Ben Krimmel
@benkrimmel.bsky.social
Freelance writer and editor from Baltimore who lives in New York. Writes NY sports for SNY and does D.C. sports stuff for 106.7 The Fan/Team 980. And some writing here: BenKrimmel.substack.com
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Ben Krimmel
@benkrimmel.bsky.social
· Dec 18
‘Do not look behind you’
On a banned book, a sanitized past, and our desire to always look back.
benkrimmel.substack.com
A while back, I wrote about antisemitism/Holocaust education after a school board removed a comic book from classrooms. Seems relevant:
"Selfishly, for me, the best method for teaching kids about the Holocaust would be the one that results in them not wanting to murder Jews."
"Selfishly, for me, the best method for teaching kids about the Holocaust would be the one that results in them not wanting to murder Jews."
So, the Orioles are still (somehow) alive for the 3rd AL Wild Card spot. Baltimore's really unlikely path is pretty much:
O's go 3-0 at Yankees
White Sox go 0-4 (1 at KC, 3 vs COL)
AND
Rangers go 2-2 or worse (1 vs Mets, 3 at Twins), or Astros lose at least 2 (winning at SEA right now, 4 at A's)
O's go 3-0 at Yankees
White Sox go 0-4 (1 at KC, 3 vs COL)
AND
Rangers go 2-2 or worse (1 vs Mets, 3 at Twins), or Astros lose at least 2 (winning at SEA right now, 4 at A's)
September 24, 2026 at 3:07 AM
So, the Orioles are still (somehow) alive for the 3rd AL Wild Card spot. Baltimore's really unlikely path is pretty much:
O's go 3-0 at Yankees
White Sox go 0-4 (1 at KC, 3 vs COL)
AND
Rangers go 2-2 or worse (1 vs Mets, 3 at Twins), or Astros lose at least 2 (winning at SEA right now, 4 at A's)
O's go 3-0 at Yankees
White Sox go 0-4 (1 at KC, 3 vs COL)
AND
Rangers go 2-2 or worse (1 vs Mets, 3 at Twins), or Astros lose at least 2 (winning at SEA right now, 4 at A's)
Some of the players were in the tunnel, and the manager had to remind them to come onto the field to thank the fans after the final home game? YIKES. That's not the team spirit you want. But good on the skipper and Pete Alonso for doing this.
Boy, is Alonso the exact leader the Orioles needed
Boy, is Alonso the exact leader the Orioles needed
Pete Alonso on why he did this: "The people who have supported us, it’s not what they expected or wanted either. For people to still show up, come out to a doubleheader today, and really just show the true support, it’s special, and that should be recognized."
September 24, 2026 at 2:04 AM
Some of the players were in the tunnel, and the manager had to remind them to come onto the field to thank the fans after the final home game? YIKES. That's not the team spirit you want. But good on the skipper and Pete Alonso for doing this.
Boy, is Alonso the exact leader the Orioles needed
Boy, is Alonso the exact leader the Orioles needed
Oh, no, Pete Alonso...
September 24, 2026 at 1:58 AM
Oh, no, Pete Alonso...
Former Maryland WR Torrey Smith sounds like Uncle Baby Billy telling Terps fans they can't complain about another meh Mike Locksley season loading cause these NIL coffers are running dry. You can't get the salvation of a winning season unless you call the number on your screen right now.
September 23, 2026 at 8:59 PM
Former Maryland WR Torrey Smith sounds like Uncle Baby Billy telling Terps fans they can't complain about another meh Mike Locksley season loading cause these NIL coffers are running dry. You can't get the salvation of a winning season unless you call the number on your screen right now.
Sean Manaea is wearing a "New York Is Love" Mets Pride shirt after pitching six solid innings to beat the Texas Rangers, the MLB's only team without a Pride night. Perhaps coincidence, perhaps not.
September 23, 2026 at 3:55 AM
Sean Manaea is wearing a "New York Is Love" Mets Pride shirt after pitching six solid innings to beat the Texas Rangers, the MLB's only team without a Pride night. Perhaps coincidence, perhaps not.
BREAKING: The Mets have signed Andy Green to a three-year deal to be the team's manager, per SNY's @chelseajanes.bsky.social. From interim skipper to full-time.
September 22, 2026 at 8:19 PM
BREAKING: The Mets have signed Andy Green to a three-year deal to be the team's manager, per SNY's @chelseajanes.bsky.social. From interim skipper to full-time.
So we're 13 days into the season, Jaxson Dart and Jayden Daniels are (more than) likely out for the year, and the Bears are starting Case Keenum for his first NFL action in 1,009 days? Ooof.
Bears QB Tyson Bagent is dealing with a concussion and is in the NFL’s concussion protocol, sources say.
With Caleb Williams likely out with a hamstring injury, Case Keenum could be the starter vs the Eagles.
With Caleb Williams likely out with a hamstring injury, Case Keenum could be the starter vs the Eagles.
September 22, 2026 at 7:08 PM
So we're 13 days into the season, Jaxson Dart and Jayden Daniels are (more than) likely out for the year, and the Bears are starting Case Keenum for his first NFL action in 1,009 days? Ooof.
I would like to apologize to the Giants and Jaxson Dart for absolutely taking out their season with the BK Jinx yesterday in the SNY slack channel:
September 22, 2026 at 6:51 PM
I would like to apologize to the Giants and Jaxson Dart for absolutely taking out their season with the BK Jinx yesterday in the SNY slack channel:
My dad put this together recently: Orioles’ record each year from age 5-18 for me, my brother and him. Especially brutal for me: 1997-2010, one winning season and 13 losers.
With today’s loss the years since make it 8 winning and 8 losing, but with just 1 playoff series win in that time
With today’s loss the years since make it 8 winning and 8 losing, but with just 1 playoff series win in that time
September 21, 2026 at 3:04 AM
My dad put this together recently: Orioles’ record each year from age 5-18 for me, my brother and him. Especially brutal for me: 1997-2010, one winning season and 13 losers.
With today’s loss the years since make it 8 winning and 8 losing, but with just 1 playoff series win in that time
With today’s loss the years since make it 8 winning and 8 losing, but with just 1 playoff series win in that time
You really need to fire folks when this kinda thing happens as a deterrent. What the hell kinda managing is Craig Albarnez doing?
With two on and no outs, the Orioles had Samuel Basallo attempt to bunt. Basallo has one successful sac bunt in his professional career, occurring in Double-A in 2024.
He missed the first, fouled the second, fouled a swing and struck out
He missed the first, fouled the second, fouled a swing and struck out
September 19, 2026 at 1:44 AM
You really need to fire folks when this kinda thing happens as a deterrent. What the hell kinda managing is Craig Albarnez doing?
Looking at Sophie Cunningham's WNBA stats, it is no surprise that her podcast career is like her basketball one: She's a professional point misser.
September 18, 2026 at 2:12 PM
Looking at Sophie Cunningham's WNBA stats, it is no surprise that her podcast career is like her basketball one: She's a professional point misser.
Saw this a few days ago and was shocked to learn that there is a Browns linebacker named Justin Jefferson who wears No. 17, but... he was a 5th-round pick and he was inactive for Cleveland's Week 1 loss. So, still pretty sure this ad is some kinda AI hallucination deal.
@drewmagary.bsky.social Get ‘em before they sell out! WTF do they even try anymore?
September 17, 2026 at 4:43 PM
Saw this a few days ago and was shocked to learn that there is a Browns linebacker named Justin Jefferson who wears No. 17, but... he was a 5th-round pick and he was inactive for Cleveland's Week 1 loss. So, still pretty sure this ad is some kinda AI hallucination deal.
Sean Manaea on Pete Alonso's game-tying, 9th-inning 300th home run curtain call: "To have that kinda reaction to an opposing player, could be anybody, is crazy to me.”
Kodai Senga, who gave up HR, on Mets fan reaction: "If it wasn't Pete Alonso.... because it is him, it didn't bother me."
Kodai Senga, who gave up HR, on Mets fan reaction: "If it wasn't Pete Alonso.... because it is him, it didn't bother me."
Pete Alonso thanks Mets fans after 300th home run curtain call: 'I appreciate all the support'
After Pete Alonso hit his 300th home run, a game-tying solo home run in the top of the ninth inning on Tuesday night, the Citi Field crowd’s raucous reaction got the ex-Mets slugger out of the visitor...
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September 16, 2026 at 4:03 AM
Sean Manaea on Pete Alonso's game-tying, 9th-inning 300th home run curtain call: "To have that kinda reaction to an opposing player, could be anybody, is crazy to me.”
Kodai Senga, who gave up HR, on Mets fan reaction: "If it wasn't Pete Alonso.... because it is him, it didn't bother me."
Kodai Senga, who gave up HR, on Mets fan reaction: "If it wasn't Pete Alonso.... because it is him, it didn't bother me."
Keith Hernandez in real life spent tonight's Mets broadcast eating steak, creamed spinach, and chocolate cake and just crushing television through 11 innings of a wild, wild game.
Oh damn. It’s the Keith Hernandez episode of Law & Order. (Keith plays first baseman “Drew Harding.”) it’s a ripped from the headlines story about uh a not at all Michael Jordan type star athlete whose deadbeat father loses gobs of cash gambling and ends up dead.
September 16, 2026 at 2:57 AM
Keith Hernandez in real life spent tonight's Mets broadcast eating steak, creamed spinach, and chocolate cake and just crushing television through 11 innings of a wild, wild game.
Pete Alonso looks at three straight pitches and doesn't use a challenge on strike three, which is well below the zone. (Nobody on and one out in the sixth, but still, Pete, that isn't even close to a strike...)
September 16, 2026 at 12:49 AM
Pete Alonso looks at three straight pitches and doesn't use a challenge on strike three, which is well below the zone. (Nobody on and one out in the sixth, but still, Pete, that isn't even close to a strike...)
It was a liner off the right elbow (as Andy later noted) that knocked out Shane Baz.
September 16, 2026 at 12:41 AM
It was a liner off the right elbow (as Andy later noted) that knocked out Shane Baz.
Interesting to see this take from the data side, the commentary from the Liverpool community has been that Szoboszlai has been pretty poor in midfield so far this season.
Liverpool will be fine as soon as those PhDs in the analytics department make four or five clones of this guy
September 15, 2026 at 9:01 PM
Interesting to see this take from the data side, the commentary from the Liverpool community has been that Szoboszlai has been pretty poor in midfield so far this season.
"And that's gonna be a forward pass no matter where it lands."
That's the most NFL sentence imaginable. That's just absurd. I can't believe it was said with a straight face.
That's the most NFL sentence imaginable. That's just absurd. I can't believe it was said with a straight face.
[NFL] Mike Pereira breaks down why the Saints touchdown was overturned twitter.com/NFLonFOX/sta...
September 14, 2026 at 4:27 PM
"And that's gonna be a forward pass no matter where it lands."
That's the most NFL sentence imaginable. That's just absurd. I can't believe it was said with a straight face.
That's the most NFL sentence imaginable. That's just absurd. I can't believe it was said with a straight face.
There is an incredible abundance of dumb going on in the NFL in Week 1.
September 14, 2026 at 1:43 AM
There is an incredible abundance of dumb going on in the NFL in Week 1.
“Dear Dr Spaceman, thank you for your submission, the New England Journal of Medicine does not publish x-rated cartoons.”
i tried to be very nice and gently explain this to him but he cannot or will not understand that having a column published on a platform that isn’t your own is not a freedom of speech issue it’s an issue with the writer’s work, and that’s a reflection on him
September 12, 2026 at 2:03 AM
“Dear Dr Spaceman, thank you for your submission, the New England Journal of Medicine does not publish x-rated cartoons.”
I think folks may have forgotten that the big push of there having been some kinda 9/12 unity came about early in 2009 as a Glenn Beck-invented protest movement against Barack Obama called the "9/12 Project."
I was a 30 year old high school teacher on 9/11.
Please miss me forever on talk about how it "united" us.
I spent the year fighting with casually islamophic coworkers (teachers!) and principals who were staging classroom "anthrax drills."
It brought out the worst in the worst people.
Please miss me forever on talk about how it "united" us.
I spent the year fighting with casually islamophic coworkers (teachers!) and principals who were staging classroom "anthrax drills."
It brought out the worst in the worst people.
September 11, 2026 at 7:08 PM
I think folks may have forgotten that the big push of there having been some kinda 9/12 unity came about early in 2009 as a Glenn Beck-invented protest movement against Barack Obama called the "9/12 Project."
Homeboy traveled halfway around the world to make -EV decisions. Shameful.
Kyle Shanahan is still one of the most conservative coaches in the league on fourth downs.
September 11, 2026 at 12:51 AM
Homeboy traveled halfway around the world to make -EV decisions. Shameful.
I wonder if the more comfortable a color analyst feels in his role (familiarity with the job, prestige of broadcast, and person their workring with) the less they dig into to the game's details and get stuck talk about the narrative of the game they've constructed in their head.
The gap between the game Collinsworth is calling and the game actually happening on the field gets wider every year.
Collinsworth keeps describing this game as if the Patriots have scored 27 points, not 10 off penalties and scrambles
September 10, 2026 at 12:56 PM
I wonder if the more comfortable a color analyst feels in his role (familiarity with the job, prestige of broadcast, and person their workring with) the less they dig into to the game's details and get stuck talk about the narrative of the game they've constructed in their head.
Antoine Griezmann doing what we call the Spike's dad from Little Giants:
September 10, 2026 at 2:02 AM
Antoine Griezmann doing what we call the Spike's dad from Little Giants:
Our first ticky-tack call of the year.... feels like heartburn still. NFL football is back!
September 10, 2026 at 12:36 AM
Our first ticky-tack call of the year.... feels like heartburn still. NFL football is back!