Baggs.
1 of these guys has supported LGBTQ people, clean energy, public transportation, & fundraised for Dems in purple districts. The other is universally called “a class act ™️😌” by baseball writers.
Farthest I've been: N: Denali National Park, Alaska (63°N) E: Rotorua, New Zealand (176°E) S: Queenstown (45°S) W: Honolulu, Hawaii (158°W)
Dom Smith #ForeverGiant
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I missed the first inning. Why didn’t Ramos tag up & score on Chapman’s fly ball to right field. Was this another baserunning blunder? #SFGiants
I used to write for Fangraphs so I’m pretty good at finding the meaningful stats (at least the stats I think are meaningful).
I got some pushback on this view yesterday, so let's look at the numbers. Bivens has the lowest WPA (Win Probability Added) in the Giants' bullpen at -0.71. He's also had 10 meltdown innings, 2nd only to Ryan Walker. But Walker has 19 shutdown innings. Bivens has 6. www.fangraphs.com/leaders/majo...
Every reputable expert I know considers mRNA vaccine technology to be one of the most revolutionary advances in medicine in our lifetimes. Its inventors won the Nobel Prize in 2023. Shutting it down now is pointless self-harm to humanity.
Christian Koss’s 2-run HR will now be known as Logan’s Run(s).
Trump says undocumented immigrants do farm work "naturally" because "they don't get a bad back." Mississippi's Declaration of Secession similarly said slavery must be protected because "by an impervious law of nature, none but the black race can bear exposure to the tropical sun."
LOL Yankees
No. Bivens has 4 months worth of stats. I think that’s more indicative of his effectiveness or lack thereof
That’s why I said regulars. I thought leaving Seymour in for 2 was a mistake
They are not regulars. Haven’t been in the majors all season.
Bivens has the highest FIP & ERA among bullpen regulars.
Lucchesi moving up my trust chart.
Bivens is a disaster waiting to happen every time he pitches. I liked taking him out vs. McCutcheon. Who could’ve gotten that out? It’s a lot of not great choices right now.
Defensive indifference
0-4 against the Pirates. Embarrassing.
It’s not defensive when it takes away the possible DP. Which that might have been on that last play. Goodness gracious.
Putting Spencer Bivens into a 1-run game is managerial malpractice.
The "parasitic (online Democratic fundraising) ecosystem could not thrive without the tacit approval of the Democratic establishment. The relationship between the Mothership network and the official party is not adversarial; it is deeply symbiotic." Simply a must read from @adambonica.bsky.social
Giants might’ve doubled their season run differential in this game. 😂😊
Yes. It’s beautiful today.