jc.retroathletics

Keep On Rockin' In The Free World - Neil Young

[Colby Marchio @ColbyMBets]

This is easily my favorite childhood sports memory, and it’s not even close.

If you didn’t watch this Home Run Derby live, you’ll never truly understand.

[Damon Imani @damonimani]

When Joy Behar said Elon should give his fortune to other countries because he won’t live forever…
I had to jump in:

[Tommy Robinson 🇬🇧 @TRobinsonNewEra]

Remember when Fauci got owned by a guy on a porch?

[New York Post @nypost]

Soccer fan who vanished while traveling to World Cup found in pub 10 days later 'blissfully unaware of search' https://t.co/obCjRalhuh

[Lemon @Lemonbryz]

🚨 Luka Modrić on Croatia’s controversial last-minute disallowed goal against Portugal:

🗣️ “This is football. Not a courtroom, not a lab where we freeze every frame and argue over centimetres.
Tonight we gave everything against a very good Portugal team. We were still fighting deep into stoppage time. The boys kept believing, kept pushing, and when that ball went in through Josko we thought we had it — equaliser, extra time, everything still possible.
Then VAR comes in and takes it away because of a touch earlier in the move. I respect the officials, I really do. But the rule is clear and obvious error. Was this one? These little things, these marginal calls where players are fighting for every inch… that’s football. That’s what defenders and attackers do every single day.
If we start ruling out goals like that in the last seconds because of a split-second touch or a shoulder or a toe, then what are we left with? The game loses its soul. The emotion, the chaos, the moments that make people fall in love with football — they get taken away by technology that was only supposed to fix the obvious mistakes.
We accept that sometimes the ball doesn’t go your way. We’ve done it our whole careers. But when the decision feels like it rewrites the last chapter of the match instead of just correcting something clear, it hurts. Not just us in the dressing room, but everyone who was watching and living every second with us.
Portugal deserved to go through, they’re a strong side and they showed it. But nights like this make you wonder where the game is heading. We play with our hearts, we fight until the whistle, and then one review decides everything.
That’s not protecting football anymore. That’s changing it into something else.”

[Hater Report @HaterReport]

VAR on the way to destroy a nation’s hopes and dreams every World Cup match

[Royals Kingdom🤴(38-59) @kingdom_royals]

3rd Tommy John for Cole Ragans, his career is unfortunately over

[Ryan Landreth @ryan_landreth]

JJ Picollo said they’re not going to make any coaching changes mid-season. “I don’t want to make excuses, but we’re banged up. We’re comfortable with what they’re doing. The players are comfortable.”

Fire. Everyone.
From the top down.

Fire EVERYONE.

[Spencer Pratt @spencerpratt]

Show us your thermostat, commie

[Felix | NYY.NEWS @_NYYNEWS]

JORGE POSADA: “I CAN’T WATCH TODAY’S BASEBALL.”

Yankees legend Jorge Posada, a 4-time World Series champion and one of the faces of the dynasty years, (The Core 4) did not hold back during his interview on Abriendo El Podcast.

Posada said today’s game has become too robotic, too obsessed with formulas, and too accepting of strikeouts.

“The baseball being played today is garbage,” Posada said.

He also pushed back hard on the analytics crowd trying to judge Derek Jeter’s defense strictly through modern numbers.

“You can’t judge Jeter through a computer.”

That line right there is pure old-school Yankees.

Posada came from an era where putting the ball in play mattered. Moving runners mattered. Taking pride in not striking out mattered. He said back then, striking out 100 times in a season felt like you were not doing your job.

Now? Guys can strike out constantly, hit 30 home runs, bat .202, and still get paid like stars.

His message was simple:

The game got smarter on paper, but dumber between the lines. #yankees #repbx

[rcj @emawmeister]

“So you paid for a subscription to watch Royals baseball this year?”

“That’s right.”

“And the team has been terrible your entire life?”

“That’s correct Dave”

“And you thought that this year would be different?”

“Yes”

“Are the games at least fun to watch?”

“No”

[jc.retroathletics @loganmshea2]

@SasquatchVinnie Joey Gathright , Frank schwindel

[Royals Kingdom🤴(38-59) @kingdom_royals]

Our manager actually used to bench Cags against lefties 😭😭

[Novig @Novig]

Imagine if USA took the pitch to Mo Bamba blasting at the Round of 32 game.

[Damon Imani @damonimani]

Sunny Hostin said UFC at White House isn’t emblematic of America...
Obviously I had to pull up the receipts:

[Kansas Baseball @KUBaseball]

Fitz Magic 🪄

Coach Fitz has been named the 2026 Perfect Game College Coach of the Year!

More information → https://t.co/EJRMaJY6eT

[WVU Baseball @WVUBaseball]

FOR THE FIRST TIME IN PROGRAM HISTORY, WE'RE GOING TO THE COLLEGE WORLD SERIES!!!

#HailWV // #Omaneers

[Talking Friars @TalkingFriars]

"Soto decided not to run!"

$765 million by the way...Yikes

[ESPN @espn]

Take it all in, West Virginia 💛

For the first time ever, those country roads lead straight to Omaha‼️

[Jon Coyne @JonCoyne33]

Greatest fans ever!!! Thank you Jayhawk Nation!!! #rockchalk