The blind food critic

hi i am The blind food critic, certified vision rehab therapist, spanning the globe from New York City to San Sebastian (Basque country), go YANKEES!

[dank @cptdankkk]

CC Sabathia says he gave up a $500,000 bonus to defend a teammate, but the Yankees paid him anyway

“They put a bonus in my contract, I think I needed like 140 innings to get 500 grand extra in my bonus. We go into Tampa, and I need six innings to get this bonus. I'm in the fourth inning, cruising. I'm getting this”

“Then they threw a ball up and in at my catcher, Austin Romine. I know baseball, so I knew that shit came from the bench. Because I threw a two-seamer in and hit Jake Bauers in the hand. So they made a big stink. They throw at Austin Romine. I come out of the dugout and I'm ready to go”

“Then everybody calms me back down. Gardy comes to me. He's like, ‘Bro, don't do it.’ And I was like, ‘Just be ready to fucking fight.’ That's all I told him. So their catcher comes up the next inning and I hit him with the first pitch. I wasn't mad at him. I was mad at the situation and who called it”

“I said what I said at their bench and I walked off. When I was walking off, in the moment, I was like, ‘Fuck, I don't know if I made the right decision.’ Then everybody came in after the game and they was all fired up. That was something where, in the moment, it was the right thing to do”

“It was just a snap decision. I was just trying to show this is how you take care of your teammates. My team was young. Luis Severino was in there. Judge was young. All those dudes were young. This is how you set the standard. Don't matter about the fucking money. You go and you do what you got to do for your teammates and everything else will work out. Hal called me the next day and paid me my bonus”

[The blind food critic @blindblog]

Sad rip Rei

[New York Magazine @NYMag]

The Soho REI flagship, located in the historic Puck Building, will officially close on July 23 and lay off its 72 employees. https://t.co/Ebxrmx48o5

[The blind food critic @blindblog]

@davidrifkin I am the rare totally blind yankee’s fan, thank you.

[Gold🤍🌚 @GOLDBABYO]

My father-in-law had dementia. Advanced. Didn’t recognize people mostly. Didn’t speak much. My wife’s mother had passed years before so it was my wife and me managing his care. Hard in every way. One day he had a moment of clarity. Looked at my wife and said hello sweetheart. She froze. He said you look so much like your mother. I said yes she does. He said your mother was wonderful. I said she was. He said I’m sorry I’m not myself anymore. My wife said you’re exactly who you are.

[The blind food critic @blindblog]

@DaninCarteret @mlbstorenyc Awesome, I was frustrated because I waited l in ine and they told all of us no autographs. If you ask for an autograph, they will throw you out of the store. I brought a ball for my six-year-old son and I couldn’t even ask Mariano. Very disappointed. But great to meet him.

[The blind food critic @blindblog]

@NamethatYank @tribes9 @MarianoRivera @MarianoRivera I’ll be there! I have a base sign by Mariano that I bought on Black Friday many years ago, but now I have a son who is almost 7 years old who would love something too. It is his dream!

[Mr. Name That Yank @NamethatYank]

Mariano Rivera will be at the MLB FLAGSHIP to launch Mo’s Heat hot sauce! Go say hi! @MarianoRivera

[The blind food critic @blindblog]

@NYCDisabilities Are you hiring?

[The blind food critic @blindblog]

@MLB @Orioles Way too interesting to pass out, I am in. Feels like this is overdue? I am a lifelong Yankees fan, and this is intriguing.

[Grunt Baseball @Gruntbaseball]

This will never not cause full body chills

[The blind food critic @blindblog]

@robertsietsema I like a place that makes ice cream and small batches with just one flavor each, not a whole mixture of flavors. Old-fashioned.

[The blind food critic @blindblog]

Rip my friend

[Ryan Garcia @RyanGarciaESM]

Felt like this call embodied a lot of John Sterling. Timely, creative, and a sprinkle of whimsy that made listening to the games he called so special.

[Math Files @Math_files]

142857 looks like an ordinary number at first glance. Nothing special. Just six digits sitting quietly together.

But the moment you start multiplying it, something magical happens.

Multiply it by 2, 3, 4, 5, or 6… and watch closely.
The digits don’t change.

142857 × 2 = 285714
142857 × 3 = 428571
142857 × 4 = 571428
142857 × 5 = 714285
142857 × 6 = 857142

Digits don’t disappear. No new digits appear. Instead, they simply move. They rotate.
Again and again, in a perfect cycle.

It feels less like arithmetic… and more like a hidden rhythm inside numbers.

And here’s the most surprising part—this is not random at all.
This entire pattern comes from a very simple fraction:

1 ÷ 7

When you write it as a decimal, it repeats forever:
0.142857 142857 142857…

That repeating block—142857—is what creates this beautiful numerical dance.

[Not Gaetti @notgaetti]

Not enough people talk about Derek Jeter

• .310/.377/.440 (.817 OPS), 115 OPS+
• 5x World Series Champ with NYY
• 5x Gold Glover, 5x Silver Slugger
• 71.3 WAR, 14x AS, 1996 AL ROY
• 3465 hits (6th in MLB history)
• 1408 DP turned by SS (6th)
• 4717 times on base (13th)
• 1923 runs scored (11th)
• 6605 assists by SS (10th)
• Averaged 204 hits per 162
• 870 XBH, 1311 RBI, 358 SB
• 5.0+ WAR 6x, 3.0+ WAR 14x
• Scored at least 100 runs 13x!
• Played at least 150 games 13x
• RHB-record 8x with 200+ hits
• Never played anywhere but SS
• Top Similarity Score: Craig Biggio
• Captain of the New York Yankees
• Named WS MVP in 2000 vs. NYM
• Insanely prolific postseason hitter:
• 22-11 in postseason series (158 GP)
• 200 H, 111 RS, 57 XBH, 61 RBI, 18 SB
• .308/.374/.465 postseason slash line
• 302 postseason total bases, just nuts
• Received 396 / 397 HOF votes in 2020
• Wore one number (#2) his entire career
• (Last-ever single-digit Yankees number)
• Invented the iconic jump throw vs Fryman
• 2nd-most SS games, but 99th in SS errors
• Executed "The Flip" in G3 of the 2001 ALDS
• Perpetrated "The Dive" vs. BOS in July 2004
• Among players with at least -253 Rfield and 90% of their career appearances at shortstop, Derek Jeter is the all-time leader in Batting Runs by a tremendous margin, the only player to break 300 and 1 of 5 to even reach 200

[BaseballHistoryNut @nut_history]

Here’s an awesome video of a bunch of kids from New York City sharing their thoughts on the New York Yankees releasing The Great Bambino, Babe Ruth.

Crazy to think these lads are like 8-12 years old and they probably could kick my ass without breaking a sweat. The year is 1935x.

[The blind food critic @blindblog]

@Jennnyyyyyy 37 and thanks

[The blind food critic @blindblog]

@NYCMayor hello I am a concern NYC citizen, who is totally blind, I cannot find any accessible machines near me to buy an Omny card. Can you please help? Thank you. #a11y

[The blind food critic @blindblog]

@LuxeTiffany hi could we chat about travel for the blind?