Evan Antonellis

CU’22🏔🦁 #poynerstrong Barstool Athlete

[Baltimore Orioles @Orioles]

SAMUEL BASALLO’S FIRST CAMDEN YARDS HOME RUN IS A WALK-OFF

[Talkin' Baseball @TalkinBaseball_]

POV James Wood Home Run Derby practice 🔥

[Pardon My Take @PardonMyTake]

A penguin threw out the first pitch a the white Sox game

[Pittsburgh Pirates @Pirates]

Oneil Cruz just hit this ball 122.9 mph.

That is the hardest hit ball in the Statcast era.

[Fore Play @ForePlayPod]

Chirping Davante Adams like that is WILD 💀

[Lorcan the Hedgehog @LorcanHedgehog]

Robotnik Dance Scene, now in HD

[Roger Federer @rogerfederer]

Vamos, @RafaelNadal!

As you get ready to graduate from tennis, I’ve got a few things to share before I maybe get emotional.

Let’s start with the obvious: you beat me—a lot. More than I managed to beat you. You challenged me in ways no one else could. On clay, it felt like I was stepping into your backyard, and you made me work harder than I ever thought I could just to hold my ground. You made me reimagine my game—even going so far as to change the size of my racquet head, hoping for any edge.

I’m not a very superstitious person, but you took it to the next level. Your whole process. All those rituals. Assembling your water bottles like toy soldiers in formation, fixing your hair, adjusting your underwear... All of it with the highest intensity. Secretly, I kind of loved the whole thing. Because it was so unique—it was so you.

And you know what, Rafa, you made me enjoy the game even more. 

OK, maybe not at first. After the 2004 Australian Open, I achieved the #1 ranking for the first time. I thought I was on top of the world. And I was—until two months later, when you walked on the court in Miami in your red sleeveless shirt, showing off those biceps, and you beat me convincingly. All that buzz I’d been hearing about you—about this amazing young player from Mallorca, a generational talent, probably going to win a major someday—it wasn’t just hype.

We were both at the start of our journey and it’s one we ended up taking together. Twenty years later, Rafa, I have to say: What an incredible run you’ve had. Including 14 French Opens—historic! You made Spain proud... you made the whole tennis world proud.

I keep thinking about the memories we’ve shared. Promoting the sport together. Playing that match on half-grass, half-clay. Breaking the all-time attendance record by playing in front of more than 50,000 fans in Cape Town, South Africa. Always cracking each other up. Wearing each other out on the court and then, sometimes, almost literally having to hold each other up during trophy ceremonies.

I’m still grateful you invited me to Mallorca to help launch the Rafa Nadal Academy in 2016. Actually, I kind of invited myself. I knew you were too polite to insist on me being there, but I didn’t want to miss it. You have always been a role model for kids around the world, and Mirka and I are so glad that our children have all trained at your academies. They had a blast and learned so much—like thousands of other young players. Although I always worried my kids would come home playing tennis as lefties.

And then there was London—the Laver Cup in 2022. My final match. It meant everything to me that you were there by my side—not as my rival but as my doubles partner. Sharing the court with you that night, and sharing those tears, will forever be one of the most special moments of my career.

Rafa, I know you’re focused on the last stretch of your epic career. We will talk when it’s done. For now, I just want to congratulate your family and team, who all played a massive role in your success. And I want you to know that your old friend is always cheering for you, and will be cheering just as loud for everything you do next.

Rafa that!

Best always, your fan, 

Roger

[Tampa Bay Rays @RaysBaseball]

A Drizzy no-doubter 😏

[Rays on FanDuel Sports Network @FanDuelSN_Rays]

What. A. Moment 🥹

[Rays on FanDuel Sports Network @FanDuelSN_Rays]

Logan had to soak it all in—delivering the game-winning RBI in front of his family in his Major League debut. 😌

[Tampa Bay Rays @RaysBaseball]

First major league hit ✔️
First major league RBI ✔️

Shoutout to the Driscoll cheering section 😝

[Baltimore Orioles @Orioles]

HAPPY HOLLIDAYS!!!!

[Baltimore Ravens @Ravens]

Happy O’pening Day @Orioles‼️

[Baltimore Orioles @Orioles]

They picked out a home and called it "Holliday House"

[Ziggy_Sobotka @Ziggys_Duck]

#TheWire ended 15 years ago today. (3/09/08)
The corners stay full, institutions still decay & the wrong people still get promoted. The world keeps turning and nothing changes. The end.

[Metro Baseball @MetroSenators]

Happy birthday to the legend, Coach Schubert. To say we are grateful for everything he does for Metro Baseball would be an understatement. We hope you had a great day buddy. We know you love all this attention 🤣 @ryan_schubert14

[Nick Stewart @Nick_Stewart24]

As of late, people close to me have urged me to share my story. I finally decided to sit down and write. If you or someone you know struggles with performance-based anxiety, I urge you to give my baseball testimony a read.

https://t.co/0TpoFiENh1

[St. Louis Cardinals @Cardinals]

For generations to come, we will tell our kids and grandkids what it was like to watch Albert Pujols play.

[Jomboy Media @JomboyMedia]

ALBERT PUJOLS HITS NUMBER 700!

PUJOLS JOINS BARRY BONDS, HANK AARON AND BABE RUTH IN THE 700 CLUB!

[Baltimore Orioles @Orioles]

Adding another piece to the puzzle 🧩