Editorial at Sports Info Solutions Host: The Journalism Salute pod.link/journalismsalute Formerly, ESPN, Baseball Tonight. Mets notes writer. Wrote "The Yankees Index" book. Play-by-Play: Muhlenberg/DeSales Creator- A Lasting Legacy documentaryhttps://bsky.app/profile/marksimon.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/marksimon.bsky.social/post/3muxilcrows2eToday I got appointed as the mascot for Defensive Runs Saved by the Mets radio booth. I'm a Wendy's and Roy Rogers' guy, but I'll take the comparison ...😂07 Sep 2026 21:52 +0000at://did:plc:6hi3trpmsb62hh7yragceea2/app.bsky.feed.post/3muxilcrows2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/marksimon.bsky.social/post/3munol4exvk2nSome Mets off-day reading Did you know that 40 years ago the Mets and Red Sox played an exhibition game in September for charity. The regulars played, the Mets rallied, and there was some October foreshadowing READ: https://1986-mets-rewatch.beehiiv.com/p/30-1986-mets-rewatch-a-red-sox-foreshadowing04 Sep 2026 00:13 +0000at://did:plc:6hi3trpmsb62hh7yragceea2/app.bsky.feed.post/3munol4exvk2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/marksimon.bsky.social/post/3mun64o3jhc2sSharing this again... [contains quote post or other embedded content]03 Sep 2026 19:18 +0000at://did:plc:6hi3trpmsb62hh7yragceea2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mun64o3jhc2shttps://bsky.app/profile/marksimon.bsky.social/post/3mumjwvh2n22oRemember a few months ago when a high school kid got up at the News Emmys and spoke out against CBS News, which happened to be giving him a scholarship? For @poynterinstitute.bsky.social Institute, I profiled Santiago Campos and got a backstory that others didn't https://www.poynter.org/business-work/2026/santiago-campos-mike-wallace-cbs-news-journalism/03 Sep 2026 13:17 +0000at://did:plc:6hi3trpmsb62hh7yragceea2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mumjwvh2n22ohttps://bsky.app/profile/marksimon.bsky.social/post/3mumubl3cgk2rSix catchers within 2 Defensive Runs Saved of each other. Who do you think is the best defensive catcher this season? In a year in which most positions have runaway leaders in that stat, we have ourselves a catching conundrum! https://www.sportsinfosolutions.com/2026/09/03/whos-the-best-defensive-catcher-this-year-too-close-too-call/03 Sep 2026 16:22 +0000at://did:plc:6hi3trpmsb62hh7yragceea2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mumubl3cgk2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/marksimon.bsky.social/post/3mumjwvh2n22oRemember a few months ago when a high school kid got up at the News Emmys and spoke out against CBS News, which happened to be giving him a scholarship? For @poynterinstitute.bsky.social Institute, I profiled Santiago Campos and got a backstory that others didn't https://www.poynter.org/business-work/2026/santiago-campos-mike-wallace-cbs-news-journalism/03 Sep 2026 13:17 +0000at://did:plc:6hi3trpmsb62hh7yragceea2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mumjwvh2n22ohttps://bsky.app/profile/marksimon.bsky.social/post/3mukk2unp4k2v@backlinenurse.bsky.social Jade, can I recommend someone from the 19th century for you to do a video of, if you haven't already? Bob "Death to Flying Things ... or maybe Not" Ferguson - who had a remarkably interesting life for someone who only made it to 49 (and I share a birthday with)02 Sep 2026 18:14 +0000at://did:plc:6hi3trpmsb62hh7yragceea2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mukk2unp4k2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/marksimon.bsky.social/post/3mughzz5cf22bHey! @capitalb.bsky.social & @wearepushblack.bsky.social have teamed to create ForTheRecordArchive.org, a collection of 250 Black American oral histories I talk to one of the people who put it together-Kuwililieni Williams-Hauwanga in my latest journalist podcast https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/293-kuwilileni-williams-hauwanga-deputy-director-of/id1526063503?i=100078709819101 Sep 2026 03:27 +0000at://did:plc:6hi3trpmsb62hh7yragceea2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mughzz5cf22bhttps://bsky.app/profile/marksimon.bsky.social/post/3mughzz5cf22bHey! @capitalb.bsky.social & @wearepushblack.bsky.social have teamed to create ForTheRecordArchive.org, a collection of 250 Black American oral histories I talk to one of the people who put it together-Kuwililieni Williams-Hauwanga in my latest journalist podcast https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/293-kuwilileni-williams-hauwanga-deputy-director-of/id1526063503?i=100078709819101 Sep 2026 03:27 +0000at://did:plc:6hi3trpmsb62hh7yragceea2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mughzz5cf22bhttps://bsky.app/profile/marksimon.bsky.social/post/3mu37j2lvlc2qGreat career advice and live advice from @kamal-t.bsky.social applicable to any field Read more from my interview with her (and listen to the full interview) https://journalismsalute.beehiiv.com/p/new-interview-kamala-thiagarajan-science-writer27 Aug 2026 15:55 +0000at://did:plc:6hi3trpmsb62hh7yragceea2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mu37j2lvlc2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/marksimon.bsky.social/post/3mu3fj3se422pThis was fun. Always good to talk to minor leaguers pushing their way to The Show. + Jack Cecil with lots of good advice on innovation in baseball (or any job for that matter) Listen and subscribe! [contains quote post or other embedded content]27 Aug 2026 17:43 +0000at://did:plc:6hi3trpmsb62hh7yragceea2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mu3fj3se422phttps://bsky.app/profile/marksimon.bsky.social/post/3mu37j2lvlc2qGreat career advice and live advice from @kamal-t.bsky.social applicable to any field Read more from my interview with her (and listen to the full interview) https://journalismsalute.beehiiv.com/p/new-interview-kamala-thiagarajan-science-writer27 Aug 2026 15:55 +0000at://did:plc:6hi3trpmsb62hh7yragceea2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mu37j2lvlc2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/marksimon.bsky.social/post/3mtuvm44w3k2nI loved this quote from my latest interview subject, Kamala Thiagarajan! Kamala and I talked about how she makes her stories sparkle - whether on daring women who dive for seaweed or blind women who help find signs of breast cancer LISTEN: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/kamala-thiagarajan-freelance-science-journalist/id1526063503?i=1000785664149 @kamal-t.bsky.social25 Aug 2026 03:42 +0000at://did:plc:6hi3trpmsb62hh7yragceea2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtuvm44w3k2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/marksimon.bsky.social/post/3mtuvm44w3k2nI loved this quote from my latest interview subject, Kamala Thiagarajan! Kamala and I talked about how she makes her stories sparkle - whether on daring women who dive for seaweed or blind women who help find signs of breast cancer LISTEN: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/kamala-thiagarajan-freelance-science-journalist/id1526063503?i=1000785664149 @kamal-t.bsky.social25 Aug 2026 03:42 +0000at://did:plc:6hi3trpmsb62hh7yragceea2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtuvm44w3k2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/marksimon.bsky.social/post/3mtlv5pg3v22vJust wrote about the Rays closer and the excellent defensive support he's gotten this season from a team that is among the best in Defensive Runs Saved. https://www.sportsinfosolutions.com/2026/08/21/bryan-baker-is-an-elite-closer-with-elite-defensive-support/21 Aug 2026 13:40 +0000at://did:plc:6hi3trpmsb62hh7yragceea2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtlv5pg3v22vhttps://bsky.app/profile/marksimon.bsky.social/post/3mticbu3h7k2lGonna be sharing some of my favorite quotes as I approach 300 episodes of interviewing journalists on The Journalism Salute This one is from Laura Robertson, formerly of the Nome Nugget, now of the Central Current in western NY. Listen to my interviews: pod.link/journalismsalute20 Aug 2026 03:24 +0000at://did:plc:6hi3trpmsb62hh7yragceea2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mticbu3h7k2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/marksimon.bsky.social/post/3mticbu3h7k2lGonna be sharing some of my favorite quotes as I approach 300 episodes of interviewing journalists on The Journalism Salute This one is from Laura Robertson, formerly of the Nome Nugget, now of the Central Current in western NY. Listen to my interviews: pod.link/journalismsalute20 Aug 2026 03:24 +0000at://did:plc:6hi3trpmsb62hh7yragceea2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mticbu3h7k2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/marksimon.bsky.social/post/3mtd36fjgz22mIf the Mets go on to win 20 in a row, this game definitely deserves to be circled as the catalyst18 Aug 2026 01:34 +0000at://did:plc:6hi3trpmsb62hh7yragceea2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtd36fjgz22m