What the Mel?!

I'm just here for the shenanigans and keeping up with things. Mostly video games & some baseball.

[Steve Perrault @Steve_Perrault]

Red Sox are on pace for their 2nd-worst 162-game record EVER!

1. 1965: 62-100
2. 2026: 66-96 (pace)
3. 2012: 69-93
4. 2014: 71-91

This is the issue with John Henry and company talking about the World Series titles. They’ve also had 3 of the worst teams in franchise history.

[Steve Perrault @Steve_Perrault]

Red Sox are on pace for their 2nd-worst 162-game record EVER!

1. 1965: 62-100
2. 2026: 66-96 (pace)
3. 2012: 69-93
4. 2014: 71-91

This is the issue with John Henry and company talking about the World Series titles. They’ve also had 3 of the worst teams in franchise history.

[What the Mel?! @piney61]

Homie doing all the side quests

[The Athletic MLB @TheAthleticMLB]

Joey Votto hasn't spent retirement looking back at baseball.

He's earned a sushi chef accreditation in Japan. Became a certified yoga instructor in Spain. Surfed in Ireland. And more.

Along the way, he says, “it helped my well-being.”

Read for free:
https://t.co/7z6NK6VUlZ

[What the Mel?! @piney61]

I'm conflicted between not wanting to ship IRL people as I've gotten out of that game and wanting to see them be together forever and finding it hella cute.

[Boulet De Canon Nucléaire 🇫🇷 @AudeJavel79]

Passer quelques jours à Londres, choisir un resto au hasard et se retrouver à manger à quelques mètres de Meryl Streep et de son mari ❤️

[What the Mel?! @piney61]

@TheCinesthetic

[What the Mel?! @piney61]

@Kilala_4 were you in the https://t.co/FW2RcsjcPN message boards way back in the early-mid 00s? I think I remember you. Oddly enough I stated following on you for having similar taste in Fire Emblem husbandos and somehow didn't make the connection until now! Sorry for the odd msg

[What the Mel?! @piney61]

NBC News has no chill

[NBC News @NBCNews]

Red Sox manager Alex Cora, who rode a roster with Mookie Betts, Xander Bogaerts, Rafael Devers and Chris Sale to the most successful season in franchise history and then struggled to win with the discount lineups that replaced them, is fired. https://t.co/fXOajspnHb

[What the Mel?! @piney61]

@coachhaines22 @TheRealJPap58 I'm leaning towards Pedroia

[What the Mel?! @piney61]

Sounds like a Pedroia quote.

[Jomboy Media @JomboyMedia]

An anonymous Red Sox alum had this to say about Alex Cora's firing

[Joon Lee @joonlee]

Players weren’t given a voice on Alex Cora’s firing.

Now they’re pushing back publicly.

Inside the Red Sox, some described that dynamic to me as “toxic positivity” — ignoring reality while projecting stability.

Sam Kennedy: “Guilty as charged.”
https://t.co/U0vk3vemvK

[What the Mel?! @piney61]

Hey Red Sox players, if you guys wanna tank the season, we'd completely understand. Well at least I would. Why give them a winning product when they won't pay for the necessary equipment and then get rid of the senior staff who's trying to keep it together?

[Randy Scott @RandyScottESPN]

Restaurant owner: “the food is awful”

Chef: “you won’t pay for good ingredients”

Restaurant owner: “why do the customers hate the food?”

Chef: “because you used to pay for good ingredients”

Restaurant owner: “you’re fired”

⚾️⚾️

Ladies and gentlemen…
The 2026 Boston Red Sox

[Greg Baldwin @GregBaldwinIroh]

“Sozin’s Comet” is the best series finale of any TV series.

Ever.

Not just animated television.

Television.

I do not say this lightly.

[Fred Schaefer @fredschaefer34]

@diannaESPN Sorry silly question by me....Did they add a room for you at the Vrabel compound?

[brayan bello defender🙂‍↕️ @tessiesbestie]

they just call that being from New England

[What the Mel?! @piney61]

I may have been the Homer's Phobia episode of The Simpsons or my cousin coming out and revealing his roommate was his boyfriend (eventually husband)...I'm not sure which one happened first. Though I think Mrs Doubtfire was the proto inkling.

[َ @fleshpoet]

do you guys remember your first exposure to Gay people as a concept

[What the Mel?! @piney61]

First guy is awesome and absolutely right. Also, name dropping Black Orpheus is awesome.

[Natalie Korach @NatalieKorach]

No one is doing it like the Boston Globe social media team

[What the Mel?! @piney61]

@byronicgirl @pilgoth Clearly you've forgotten RI exists (most people do)

[Byronic Heroine @byronicgirl]

There are two primary types of Catholics:
-spiritually Irish
-spiritually Italian
All other Catholics, based on culture and personal temperament, are closer to one or the other side of this spectrum.

[What the Mel?! @piney61]

FIRE PUPPY STARTER!!!!

[Pokémon @Pokemon]

Introducing the first partner Pokémon from #PokemonWindsWaves!

Say hello to Browt 🌱, Pombon 🔥, and Gecqua 💧. Who will you partner with on this adventure, Trainers?