Former astronomer (ex-tronomer) who mostly posts about baseball, cricket, and some other sport. Trying to be better about writing about statistics and doing good science with them.https://bsky.app/profile/bandondecker.comhttps://bsky.app/profile/bandondecker.com/post/3mlrtpyu5rk2wMy favourite thing about Sling TV is how I can dejectedly turn it off and it just goes ahead and continues to play the horrible thing I don't want to see. This is a sports skeet.14 May 2026 03:09 +0000at://did:plc:wrt4bipko7yhg2ip4m6j4ioe/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlrtpyu5rk2whttps://bsky.app/profile/bandondecker.com/post/3mlp6pvfcws2jI'm sure fastballs up do look tempting to hitters, but I am guessing there Cags thought it was a breaking ball that would fall back into the zone, rather than that he could hit a pitch above his eyes. Not that it really matters, we still need to do better there. #Royals13 May 2026 01:48 +0000at://did:plc:wrt4bipko7yhg2ip4m6j4ioe/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlp6pvfcws2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/bandondecker.com/post/3mlp64tq7wc2jI know Salvy really needs time away from catching, but he is so much better defensively than Carter right now, plus so good at ABS. It's a relief to have him behind the plate tonight. #Royals13 May 2026 01:37 +0000at://did:plc:wrt4bipko7yhg2ip4m6j4ioe/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlp64tq7wc2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/bandondecker.com/post/3mlp32hvf7c2bBenintendi finding ways to fuck up the #Royals players even years after leaving the clubhouse.13 May 2026 00:42 +0000at://did:plc:wrt4bipko7yhg2ip4m6j4ioe/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlp32hvf7c2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/bandondecker.com/post/3mlozvqxdj22nIf Cags had got under that at all it would have ended up in the lake. Or possibly Indiana, I'm not quite sure where that line ends up. #Royals13 May 2026 00:21 +0000at://did:plc:wrt4bipko7yhg2ip4m6j4ioe/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlozvqxdj22nhttps://bsky.app/profile/bandondecker.com/post/3mloz33lsos2iCags is going to get twenty-odd putouts tonight. #Royals13 May 2026 00:06 +0000at://did:plc:wrt4bipko7yhg2ip4m6j4ioe/app.bsky.feed.post/3mloz33lsos2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/bandondecker.com/post/3mloyffrwq22yBWJ should have tried a hidden ball trick after the stolen base. The runner was very keen to wander toward third. #Royals12 May 2026 23:54 +0000at://did:plc:wrt4bipko7yhg2ip4m6j4ioe/app.bsky.feed.post/3mloyffrwq22yhttps://bsky.app/profile/bandondecker.com/post/3mloy63tffc2yCags missed a cookie on that groundout. Though to be fair Carter rolled over on a really good backdoor slider and got a single out of it, so. #Royals12 May 2026 23:50 +0000at://did:plc:wrt4bipko7yhg2ip4m6j4ioe/app.bsky.feed.post/3mloy63tffc2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/bandondecker.com/post/3mlk6p7rmyk2oDenny: 'I would challenge the fact that the shortstop was nowhere near the bag when he got the throw. But they didn't ask me.' #Royals11 May 2026 02:04 +0000at://did:plc:wrt4bipko7yhg2ip4m6j4ioe/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlk6p7rmyk2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/bandondecker.com/post/3mlhmw2g3c22aHow the hell did he get it into the net from that angle!? #MNWild10 May 2026 01:40 +0000at://did:plc:wrt4bipko7yhg2ip4m6j4ioe/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlhmw2g3c22ahttps://bsky.app/profile/bandondecker.com/post/3mlhlia326k2aThat one's a strike! #HeyHeyHeyHey! An inside-the-park home run, an outside-the-park home run and a stellar pitching performance and we go for the sweep tomorrow! #Royals10 May 2026 01:15 +0000at://did:plc:wrt4bipko7yhg2ip4m6j4ioe/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlhlia326k2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/bandondecker.com/post/3mlhlhnu3v22aIt's a good thing it takes me a while to type my victory post! #Royals10 May 2026 01:14 +0000at://did:plc:wrt4bipko7yhg2ip4m6j4ioe/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlhlhnu3v22ahttps://bsky.app/profile/bandondecker.com/post/3mlhjydeiwc2iI'm enjoying watching this game, but I really wish I had got tickets tonight. The weather is perfect and through six-and-a-half innings it's been a pretty perfect game too. #Royals10 May 2026 00:48 +0000at://did:plc:wrt4bipko7yhg2ip4m6j4ioe/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlhjydeiwc2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/bandondecker.com/post/3mlhhvxlf2s2lThis game /feels/ like it should be a 5-0 game. I was starting to get anxious about wasting more opportunities when it felt like we were dominating the game, and only leading 2-0. This feels much better. #Royals10 May 2026 00:11 +0000at://did:plc:wrt4bipko7yhg2ip4m6j4ioe/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlhhvxlf2s2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/bandondecker.com/post/3mlhhs32gj22lMichael Massey is not letting Nick Loftin take his spot without a fight! #Royals10 May 2026 00:09 +0000at://did:plc:wrt4bipko7yhg2ip4m6j4ioe/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlhhs32gj22lhttps://bsky.app/profile/bandondecker.com/post/3mlhfetyhd22l... so we could probably have run the bases a little better there... #Royals09 May 2026 23:25 +0000at://did:plc:wrt4bipko7yhg2ip4m6j4ioe/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlhfetyhd22lhttps://bsky.app/profile/bandondecker.com/post/3mlhezqzou22lBurch Smith came back to the K and is pitching like he never left. #Royals09 May 2026 23:19 +0000at://did:plc:wrt4bipko7yhg2ip4m6j4ioe/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlhezqzou22lhttps://bsky.app/profile/bandondecker.com/post/3mlheymdvdc2lAs soon as that was misplayed I was thinking four bases and it was not close! #Royals09 May 2026 23:19 +0000at://did:plc:wrt4bipko7yhg2ip4m6j4ioe/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlheymdvdc2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/bandondecker.com/post/3mlhexv3pu22lINSIDE THE FUCKING PARK HOME RUN!! #Royals09 May 2026 23:18 +0000at://did:plc:wrt4bipko7yhg2ip4m6j4ioe/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlhexv3pu22lhttps://bsky.app/profile/bandondecker.com/post/3mlhevdfgms2lI would not have guessed Burch Smith was still in the big leagues. Like, good for him, but he didn't really have 'ten-year career' written all over him when he pitched for us. #Royals09 May 2026 23:17 +0000at://did:plc:wrt4bipko7yhg2ip4m6j4ioe/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlhevdfgms2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/bandondecker.com/post/3mlf7jugnwk2zI fully believe it's pretty loud at the studio in left field, I can actually hear the fireworks from my house in Brookside! #Royals09 May 2026 02:35 +0000at://did:plc:wrt4bipko7yhg2ip4m6j4ioe/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlf7jugnwk2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/bandondecker.com/post/3mlf6ykqaoc2zKyle should say he fucking loves this shit. He's got the adrenaline... #Royals09 May 2026 02:26 +0000at://did:plc:wrt4bipko7yhg2ip4m6j4ioe/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlf6ykqaoc2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/bandondecker.com/post/3mlf6v6d7v22z#HeyHeyHeyHey! Two outs ans nobody on and Nick Lofin and Kyle Isbel come through to win it! #Royals09 May 2026 02:24 +0000at://did:plc:wrt4bipko7yhg2ip4m6j4ioe/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlf6v6d7v22zhttps://bsky.app/profile/bandondecker.com/post/3mlcael46m22qOne of the previous owners of our house left some derelict garden beds and bags. Whatever is growing in them is unusually aggressive toward squirrels and ground birds. #OrionTheHunterOfRattleMice07 May 2026 22:12 +0000at://did:plc:wrt4bipko7yhg2ip4m6j4ioe/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlcael46m22qhttps://bsky.app/profile/bandondecker.com/post/3mlbufucizc2eBut also this is why we need full robot umps. #Royals07 May 2026 18:38 +0000at://did:plc:wrt4bipko7yhg2ip4m6j4ioe/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlbufucizc2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/bandondecker.com/post/3mlbufbnhkc2eIf this umpire isn't go to call the corners we need to start challenging more. It's already cost us a run when we let Ramírez off the hook. #Royals07 May 2026 18:38 +0000at://did:plc:wrt4bipko7yhg2ip4m6j4ioe/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlbufbnhkc2e