Michael Salfino

Flamingos minus-8.

3-D, comics and currency: The experimental baseball cards of the '60s and '70s

By me for @theathletic.com on special inserts and test issues to collect, at various price points. www.nytimes.com/athletic/708...

*America kicks a hornet’s nest*

Republicans: Let’s praise Trump for having the guts to kick a hornet’s nest

Sane people: What’s the plan after kicking the nest?

Republicans: Why can’t you just be happy he kicked the nest?

Rubio for offensive coordinator.

Why would firemen know how to make sandwiches?

It’s a grift

Jackie Robinson & Mickey Mantle - Baseball Legends In The Florida Sun! (1953) #MLB #Dodgers #Yankees #SpringTraining #History

Why are you telling me that?

I collect vintage only so of course my list would be different but I agree with their process. The choices are debatable but that's the fun.

Mantle, Ohtani, and Jefferies? How Topps decided its 75 best baseball cards of all time Topps assembled an expert panel to take on the difficult task of compiling a list of the company's best 75 baseball cards.

By me: Topps top 75 cards of all-time as decided by Topps and what this means to those who purchase 2026 Series 1 www.nytimes.com/athletic/703...

JUST IN: Stifel says Bitcoin could fall to $38,000

Nothing like a 40% drawdown to get Bitcoin owners on the hunt for new, marginal buyers. 🤡

The entertainment industry is in crisis, but a social platform for film enthusiasts is thriving. Is it changing the way we watch? nyti.ms/4kjQcPg

Beginning and end are bonkers but the rest is rote slasher fare.

This dude represents all of New York / America lol

In America you drop your kid off at school, get your brains blown out on the ride home, then the Vice President drops everything for a week to call you a terrorist, to slander your family, to protect the circumstances that led to your death so they can do it again. It is government by Alex Jones.

"Trump has the terrible strength peculiar to people who are incapable of embarrassment, and cannot fathom that they look ridiculous."

Archive link, gives no money or personal data to Jeff Bezos: archive.is/wFaOC

Lessons learned from 2025 fantasy football misses Justin Jefferson, Brian Thomas and more Michael Salfino looks for the lessons to be gleaned from the big draft-day misses of the 2025 fantasy football campaign.

By me. An expert is someone who’s made every mistake that can be made in a narrow field. www.nytimes.com/athletic/694...

Karoline Leavitt Is Expecting Her Second Child “White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt announced on Friday she is expecting her second child, making her the first person to hold the position while pregnant,” Politico reports.

Is Trump gonna be a daddy again? politicalwire.com/2025/12/27/k...

No central character arc. No hero or anti-hero.

I think it’s been long enough. Flowers Moon was boring and tedious, which is a shame because the book had me sweating with anticipation.

The Morning Show says, "Hold my beer."

Revisiting the 1985 Topps Rocky IV Set 40 Years Later Some might not see Rocky IV as a Christmas movie, but the fight at its heart takes place on Christmas Day, and it’s immortalized in the iconic 1985 Topps set.

By me: Unwrapoing a Christmas Classic: ripped.topps.com/40-year-anni...

Fantasy football Week 16 takeaways: Josh Allen busts; Omarion Hampton's future looks bright

By me. Another season in the books. www.nytimes.com/athletic/690...

Dr Russell D. Moore is a theologian, pastor, and the editor in chief of Christianity Today.

He's the worst president ever.

So sad that such a talented man who brought a lot of joy is no longer with us.

Thank you to Rob Reiner for making some lovely films!

Chuck Finley and Tawny Kittain?

@pianow.bsky.social @michaelsalfino.bsky.social David Justice and Halle Berry was one you guys missed (although not in the 70s)