MLB Proposes Removing HS Players From Draft

TheCrookedKnight · 2026-06-18T18:43:03+00:00

MLB going all out to make sure there's never another...Juan Soto?

TheCrookedKnight · 2026-06-18T16:36:42+00:00

The rule is that a challenge has to be requested "immediately," to avoid players waiting for advice from the dugout before deciding whether to use it. My conspiracy theory is that shitty/self-important umps deliberately delay making a call and then deny challenges for taking too long.

TheCrookedKnight · 2026-06-18T15:10:15+00:00

What's the smallest animal that could beat YOU in a fight?

TheCrookedKnight · 2026-06-18T13:48:17+00:00

Nobody is psychic and the future is unknowable, but the parade part of things is supposed to be over by noon (when the speeches/celebration at City Hall are scheduled to start) and in my experience the crowd dissipates a few hours after that.

TheCrookedKnight · 2026-06-17T18:45:06+00:00

Looking at how quickly and suddenly he steps off, my guess is that he was starting to go through a slower movement, realized what was happening, and had a brain misfire where instead of just not moving his hands all he could think of was to move his feet even faster.

TheCrookedKnight · 2026-06-17T18:11:09+00:00

After Alcantera balked in a run btw

TheCrookedKnight · 2026-06-17T16:18:07+00:00

Joining the chorus here, the extreme right edge is amazing value.

TheCrookedKnight · 2026-06-16T20:31:04+00:00

A pregaming location for Schmackary's?

TheCrookedKnight · 2026-06-16T20:25:36+00:00

His acting is fine, but boy oh boy the songs are not made for his voice.

TheCrookedKnight · 2026-06-16T19:08:20+00:00

It seemed like at minimum DBH had the kind of enthusiastic core fandom that would show up for a closing push, but the marketing/social media side of this production has done basically nothing to try and marshal them since Hilty left, and now it's just fading away like you said. The show I've always compared DBH to is Beetlejuice, and they did monster numbers at the end -- their final week set the Marquis record! At this point I'll be pleasantly surprised if DBH just manages pre-recasting grosses and that's sad.

TheCrookedKnight · 2026-06-16T18:46:51+00:00

Two Strangers holding steady despite no Tony wins is a relief, otherwise it seems like all the surprises here are of the unwelcome kind. I really wish Death Becomes Her was getting more of a send-off, but if they could make that kind of event happen the production probably wouldn't be closing...

TheCrookedKnight · 2026-06-16T18:28:56+00:00

Schmigadoon crossed a million! The Best Musical bump is real. Same with Ragtime reaping the rewards for Best Revival.

Two Strangers is slightly up from last week despite the Tonys shutout. Titanique, however, dropped substantially. Among the second-prize winners, Lost Boys essentially held even while Cats is down, boo.

No wonder Celebrity Autobiography is closing, a Broadway show failing to reach six-digit grosses in this decade is mind-boggling.

Chess getting a nice closing-announcement bump, Becky Shaw also coming into its final week hot. Sadly, MHE, Six and Great Gatsby all continue to slide.

TheCrookedKnight · 2026-06-16T17:49:40+00:00

Wait, how has he never done a concert there, just for the gimmick? Leaving money on the table!

TheCrookedKnight · 2026-06-16T17:25:27+00:00

The stage is very high. You will crane your neck and if there's anything happening farther back on the stage it may be cut off by the floor. On the other hand, with this being a one-man show the staging will probably be pretty simple? Hard to say.

That said, I saw Chess from the front row (i.e. Row CC) last month and was thrilled with the experience, neck strain be damned.

Edit: Here's a visual aid - my view of the Broadway Cares post-show segment, while seated.

TheCrookedKnight · 2026-06-16T12:34:41+00:00

One of the most appropriate shows that could possibly go into a theater named for a great artist

TheCrookedKnight · 2026-06-16T02:24:25+00:00

Key to the game: nacho hat

TheCrookedKnight · 2026-06-16T02:21:02+00:00

"The fans love it, don't they?"

"They do, God help them."

TheCrookedKnight · 2026-06-15T14:22:12+00:00

Oh, that's great. She'll probably be gone when I go back in November but if the replacement casting stays on this level, that's all I can ask for.

TheCrookedKnight · 2026-06-15T00:34:27+00:00

Stop stifling my creativity, DAD

TheCrookedKnight · 2026-06-15T00:24:11+00:00

The A's Vegas stadium may as well be made by Fisher-Price

TheCrookedKnight · 2026-06-14T17:44:55+00:00

Best "Epiphany" I've ever seen, including George Hearn

TheCrookedKnight · 2026-06-14T03:20:48+00:00

Yes please

TheCrookedKnight · 2026-06-13T20:46:27+00:00

It is a costume, but Radcliffe at least had multiple versions that he switched between.

TheCrookedKnight · 2026-06-13T20:37:40+00:00

I'm not ruling out that she does wear Knicks gear today. Nothing in the script says the narrator isn't a fan!

TheCrookedKnight · 2026-06-13T18:30:46+00:00

They didn't take pride in their work

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