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@NickFrancona

Nick Francona

4 years

I wrote an op-ed for @GQMagazine on the @Indians name change and the real underlying issues. Please check it out. “Quietly doing away with the name is the easy way out.” Special thank you to GQ’s awesome editor @chrisgayomali and also @JackPMoore .

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The Cleveland Indians Need to Do More Than Change the Team's Name

Few people have closer ties to the organization than Nick Francona (whose father is the team's manager). Here, he argues that a long-overdue rebrand is just the start.

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@NickFrancona

Nick Francona

3 years

How much did America lose its collective mind after 9/11? Annie Leibovitz photographed George W. Bush’s national security team for the cover of Vanity Fair.

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Notice the difference in talking about a 21-year-old white college player and a 17-year-old from the Dominican Republic, on the same topic of on-field celebrations, literally two days apart.

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In the summer of 2011, I was deployed to Afghanistan. We received mail every few weeks, mostly care packages from family & friends. One day, the pile of mail included a letter that stood out, from the campaign HQ of @MittRomney in Boston...(thread)

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The tone quickly changed. One of the Marines quietly said, “That’s pretty cool.” I agreed. @MittRomney won a few admirers that day who had been cursing his name just seconds before. It was a thoughtful gesture that meant a lot to me at the time and one I’ll always remember.

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This isn’t easy, but it needs to be said. Here is my statement:

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Britt Ghiroli

3 years

Worst-kept secret: More women come forward, additional details emerge about Mickey Callaway’s lewd behavior and how it permeated the workplace. Story with @KatieJStrang & @Ken_Rosenthal :

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Here’s my @USMC sniper platoon in Afghanistan. We had quite a few people you would call “third-world migrants.” Others would call them United States Marines. I call them my brothers.

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Most third-world migrants can not assimilate into civil societies. Prove me wrong.

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The note, dated 6/21/11, read: Nick, I admire your dad for all he’s done to bring baseball championships to Boston, but your service in Afghanistan as a Marine makes you the hero in the Francona family. Thank you for your service. Best wishes, Mitt Romney

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Nick Francona

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Beta punctuation, bro.

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3 years

Classic

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2 years

If Andrew Yang succeeds in ending the two-party system it won’t be because he created a viable third party alternative, but because he aided the authoritarian movement in its quest for a single-party system.

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Translation: MLB leaks to media that owners agreed to a plan that was not done in collaboration with MLBPA, so they can get headlines just like this one, in the hope people will blame the players if they don’t accept further salary cuts in addition to the ones already negotiated.

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MLB owners approve plan to start season around Fourth of July weekend

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If cops are “warriors,” who are they at war with? Go on, say the rest of it out loud.

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Robert Murray

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Cleveland reliever James Karinchak launched his Whiffs for Warriors campaign today. He is donating $50 for every strikeout he picks up this year to the Cleveland Police Foundation. Fans can donate as well.

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It’s weird that it’s always the softest motherfuckers who are whining the loudest about the “decline of masculinity” and “feminization.”

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Nick Francona

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Buster Olney on Sep 2: “Cohen must take drastic action to clean up Mets’ mess.” A month later, Mets fire GM who is facing a DUI charge. Buster Olney: No, no. Not like that.

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Remember that whole narrative from some folks about Eddie Gallagher being the ultimate warrior? Well, they left out the part where he accidentally stabbed himself with a hatchet and tried to get a Purple Heart. From “Alpha” by @David_Philipps :

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Nick Francona

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Combat is simple and easy when you approach it with the mindset of a West Point reject who never served a day in his life.

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MLB players’ “personal opinion” about the efficacy of vaccines should carry about as much weight as Dr. Fauci’s “personal opinion” on proper pitching mechanics.

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Nick Francona

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I can’t believe MLB teams will go into February not knowing whether or not there will be a universal DH for the upcoming season. That seems like a big deal.

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Nick Francona

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Well, he should’ve dealt with it privately then. That’s on him. I tried.

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Hayden Grove

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Terry Francona on @NickFrancona 's tweet: "I love all my kids unconditionally... That's a very difficult thing to see. To deal with it publicly is hurtful." #Indians

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It’s not uncommon to see rounds of tributes when an accomplished athlete passes away. But it’s impossible to not be taken back by the level of deep and genuine affection for Tom Seaver across generations of Mets fans. Mets fans are a special bunch.

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Nick Francona

3 years

A three part story that perfectly captures the essence of Nate Silver.

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Nick Francona

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The irony is that players like Alec Mills will no longer have a shot of playing professional baseball if MLB gets its way.

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Don't stop believin'.

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A lot of people insisting that getting the vaccine is a personal choice actually mean that they want it to be a personal choice free of any consequences. Those are not the same thing.

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Nick Francona

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Whether it’s eliminating minor league teams or MLB’s recent proposal for a 48-game season, Rob Manfred seems to always want less baseball.

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Nick Francona

3 years

The @USArmy was segregated until after WWII, you fucking moron.

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Lauren Boebert

3 years

When our American troops stormed the beaches at Normandy, they didn’t care about color, creed or politics. They cared about doing the right thing for their nation! Their sacrifices are why we have the world as we know it. Always remember, we owe them everything. #DDay

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Nick Francona

4 years

The vibe on Mets Twitter right now

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Nick Francona

3 years

Robinhood sucks. But let’s be honest, you don’t have the best taste when it comes to Mets’ owners.

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The @Mets just became the most hated team in the world. Should have sold to @arod

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Nick Francona

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David Petraeus, the most prominent general of the 9/11 era, was the architect of failed strategies, misled the public, and leaked classified info to his side piece. He was rewarded with a cushy private equity job. I have serious doubts we will learn anything from this fiasco.

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Nick Francona

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When MLB introduced expanded replay in 2014, being the replay monitor during games became part of my job with the @Angels . From the outset, Mike Scioscia made it clear there would be zero tolerance for any nonsense and it was on me to ensure it didn’t happen. Pretty simple.

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A few days ago I said that Zach Plesac should sit in timeout and shut the f*ck up until he can demonstrate he isn’t an oxygen thief. That still stands.

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Nick Francona

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You go do your fundraisers in the Hamptons and act like a fraud and let the veterans who care about things like honor and commitment work to help those who stood alongside us.

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Rooting for Aubrey Huff to not be racist for five minutes so he can be invited to an old timer’s game and get drilled by CC Sabathia, proceed to charge the mound, and get his ass kicked all over the field.

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“How should I describe my role in the coup on my LinkedIn profile?”

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I think I found the @astros apology playbook.

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Nick Francona

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Curt Schilling bragging about calling the police because a young woman (whom he called “sweetheart” and “darling”) said he had to wear a mask is about as on-brand as it gets. Curt fashions himself a patriot, but he’s really just a menace to society.

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Equating criticism with contempt is a flaw of the shallow and a trick of the malicious. James Baldwin put it best: “I love America more than any other country in the world and, exactly for this reason, I insist on the right to criticize her perpetually”

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A young Lance Corporal from Arkansas with a heavy southern accent, exclaimed, “The balls on this guy!” I couldn’t really argue, and said that it did come off as rather patrician. *note: Using words like patrician around Marine grunts makes you sound like, well, a patrician.

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Nick Francona

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How @Cardinals see themselves vs. how others see them.

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If you’re a sports media person who has spent years passing along lies and PR spin from owners and front offices without a hint of scrutiny, you don’t get to complain about Francisco Lindor telling a story about a rat and a raccoon.

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Nick Francona

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I fought the Taliban in Afghanistan. This is how they talk. You don’t want to be like the Taliban.

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Fox contributor: "Law enforcement officers are ministers of God sent to punish evildoers and to resist law enforcement is to resist God himself"

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Nick Francona

3 years

Not getting laid in college because you’re a fascist is not a civil rights problem.

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Political Discrimination as Civil-Rights Struggle, my latest on why a hands-off approach to regulating organizations just clears the way for progressive illiberalism

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There’s nothing this guy can’t do.

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I did. And I’m blacklisted from baseball while Gabe Kapler is on his second managing job. So there’s that.

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More proof of why the game needs more people like Mike Fiers. Until people go on the record, it’s all speculation, it blends into the malaise. It’s easy to be unaware of suspicions surrounding the Astros — as an MLB GM just indicated. Fiers speaking out elevated this matter.

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The mail was almost always standard USPS care package boxes, so this envelope caught the attention of the Marine passing it out, leading him to ask, “Sir, do you know Mitt Romney?” I said I may have met him in passing at a Sox game, but if I didn’t remember he surely wouldn’t.

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A couple Marines said they’d remember his name so they would make sure to not vote for that guy. With a few of the Marines standing over my shoulder, I opened the envelope to find a short hand-written note from @MittRomney .

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We assumed it was just campaign marketing material soliciting a donation. The idea of being hit up for political donations at our austere patrol base didn’t sit too well with some of the Marines, and there were a handful of barbs about Romney being an out of touch rich guy.

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I can think of a worse one...

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The Athletic MLB

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Is Albert Pujols' contract the worst in MLB history? @Ken_Rosenthal discusses ⤵️

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"if this can happen to the former president's lawyer, this can happen to any American" That is, in fact, the whole idea behind a nation of laws, @AndrewHGiuliani .

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John Harwood

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Andrew Giuliani on federal agent raid of his father's home and office: "disgusting" "absolutely absurd" "if this can happen to the former president's lawyer, this can happen to any American"

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Nick Francona

3 years

The fact that there is confusion about whether or not there will be a universal DH in MLB for the upcoming season is a reflection of how bad the commissioner is at doing commissioner things.

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Nick Francona

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Definition of bad faith: Use taxpayer $ to renovate facilities then not allow minor league players to use them because they need to be reminded of the “status they’re working to earn”, while simultaneously citing poor facilities as a reason for minor league contraction.

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The most striking part of the Mets' $57 million spring training renovation may be the home clubhouse. The Mets are only using it for Spring Training, not for the St. Lucie regular season, to give minor leaguers a reminder of the status they're working to earn.

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Nick Francona

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When trying to not spread disease is “communist” but frequent mass shootings and seditious attempts to overturn elections are “freedom and liberty.”

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Kelly Townsend

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Seen in Communist China today. Oops, I mean Arizona.

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Nick Francona

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A-Rod lecturing about playing the game the right way is like Bernie Madoff discussing the importance of SEC regulations and financial transparency.

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Nick Francona

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Also Kyle Farnsworth:

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Kyle Farnsworth

@24_7Farnsworth

3 years

So I just saw that a MLB player didn’t play today because of general soreness. Are you kidding me. It’s September. Everyone is sore. If you can’t play through soreness, you shouldn’t be playing the sport. SMH!

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Nick Francona

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Luis Guillorme’s tag at 3B and his 3-2 take in the 9th inning are as good as it gets.

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Nick Francona

3 years

There is nothing that Curt Schilling has done in the last month that is out of character. If you’re surprised by his support of the insurrection, you haven’t been paying attention.

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Source: Numerous National Baseball HOF voters have reached out to the Hall hoping to amend their ballots, removing their votes for Curt Schilling after he supported the seditious acts in Washington D.C. 2 weeks ago. HOF officials are concerned about the precedent this could set.

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Nick Francona

4 years

Glad you asked. Imagine a hypothetical scenario with a commissioner who didn’t actively antagonize players and their union. Let’s call him Adam Silver. He would focus on actually partnering with players to solve problems rather than ensuring players get blamed for the problems.

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Why shouldn't the Owners leak it out? All the owners agreed. Now its up to the mlbpa to join together to bring a sport back this country needs. @MLB_PLAYERS gey it done!

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Nick Francona

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I hate when I go to a grocery store in America and forget to bring a £10 note.

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@NickFrancona

Nick Francona

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Hi Belle, I’ll tell you what I told my dad. How many more women need to turn away from baseball or quit their jobs because people act like jerks? It’s sad that this is even necessary, but if it’s the cost of making things better, so be it.

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Who hurt you @NickFrancona airing your family's dirty laundry is beyond the pale. Get some help for your daddy issues. #AttentionSeeker

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Nick Francona

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Suspending Aubrey Huff from Twitter isn’t censorship or a violation of the 1st Amendment. It’s more like kicking someone out of your house because they took a shit in the middle of your carpet.

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Nick Francona

3 years

This photo is years old and is from an event called Walk a Mile in Her Shoes to raise awareness about sexual assault. Jack Posobiec lost his security clearance and was relegated to being his unit’s urinalysis coordinator, or, in military parlance, “the pecker checker.”

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This is your US military

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Or the part where he told his team an area was clear when it wasn’t and someone immediately got shot. And he wouldn’t call in a casevac because he lied about the unit’s location and didn’t want to get in trouble, and told the dude who got shot to lie about it, too. Good stuff.

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Nick Francona

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@nectorall @itsceejay6 Yes. She is dumb.

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Nick Francona

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Our country’s indulgent approach to white collar crime has become dangerously engrained culturally, legally, and politically. If your sense of justice stops at your wealthy buddies, you’re every bit the fraud that she is, @CoryBooker .

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Sen. Cory Booker Sends Letter in Support of Theranos Fraudster and 'Friend' Elizabeth Holmes,...

Sen. Cory Booker has turned his criminal justice reform efforts to convicted fraudster Elizabeth Holmes, asking a federal judge to give his "friend," the Theranos founder, a “fair and just sentence.”

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Nick Francona

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Can’t be swinging at 3-0 pitches and depriving fans of the thing they cherish most: seeing a hitter work a walk against a position player throwing 47 mph in a blowout.

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Nick Francona

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Major League Baseball really needs to unfuck itself on so many levels but sorely lacks the leadership to make it happen.

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Nick Francona

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@go_ACC_ @SlaterNFL “Shaming” = “challenging my worldview”

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Nick Francona

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He’s more diplomatic than I am.

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Terry Francona on Zach Plesac's Instagram video: "I was disappointed."

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Nick Francona

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If a baseball writer wants to disqualify a player from the HOF for PED use, that’s fine. But the corollary should be that any writer who covered the sport during the PED era and turned a blind eye (nearly all of them) is disqualified for JG Taylor Spink Award.

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Nick Francona

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Prince Harry served ten years in the British Army and did two tours in Afghanistan. Charlie Kirk is a candy ass punk.

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Jason S. Campbell

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Charlie Kirk says Meghan Markle is "making it up like Jussie Smollett" and calls Prince Harry a "metrosexual beta male"

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Nick Francona

4 years

Looking forward to Aubrey Huff getting the Lenny Dysktra treatment, where a judge rules that his reputation “is already so tarnished that it cannot be further injured by the reference.”

@aubrey_huff

Aubrey Huff

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Hey @STR0 . You have publicly assasinated my character. I’m coming after you legally. It’s high time people like you get made an example of. @mlb .

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Nick Francona

4 years

More accurately: A pandemic gave Rob Manfred the cover to do what he and the owners had already set in motion long before.

@JeffPassan

Jeff Passan

4 years

Across baseball, hundreds of minor league players were cut today and lost their jobs, sources tell ESPN. Hundreds more will be released over the next week. In the end, upward of 1,000 players could see their baseball careers end. The minor leagues have simply been devastated.

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Nick Francona

3 years

Translation: [with all the sarcasm one can muster] Thanks a lot Brodie.

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Steven Cohen

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Hey , Give the Padres credit. They had a top 5 farm system that gave them flexibility to trade for Snell. Newsflash, the Mets farm system needs to be replenished .

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Nick Francona

4 years

I believe that Fred Wilpon wanted the Mets to win. But not badly enough to put anyone other than his degenerate son in charge of the team.

@JonHeyman

Jon Heyman

4 years

Fred Wilpon is often a gracious man. He’s also quite competitive. He badly wanted to win, and we’ll never know how much Madoff affected his chances to accomplish that with the Mets @DavidWaldstein

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Nick Francona

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Expecting players to leave millions of dollars on the table out of some sense of one way loyalty and then calling them a clown for accepting a higher offer is insane.

@sal_licata

Sal Licata

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Syndergaard is a clown. Yeah, he must’ve really wanted to stay in New York & apparently really loved being a Met. Enjoy the few extra million losing in Anaheim. Mets are better off.

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Nick Francona

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As the 2020 MLB season begins, it’s worth noting the central questions of the sign-stealing scandal remain unanswered: What did MLB know, and when? What teams were involved? And what did MLB do about it? The “Astros cheating scandal” is really a “Rob Manfred coverup scandal.”

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Nick Francona

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Is it fair to criticize Mike Fiers for not speaking out sooner? Yes. But when you’re more focused on the person who exposed wrongdoing than the wrongdoing itself, you’re part of the problem. I love Big Papi and always will, but his comments are horribly misguided.

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David Ortiz calls out Astros whistleblower Mike Fiers: "You look like a snitch." (via @NESN )

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Nick Francona

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This shirt is made by @NewEraCap . It’s sold by @Rally_House . And, of course, it’s licensed by @Indians and @MLB . Which means a whole lot of people saw this and somehow thought it was good idea.

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Nick Francona

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It might be worthwhile to review the process for issuing warnings/ejections. Perhaps have umpires confer briefly. No need to force a split second decision that can’t be remedied. It could help avoid silly warnings/ejections and adjudicate intentional HBPs more consistently.

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Steve Phillips

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OMG. Home Plate umpire Doug Eddings just ejected #Phillies pitcher Yacksel Rios for hitting #Dodgers 3B Justin Turner with a breaking ball. Turner started appealing on behalf of Rios that he shouldn’t be ejected. Every time I think I have I seen it all...Baseball Happens!

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Nick Francona

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Sandy Alderson thinks he and the Mets are being singled out because he’s been around the game for a long time and this type of stuff is normal to him and tolerated. Which is precisely the problem.

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@NickFrancona

Nick Francona

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I did try to handle this privately. For years. It became a public issue. Standing up for what is right means doing it all the time, even when the people close to you are in the wrong.

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@NickFrancona

Nick Francona

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At a time when situational hitting seems to be an increasingly rare art, JD Davis’ go-ahead sac fly in the 8th last night was a good example of a hitter shortening up and adjusting to the situation to get the job done.

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@NickFrancona

Nick Francona

3 years

I don’t wanna hear a single person from @newsmax call themselves patriots or talk about supporting the military until this piece of shit is fired. @gregkellyusa , you’re an embarrassment to Marines. I’d follow Lt. Nazario ahead of you any day of the week.

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@NickFrancona

Nick Francona

3 years

Certain baseball commentators deride “analytics” the way Marjorie Taylor Greene derides “socialism.” They don’t really know what the word means and they just use it to describe anything they don’t like.

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Nick Francona

4 years

I was told I had to apologize for criticizing Rob Manfred about MLB profiting off Memorial Day and lying about it. Me: “Why? It’s true.” Mets: “Yes. But you can’t criticize the commissioner. Ever.” Me: “Well, you shouldn’t exploit dead soldiers. Ever. He can go fuck himself.”

@BNightengale

Bob Nightengale

4 years

NY #Mets GM Brodie Van Wagenen says he apologized to Commissioner Rob Manfred publicly and privately about the video criticizing him: "I understood it was disrespectful to his office and to him.''

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@NickFrancona

Nick Francona

4 years

So when they tell us things like “America needs baseball” and the game will “help us heal,” they only mean that so long as the profit margin is high enough for their satisfaction.

@JonHeyman

Jon Heyman

4 years

MLB’s position is that it will lose more money if they play games without fans and pay prorated salaries than if they don’t play at all. Thus, owners are saying they will not pay pro-rated salaries.

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@NickFrancona

Nick Francona

4 years

Arte Moreno was born in Tucson, Arizona and served in the U.S. Army in Vietnam. David Wohl is vile miscreant, but you already knew that.

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@NickFrancona

Nick Francona

3 years

You tell ‘em, Dan. What kind of person would spend their time making elaborate ads instead of solving the real problems we face? smh.

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@DanCrenshawTX

Dan Crenshaw

3 years

These commercials are proof that celebrities had a lot of free time this year.

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@NickFrancona

Nick Francona

4 years

The same disingenuous hacks who invoked the sacrifice of veterans to condemn athletes for protesting during the anthem are conspicuously silent when Russia puts bounties on American troops. Proving they only care about that sacrifice when they can weaponize it for cheap points.

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@NickFrancona

Nick Francona

3 years

Andrew Cuomo writing a book on leadership during the pandemic is like a hitter striking out then doing a bat flip and trotting around the bases hoping people will think he hit a home run, while everyone stares on in disbelief wondering wtf is wrong with him.

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@NickFrancona

Nick Francona

4 years

@GottliebShow @RandyNBCLA @govolx Actually I have Doug. And instead of making logical arguments in response, you continue to sound like a fool by pretending you’re the only one that knows anything.

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@NickFrancona

Nick Francona

4 years

There are over 18 million veterans.

@realDonaldTrump

Donald J. Trump

@realDonaldTrump

4 years

Exclusive: Nearly 700 U.S. Veterans Issue Open Letter in Support of Trump via @BreitbartNews Thank you! As we get closer and closer to the November 3rd Election, and as my poll numbers rocket up, the attacks get more and more vicious. I love our HEROES!

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@NickFrancona

Nick Francona

3 years

Sports media: Well, it looks like the mask has finally come off. We are really embarrassing ourselves today. Katie Couric: Hold my beer.

@ErikWemple

ErikWemple

3 years

Report: Katie Couric writes in new book that she "protected" RBG from her dismissive remarks about national-anthem kneelers, in part because she felt that RBG was 'elderly and probably didn't fully understand the question.'

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@NickFrancona

Nick Francona

3 years

The concepts of “innocent until proven guilty” and “due process” are sacred elements of our criminal justice system. They are also the refuge of complete fucking cowards straining to justify rooting for a player on their favorite team.

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@NickFrancona

Nick Francona

3 years

If you honestly think Rob Manfred defied the owners and went rogue out of a principled desire to be progressive then you’re even dumber than you look. And you look really fucking dumb.

@StephenM

Stephen Miller

3 years

@MLB is at a crossroads: it can either replace Manfred, or remain the national pastime. It cannot do both (8/8).

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@NickFrancona

Nick Francona

4 years

Ramon Laureano got mic’d up and it look all of 30 seconds to drop an F-bomb. But the best part might be the ensuing awkwardness.

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@NickFrancona

Nick Francona

4 years

@GottliebShow @RandyNBCLA @govolx Of course they thank you. You’re carrying their water for them.

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@NickFrancona

Nick Francona

3 years

I’m not my dad so why don’t you ask him you dumb fuck.

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Chris D. Davies

@chris_d_davies

3 years

Where's your dad fall in this diagram after the Callaway revelations?

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@NickFrancona

Nick Francona

4 years

Notice how quickly many writers will name the players and their rumored votes on a proposal, while allowing the owners to remain anonymous. They’re more concerned with not upsetting powerful people than reporting the truth, which is why the coverage is often so abysmal.

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@NickFrancona

Nick Francona

4 years

If Jesus Christ himself came down and wasn’t wearing a MAGA hat, Trump would call him a loser. And frauds like Jerry Falwell Jr. would find a way to justify it. That’s how you lead a cult. It’s not how you lead a country.

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