The Mets insist on teasing fans with a possible collapse in the stretch run, losing to the Phillies, 9-3.
The Giants persist in winning games and narrowing the gap between them and the Mets, defeating the D'backs, 5-3.
The Mets' lead on the Giants is now down to 2 games with 17 games remaining. The Mets' magic number remains at 16 with 17 left to play. The Giants magic number is 20 with 17 left to play.
Lurking in the near background are the Cincinnati Reds, 1 game behind the Giants at 73-72. Should be entertaining baseball down the stretch.
EDIT: the Mets have games against the Phillies today and tomorrow in Philadelphia. They then return home to face the Rangers in a 3-game series (Sep. 12-14), followed by the Padres (3 games, Sep. 16-18) and the Nationals (3 games, Sep. 19-21).
The Giants have a day game against the D'backs today in SF, followed by an off day tomorrow. They begin a 3-game set at home vs. the Dodgers on Friday before hopping on a plane to face the D'backs on the road for a 3-game set (Sep. 15-17), followed by a 4-game series at the Dodgers, Sep. 18-21.
The Mets' history has a lot of futility to be sure, but it also has the Amazin' Mets of 1969 and the 1986 WS Champions.
Still, the Mets get jabbed a lot for their inexplicably durable power to rescue defeat from the jaws of victory and be the sad sack team to the Yankees' powerhouse persona. David Letterman looooved to make fun of the Mets while he hosted the Late Show. And he wasn't the only one. New Yorkers in general like to poke fun at the Mets. It's because they care that they do so. Or so they claim. Personally, I think it's because Mets fans (and New Yorkers in general) would be screaming otherwise.
EDIT: It occurs to me that the Giants used to fill that role in the Bay Area until they won 3 World Series in 5 years. It got to be really bad after the 2002 WS debacle precisely because the team came oh so close and let it slip away.
The 49ers could very easily get to that point. Fans already make snide comments about the ownership and sometimes Kyle Shanahan's coaching shortcomings.
The Raiders got there a few years ago before they decamped to Slots Vegas.
I know it would mean the Giants would make the playoffs, but it would be glorious to see the Mets implode. Unfortunately the Yankees probably won't implode so bad that they miss the playoffs.
Don't bet against the Yankees just yet. Sure, they're in an enviable position tied for the lead in the AL wildcard race, but they also play 2 more games than the Red Sox (tied for 1st WC slot with the Yankees) and the Rangers (1.5 games behind the Mariners who currently hold the 3rd and final WC slot), The AL wildcard race is tighter than the NL wildcard race. And the Yankees only have one off day (Sep. 22) between now and the end of the regular season on Sep. 28.
Tonight the Athletics took on the Boston Red Sox in game two of the three-game set at Sutter Health Park in West Sacramento. Jeffrey Springs took the mound for the A’s against Connelly Early who made his MLB debut for the Red Sox.
Sometimes the tenor of a baseball game comes through in the opening moments. But of course, the gorgeous paradox that keeps us flocking to the TV for ninth inning after ninth inning, is the impossibility attached to actually identifying that tenor in the moment.
Germán Márquez got roughed up at Dodger Stadium back in April, and he experienced some déjà vu on Tuesday as the Dodgers marched their way to a 7-2 victory over the Colorado Rockies, extending their win streak to three games.
GRAND HAVEN, Mich. - The California men's golf team registered the second-best team score of the day Tuesday and moved up five spots to fifth place after the second round of the Folds of Honor Collegiate at American Dunes Golf Club on Tuesday.
Cal was 2-under par as a team Tuesday, led by Matthew Miyamoto's 2-under 69. Miyamoto is now 1-under for the tournament and tied for third place in the individual standings, three strokes off the lead.
LAKE ELMO, Minn. - Freshman Michelle Woo shot a 1-over par 73 and moved up seven spots into tie for 35th place individually along with teammate Constance Fouillet during the second round of ANNIKA Intercollegiate at Royal Golf Club on Tuesday.
The duo leads the Golden Bears after the first two rounds at 7-over par for the tournament. Woo carded four birdies and improved on her first-round score by five strokes. Fouillet was 4-over par with one birdie on the back nine in the second round.
The California women's soccer team (3-1-4) is set for its second ACC campaign opening its conference schedule on the road this week in two stadiums it has never visited. The Golden Bears will test their four-match unbeaten streak against Pitt on Thursday on ACCNX before taking on Clemson on Sunday on ACC Network.
October 2025 marks a historic milestone for Cal men's rowing: the 150th anniversary of the University's oldest intercollegiate sport. Since its founding in 1875, Cal Crew has established a tradition of excellence, winning 19 national championships—most recently in 2023—and earning three Olympic gold medals in the men's eight for the United States (1928, 1932, 1948). In an era when collegiate crews represented the nation on the world stage, Cal set the standard.
The California football team will host Minnesota under the lights at California Memorial Stadium Saturday night in a stadium "Gold Out". The Golden Bears and the Golden Gophers will kick off at 7:30 p.m. PT with the game set to be broadcast live on ESPN.
The California men's basketball team unveiled its 2025-26 Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) schedule Tuesday. The Golden Bears' second ACC campaign is highlighted by all four of last year's NCAA Tournament teams from the conference coming to Berkeley, including national powerhouses Duke and North Carolina.
Senior goalkeeper Teagan Wy of the California women's team was named the ACC Defensive Player of the Week, as announced by the conference Tuesday.
Wy earned back-to-back shutouts this week for the third time in her career. She and the Golden Bears battled to scoreless draws against Washington State and Cal Poly. Wy posted a season-high seven saves in both matches while also making a handful of other key plays and breakups that helped preserve the two clean sheets.
I'm not endorsing this, but it also should come as not surprise, to the current administration (remember, there were 2 significant attempts on Trump, one that was a couple inches off target at several hundred yards range; imagine how 2-3" would have changed current events there!) or others.
You have people choosing to engage in extreme behavior, which has consequences, and they don't seem to be considering that eventuality.
Yep. But this is what you get from the Chaos & extremist style of management and operations (forget completely about whether one agrees or disagrees with the particular agenda), more chaotic & extreme reactions.
Hey, the Air Force Academy is getting the Trump adminstration to pay for a $335m church restoration. Maybe we can get Gov. Newsom to pay for a $335m drum circle/hackey sack stadium or something
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I'm on PTO through the rest of the week, so post away.
PRO
Niners Kittle goes on IR. IT'S JAKE TONGES TIME!
https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/46207984/sources-niners-put-george-kittle-ir-waive-jake-moody
POV of a mountain bike champ. JFC. Hang on to your butts.
https://kottke.org/25/09/0047467-yesterday-jackson-goldsto?fk_kk
Always fun to try to identify which tree I would have wrecked into first
It would probably be the first couple at this speed for me.
*edited
That is amazing.
Could you imagine doing this in the old bikes back in the early 90s before suspensions?
No.
NL Wildcard Race -
The Mets insist on teasing fans with a possible collapse in the stretch run, losing to the Phillies, 9-3.
The Giants persist in winning games and narrowing the gap between them and the Mets, defeating the D'backs, 5-3.
The Mets' lead on the Giants is now down to 2 games with 17 games remaining. The Mets' magic number remains at 16 with 17 left to play. The Giants magic number is 20 with 17 left to play.
Lurking in the near background are the Cincinnati Reds, 1 game behind the Giants at 73-72. Should be entertaining baseball down the stretch.
EDIT: the Mets have games against the Phillies today and tomorrow in Philadelphia. They then return home to face the Rangers in a 3-game series (Sep. 12-14), followed by the Padres (3 games, Sep. 16-18) and the Nationals (3 games, Sep. 19-21).
The Giants have a day game against the D'backs today in SF, followed by an off day tomorrow. They begin a 3-game set at home vs. the Dodgers on Friday before hopping on a plane to face the D'backs on the road for a 3-game set (Sep. 15-17), followed by a 4-game series at the Dodgers, Sep. 18-21.
Never underestimate the Mets' ability to be the Mets.
The Mets' history has a lot of futility to be sure, but it also has the Amazin' Mets of 1969 and the 1986 WS Champions.
Still, the Mets get jabbed a lot for their inexplicably durable power to rescue defeat from the jaws of victory and be the sad sack team to the Yankees' powerhouse persona. David Letterman looooved to make fun of the Mets while he hosted the Late Show. And he wasn't the only one. New Yorkers in general like to poke fun at the Mets. It's because they care that they do so. Or so they claim. Personally, I think it's because Mets fans (and New Yorkers in general) would be screaming otherwise.
EDIT: It occurs to me that the Giants used to fill that role in the Bay Area until they won 3 World Series in 5 years. It got to be really bad after the 2002 WS debacle precisely because the team came oh so close and let it slip away.
The Giants were the team that always fell short and the Warriors were just the butt of every joke as a franchise, and then . . . yeah.
Not sure we even really have a punching bag anymore. I guess as the 49ers' last Super Bowl titles get smaller in the rear view they could get there.
The 49ers could very easily get to that point. Fans already make snide comments about the ownership and sometimes Kyle Shanahan's coaching shortcomings.
The Raiders got there a few years ago before they decamped to Slots Vegas.
Right, with Mark Davis and John Fisher taking their ridiculous franchises elsewhere I'm not sure we have a true sports clown show in the Bay anymore.
I know it would mean the Giants would make the playoffs, but it would be glorious to see the Mets implode. Unfortunately the Yankees probably won't implode so bad that they miss the playoffs.
Don't bet against the Yankees just yet. Sure, they're in an enviable position tied for the lead in the AL wildcard race, but they also play 2 more games than the Red Sox (tied for 1st WC slot with the Yankees) and the Rangers (1.5 games behind the Mariners who currently hold the 3rd and final WC slot), The AL wildcard race is tighter than the NL wildcard race. And the Yankees only have one off day (Sep. 22) between now and the end of the regular season on Sep. 28.
Ballers waiting for tomorrow night's playoff game vs Ogden Raptors
A’s drop second consecutive to the Red Sox, 6-0
https://www.athleticsnation.com/recaps/100065/as-drop-second-consecutive-to-the-red-sox-6-0
Tonight the Athletics took on the Boston Red Sox in game two of the three-game set at Sutter Health Park in West Sacramento. Jeffrey Springs took the mound for the A’s against Connelly Early who made his MLB debut for the Red Sox.
Willy Adames powers Giants to 5-3 win over Diamondbacks
https://www.mccoveychronicles.com/san-francisco-giants-scores-standings-nl-west/100531/giants-diamondbacks-recap-scores-willy-adames-patrick-bailey
Sometimes the tenor of a baseball game comes through in the opening moments. But of course, the gorgeous paradox that keeps us flocking to the TV for ninth inning after ninth inning, is the impossibility attached to actually identifying that tenor in the moment.
Dodgers make life miserable for Germán Márquez again in 7-2 win over Rockies
https://www.truebluela.com/dodgers-scores-standings/103402/dodgers-rockies-game-recap
Germán Márquez got roughed up at Dodger Stadium back in April, and he experienced some déjà vu on Tuesday as the Dodgers marched their way to a 7-2 victory over the Colorado Rockies, extending their win streak to three games.
CAL
[MGOLF] Bears Rise Up Leaderboard At Folds Of Honor Collegiate
https://calbears.com/news/2025/9/9/mens-golf-bears-rise-up-leaderboard-at-folds-of-honor-collegiate.aspx
GRAND HAVEN, Mich. - The California men's golf team registered the second-best team score of the day Tuesday and moved up five spots to fifth place after the second round of the Folds of Honor Collegiate at American Dunes Golf Club on Tuesday.
Cal was 2-under par as a team Tuesday, led by Matthew Miyamoto's 2-under 69. Miyamoto is now 1-under for the tournament and tied for third place in the individual standings, three strokes off the lead.
[WGOLF] Woo Leads Bears At ANNIKA Intercollegiate
https://calbears.com/news/2025/9/9/womens-golf-woo-leads-bears-at-annika-intercollegiate.aspx
LAKE ELMO, Minn. - Freshman Michelle Woo shot a 1-over par 73 and moved up seven spots into tie for 35th place individually along with teammate Constance Fouillet during the second round of ANNIKA Intercollegiate at Royal Golf Club on Tuesday.
The duo leads the Golden Bears after the first two rounds at 7-over par for the tournament. Woo carded four birdies and improved on her first-round score by five strokes. Fouillet was 4-over par with one birdie on the back nine in the second round.
[WSOC] Cal Opens ACC Schedule At Pitt, Clemson
https://calbears.com/news/2025/9/9/womens-soccer-cal-opens-acc-schedule-at-pitt-clemson.aspx
The California women's soccer team (3-1-4) is set for its second ACC campaign opening its conference schedule on the road this week in two stadiums it has never visited. The Golden Bears will test their four-match unbeaten streak against Pitt on Thursday on ACCNX before taking on Clemson on Sunday on ACC Network.
[MROW] Cal Men's Rowing Celebrates 150 Years of Excellence
https://calbears.com/news/2025/9/9/cal-mens-rowing-celebrates-150-years-of-excellence.aspx
October 2025 marks a historic milestone for Cal men's rowing: the 150th anniversary of the University's oldest intercollegiate sport. Since its founding in 1875, Cal Crew has established a tradition of excellence, winning 19 national championships—most recently in 2023—and earning three Olympic gold medals in the men's eight for the United States (1928, 1932, 1948). In an era when collegiate crews represented the nation on the world stage, Cal set the standard.
[FB] Golden Night Under The Lights Ahead In Berkeley
https://calbears.com/news/2025/9/9/football-golden-night-under-the-lights-ahead-in-berkeley.aspx
The California football team will host Minnesota under the lights at California Memorial Stadium Saturday night in a stadium "Gold Out". The Golden Bears and the Golden Gophers will kick off at 7:30 p.m. PT with the game set to be broadcast live on ESPN.
[MBB] Cal Men's Basketball Unveils 2025-26 ACC Schedule
https://calbears.com/news/2025/9/9/cal-mens-basketball-unveils-2025-26-acc-schedule.aspx
The California men's basketball team unveiled its 2025-26 Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) schedule Tuesday. The Golden Bears' second ACC campaign is highlighted by all four of last year's NCAA Tournament teams from the conference coming to Berkeley, including national powerhouses Duke and North Carolina.
[WSOC] Wy Named ACC Defensive Player Of The Week
https://calbears.com/news/2025/9/9/womens-soccer-wy-named-acc-defensive-player-of-the-week.aspx
Senior goalkeeper Teagan Wy of the California women's team was named the ACC Defensive Player of the Week, as announced by the conference Tuesday.
Wy earned back-to-back shutouts this week for the third time in her career. She and the Golden Bears battled to scoreless draws against Washington State and Cal Poly. Wy posted a season-high seven saves in both matches while also making a handful of other key plays and breakups that helped preserve the two clean sheets.
POLITICS
What? Are you going to believe your eyes, your ears, your logic, and a huge string of historical realities or what I tell you?
https://www.rawstory.com/donald-trump-epstein-drawing/
SCOTUS once again rules that Trump is a king
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/supreme-court/supreme-court-temporarily-allows-trump-withhold-4-billion-foreign-aid-rcna230186
Charlie Kirk shot at an event at a Utah university
https://bsky.app/search?q=Charlie+Kirk
He was an annoying provocateur but you have the constitutional right to be an annoying provacateur. This is awful
I'm not endorsing this, but it also should come as not surprise, to the current administration (remember, there were 2 significant attempts on Trump, one that was a couple inches off target at several hundred yards range; imagine how 2-3" would have changed current events there!) or others.
You have people choosing to engage in extreme behavior, which has consequences, and they don't seem to be considering that eventuality.
Zealots and extremists are convinced of their moral authority and rectitude. Why would anyone expect them to be rational and sane?
Rational and sane thought is required to avoid violence and foster peace.
Ah shit. This is going to be bad for everyone.
Yep. But this is what you get from the Chaos & extremist style of management and operations (forget completely about whether one agrees or disagrees with the particular agenda), more chaotic & extreme reactions.
I'm struggling to see how we as a nation find our way out of this.
ELSEWHERE IN COLLEGE
Hey, the Air Force Academy is getting the Trump adminstration to pay for a $335m church restoration. Maybe we can get Gov. Newsom to pay for a $335m drum circle/hackey sack stadium or something
https://www.koaa.com/advocates-of-accountability/air-force-academy-chapel-project-gets-another-90-million-bringing-total-to-335-million-with-a-nov-2028-completion
Texas A&M fires a professor and two college administrators for not being ultra-MAGA
https://www.texastribune.org/2025/09/08/texas-am-video-professor-student-gender-identity-content/
Tomorrow's game: NC State (-7.5) @ Wake Forest O/U 52.5. ESPN @ 7:30 Eastern/4:30 Pacific
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