Jane Tuesday

I respected the rule, and honestly I think most players did, too. But beardless Paul Goldschmidt was freaking me the fuck out. I don't mind beards at all, but I hate the long, scraggly, scissors-never-touch-it look. Brandon Marsh looks straight up *nasty*. I wonder if they'll relax the hair length rule?

The plot, it thickens... Seriously, whoever is doing PR training for the Red Sox should be fired!

I don't disagree that he should move off 3B (early reporting that Bregman would play 2B made no sense to me) but I do think that interview gives a false impression. Here's a tweet series with a deeper translation, if anyone is interested. Either way, between this and Cora's comment about Chaim Bloom, sounds like a mess in Boston.

Trout says he's moving to right field. Devers says he *won't* be moving to DH. RE: Devers, I have immense respect for guys who do interviews in English when it's their second language. I know they're trying to connect to fans. But in situations like this, where the topic is clearly emotionally-charged, I really think the interpreter and/or the team PR person has an obligation to jump in and try to get them to switch to their native language. (Also see Jorge Lopez and the glove toss interview last season.)

Nolan has arrived at camp. Says he's not expanding his "list". Hopefully the talking heads (and social media) can shut up about him now for five minutes.

I can't stand the guy, but it's also worth noting that if he pitches 140 innings this year, it automatically adds another year for $18M to his contract for 2026. He won't get close to that in the bullpen.

I'm not sure if blue sky posts embed here, but... The big letters are back! So much better. https://bsky.app/profile/jmjones.bsky.social/post/3lhvtw3cmfc2t

Stolen from social media... "The only thing that will make this @SuperBowl interesting is if they pan to Taylor and she puts on a Cooper DeJean jersey in the 4th quarter." 🤣 🤣 🤣

Awww... bummer. I was hoping for the shutout.

All respect to Ichiro and Billy, but I adore CC. (In spite of being a Yankee.) His happiness is making me so happy. He's just overflowing with joy on social media.

I feel really stupid, because I have no idea who you're talking about. Lol But the next best chance for a unanimous first-round vote is Albert Pujols, so I imagine we'll be on opposite sides of that debate. 😉

I'm guessing you want Rivera to be the only unanimous vote? Or am I missing something?

Sasaki to the Dodgers. Forget the inequity for a minute. It's just so fucking BORING. Thousands of hours of MLB talking heads speculating, thousands of column inches about this rumor or that. And then he goes to the dogdamned Dodgers, where everybody with a brain and a tiny amount of baseball knowledge and understanding of human nature knew he would go all along. I would have preferred he sign with the Cubs where he would torment us for years. At least that would have been INTERESTING. This league needs an international draft, yesterday.

Goldy rather famously hasn't cared what his number is, and only started wearing #46 when he came to St. Louis. I suppose it's possible Pettitte offered it up, or Judge arranged something, but I imagine it's just a holdover. Either way, I say with 100% confidence Goldy would never ask for it. Guy is as humble as they come. (Still love you, Goldy. Sorry they made you shave. *sob*)

In 50 years, the Yankees will undoubtedly win multiple World Series to soften the memory. And the Dodgers will still be paying last year's payroll. Lol