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Mike Manning
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Magic dust is sprinkled on MLB teams that beat the Brewers in the playoffs. Every one of them made it to the World Series, and most won it.
1981 Yankees
1982 Cards (won WS)
2008 Phillies (won WS)
2011 Cards (won WS)
2018 Dodgers
2019 Nats (won WS)
2020 Dodgers (won WS)
2021 Braves (won WS)
2023 Dbacks
2024 Mets?
1981 Yankees
1982 Cards (won WS)
2008 Phillies (won WS)
2011 Cards (won WS)
2018 Dodgers
2019 Nats (won WS)
2020 Dodgers (won WS)
2021 Braves (won WS)
2023 Dbacks
2024 Mets?
Bizarre box score from yesterday. The Dodgers beat the Braves 9-0, but each team only had 4 hits https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/ATL/ATL202409160.shtml
Korea’s president took a page from Harry Truman’s playbook in his televised address today
Ryan Walker since July 28:
11.2 IP, 22 K, 2 BB, 5 H, 0.00 ERA
11.2 IP, 22 K, 2 BB, 5 H, 0.00 ERA
There's a ton of CF talent in this year's rookie class.
Jackson Merrill. Tyler Fitzgerald. Jacob Young. Ceddanne Rafaela. Parker Meadows.
Jackson Merrill. Tyler Fitzgerald. Jacob Young. Ceddanne Rafaela. Parker Meadows.
.@storyprotocol is addressing challenges that are so important for the future of AI and entertainment. We're thrilled to be working so closely with them 🤝
Nearly a 3-way tie for best NL record
Brewers were supposed to be in a rebuilding year
Brewers were supposed to be in a rebuilding year
The last living person to witness Lincoln’s assassination https://youtu.be/1RPoymt3Jx4?si=YaVKEXDWmBbrGg17
The Rays have been overachieving for so long that it's weird to see them selling at the trade deadline
Love this graphic
Here's the latest reading list from the @a16zcrypto team.
My contributions: Stop-Time: A Memoir by Frank Conroy, and Nuclear War by Annie Jacobsen https://a16zcrypto.com/posts/article/book-recommendation-reading-list-summer-2024/
My contributions: Stop-Time: A Memoir by Frank Conroy, and Nuclear War by Annie Jacobsen https://a16zcrypto.com/posts/article/book-recommendation-reading-list-summer-2024/
This footnote about Josh Donaldson 💀
(from Why We Love Baseball by Joe Posnanski)
(from Why We Love Baseball by Joe Posnanski)
There were many tributes to Willie Mays at Oracle Park last night
RIP Willie Mays. One of the best to ever play the game.
The NL has 9 teams within 2 games of the final wildcard spot.
The AL has…2 teams
The AL has…2 teams
Got a great haul from a few London record stores today
It’s Demo Day in London, the culmination of @a16zcrypto’s CSX spring program.
Here’s @jasonr kicking it off
Here’s @jasonr kicking it off
Chris also just announced our additional $25M contributions here at Consensus
Today was an important milestone for crypto in the US, and there's more to do!
It’s marketing and fundraising week at @a16zcrypto CSX in London, and Steven Ebert kicked it off with a session on early-stage brand building.
Elements that startups should focus on:
🤷♂️ Define your “why”
🛠️ Identify your key benefits
🎙️Establish a tone of voice
Elements that startups should focus on:
🤷♂️ Define your “why”
🛠️ Identify your key benefits
🎙️Establish a tone of voice
The AL Central, which many thought would be the worst division, instead has the most teams with winning records so far. 🤷♂️
Today's ZK Podcast episode features @a16zcrypto Research Partner Justin Thaler discussing Jolt, the sum-check protocol, and how SNARKs will evolve -- worth a listen! https://zeroknowledge.fm/322-2/
Fireworks night at Oracle Park last night — celebrating Patrick Bailey’s walkoff HR 🎆
Three presidential candidates were assassinated in Colombia’s 1990 election, and another 1,100 (!) leftist politicians were assassinated in the 4 years leading up to it https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1990/05/28/ruling-party-wins-in-calm-colombia-vote/24ecff0a-050e-435a-8cac-73c49adf0f1e/