Michael Rosen

3 days ago | blogs.fangraphs.com | Michael Rosen

First impressions are everything, the expression goes, and a poor one could have doomed Juan Soto’s 2024 season. The Yankees dealt five quality players for one year of his services; a slow start in the Bronx would have invited the wrath of tabloids and fans alike. But Soto started with a bang, gunning down a runner at home plate to preserve a ninth-inning lead in his debut and going on to hit .325/.438/.561 in his first month as a Yankee. From day one, he was undeniable.

5 days ago | thedispatch.com | Jonah Goldberg |Gil Guerra |Michael Rosen |Kevin Williamson

The rant heard ‘round the world. Published April 19, 2025 Jonah Goldberg spends ninety minutes plotting his transition to telethon moderation, lambasting the youth, and reminding the new GOP that you can’t pick and choose who gets universal rights. Plus: further ruminations on the bond market and the anniversary of the shot heard ‘round the world.

5 days ago | thedispatch.com | Michael Rosen

Society & Culture AI can be used for ill. But it can also help people express themselves. Published April 19, 2025 Scroll to the comments section Audio versions are only available to subscribers of The Dispatch. Join Today! to listen to this post.

1 week ago | blogs.fangraphs.com | Michael Rosen

Hitting a baseball is an unthinkable accomplishment of timing. In order to strike a ball traveling from the pitcher’s hand to the plate in less than half a second with a slab of wood, a hitter must execute an elaborate sequence of movements on time. When do you lift your front foot? When do you load your hands? When do you fire your hips? It’s a sophisticated choreography; a beat late at any point can doom the swing.

1 week ago | washingtonexaminer.com | Michael Rosen

Among the major shocks of this month’s Trump administration announcement of massive tariffs slapped on dozens of countries worldwide lies a less prominent but arguably more important one: The entire tariff scheme may just have been produced by artificial intelligence. The fallout from Liberation Day — what the White House labeled April 2, the day it proclaimed its global tariff schedule — was immediate.