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[@MattWelch](/creator/twitter/MattWelch)
"Thomas L. Friedman Wants Us "to be China for a day" to "authorize the right solutions""  
[X Link](https://reason.com/2010/05/24/thomas-l-friedman-wants-us-to/) [@MattWelch](/creator/x/MattWelch) 2025-10-19T13:23Z 89.1K followers, XX engagements


"We have become a Papers please country just in time for our 250th anniversary"  
[X Link](https://x.com/MattWelch/status/1977444155132362991) [@MattWelch](/creator/x/MattWelch) 2025-10-12T18:40Z 89.3K followers, 328.7K engagements


"1994 there was a strike (they woulda been the Wild Card). 1995 they win their lone ring losing just X games in X rounds. Then 1996 is brutal. They pound three opponents XX runs to XX yet still fall short"  
[X Link](https://x.com/MattWelch/status/1979312679203311807) [@MattWelch](/creator/x/MattWelch) 2025-10-17T22:24Z 89.3K followers, XXX engagements


"What other teams had the best MLB record by 30+ games for a 5-year run & no more than X ring to show for it 1967-71 BAL (+31 games) 1991-95 ATL (+52) 1992-96 ATL (+39) essentially this is a 4-team category: Double-Robby O's Stewart/Bash-bro A's recentish Dodgers '90s Braves"  
[X Link](https://x.com/MattWelch/status/1979313568018501782) [@MattWelch](/creator/x/MattWelch) 2025-10-17T22:28Z 89.3K followers, XXX engagements


"First they sweep the Dodgers then outscore St. Louis 44-18 yet still somehow need X games to win the NLCS. Then they face the pre-Posada Yankees with various Sierras & Girardis & aging Goodens outscore them 26-18 and lose in 6"  
[X Link](https://x.com/MattWelch/status/1979312809298268249) [@MattWelch](/creator/x/MattWelch) 2025-10-17T22:25Z 89.3K followers, XXX engagements


"Thats Willie Stargell shit from the (dominant) starting pitcher"  
[X Link](https://x.com/MattWelch/status/1979367030387282247) [@MattWelch](/creator/x/MattWelch) 2025-10-18T02:00Z 89.3K followers, 6320 engagements


"Mookie Betts is an insanely intelligent defensive player"  
[X Link](https://x.com/MattWelch/status/1975369000868847629) [@MattWelch](/creator/x/MattWelch) 2025-10-07T01:14Z 89.3K followers, 4376 engagements


"Last month's fascinating wide-ranging @wethefifth conversation with @EconTalker has been by popular demand moved out from behind the paywall. Hear talk about Hitchens Moneyball tariffs Israel economic uncertainty *economics* uncertainty and more"  
[X Link](https://x.com/MattWelch/status/1975665386872881603) [@MattWelch](/creator/x/MattWelch) 2025-10-07T20:51Z 89.3K followers, 10.5K engagements


"South Park was too nice"  
[X Link](https://x.com/MattWelch/status/1976025251768054226) [@MattWelch](/creator/x/MattWelch) 2025-10-08T20:41Z 89.3K followers, 7730 engagements


"#Sliwamentum"  
[X Link](https://x.com/MattWelch/status/1978983174085509187) [@MattWelch](/creator/x/MattWelch) 2025-10-17T00:35Z 89.3K followers, 7751 engagements


"This cant be real"  
[X Link](https://x.com/MattWelch/status/1978983873489887632) [@MattWelch](/creator/x/MattWelch) 2025-10-17T00:38Z 89.3K followers, 25.7K engagements


"Dodgers starting pitchers after X postseason games: 6-1 XXXX ERA XX innings XX hits XX walks XX strikeouts. It'll be 7-1 if the Dodgers hold this lead"  
[X Link](https://x.com/MattWelch/status/1978974684000464912) [@MattWelch](/creator/x/MattWelch) 2025-10-17T00:01Z 89.3K followers, 14.3K engagements


"How does this compare to the 1996 Atlanta Braves postseason rotation you ask Well In XX games Maddux/Glavine/Smoltz/Neagle went: 9-5 XXXX ERA XXXXX innings XX hits XX walks XX strikeouts. And somehow still lost to a Yankees team that wasn't yet as great as they would be"  
[X Link](https://x.com/MattWelch/status/1978979994417193041) [@MattWelch](/creator/x/MattWelch) 2025-10-17T00:22Z 89.3K followers, 2503 engagements


"Its shame @kmanguward doesnt understand sportsball because she might sympathize with the manager there on the right trying to tell his aging employee on the left what to do"  
[X Link](https://x.com/MattWelch/status/1979009934604796023) [@MattWelch](/creator/x/MattWelch) 2025-10-17T02:21Z 89.3K followers, 7170 engagements


"Last nights suggestion by John Smoltz that this years Dodgers rotation might be *better* on a game-by-game basis than the classic Braves 1990s staffs got me thinking & looking stuff up and then gasping at something I probably knew but did not fully appreciate. mini-thread"  
[X Link](https://x.com/MattWelch/status/1979312183990456373) [@MattWelch](/creator/x/MattWelch) 2025-10-17T22:22Z 89.3K followers, 10.8K engagements


"Namely: From 1993-97 the Atlanta Braves played .617 ball won XX more games than any other team had X prime-aged Hall of Fame starting pitchers folded in Chipper Jones were NEVER ONCE OUTSCORED IN A SINGLE POSTSEASON SERIES . and they won just one world championship. Nuts"  
[X Link](https://x.com/MattWelch/status/1979312385245770191) [@MattWelch](/creator/x/MattWelch) 2025-10-17T22:23Z 89.3K followers, XXX engagements


"That 1996 Braves rotation of Maddux-Glavine-Smoltz-Neagle was lights-out in the playoffs going 9-5 with an ERA of XXXX averaging X 1/3 innings per start. How do you lose (Answer: Greg McMichael & Mark Wohlers.)"  
[X Link](https://x.com/MattWelch/status/1979312911563788602) [@MattWelch](/creator/x/MattWelch) 2025-10-17T22:25Z 89.3K followers, XXX engagements


"The Braves also outscored the Blue Jays in the 1992 World Series 20-17 (losing in 6); the Twins in the 1991 WS 29-24 losing in 7; and the Marlins in the 1997 NLCS losing in X. I think this might be a source of frustration for Braves fans"  
[X Link](https://x.com/MattWelch/status/1979313010792632485) [@MattWelch](/creator/x/MattWelch) 2025-10-17T22:26Z 89.3K followers, XXX engagements


"That core Maddux-Glavine-Smoltz+4th rotation from 1993-99 even while winning just one ring pitched well in XX out of XX postseason series (except for the 1999 WS). Their per-postseason ERAs: 1993: XXXX 1995: XXXX 1996: XXXX 1997: XXXX 1998: XXXX 1999: XXXX Shoulda won more"  
[X Link](https://x.com/MattWelch/status/1979313116099023172) [@MattWelch](/creator/x/MattWelch) 2025-10-17T22:26Z 89.3K followers, XXX engagements


"Should I spread the pain to other fandoms OK lets: From 1969-73 the Baltimore Orioles played .620 ball won XX more games than any other team featured the Robinson brothers + Jim Palmer and were outscored in a postseason series exactly once. They won just one World Series"  
[X Link](https://x.com/MattWelch/status/1979313250815873308) [@MattWelch](/creator/x/MattWelch) 2025-10-17T22:27Z 89.3K followers, XXX engagements


"Shall I twist the knife still further OK: The Braves played .606 ball for a FIFTEEN-YEAR-STRETCH (1991-2005) best in baseball by XX games (over the Yankees) with only one ring to show for it. Thats 1960-73 Lakers territory"  
[X Link](https://x.com/MattWelch/status/1979313652978323658) [@MattWelch](/creator/x/MattWelch) 2025-10-17T22:28Z 89.3K followers, XXX engagements


"The Dodgers pre-Ohtani could tell you a similar 11-year tale of woe (2013-23): .613 ball a full XX more wins than the Yanks playoffs every year just one damn ring. Just five more wins from dynasty talk now. THE END"  
[X Link](https://x.com/MattWelch/status/1979313833471807779) [@MattWelch](/creator/x/MattWelch) 2025-10-17T22:29Z 89.3K followers, 1918 engagements


"Dodgers starting pitchers after XX postseason games: 7-1 XXXX ERA XX innings XX ER XX hits XX walks XX strikeouts. Will go to 8-1 if the bullpen doesn't choke"  
[X Link](https://x.com/MattWelch/status/1979377176316113244) [@MattWelch](/creator/x/MattWelch) 2025-10-18T02:41Z 89.3K followers, 3286 engagements


"Happy 250th"  
[X Link](https://x.com/MattWelch/status/1979563663259488742) [@MattWelch](/creator/x/MattWelch) 2025-10-18T15:02Z 89.3K followers, 8479 engagements


"Great Angel"  
[X Link](https://x.com/MattWelch/status/1979642656931434605) [@MattWelch](/creator/x/MattWelch) 2025-10-18T20:16Z 89.3K followers, 4952 engagements