Ranjit Rana

Dad, Washington Sports fan, environmentalist

[O'Connell Baseball @DJOBaseball]

Let’s help our boys out!

#VoteBryant #VoteWalker

👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻

[Bryant James @bryantjames2026]

Grateful for the opportunity to be part of something special. First WCAC Championship in 25 years! Proud of the guys and the memories we made. Thankful for my family, coaches, & everyone who supported me this season. @CBerset10 @_thedirtbags @DJOBaseball @trey_daly @rshiel3

[Ryan Shiel @rshiel3]

The answer is Bryant James.

[Walker McElwain @WalkerMcelwain]

Blessed to be nominated for Virginia High School Sports Illustrated Baseball Player of the Year alongside my Friend and @DJOBaseball Teammate @bryantjames2026! Please vote for me! @JakeMachado32 @trey_daly @ksallday19 @PrepBaseballVA @CBerset10 @rshiel3 @PrimeTimeBSBLL @_thedirtbags @maxcito87 @PBVADC_Nolan @JJonesPBVADC @JBC_Baseball @CameronEck @jskaggs23

[Prep Baseball VA/DC Scouting @PrepBaseVAS]

‘29 Kayden Ragsdale
- O’Connell

Hammers this ball into the gap for a stand-up double

@PrepBaseballVA

#VAFGTrials #VA77

[Prep Baseball Virginia/DC @PrepBaseballVA]

‘27 Luke Murphy
- Langley

⭐️6'1"
⭐️188-lbs

@PrepBaseballVA

#VAFGTrials

[Prep Baseball Virginia/DC @PrepBaseballVA]

‘27 Walker McElwain
- @DJOBaseball

Hits one hard into the RCF gap for a loud flyout

#VAFGTrials

[Prep Baseball Virginia/DC @PrepBaseballVA]

‘27 Robert Kilpatrick III
- @DJOBaseball

Was dominant in his outing had all 4 pitches working ITZ. Had multiple uncomfortable swings on the FB and SL. Collected multiple K’s.

FB 88-90
SNK 89-91
SL 78-80
CH 82

@PrepBaseballVA

#VAFGTrials #VA4

[Perfect Game Virginia/West Virginia @PG_VirginiaWV]

Owen Tallent (‘29 VA) gave his team the lead earlier today with this 3-RBI 2B. Quiet weight shift w/ good feel for controlling the barrel throughout the zone.

#S25CoastalSQ @PG_Scouting

[PG Showcases @PGShowcases]

'29 C Kayden Ragsdale (VA) follows up w/ another hit (90 EV) on a drive thru the mid. Functional swing w/ qual barrel skills. #SophNational @PG_VirginiaWV

[Bobby Tewksbary @TewksHitting]

Many former elite pro players now entering travel sports and having the same, "WTF is going on?" moment.

It is a mess. Lots of complaining, nobody is happy, coaches are leaving sport left and right.

Change requires an alternative path.

[PG Showcases @PGShowcases]

‘29 C Kayden Ragsdale (VA) reads a good CB & is all over it, crushing a HR (94 EV/374’) over the LF fence. Really whippy barrel w/ good xten. #SophNational @PG_VirginiaWV

[Shota @fogusbaseball]

I had the privilege to play ball with so many great players and at O’Connell over the years, but 2026 was very special. We won 27 games and won the WCAC for the first time in 25 years. I’d like to thank my coaches for having faith in me and building a culture of accountability and respect. @CBerset10 @rshiel3 @jskaggs23 @CameronEck @DJOBaseball

[Daggu Rana @daggu_rana]

Went 6/9 last weekend at Beast Of The East
1 2B, 1 HR, 4 RBI .667 BA, 1.778 OBS and 2 stolen bases @Brendan_kelley7 @_Ericwil42 @TEAMELITENATION @PG_Uncommitted @PG_VirginiaWV @CBerset10 @vcervinoPG @JMackey_PGH @rshiel3

[Ram @ramprasad_c]

Yes, Britain famously transferred wealth to India. When British arrived in India its share of the world economy was 4%. When they left in 1947, they had taken it to 23%, roughly equal to all of Europe combined.
On a serious note.
The Indian railways were financed entirely by bonds sold on the London Stock Exchange. British investors were guaranteed a return of 5% per annum by the colonial government. A guaranteed return, in an era when no other safe investment in Britain offered anything close. And who guaranteed those returns? Indian taxpayers. Indians paid for the construction. Indians paid the guaranteed profits to British shareholders. Indians paid for the equipment, which was manufactured exclusively in Britain and shipped to India at inflated prices. One mile of Indian railway cost twice what the same mile cost to build in Canada or Australia, because the guaranteed return meant there was no incentive to control costs. The more it cost, the more British investors and suppliers earned.

And what were these railways designed to do? Move raw materials from India’s interior to ports. Cotton from the Deccan to Bombay. Jute from Bengal to Calcutta. Coal from Bihar to wherever the Empire needed it. Tea from Assam to London’s drawing rooms. The routes connected mines and plantations to harbors. Not cities to cities. Not people to opportunities. Raw materials to ships. The Indian public’s transportation needs were, as Shashi Tharoor put it, entirely incidental.

Oh, and the railways also moved troops. Very efficiently. So that when Indians protested being looted, the British could deploy soldiers to shoot them. That was the other “infrastructure investment.”

But wait, there is more. Before the railways, India had the world’s finest textile industry. The British smashed the looms, broke the weavers’ thumbs (this is not metaphor, this is documented history), imposed tariffs on Indian cloth, and shipped raw cotton to Manchester to be manufactured into garments that were then sold back to Indians. India went from being the world’s largest textile exporter to an importer of British cloth within a generation.

The Bengal Famine of 1943 killed an estimated 3 million people. Churchill diverted food supplies from Bengal to already well-supplied British troops and European stockpiles. When informed of the famine, his response, on the record, was to ask why Gandhi had not died yet. This is the “infrastructure investor” Musk is defending.

India contributed 2.5 million soldiers to fight in two World Wars on Britain’s behalf.

So let us summarize the colonial “investment” in India. They took a 23% global economy and left it at 4%. They destroyed the world’s finest textile industry. They built railways with Indian money, for Indian resources, generating British profits. They engineered famines that killed millions. They drained an estimated $45 trillion in today’s value over 200 years.
That’s some unprofitable adventure.

[Jomboy Media @JomboyMedia]

Paul Skenes saw the lights on at a Little League field and stopped to hangout for over two hours

(via @FSBigBob)

[Lucas Grubb @LucasGrubb4]

Strong start to the summer circuit. Finished the tournament 7-for-13 with 5 extra base hits and was honored to earn Tournament MVP. Looking forward to continuing to compete and develop throughout the rest of the summer.

@PrimeTimeBSBLL @CBerset10 @jskaggs23 @PrepBaseballVA

[Perfect Game Scout @PG_Scouting]

Here’s another look at ‘27 grad Daggu Rana, this one he lines up the middle for a base hit…. #BeastOfTheEast @PG_Uncommitted @PG_VirginiaWV

[Team Ossoff @TeamOssoff]

Ossoff: Last September, the President of Kazakhstan calls Donald Trump and says he wants to grant tungsten mining rights to an American company. And the very next month, Eric and Don Jr. get a stake in the American company pursuing the mining deal.

Six days later, six days after Prince Eric and Prince Don get their stake, Kazakhstan announces this company will get, “The largest known undeveloped tungsten resource in the world.” A few more weeks go by, and then the U.S. government, run by their father, sets aside 1.6 billion of your tax dollars to fund and finance their mining project. In Kazakhstan.

All this while you pay more for gas, for groceries, for health care, and that's just the tip of the iceberg.

[Paul Graham @paulg]

If the key to becoming a billionaire is to exploit people, as some politicians claim, we at YC are idiots. We've spent the last 20 years choosing the wrong founders and teaching them the wrong things. Or maybe we do actually understand startups, and the politicians are wrong.