Jay Posner

I used to be the San Diego Union-Tribune sports editor. Then I wasn't. Then I was again. Now I'm not, permanently.

[Jay Posner @JayPosnerSD]

@pale_n_lazy Yeah but look at his numbers the last couple years. He’s done.

[Jay Posner @JayPosnerSD]

I don’t know Samad Taylor from James Taylor but he can’t be worse than Castellanos, who never should have made it out of Peoria this spring.

[Jeff Sanders @sdutSanders]

#Padres DFA Nick Castellanos while in Philadelphia to make room to bring up OF/2B Samad Taylor from @epchihuahuas.

https://t.co/zYHXD8eGLa

[Daniel Dale @ddale8]

Here’s a fact check of some of President Trump’s claims, including a bunch of long-debunked lies, from a single softball New York Post interview released this morning.

Claim: “We're the only country in the world that has mail-in ballots.” Truth: Dozens of countries have mail-in ballots, including Canada, the UK, Australia, Germany, and Switzerland.

Claim: The 2020 election was “rigged” and has “been proven to be rigged.” Truth: Not rigged, there’s no proof for Trump’s assertion more than five years later, and he lost fair and square.

Claim: Trump won “three” presidential elections. Truth: He won in 2016 and 2024, lost in 2020.

Claim: In the 2024 election, “There were areas that were just rigged…rigged against me.” Truth: Nonsense again; he won that election fair and square but lost some areas of the country fair and square.

Claim: Democrats “could not win” “if they didn’t cheat.” Truth: Democrats, like Republicans, clearly win various elections legitimately.

Claim: California mails out “38 million ballots," and while "some people get three, four, five ballots," "Republicans get, oftentimes, none.” Truth: California mails a ballot to all active registered voters, of which there are 23 million, not the “38 million” figure Trump has used repeatedly; while there are occasional errors by county elections offices and the postal service, there's no general anti-Republican bias in ballot-mailing in the state.

Claim: “I inherited the highest inflation in the history of our country…Biden had like 9, 10% inflation. And I inherited that, and we have it way down.” Truth: The inflation rate the month Trump returned to office was 3.0%, lower than the most recent rate of 3.8%; Biden-era inflation did peak at 9.1%, but that was in mid-2022, and it wasn’t close to the all-time record of 23.7%. Regardless, it had fallen substantially before Trump’s inauguration.

Claim: “We have $18 trillion being invested in the country in just 11 months.” Truth: This is a completely fictional figure. The White House’s own website says there have been $10.6 trillion in “major investment announcements” this term, and even that’s a massive exaggeration that counts vague pledges, not-even-pledges, and pledges that are about mutual trade rather than investments in the US.

Claim: Trump had gas prices at “$1.85 in Iowa” on the day he visited there in January. Truth: The Iowa average gas price that day was $2.57 per gallon, per AAA; GasBuddy found four stations in the state out of 2,036 selling for $1.97 that day, none at $1.85; the station outside the venue where he spoke was at $2.69. (Ethanol-gas blend E85 was around $1.85, but that can only be used in a small percentage of cars, and he didn’t say that was what he was talking about.)

Claim: Democratic Texas Senate candidate James Talarico was still wearing a mask “a couple of months ago.” Truth: I've found no evidence for this; the Talarico video many Republicans have mocked shows Talarico wearing a mask in 2022, not 2026.

Claim: Mitch McConnell was “losing by a lot” in the 2020 Senate election in Kentucky but then Trump endorsed him and got him elected. Truth: McConnell, running in a state that hasn’t elected a Democrat to the Senate since 1992, led in all but one public poll in that race, and that one exception was a poll conducted for a pro-term-limits group in which he trailed by just one point; he was always the overwhelming favorite.

Claim: The Jan. 6 attack was “nonsense” in which “the FBI said, ‘Go in. Go in.’” Truth: That was a riot perpetrated by Trump supporters, and there's no evidence the FBI ever told rioters to illegally enter the Capitol. DOJ’s inspector general found the FBI had zero undercover agents at the riot…and Trump was president at the time and had personally appointed the FBI director.

Claim: Former VP Harris “was the border czar” but “never went.” Truth: She went to the border twice as VP, and the Biden administration repeatedly emphasized she was never “border czar” but had a narrower assignment focused on the “root causes” of migration from Central America.

Claim: Under Biden, “25 million people” poured over the border. Truth: This is a further exaggeration from the wildly exaggerated “21 million” figure Trump used to use; even counting “gotaways,” it’s not even close to correct.

Claim: Democrats are so dumb that “we had 11,888 murderers, most of whom committed more than one murder, allowed into our country.” Truth: The federal data it appears Trump is referring to is about people who entered the US over the course of multiple decades, *including during Trump’s own first administration.*

Claim: Under Biden, countries emptied their jail populations into the US – “the whole jail was emptied into our country.” Trump and his team have never substantiated this claim even though he’s made it for years, and experts on global prison policy and on the countries he has previously identified as the supposed culprits have told me they’ve seen no evidence for it.

More details: https://t.co/NtFk7PUfwN

[Jay Posner @JayPosnerSD]

@NFL_Totals Gotta take the wins where I can get them.

[Jay Posner @JayPosnerSD]

As with Castellanos, no downside to giving him a look. Also, as with Castellanos, France is over 30 and has declining numbers the last couple years. Be a surprise if either makes many (any?) meaningful contributions this season.

[Kevin Acee @sdutKevinAcee]

Popular member of 2020 Padres, traded away at deadline that year and an All-Star for the Mariners in ‘22.
Also a San Diego State alum.
Joining Padres on minor-league deal.

[Jay Posner @JayPosnerSD]

@NFL_Totals How about June?

[Jay Posner @JayPosnerSD]

@ryan_finley One, meaning the survivor of the grudge match.

[Jay Posner @JayPosnerSD]

Good to see one team from the Conference of Champions will have a chance to win another championship.

[Ben Bolch @calpostbbolch]

The UCLA men's golf team has defeated Texas in the NCAA quarterfinals, 3-2, advancing to face Arizona in a semifinal at 1 p.m. today at the Omni La Costa Resort & Spa. The winner gets to play for the national championship on Wednesday.

[Jay Posner @JayPosnerSD]

Nice timing for this dispute, with NBA Finals starting Wednesday. DirecTV says the games will be available to stream on the ESPN app.

[ABC 10News San Diego @10News]

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[Jay Posner @JayPosnerSD]

“They’ve drifted away from tradition,” Theismann said. “It used to be ABC, NBC, and CBS.”

And then in 1987 it went to ESPN for Sunday nights but that drift from tradition was cool because the next year they hired an analyst named … Joe Theismann.

[Awful Announcing @awfulannouncing]

Joe Theismann says NFL has ‘drifted away from tradition’ amid streaming boom https://t.co/EFj4Ec0oby

[Jay Posner @JayPosnerSD]

“It’s Wemby’s West.” Good call by Tirico … and the NBA Finals just became a whole lot more interesting. Can’t wait for Wednesday.

[Jay Posner @JayPosnerSD]

One quarter to go in Game 7. Enthralling stuff.

[Aaron Rupar @atrupar]

Folks, these are the rantings of a crazy person. Note how Trump resorts to attacking the wives of men he doesn’t like. The president is a lunatic.

[Jay Posner @JayPosnerSD]

@ScoringChanges @Padres @Nationals Thank you. When I wrote you there was no error in the box score or on the PBP. It just said FC. The scorer obviously realized the mistake.

[Jay Posner @JayPosnerSD]

Second baseman fields grounder and makes perfect throw to shortstop for force play. Runner would be out except shortstop never bothers to step on the base. And that’s not an error on the shortstop? Maybe @ScoringChanges can explain.

[Jay Posner @JayPosnerSD]

I don’t believe … what I just saw.

For the first time in literally a week, the Padres (in this case Machado) got a hit with a runner in scoring position. The 0-37 streak missed the 55-year-old club record by 3.

[Jay Posner @JayPosnerSD]

I will second Tim’s opinion. Scott was outstanding, and really enjoyed the movie.

[Tim Sullivan @TimSullivan714]

Saw “Pressure.” Andrew Scott is bound to win an Oscar one of these days, maybe for this.

[Jay Posner @JayPosnerSD]

Padres close out homestand with 3-6 record but, look, they scored 19 runs so they averaged more than two per game!

(This might be considered too negative but seven of those came last Friday — also the last time they had a hit w/RISP — so they averaged 1.5 in the other eight.)

[Jay Posner @JayPosnerSD]

Update: Sanchez threw seven scoreless innings to run his streak to 44 2/3. He’s about two starts from Drysdale/Hershiser territory … and his next outing will be at home next Monday or Tuesday against these same Padres.

[Jay Posner @JayPosnerSD]

Padres today face Cristopher Sanchez, who has impressive scoreless streak of 37 2/3 innings. Normally I’d say that’s trouble for Pads but since apparently some people find me too negative on here, I’ll note Pads are +119 and say they & Sanchez are due for reversals of fortune.

[Jay Posner @JayPosnerSD]

@botumsup5 His OBP this year isn’t even as high as his career BA.

[Jay Posner @JayPosnerSD]

Fermin came really close there to getting his fourth RBI of the season. But he’s just gone past 100 PA and we know he’s working hard so I’m sure it’ll come soon enough. Keep the faith.

[Jay Posner @JayPosnerSD]

@TylerRohnMusic Six scoreless.

[Jay Posner @JayPosnerSD]

Padres today face Cristopher Sanchez, who has impressive scoreless streak of 37 2/3 innings. Normally I’d say that’s trouble for Pads but since apparently some people find me too negative on here, I’ll note Pads are +119 and say they & Sanchez are due for reversals of fortune.