I will continue to update this post as reviews come in.
Rotten Tomatoes: Rotten
Critics Consensus: Back to Black's sympathetic approach to its subject's story is an overdue antidote to the tabloid treatment she often received in life, even if the end results are disappointingly pedestrian.

	Score	Number of Reviews	Average Rating
All Critics	36%	69	4.50/10
Top Critics	38%	24	4.50/10

Metacritic: 49 (18 Reviews)
Sample Reviews:
The film’s snaky on-and-off power begins with the British actor Marisa Abela, whose lead performance nails Amy Winehouse in every look, mood, utterance, and musical expression. - Owen Gleiberman, Variety
Back to Black is, like its heroine, flawed and fallible but frequently very affecting. - Leslie Felperin, Hollywood Reporter
Tells the story of Amy Winehouse but shows no passion in telling it and has nothing to say about the events that transpire. It’s the utter minimum of what a biopic can be. - William Bibbiani, TheWrap
There are other, tougher, bleaker ways to put Winehouse’s life on screen – but Abela conveys her tenderness, and perhaps most poignantly of all her youth, so tellingly at odds with that tough image and eerily mature voice. 4/5 - Peter Bradshaw, Guardian
There are moments when Abela disappears and Winehouse bursts on to the screen, like a magic eye picture blinked fleetingly into focus. But the film is wildly uneven and prone to catastrophic misjudgments. 2/5 - Wendy Ide, Observer (UK)
Because of the cautious gloss, the film is perhaps less enlightening or truly tragic than it might have been. 3/5 - Tim Robey, Daily Telegraph (UK)
The final scene, in particular, with its completely and utterly baseless, sensationalist implications, made me physically gasp in horror. 1/5 - Hamish Macbain, London Evening Standard
The ending, of course, is sad... Yet, for all its faults, the film is more celebratory than tragic. 3/5 - Ed Potton, Times (UK)
Back to Black is a fitfully enjoyable little package that will do wonders for the careers of Abela and O’Connell. But unlike Winehouse’s oeuvre, it’s not worth taking seriously. It’s just too afraid of the dark. 2/5 - Charlotte O'Sullivan, Independent (UK)
The film seems too tame, too tasteful, too frightened of alienating the fans: everything that Winehouse was not. 2/5 - Tom Shone, Times (UK)
[Amy Winehouse's] music remains in a different creative galaxy to this dispiriting film, which is at once twee and ghoulish. 2/5 - Danny Leigh, Financial Times
Sure, you will learn more – and hear more of the original recordings – in Asif Kapadia’s great documentary Amy, but Taylor-Johnson does a decent job of making a tight drama from the same tragic yarn. 3/5 - Donald Clarke, Irish Times
This is a middle-of-the road biopic about a musician who was anything but. It’s not great and it’s not terrible. 3/5 - Stephen Romei, The Australian
It has such reverence for Winehouse that it lacks the honesty the 2015 Oscar-winning documentary Amy was able to present. 2.5/5 - Wenlei Ma, The Nightly (AU)
A solid performance let down by a script that cherry-picks the facts and ultimately tells us less than we already know. Watch Asif Kapadia’s Amy instead. 2/5 - Hayley Campbell, Empire Magazine
Offers a pallid account of Winehouse’s story, ironing out some thornier issues, and bringing little that’s new, either in fresh revelations or distinctive angles on the familiar. - Jonathan Romney, Screen International
This is better than I expected (although my expectations were low). It does seem softened at the edges, and one can never forgive a falling-in-love montage set at London Zoo -- ever -- but I (mostly) didn’t cringe and it is respectful, if painful. - Deborah Ross, The Spectator
In her attempt to put the woman back at the centre of her own life, Taylor-Johnson has at least captured an addictive personality and achieved a powerful portrait of doomed love. - Kate Mossman, New Statesman
It is as salacious and cruel as any tabloid cutting from the noughties – only invested in the bloody ballet pump left in the street, not the complexities of living a very public life with addiction. 1/5 - Rogan Graham, Little White Lies
Everyone involved in the film approaches the late artist with love and respect, but its tawdry instincts and misguided sense of responsibility let her memory down. C- - Vikram Murthi, indieWire
Bizarrely, the one thematic thread that Back to Black does seek to tie its tale together with is the singer’s desire to have a child. 1.5/4 - Ross McIndoe, Slant Magazine
Like Winehouse herself, the film teeters on the edge, hovering restlessly between genre-subversive brilliance that complicates celebratory narratives about artistic genius, and well-worn, re-hashed tropes about tragic women. - Rebecca Harrison, Sight & Sound
A strong cast, in particular a stirring performance from Marisa Abela, is not enough to effectively convey the chaos and the tragedy central to the story of such a beloved artist. 2/5 - Linda Marric, HeyUGuys
Its punchlines lack punch, [but] what it does have is a frankly dynamite central turn from Marisa Abela. - Mark Kermode, Kermode and Mayo's Take (YouTube)
SYNOPSIS:
The extraordinary story of Amy Winehouse’s early rise to fame from her early days in Camden through the making of her groundbreaking album, Back to Black that catapulted Winehouse to global fame. Told through Amy’s eyes and inspired by her deeply personal lyrics, the film explores and embraces the many layers of the iconic artist and the tumultuous love story at the center of one of the most legendary albums of all time.
CAST:

• Marisa Abela as Amy Winehouse
• Jack O'Connell as Blake Fielder-Civil
• Eddie Marsan as Mitch Winehouse
• Lesley Manville as Cynthia Winehouse

DIRECTED BY: Sam Taylor-Johnson
SCREENPLAY BY: Matt Greenhalgh
PRODUCED BY: Alison Owen, Debra Hayward, Nicky Kentish-Barnes
EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS: Sam Taylor-Johnson, Anna Marsh, Ron Halpern, Joe Naftalin
DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY: Polly Morgan
EDITED BY: Martin Walsh
PRODUCTION DESIGNER: Sarah Greenwood
COSTUME DESIGNER: PC Williams
MUSIC BY: Nick Cave, Warren Ellis
MUSIC PRODUCTION BY: Giles Martin
MUSIC SUPERVISOR: Iain Cooke
CASTING BY: Nina Gold
RUNTIME: 122 Minutes
RELEASE DATE: May 17, 2024

On this day exactly 120 years ago, the New York Times published an article, “The Abolition of History,” about the posthumous publication of a book by the English historian Edwin Johnson that, in a “scientific, dispassionate, searching method and manner,” total revision of the Christian history of Europe and the history of England in particular.
Abolition of History.
Generations of English schoolboys yet unborn will rise up and call blessed Edwin Johnson, if the contentions of his posthumous book just published here by the Putnams are successfully established. “The Rise of English Culture,” which appears three years after the author’s death, undertakes to abolish all English history before the end of the fifteenth century. There simply is no such thing. It is an invention, not of the devil, as no doubt large numbers of English schoolboys in the past have thought, but of the Benedictine monks. Respect for the powers and industry of this great hierarchy will be vastly enhanced if what Mr. Johnson maintains is true. In their monasteries was manufactured and turned out all the information, or what has hitherto passed for information, in regard to all the English Kings, all the achievements of the English people, nay, even all the history of Europe and all the literature that is supposed to date before that time. “A wall of darkness seems to rise behind the faintly outlined figure of- Henry Tudor and the fiendlike Richard,” says this uncompromising skeptic, “which shuts in the view of the observer and hides from him the earlier past.” The author puts it mildly when he says that this must come upon the unprepared mind with “a shock of surprise.”
Mr. Johnson is perfectly calm about it. His method and his manner are scientific, dispassionate, searching. He scrutinizes, and he gives his reasons. Being accused of having “Benedictines on the brain,” he gravely replies that it is modern history which he has on the brain, and he knows that this subject cannot be understood without attention to the Benedictine system. That system, as he explains it, is of a band of “dishonest fabulists organized and disciplined in the use of the pen,” “taught to agree upon a dogma and a fable.” From their hands came the whole of our Christian literature, the whole of our history, arranged to suit their purposes. Why have these points been so long neglected, and why have they escaped the notice of the most skeptical and thoughtful historians? These fables were founded, to begin with, on “the imagination of the world.” Already during the Revival of Letters there were brought to light expressions of doubt. They were forgotten or suppressed. The fabulists were organized and disciplined, working for self-interest; the critics were not.
The imagination, fertility, and intellectual power of the fabulists at least are worthy of admiration. Not only all the Saxons, the English Kings downward from “William the Conqueror” — so our skeptic designates his mystical character in quotation marks — are phantasmagoria of Benedictine brains, but laws and literature, the bedrock of our ancient belief, are all products of “the forge and writing house of fable” in the monasteries. St. Augustine and St. Jerome and Tertullian and a St. Thomas Aquinas and their works came thence. So did the Venerable Bede, the symbol of the literary activity of a knot of Benedictines, told off to the duty of illustrating the imaginary past of England. John Wiclif is no historic-personality, but a convenient figure of the poor priests at which the monks and friars aimed their polemical arrows. “Chaucer” (and Mr. Johnson mentions with modest pride that he is the first to point it cut) is a name under which masked a group of men of the English renaissance, keen but genial critics of the monastic system; we first hear of the “Chaucer legend” in 1540. Dante is in a similar predicament. Rabelais is another mask, worn by a jesting monk, who poured contempt through it on the whole system of historic fiction then coming into vogue. Roger Bacon is another mythological figure set up, by the Merton friars through the necessity felt for cultivating the little science then current. We may not even keep our Caxton; he is a legend and not the man who first introduced printing Into England. We must even give up Domesday Book and such a safeguard of our liberties as Magna Charta. Both are real, but both are late — and all that about King John and the Barons at Runnymede is fable.
In an introductory chapter, signed by Edward A. Pretherick, the reader is informed that Edwin Johnson was born in 1842 and died in 1901. He was a Congregational minister until he accepted the Professorship of Classical Literature in New College, London, in 1870. He wrote “The Rise of Christendom,” (1889) and translated the “Prolegomena” of Father Hardouin.
Published: May 14, 1904 The New York Times
Contemporary information about Johnson from the English Wikipedia:
Edwin Johnson) (1842–1901) was an English historian, best known for his radical criticisms of Christian historiography.
Among his works are Antiqua Mater: A Study of Christian Origins (1887, published in London anonymously) and The Pauline Epistles: Re-studied and Explained (1894).
In Antiqua Mater Johnson examines a great variety of sources related to early Christianity “from outside scripture”, coming to the conclusion that there was no reliable documentary evidence to prove the existence of Jesus Christ or the Apostles.
He asserts that Christianity had evolved from a Jewish diaspora movement, he provisionally called the Hagioi. They adhered to a liberal interpretation of the Torah with simpler rites and a more spiritualized outlook. Hagioi is a Greek word meaning “saints”, “holy ones”, “believers”, “loyal followers”, or “God’s people”, and was usually used in reference to members of the early Christian communities. It is a term that was frequently used by Paul in the New Testament, and in a few places in Acts of the Apostles in reference to Paul’s activities.
Both Gnosticism as well as certain Bacchic pagan cults are also mentioned as likely precursors of Christianity.
In The Pauline Epistles and The Rise of English Culture Johnson made the radical claim that the whole of the so-called Dark Ages between 700 and 1400 A. D. had never occurred, but had been invented by Christian writers who created imaginary characters and events. The Church Fathers, the Gospels, St. Paul, the early Christian texts as well as Christianity in general are identified as mere literary creations and attributed to monks (chiefly Benedictines) who drew up the entire Christian mythos in the early 16th century. As one reviewer said, Johnson “undertakes to abolish all English history before the end of the fifteenth century.” Johnson contends that before the “age of publication” and the “revival of letters” there are no reliable registers and logs, and there is a lack of records and documents with verifiable dates.

I downloaded bumble for the very first time a little less than a year ago. I was excited to actually try dating apps at first, since I never had. I had done online dating, but through the old school PC based apps like OK cupid, I got 2 long term relationships from those and was now trying bumble since it seemed that's where the people were.
I even liked the spin where women had to message first. As a man, her showing some effort is wonderful, I don't have to come up with my most witty opener, just to hear crickets. If she engages first, there must be something she likes about me. At first, this worked well. I got a few matches, and went on some dates, but within a few months, the matches started to degrade in quality and they became less frequent and the experience got stale. I don't know for sure, but I suspect your algorithm "got to know me" a little better, and decided I was only worthy of people I wasn't overly interested in.
I could tell your algorithm was struggling when the distances from my place started getting longer and longer for my matches. I live in a place of over 2 million people, so that's not the problem. But let me tell you something, I was getting notifications from my phone 3 or 4 times a day! I want desperately a long term relationship again.
I do well in relationships and when my phone would ding, I'd get excited, only to have it be an ad from YOU bumble, or some sort of weird pep talk that "Confidence is hot" or that "my boss wouldn't know about my profile?" What? Thanks but having been in several relationships and knowing women in real life, I really didn't need the pep talk that "confidence is hot" and I'm quite sure my boss doesn't give a shit what I do on bumble. So since I now equated notifications with nonsense from you. I stopped even checking, maybe I'd check a couple times a week instead of everyday like I was. I lost engagement and yes, I even lost matches, because it was easier to risk losing a match than get my hopes up over your harassing notifications.
Then I noticed something else, almost every profile had heavily filtered pictures, and very few of the pictures were of someplace local. Again, I live in a place of 2 million people...sort of strange that almost no one has a picture that looks like it was taken around here. Nope, apparently everyone is in Bali all the time. I can only assume that these profiles are to pad out your women numbers. I don't know how you're doing it, but I've seen the picture of heavily filtered Megan by the Eiffel tower at least 3 times now. It's getting old.
Because I wasn't engaged as much, I obviously got less dates. You can certainly blame me for that if you wish, but I think I'm the kind of man you want on your app. I'm not perfect. I mean, I'm divorced for one.......but I'm well educated and I think I have my house in order and I'm not out here just sending dick pics or trying to get laid. I put some thought into my messages and into my profile. I'm really looking for a woman to experience the world with!
Now with your rebrand....I have to say, I'm getting tired, I understand you need to build a user base of women and need to cater to that, but it is us men that are paying the bills, we're the ones buying spotlights, or super likes or whatever you're calling it these days, we're the ones shelling out hundreds of dollars in just a hope that we might go on a date with a woman that we can share the world with. The reality bumble, is that dates aren't happening anymore or at any frequency that justifies spending anything. I'm not on your app to swipe, I'm not on your app to spotlight, or like or even text with someone. I'm on your app because I want to go on dates.
Now let's go through the progression of how that happens on your app.
First I have to create a top notch profile; And because your gender ratio is 2 to 1 men to women, I better be in the top half because if not, there's not going to be any matches, just by simple math. If the ratio is 2 to 1 and every single woman matches with a DIFFERENT man, there's still 50% of men without a match.
THEN, I have to swipe, which....is a soul crushing activity on any app if you're actually looking for a long term relationship.
THEN I get a match! Oh boy!.............Then she has to respond in 24 hours. Hope she doesn't get sick or have a big work project or forget about me in her sea of matches and dick pics!
THEN she gets to send an "Opening move" AKA AI Generated nonsense.
THEN I Have to respond.....and again, it better be a top notch witty response. Like it has to be funny and interesting at the level of Anthony Bourdain Meets James Bond Meets Robin Williams meets Bob Ross levels!
THEN if she likes it, then and only then will I get a text, a text, not a date, a text from an actual woman, and its likely to be "Hey or something else low effort"
THEN we have to hope that continues long enough to appropriately share numbers or get an actual date arranged.
If this is the way you're going to run it bumble.........then I have to say, I'll just walk up to some woman at a bar. She might say no, we might find we're incompatible in the first 5 seconds, but at least a date or prelude to a date happened.
You're a dating app after all. If dates aren't happening or require that many hoops, that could get screwed by your algorithms at any time, than I, and I hope many other men like me get off your application yesterday, and I certainly hope they spend not one more dime until this subreddit's front page is filled with stories of GOOD MEN and GOOD WOMEN meeting from bumble. THAT is how you will make money, and THAT is how you will repair your significantly tarnished reputation among both men and women. Ladies, I can't imagine this is working for you either.
As an epilogue. I hired matchmaker............she wasn't cheap, but unlike you, she doesn't upsell me daily, she listens to me, she doesn't blow smoke about what is and isn't realistic, and more importantly, her matches are good and getting better, and dates are actually happening. That's more than I can say for you. It's a shame matchmaking isn't accessible to everyone, or you'd be out of business even faster. Reading this back.......it appears I was having an abusive relationship with Bumble that needs to stop.

Pirates @ Brewers - Mon, May 13

Game Status: Final - Score: 8-6 Pirates

Links & Info

• MLB Gameday
• Game Graphs
• Savant Gamefeed

	Pirates Batters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	LOB	AVG	OBP	SLG
1	McCutchen - DH	5	2	2	1	0	0	0	.200	.313	.330
2	Reynolds, B - RF	5	1	5	2	0	0	0	.256	.351	.427
3	Cruz, O - SS	4	1	2	1	1	1	2	.272	.321	.457
4	Suwinski - LF	4	1	1	2	1	1	5	.178	.269	.297
5	Gonzales, N - 2B	4	0	1	0	0	0	3	.182	.250	.182
6	Tellez - 1B	5	0	0	0	0	1	3	.178	.252	.234
7	Triolo - 3B	4	1	0	0	1	2	2	.201	.292	.239
8	Grandal - C	4	1	1	2	0	2	0	.227	.261	.545
9	Taylor, M - CF	4	1	1	0	0	1	0	.232	.278	.293
	Totals	39	8	13	8	3	8	15

Pirates
BATTING: 2B: Reynolds, B 2 (11, Rea, Vieira); Cruz, O (7, Payamps). HR: Suwinski (3, 1st inning off Rea, 1 on, 2 out); Grandal (2, 8th inning off White, M, 1 on, 1 out); Reynolds, B (5, 9th inning off Payamps, 0 on, 0 out). TB: Cruz, O 3; Gonzales, N; Grandal 4; McCutchen 2; Reynolds, B 10; Suwinski 4; Taylor, M. RBI: Cruz, O (18); Grandal 2 (5); McCutchen (9); Reynolds, B 2 (19); Suwinski 2 (12). 2-out RBI: Suwinski 2. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Triolo 2; Gonzales, N 2; Suwinski. SAC: Gonzales, N. Team RISP: 3-for-11. Team LOB: 8.
FIELDING: E: Cruz, O (8, fielding); Grandal (2, throw). Outfield assists: Reynolds, B (Adames at 3rd base).

	Brewers Batters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	LOB	AVG	OBP	SLG
1	Turang - 2B	3	0	0	0	0	2	1	.294	.358	.412
	a-Monasterio - 2B	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	.083	.313	.083
2	Contreras, Wm - C	5	1	3	0	0	1	1	.354	.433	.528
3	Yelich - DH	5	0	1	0	0	4	5	.350	.418	.650
4	Adames - SS	5	0	1	2	0	1	2	.256	.337	.456
5	Hoskins - 1B	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	.233	.340	.474
	1-Perkins, B - CF	4	1	1	0	0	2	0	.218	.316	.353
6	Frelick - RF	3	0	1	0	0	1	1	.241	.316	.292
	b-Sánchez - 1B	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	.232	.312	.493
7	Ortiz - 3B	4	1	2	0	0	0	2	.261	.359	.466
8	Bauers - RF	4	1	2	4	0	0	4	.244	.326	.476
9	Chourio - LF	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	.207	.254	.322
	Totals	40	6	13	6	2	11	17

Brewers
a-Walked for Turang in the 7th. b-Singled for Frelick in the 8th. 1-Ran for Hoskins in the 2nd.
BATTING: 2B: Ortiz (5, Keller, M); Adames (11, Fleming). HR: Bauers (4, 8th inning off Fleming, 3 on, 0 out). TB: Adames 2; Bauers 5; Contreras, Wm 3; Frelick; Hoskins; Ortiz 3; Perkins, B; Sánchez; Yelich. RBI: Adames 2 (29); Bauers 4 (21). 2-out RBI: Adames 2. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Adames; Bauers 3; Yelich 2. Team RISP: 2-for-9. Team LOB: 9.
FIELDING: E: Vieira (1, pickoff).

Pirates Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	P-S	ERA
Keller, M (W, 4-3)	6.0	8	0	0	0	7	0	100-71	3.93
Fleming	1.0	5	6	5	1	1	1	40-21	5.68
Stratton, H (H, 3)	1.0	0	0	0	1	2	0	21-14	3.98
Bednar (S, 8)	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	17-10	8.44
Totals	9.0	13	6	5	2	11	1

Brewers Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	P-S	ERA
Rea (L, 3-1)	6.0	6	3	3	1	5	1	103-66	3.45
Vieira	0.1	4	2	2	0	0	0	19-16	5.66
White, M	1.2	1	2	2	1	1	1	23-16	7.94
Payamps	1.0	2	1	1	1	2	1	25-14	5.54
Totals	9.0	13	8	8	3	8	3

Game Info
Pitches-strikes: Keller, M 100-71; Fleming 40-21; Stratton, H 21-14; Bednar 17-10; Rea 103-66; Vieira 19-16; White, M 23-16; Payamps 25-14.
Groundouts-flyouts: Keller, M 5-1; Fleming 2-0; Stratton, H 0-0; Bednar 1-1; Rea 9-3; Vieira 1-0; White, M 2-0; Payamps 1-0.
Batters faced: Keller, M 26; Fleming 9; Stratton, H 4; Bednar 3; Rea 25; Vieira 5; White, M 7; Payamps 6.
Inherited runners-scored: White, M 2-0.
Umpires: HP: Malachi Moore. 1B: Doug Eddings. 2B: Chad Whitson. 3B: Bill Miller.
Weather: 71 degrees, Roof Closed.
Wind: 0 mph, None.
First pitch: 6:40 PM.
T: 3:07.
Att: 18,305.
Venue: American Family Field.
May 13, 2024

Inning	Scoring Play	Score
Top 1	Jack Suwinski homers (3) on a line drive to right field. Oneil Cruz scores.	2-0 PIT
Top 3	Bryan Reynolds doubles (10) on a ground ball to right fielder Sal Frelick. Andrew McCutchen scores.	3-0 PIT
Top 7	Andrew McCutchen singles on a ground ball to left fielder Jackson Chourio. Michael A. Taylor scores.	4-0 PIT
Top 7	Oneil Cruz singles on a sharp line drive to right fielder Sal Frelick. Andrew McCutchen scores. Bryan Reynolds to 3rd.	5-0 PIT
Bottom 7	Willy Adames doubles (11) on a fly ball to right fielder Bryan Reynolds. Andruw Monasterio scores. William Contreras scores. Willy Adames out at 3rd on the throw, right fielder Bryan Reynolds to shortstop Oneil Cruz to third baseman Jared Triolo.	5-2 PIT
Top 8	Yasmani Grandal homers (2) on a fly ball to right center field. Jared Triolo scores.	7-2 PIT
Bottom 8	Jake Bauers hits a grand slam (4) to right center field. Blake Perkins scores. Gary Sánchez scores. Joey Ortiz scores.	7-6 PIT
Top 9	Bryan Reynolds homers (5) on a fly ball to center field.	8-6 PIT

Team	Highlight
PIT	Jack Suwinski's two-run home run (3) (00:00:28)
PIT	Andrew McCutchen's run-scoring knock (00:00:18)
PIT	Oneil Cruz's RBI single (00:00:15)
MIL	Brewers nab Bryan Reynolds at home (00:00:20)
MIL	Colin Rea fans five (00:00:53)
MIL	Willy Adames' two-run double (00:00:26)
PIT	Yasmani Grandal's two-run home run (2) (00:00:26)
MIL	Jake Bauers' grand slam (4) (00:00:29)
PIT	Bryan Reynolds' solo home run (5) (00:00:29)
MIL	Field view of Jake Bauers' grand slam (00:00:35)

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9		R	H	E	LOB
Pirates	2	0	1	0	0	0	2	2	1		8	13	2	8
Brewers	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	0		6	13	1	9

Decisions

• Winner: Mitch Keller (4-3, 3.93)
• Loser: Colin Rea (3-1, 3.45)
• Save: David Bednar (8, 8.44)

Division Scoreboard

CHC 0 @ ATL 2 - Final
STL 8 @ LAA 4 - Top 8, 0 Outs
CIN 3 @ AZ 3 - Top 7, 0 Outs
Next Pirates Game: Tue, May 14, 07:40 PM EDT @ Brewers
^{Last Updated: 05/13/2024 11:49:45 PM EDT}

Live Music

• JC Hatfield Trio, Mill Top Tavern, Tuesday, May 14th, 12:00 pm – 4:00 pm,
• Joshua "Tennessee" Worthy, Pierre's Pub, Tuesday, May 14th, 1:00 pm – 5:00 pm,
• Damon Slaughter, O.C. White's Seafood, Tuesday, May 14th, 5:30 pm – 8:30 pm,
• Jim Johnston, Prohibition Kitchen, Tuesday, May 14th, 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm,
• Smokin' Joe Schauer, Ann O'Malley's Deli and Pub, Tuesday, May 14th, 6:00 pm – 10:00 pm,
• Jazzy Blue Band, Cortesse's Bistro, Tuesday, May 14th, 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm.

Romanza: North Florida Saxophone Quartet

Romanza Festivale presents the North Florida Saxophone Quartet as they perform a variety of familiar music in a live concert in the Courtyard of St. Cyprian's Episcopal Church, on Sunday, May 14, 2024, beginning at 6:30 p.m.
The four saxophonists have each played with various ensembles worldwide, and North Florida music lovers have been delighted that each has made playing in this quartet a priority. They choose music from several genres — from classical to Disney — to create a lively show that audiences always enjoy. While the members of the North Florida Saxophone Quartet certainly focus on the sax, all of them are proficient with other woodwind instruments, such as the flute, oboe, clarinet, and bassoon.

• Paula Prince performs on the soprano saxophone and graduated from the Cincinnati Conservatory of Music.
• Charles Almeida performs on the alto saxophone. He served in both the U.S. Army military band and the U.S. Air Force military band. In addition, he has played with several well-known big bands such as Harry James and Tommy Dorsey.
• Robbie Zukauskas plays tenor saxophone and played with the U.S. Army Band and the Florida National Guard Band. Robbie studied music at the University of Central Florida.
• Bill Prince plays the baritone saxophone. He's a professor emeritus at the University of North Florida and arranges most of the music for the ensemble. Bill has also performed around the world with famous bands and as a solo artist.

Guests are asked to bring lawn chairs.
Admission: Free.
When: Sunday, May 14, 2024, from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m.
Where: St. Cyprian's Episcopal Church, 37 Lovett St. in downtown St. Augustine. The concert happens in the courtyard and attendees are encouraged to bring their portable chairs.
This event is part of the Romanza Festivale of Music and the Arts, an annual festival of two weeks of historical, cultural, and creative events celebrating all things St. Augustine. From May 3 -19, the nation's oldest city will be jam-packed with music and dance concerts, living history events and historical tours, live theater, and art exhibits.

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• May 14 @ 12:00 am - 11:59 pm
• 2025 Pin Up Paws Calendar Contest
• It’s that time of year! The St. Augustine Humane Society Annual Contest for the 2025 Pin Up Paws Calendar begins at 8:00am on May 1, 2024. The “Sweet Things” themed calendar will showcase the winning pets in all their adorableness.
• Submit a photo of your pet and start rooting for votes, each vote worth $1.00. Voting is May 1, 2024 at 8:00am through Saturday, July 13, 2024 at 8:00pm. And, you can vote as many times and for as many pets as you wish!
• The Pet with the most votes becomes the cover pet for the 2025 Sweet Things calendar. The next twelve pets with the next highest amount of votes will be a monthly pin up pet. All pets will enjoy a professional photo shoot with award-winning photographer Addison Fitzgerald.
• Prizes: *First-Place pet (along with being on the cover) also receives a $100.00 gift certificate to the Columbia Restaurant, two tickets to the Pin Up Paws Party, and two copies of the calendar. *Second-place winners receive a $50.00 Columbia Restaurant Gift Certificate and two calendars. *Twelve runners-up will be featured with their submission photos and a description. *The top 80 pet fundraisers will have a small photo on a collage page.
• The 2025 calendar will be revealed at the Pin Up Paws Party on Thursday, October 24, 2024 at The White Room.2025 Pin Up Paws Calendar Contest

Art in Public Spaces Exhibition

• May 14 @ 8:00 am - 5:00 pm
• FREE
• Stop by the Rotunda Gallery of the St. Johns County Administration Building to view the Art in Public Spaces Exhibition … Fair Winds to Elysium: William Bartram’s Travels in East Florida, 1774-1778. Presented by the St. Johns Cultural Council, the artwork celebrates the 250th Anniversary of William Bartram’s Travels in St. Johns County. The exhibition features the work of 24 local artists whose pieces were inspired by the flora and fauna of St. Johns County’s natural landscapes.
• Free and open to the public.
• Dates Time: Monday – Friday — April 16 through May 29, 2024. 8:00am-5:00pm
• Join us on Tuesday, April 16 at 8:30am for an exhibition preview prior to the Board of County Commissioners meeting. Or …. Wednesday, April 17 at 5:30pm for the evening reception.
• Participating artists include: Amy Hemphill Dove, Bob Arbogast, Byron Capo, Carole Adams, Catherine Avery St. Jean, Cindy Wilson, Dan Voellinger, Debra Mixon Holliday, Gail Beveridge, Gail Brown, Herrick Smith, Lauren Ehlers, Louise Meredith, Margaret Galloway, Martha Ferguson, Nikki Rakov, Paula Pascucci, Rhonda K. Lovett, Siv Spurgeon, Stephen Mullen, Stephen Rosche, Susan Miller, Teri Tompkins, and Terry Bottom.Art in Public Spaces Exhibition

Senior Yoga

• May 14 @ 9:45 am - 10:45 am
• Senior Yoga
• May 14 @ 9:45 am - 10:45 am
• Recurring Event FREE
• Looking for a Senior Yoga class to strengthen your core and increase your flexibility? Join SJC Parks & Rec at the Solomon Calhoun Community Center Gymnasium on Tuesday & Thursday mornings. Ages 50+.
• Offering eight-week yoga sessions, each consisting of 16 classes.
• Date Time: Tuesdays & Thursdays — *March 5 through May 28, 2024 9:45am-10:45am *Please Note: No class on March 19, April 16, 18, 23 and 25.
• Learn various yoga skills through a combination of physical exercises, mental meditation, and breathing techniques. Increase your flexibility and muscle strength, plus reduce stress.
• Participants — wear comfortable exercise attire. Please bring your own yoga mat, towel and water bottle to stay hydrated along with other items the instructor suggests.
• Space is limited to 50 participants!
• Cost: Zero for each 8-week session each session consists of 16 classes.

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Live Music

• JC Hatfield Trio, Mill Top Tavern, Tuesday, May 14th, 12:00 pm – 4:00 pm,
• Joshua "Tennessee" Worthy, Pierre's Pub, Tuesday, May 14th, 1:00 pm – 5:00 pm,
• Damon Slaughter, O.C. White's Seafood, Tuesday, May 14th, 5:30 pm – 8:30 pm,
• Jim Johnston, Prohibition Kitchen, Tuesday, May 14th, 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm,
• Smokin' Joe Schauer, Ann O'Malley's Deli and Pub, Tuesday, May 14th, 6:00 pm – 10:00 pm,
• Jazzy Blue Band, Cortesse's Bistro, Tuesday, May 14th, 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm.

Romanza: North Florida Saxophone Quartet

Romanza Festivale presents the North Florida Saxophone Quartet as they perform a variety of familiar music in a live concert in the Courtyard of St. Cyprian's Episcopal Church, on Sunday, May 14, 2024, beginning at 6:30 p.m.
The four saxophonists have each played with various ensembles worldwide, and North Florida music lovers have been delighted that each has made playing in this quartet a priority. They choose music from several genres — from classical to Disney — to create a lively show that audiences always enjoy. While the members of the North Florida Saxophone Quartet certainly focus on the sax, all of them are proficient with other woodwind instruments, such as the flute, oboe, clarinet, and bassoon.

• Paula Prince performs on the soprano saxophone and graduated from the Cincinnati Conservatory of Music.
• Charles Almeida performs on the alto saxophone. He served in both the U.S. Army military band and the U.S. Air Force military band. In addition, he has played with several well-known big bands such as Harry James and Tommy Dorsey.
• Robbie Zukauskas plays tenor saxophone and played with the U.S. Army Band and the Florida National Guard Band. Robbie studied music at the University of Central Florida.
• Bill Prince plays the baritone saxophone. He's a professor emeritus at the University of North Florida and arranges most of the music for the ensemble. Bill has also performed around the world with famous bands and as a solo artist.

Guests are asked to bring lawn chairs.
Admission: Free.
When: Sunday, May 14, 2024, from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m.
Where: St. Cyprian's Episcopal Church, 37 Lovett St. in downtown St. Augustine. The concert happens in the courtyard and attendees are encouraged to bring their portable chairs.
This event is part of the Romanza Festivale of Music and the Arts, an annual festival of two weeks of historical, cultural, and creative events celebrating all things St. Augustine. From May 3 -19, the nation's oldest city will be jam-packed with music and dance concerts, living history events and historical tours, live theater, and art exhibits.

2025 Pin Up Paws Calendar Contest

• May 14 @ 12:00 am - 11:59 pm
• 2025 Pin Up Paws Calendar Contest
• It’s that time of year! The St. Augustine Humane Society Annual Contest for the 2025 Pin Up Paws Calendar begins at 8:00am on May 1, 2024. The “Sweet Things” themed calendar will showcase the winning pets in all their adorableness.
• Submit a photo of your pet and start rooting for votes, each vote worth $1.00. Voting is May 1, 2024 at 8:00am through Saturday, July 13, 2024 at 8:00pm. And, you can vote as many times and for as many pets as you wish!
• The Pet with the most votes becomes the cover pet for the 2025 Sweet Things calendar. The next twelve pets with the next highest amount of votes will be a monthly pin up pet. All pets will enjoy a professional photo shoot with award-winning photographer Addison Fitzgerald.
• Prizes: *First-Place pet (along with being on the cover) also receives a $100.00 gift certificate to the Columbia Restaurant, two tickets to the Pin Up Paws Party, and two copies of the calendar. *Second-place winners receive a $50.00 Columbia Restaurant Gift Certificate and two calendars. *Twelve runners-up will be featured with their submission photos and a description. *The top 80 pet fundraisers will have a small photo on a collage page.
• The 2025 calendar will be revealed at the Pin Up Paws Party on Thursday, October 24, 2024 at The White Room.2025 Pin Up Paws Calendar Contest

Art in Public Spaces Exhibition

• May 14 @ 8:00 am - 5:00 pm
• FREE
• Stop by the Rotunda Gallery of the St. Johns County Administration Building to view the Art in Public Spaces Exhibition … Fair Winds to Elysium: William Bartram’s Travels in East Florida, 1774-1778. Presented by the St. Johns Cultural Council, the artwork celebrates the 250th Anniversary of William Bartram’s Travels in St. Johns County. The exhibition features the work of 24 local artists whose pieces were inspired by the flora and fauna of St. Johns County’s natural landscapes.
• Free and open to the public.
• Dates Time: Monday – Friday — April 16 through May 29, 2024. 8:00am-5:00pm
• Join us on Tuesday, April 16 at 8:30am for an exhibition preview prior to the Board of County Commissioners meeting. Or …. Wednesday, April 17 at 5:30pm for the evening reception.
• Participating artists include: Amy Hemphill Dove, Bob Arbogast, Byron Capo, Carole Adams, Catherine Avery St. Jean, Cindy Wilson, Dan Voellinger, Debra Mixon Holliday, Gail Beveridge, Gail Brown, Herrick Smith, Lauren Ehlers, Louise Meredith, Margaret Galloway, Martha Ferguson, Nikki Rakov, Paula Pascucci, Rhonda K. Lovett, Siv Spurgeon, Stephen Mullen, Stephen Rosche, Susan Miller, Teri Tompkins, and Terry Bottom.Art in Public Spaces Exhibition

Senior Yoga

• May 14 @ 9:45 am - 10:45 am
• Senior Yoga
• May 14 @ 9:45 am - 10:45 am
• Recurring EventFREE
• Looking for a Senior Yoga class to strengthen your core and increase your flexibility? Join SJC Parks & Rec at the Solomon Calhoun Community Center Gymnasium on Tuesday & Thursday mornings. Ages 50+.
• Offering eight-week yoga sessions, each consisting of 16 classes.
• Date Time: Tuesdays & Thursdays — *March 5 through May 28, 2024 9:45am-10:45am *Please Note: No class on March 19, April 16, 18, 23 and 25.
• Learn various yoga skills through a combination of physical exercises, mental meditation, and breathing techniques. Increase your flexibility and muscle strength, plus reduce stress.
• Participants — wear comfortable exercise attire. Please bring your own yoga mat, towel and water bottle to stay hydrated along with other items the instructor suggests.
• Space is limited to 50 participants!
• Cost: Zero for each 8-week session each session consists of 16 classes.

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Pirates (18-23) @ Brewers (24-16)

First Pitch: 7:40 PM at American Family Field

Team	Starter	TV	Radio
Pirates	Mitch Keller (3-3, 4.41 ERA)	SNP	KDKA
Brewers	Colin Rea (3-0, 3.29 ERA)	BSWI	WTMJ

MLB	Fangraphs	Reddit Stream	IRC Chat
Gameday	Game Graph	Live Comments	Libera: ##baseball

Line Score - Game Over

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E	LOB
PIT	2	0	1	0	0	0	2	2	1	8	13	2	8
MIL	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	0	6	13	1	9

Box Score

MIL		AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	BA
2B	Turang	3	0	0	0	0	2	.294
2B	Monasterio	0	1	0	0	2	0	.083
C	Contreras, Wm	5	1	3	0	0	1	.354
DH	Yelich	5	0	1	0	0	4	.350
SS	Adames	5	0	1	2	0	1	.256
1B	Hoskins	1	0	1	0	0	0	.233
CF	Perkins, B	4	1	1	0	0	2	.218
RF	Frelick	3	0	1	0	0	1	.241
1B	Sánchez	2	1	1	0	0	0	.232
3B	Ortiz	4	1	2	0	0	0	.261
RF	Bauers	4	1	2	4	0	0	.244
LF	Chourio	4	0	0	0	0	0	.207

MIL	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	P-S	ERA
Rea	6.0	6	3	3	1	5	103-66	3.45
Vieira	0.1	4	2	2	0	0	19-16	5.66
White, M	1.2	1	2	2	1	1	23-16	7.94
Payamps	1.0	2	1	1	1	2	25-14	5.54

PIT		AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	BA
DH	McCutchen	5	2	2	1	0	0	.200
RF	Reynolds, B	5	1	5	2	0	0	.256
SS	Cruz, O	4	1	2	1	1	1	.272
LF	Suwinski	4	1	1	2	1	1	.178
2B	Gonzales, N	4	0	1	0	0	0	.182
1B	Tellez	5	0	0	0	0	1	.178
3B	Triolo	4	1	0	0	1	2	.201
C	Grandal	4	1	1	2	0	2	.227
CF	Taylor, M	4	1	1	0	0	1	.232

PIT	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	P-S	ERA
Keller, M	6.0	8	0	0	0	7	100-71	3.93
Fleming	1.0	5	6	5	1	1	40-21	5.68
Stratton, H	1.0	0	0	0	1	2	21-14	3.98
Bednar	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	17-10	8.44

Scoring Plays

Inning	Event	Score
T1	Jack Suwinski homers (3) on a line drive to right field. Oneil Cruz scores.	0-2
T3	Bryan Reynolds doubles (10) on a ground ball to right fielder Sal Frelick. Andrew McCutchen scores.	0-3
T7	Andrew McCutchen singles on a ground ball to left fielder Jackson Chourio. Michael A. Taylor scores.	0-4
T7	Oneil Cruz singles on a sharp line drive to right fielder Sal Frelick. Andrew McCutchen scores. Bryan Reynolds to 3rd.	0-5
B7	Willy Adames doubles (11) on a fly ball to right fielder Bryan Reynolds. Andruw Monasterio scores. William Contreras scores. Willy Adames out at 3rd on the throw, right fielder Bryan Reynolds to shortstop Oneil Cruz to third baseman Jared Triolo.	2-5
T8	Yasmani Grandal homers (2) on a fly ball to right center field. Jared Triolo scores.	2-7
B8	Jake Bauers hits a grand slam (4) to right center field. Blake Perkins scores. Gary Sánchez scores. Joey Ortiz scores.	6-7
T9	Bryan Reynolds homers (5) on a fly ball to center field.	6-8

Highlights

Description	Length
Colin Rea against the Pirates	0:09
Mitch Keller against the Brewers	0:09
Bullpen availability for Milwaukee, May 13 vs Pirates	0:07
Bullpen availability for Pittsburgh, May 13 vs Brewers	0:07
Bench availability for Pittsburgh, May 13 vs Brewers	0:07
Fielding alignment for Pittsburgh, May 13 vs Brewers	0:11
Bench availability for Milwaukee, May 13 vs Pirates	0:07
Fielding alignment for Milwaukee, May 13 vs Pirates	0:11
Starting lineups for Pirates at Brewers - May 13, 2024	0:09
Measuring the stats on Jack Suwinski's home run	0:11
Breaking down Colin Rea's pitches	0:04
Colin Rea's outing against the Pirates	0:25
Breaking down Mitch Keller's pitches	0:04
Mitch Keller's outing against the Brewers	0:25
The distance behind Yasmani Grandal's home run	0:13
Measuring the stats on Jake Bauers' home run	0:13
Bryan Reynolds: Home Run Statcast Analysis	0:12
Jack Suwinski's two-run home run (3)	0:28
Mitch Keller escapes a jam	0:11
Bryan Reynolds's RBI double	0:24
Rhys Hoskins exits with injury	0:28
Matt Arnold's update on Rhys Hoskins	1:11
Andrew McCutchen's run-scoring knock	0:18
Oneil Cruz's RBI single	0:15
Brewers nab Bryan Reynolds at home	0:20
Colin Rea fans five	0:53
Willy Adames' two-run double	0:26
Yasmani Grandal's two-run home run (2)	0:26
Brewers nab Bryan Reynolds at home after review	0:29
Jake Bauers' grand slam (4)	0:29
Bryan Reynolds' solo home run (5)	0:28
Field view of Jake Bauers' grand slam	0:35
Gary Sánchez grounds out, third baseman Jared Triolo to first baseman Rowdy Tellez.	0:16

Decisions

Winning Pitcher	Losing Pitcher	Save
Keller, M (4-3, 3.93 ERA)	Rea (3-1, 3.45 ERA)	Bednar (8 SV, 8.44 ERA)

Attendance	Weather	Wind
	71°F, Roof Closed	0 mph, None

HP	1B	2B	3B
Malachi Moore	Doug Eddings	Chad Whitson	Bill Miller

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Nationals (19-20) @ White Sox (12-29)

First Pitch: 7:40 PM at Guaranteed Rate Field

Team	Starter	TV	Radio
Nationals	Trevor Williams (4-0, 1.96 ERA)	MASN2	106.7, DC 87.7 FM (ES)
White Sox	Chris Flexen (2-3, 4.29 ERA)	NBCSCH	WMVP, WRTO (ES)

MLB	Fangraphs	Baseball Savant	Reddit Stream	IRC Chat
Gameday	Game Graph	Strikezone Map	Live Comments	Libera: ##baseball

Line Score - Scheduled

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E	LOB
WSH										0	0	0	-
CWS										0	0	0	-

Box Score

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Pirates @ Brewers - Mon, May 13

Game Status: Final - Score: 8-6 Pirates

Links & Info

• Current conditions at American Family Field: 71°F - Roof Closed - Wind 0 mph, None
• TV: Pirates: SportsNet-PIT, Brewers: Bally Sports Wisconsin
• Radio: Pirates: KDKA-FM 93.7, Brewers: Brewers Radio Network, WTMJ 620
• MLB Gameday
• Game Graphs
• Savant Gamefeed

	Pirates Batters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	LOB	AVG	OBP	SLG
1	McCutchen - DH	5	2	2	1	0	0	0	.200	.313	.330
2	Reynolds, B - RF	5	1	5	2	0	0	0	.256	.351	.427
3	Cruz, O - SS	4	1	2	1	1	1	2	.272	.321	.457
4	Suwinski - LF	4	1	1	2	1	1	5	.178	.269	.297
5	Gonzales, N - 2B	4	0	1	0	0	0	3	.182	.250	.182
6	Tellez - 1B	5	0	0	0	0	1	3	.178	.252	.234
7	Triolo - 3B	4	1	0	0	1	2	2	.201	.292	.239
8	Grandal - C	4	1	1	2	0	2	0	.227	.261	.545
9	Taylor, M - CF	4	1	1	0	0	1	0	.232	.278	.293
	Totals	39	8	13	8	3	8	15

Pirates
BATTING: 2B: Reynolds, B 2 (11, Rea, Vieira); Cruz, O (7, Payamps). HR: Suwinski (3, 1st inning off Rea, 1 on, 2 out); Grandal (2, 8th inning off White, M, 1 on, 1 out); Reynolds, B (5, 9th inning off Payamps, 0 on, 0 out). TB: Cruz, O 3; Gonzales, N; Grandal 4; McCutchen 2; Reynolds, B 10; Suwinski 4; Taylor, M. RBI: Cruz, O (18); Grandal 2 (5); McCutchen (9); Reynolds, B 2 (19); Suwinski 2 (12). 2-out RBI: Suwinski 2. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Triolo 2; Gonzales, N 2; Suwinski. SAC: Gonzales, N. Team RISP: 3-for-11. Team LOB: 8.
FIELDING: E: Cruz, O (8, fielding); Grandal (2, throw). Outfield assists: Reynolds, B (Adames at 3rd base).

	Brewers Batters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	LOB	AVG	OBP	SLG
1	Turang - 2B	3	0	0	0	0	2	1	.294	.358	.412
	a-Monasterio - 2B	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	.083	.313	.083
2	Contreras, Wm - C	5	1	3	0	0	1	1	.354	.433	.528
3	Yelich - DH	5	0	1	0	0	4	5	.350	.418	.650
4	Adames - SS	5	0	1	2	0	1	2	.256	.337	.456
5	Hoskins - 1B	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	.233	.340	.474
	1-Perkins, B - CF	4	1	1	0	0	2	0	.218	.316	.353
6	Frelick - RF	3	0	1	0	0	1	1	.241	.316	.292
	b-Sánchez - 1B	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	.232	.312	.493
7	Ortiz - 3B	4	1	2	0	0	0	2	.261	.359	.466
8	Bauers - RF	4	1	2	4	0	0	4	.244	.326	.476
9	Chourio - LF	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	.207	.254	.322
	Totals	40	6	13	6	2	11	17

Brewers
a-Walked for Turang in the 7th. b-Singled for Frelick in the 8th. 1-Ran for Hoskins in the 2nd.
BATTING: 2B: Ortiz (5, Keller, M); Adames (11, Fleming). HR: Bauers (4, 8th inning off Fleming, 3 on, 0 out). TB: Adames 2; Bauers 5; Contreras, Wm 3; Frelick; Hoskins; Ortiz 3; Perkins, B; Sánchez; Yelich. RBI: Adames 2 (29); Bauers 4 (21). 2-out RBI: Adames 2. Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Adames; Bauers 3; Yelich 2. Team RISP: 2-for-9. Team LOB: 9.
FIELDING: E: Vieira (1, pickoff).

Pirates Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	P-S	ERA
Keller, M (W, 4-3)	6.0	8	0	0	0	7	0	100-71	3.93
Fleming	1.0	5	6	5	1	1	1	40-21	5.68
Stratton, H (H, 3)	1.0	0	0	0	1	2	0	21-14	3.98
Bednar (S, 8)	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	17-10	8.44
Totals	9.0	13	6	5	2	11	1

Brewers Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	P-S	ERA
Rea (L, 3-1)	6.0	6	3	3	1	5	1	103-66	3.45
Vieira	0.1	4	2	2	0	0	0	19-16	5.66
White, M	1.2	1	2	2	1	1	1	23-16	7.94
Payamps	1.0	2	1	1	1	2	1	25-14	5.54
Totals	9.0	13	8	8	3	8	3

Game Info
Pitches-strikes: Keller, M 100-71; Fleming 40-21; Stratton, H 21-14; Bednar 17-10; Rea 103-66; Vieira 19-16; White, M 23-16; Payamps 25-14.
Groundouts-flyouts: Keller, M 5-1; Fleming 2-0; Stratton, H 0-0; Bednar 1-1; Rea 9-3; Vieira 1-0; White, M 2-0; Payamps 1-0.
Batters faced: Keller, M 26; Fleming 9; Stratton, H 4; Bednar 3; Rea 25; Vieira 5; White, M 7; Payamps 6.
Inherited runners-scored: White, M 2-0.
Umpires: HP: Malachi Moore. 1B: Doug Eddings. 2B: Chad Whitson. 3B: Bill Miller.
Weather: 71 degrees, Roof Closed.
Wind: 0 mph, None.
First pitch: 6:40 PM.
T: 3:07.
Att: 18,305.
Venue: American Family Field.
May 13, 2024

Inning	Scoring Play	Score
Top 1	Jack Suwinski homers (3) on a line drive to right field. Oneil Cruz scores.	2-0 PIT
Top 3	Bryan Reynolds doubles (10) on a ground ball to right fielder Sal Frelick. Andrew McCutchen scores.	3-0 PIT
Top 7	Andrew McCutchen singles on a ground ball to left fielder Jackson Chourio. Michael A. Taylor scores.	4-0 PIT
Top 7	Oneil Cruz singles on a sharp line drive to right fielder Sal Frelick. Andrew McCutchen scores. Bryan Reynolds to 3rd.	5-0 PIT
Bottom 7	Willy Adames doubles (11) on a fly ball to right fielder Bryan Reynolds. Andruw Monasterio scores. William Contreras scores. Willy Adames out at 3rd on the throw, right fielder Bryan Reynolds to shortstop Oneil Cruz to third baseman Jared Triolo.	5-2 PIT
Top 8	Yasmani Grandal homers (2) on a fly ball to right center field. Jared Triolo scores.	7-2 PIT
Bottom 8	Jake Bauers hits a grand slam (4) to right center field. Blake Perkins scores. Gary Sánchez scores. Joey Ortiz scores.	7-6 PIT
Top 9	Bryan Reynolds homers (5) on a fly ball to center field.	8-6 PIT

Team	Highlight
PIT	Jack Suwinski's two-run home run (3) (00:00:28)
PIT	Oneil Cruz's RBI single (00:00:15)
MIL	Brewers nab Bryan Reynolds at home (00:00:20)
MIL	Willy Adames' two-run double (00:00:26)
PIT	Yasmani Grandal's two-run home run (2) (00:00:26)
MIL	Jake Bauers' grand slam (4) (00:00:29)
PIT	Bryan Reynolds' solo home run (5) (00:00:29)
MIL	Field view of Jake Bauers' grand slam (00:00:35)
PIT	Bryan Reynolds goes 5-for-5 (00:01:23)
PIT	Condensed Game: PIT@MIL - 5/13/24 (00:09:58)

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9		R	H	E	LOB
Pirates	2	0	1	0	0	0	2	2	1		8	13	2	8
Brewers	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	0		6	13	1	9

Decisions

• Winner: Mitch Keller (4-3, 3.93)
• Loser: Colin Rea (3-1, 3.45)
• Save: David Bednar (8, 8.44)

Division Scoreboard

CHC 0 @ ATL 2 - Final
STL 10 @ LAA 5 - Final
CIN 5 @ AZ 6 - Game Over
^{Last Updated: 05/14/2024 01:00:00 AM EDT}

Nationals (19-20) @ White Sox (12-29)

First Pitch: 6:40 PM at Guaranteed Rate Field

Team	Starter	TV	Radio
Nationals	Trevor Williams (4-0, 1.96 ERA)	MASN2	106.7, DC 87.7 FM (ES)
White Sox	Chris Flexen (2-3, 4.29 ERA)	NBCSCH	WMVP, WRTO (ES)

MLB	Fangraphs	Reddit Stream	Discord
Gameday	Game Graph	Live Comments	/baseball Discord

Line Score - Scheduled

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E	LOB
WSH										0	0	0	-
CWS										0	0	0	-

Box Score

Attendance	Weather	Wind

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Pirates (18-23) @ Brewers (24-16)

First Pitch: 6:40 PM at American Family Field

Team	Starter	TV	Radio
Pirates	Mitch Keller (3-3, 4.41 ERA)	SNP	KDKA
Brewers	Colin Rea (3-0, 3.29 ERA)	BSWI	WTMJ

MLB	Fangraphs	Baseball Savant	Reddit Stream	IRC Chat
Gameday	Game Graph	Strikezone Map	Live Comments	Libera: ##baseball

Line Score - Game Over

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E	LOB
PIT	2	0	1	0	0	0	2	2	1	8	13	2	8
MIL	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	0	6	13	1	9

Box Score

MIL		AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	BA
2B	Turang	3	0	0	0	0	2	.294
2B	Monasterio	0	1	0	0	2	0	.083
C	Contreras, Wm	5	1	3	0	0	1	.354
DH	Yelich	5	0	1	0	0	4	.350
SS	Adames	5	0	1	2	0	1	.256
1B	Hoskins	1	0	1	0	0	0	.233
CF	Perkins, B	4	1	1	0	0	2	.218
RF	Frelick	3	0	1	0	0	1	.241
1B	Sánchez	2	1	1	0	0	0	.232
3B	Ortiz	4	1	2	0	0	0	.261
RF	Bauers	4	1	2	4	0	0	.244
LF	Chourio	4	0	0	0	0	0	.207

MIL	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	P-S	ERA
Rea	6.0	6	3	3	1	5	103-66	3.45
Vieira	0.1	4	2	2	0	0	19-16	5.66
White, M	1.2	1	2	2	1	1	23-16	7.94
Payamps	1.0	2	1	1	1	2	25-14	5.54

PIT		AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	BA
DH	McCutchen	5	2	2	1	0	0	.200
RF	Reynolds, B	5	1	5	2	0	0	.256
SS	Cruz, O	4	1	2	1	1	1	.272
LF	Suwinski	4	1	1	2	1	1	.178
2B	Gonzales, N	4	0	1	0	0	0	.182
1B	Tellez	5	0	0	0	0	1	.178
3B	Triolo	4	1	0	0	1	2	.201
C	Grandal	4	1	1	2	0	2	.227
CF	Taylor, M	4	1	1	0	0	1	.232

PIT	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	P-S	ERA
Keller, M	6.0	8	0	0	0	7	100-71	3.93
Fleming	1.0	5	6	5	1	1	40-21	5.68
Stratton, H	1.0	0	0	0	1	2	21-14	3.98
Bednar	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	17-10	8.44

Scoring Plays

Inning	Event	Score
T1	Jack Suwinski homers (3) on a line drive to right field. Oneil Cruz scores.	0-2
T3	Bryan Reynolds doubles (10) on a ground ball to right fielder Sal Frelick. Andrew McCutchen scores.	0-3
T7	Andrew McCutchen singles on a ground ball to left fielder Jackson Chourio. Michael A. Taylor scores.	0-4
T7	Oneil Cruz singles on a sharp line drive to right fielder Sal Frelick. Andrew McCutchen scores. Bryan Reynolds to 3rd.	0-5
B7	Willy Adames doubles (11) on a fly ball to right fielder Bryan Reynolds. Andruw Monasterio scores. William Contreras scores. Willy Adames out at 3rd on the throw, right fielder Bryan Reynolds to shortstop Oneil Cruz to third baseman Jared Triolo.	2-5
T8	Yasmani Grandal homers (2) on a fly ball to right center field. Jared Triolo scores.	2-7
B8	Jake Bauers hits a grand slam (4) to right center field. Blake Perkins scores. Gary Sánchez scores. Joey Ortiz scores.	6-7
T9	Bryan Reynolds homers (5) on a fly ball to center field.	6-8

Highlights

Description	Length
Colin Rea against the Pirates	0:09
Mitch Keller against the Brewers	0:09
Bullpen availability for Milwaukee, May 13 vs Pirates	0:07
Bullpen availability for Pittsburgh, May 13 vs Brewers	0:07
Bench availability for Pittsburgh, May 13 vs Brewers	0:07
Fielding alignment for Pittsburgh, May 13 vs Brewers	0:11
Bench availability for Milwaukee, May 13 vs Pirates	0:07
Fielding alignment for Milwaukee, May 13 vs Pirates	0:11
Starting lineups for Pirates at Brewers - May 13, 2024	0:09
Measuring the stats on Jack Suwinski's home run	0:11
Breaking down Colin Rea's pitches	0:04
Colin Rea's outing against the Pirates	0:25
Breaking down Mitch Keller's pitches	0:04
Mitch Keller's outing against the Brewers	0:25
The distance behind Yasmani Grandal's home run	0:13
Measuring the stats on Jake Bauers' home run	0:13
Bryan Reynolds: Home Run Statcast Analysis	0:12
Jack Suwinski's two-run home run (3)	0:28
Mitch Keller escapes a jam	0:11
Bryan Reynolds's RBI double	0:24
Rhys Hoskins exits with injury	0:28
Matt Arnold's update on Rhys Hoskins	1:11
Andrew McCutchen's run-scoring knock	0:18
Oneil Cruz's RBI single	0:15
Brewers nab Bryan Reynolds at home	0:20
Colin Rea fans five	0:53
Willy Adames' two-run double	0:26
Yasmani Grandal's two-run home run (2)	0:26
Brewers nab Bryan Reynolds at home after review	0:29
Jake Bauers' grand slam (4)	0:29
Bryan Reynolds' solo home run (5)	0:28
Field view of Jake Bauers' grand slam	0:35

Decisions

Winning Pitcher	Losing Pitcher	Save
Keller, M (4-3, 3.93 ERA)	Rea (3-1, 3.45 ERA)	Bednar (8 SV, 8.44 ERA)

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As the title indicates, Dr. M. David Litwa has kindly offered to be the guest of our next AMA ("Ask Me Anything") event two days from now!
Dr. M. David Litwa is a historian who specializes in ancient Mediterranean religions and their intersection with the New Testament and early Christianity. He earned his PhD from the University of Virginia, and has taught courses at Virginia Tech, the College of William & Mary, and the University of Virginia. He also previously served as Senior Research Fellow at the Institute for Religion and Critical Inquiry at the Australian Catholic University in Melbourne, and is currently working with Boston College.
One of Dr. Litwa’s current goals is to make knowledge accessible to a wide public audience. So beyond the AMA, I highly encourage checking out his blog here. In addition, he has a host of other resources available, including his YouTube channel, where he frequently uploads both short-form and long-form content about his scholarship. Dr. Litwa also has a Patreon, with membership tiers ranging from early access to his videos, access to his academic reviews and articles, signed physical copies of his books, and even personal, one-on-one weekly language instruction with him directly!
Dr. Litwa’s many published books are available here for purchase. Particularly affordable are his Iesus Deus: The Early Christian Depiction of Jesus as a Mediterranean God, his Found Christianities: Remaking the World of the Second Century CE, and his How the Gospels Became History: Jesus and Mediterranean Myths which is also available on Audible!
Finally, beyond the AMA event with Dr. Litwa, he also has an ongoing webinar, Re-Dating the Gospels without Apologetics, that’s available for registration now. I’ve mentioned it before in previous posts, but Dr. Litwa has decided to still allow for registration even now that the webinar series has started, it was just offered at a reduced price during the previous announcement. For more information please see his latest video about the ongoing webinar on his channel here. Those who sign up for his webinar also get a free PDF copy of his monograph, We Are Beings Transformed, as well as full complementary access to the rest of his blog where he makes regular posts. The webinar series ends June 16th, so I highly encourage checking it out!
A variety of Dr. Litwa’s past courses are also available on his website here. Topics include Marcion, Carpocrates & Secret Mark, The Naassenes, Nag Hammadi, and more to come!
The AMA will take place on Wednesday, May 15th. The AMA post will go up in the morning, and solicit questions throughout the day until around 8:00 PM EST, after which the questions will be sent to Dr. Litwa who will make a response to them on his YouTube channel.
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Round 2 of the NBA playoffs has been a blast so far, and several series have the chance to go the distance. While injuries and three-point variance remain the two most important explanatory variables for why any given series is the way it is, those are boring to talk about! There are other factors worth examining, as well.
As I did for Round 1, I’ve cherry-picked some numbers that tell an interesting story explaining the current state of each contest. These are not always the most important stats (which are well-covered pretty much everywhere), but they’re all illuminating in their own way.
[Hello, everyone! Thanks for reading! As I did for Round 1 and all my other posts, I've collected a bunch of illustrative video clips that can be found in-context here or linked throughout the article. I think they add a lot to the discussion. Enjoy!]

Minnesota Timberwolves — Denver Nuggets (Tie 2-2)

41 → 69

The Wolves’ ferocious defense found success in the first two games of the series by hounding the Nuggets’ Nikola Jokic and Jamal Murray each step up the court. Jokic loves to grab a rebound and take it up himself, but he had to work to get past the pressure of Naz Reid and Karl-Anthony Towns. Meanwhile, Murray could barely move around the tentacles of Jaden McDaniels and Nickeil Alexander-Walker: [video here]
The squeeze mostly worked. The Nuggets’ offense suffered, and Denver’s lack of supplementary playmakers and ballhandlers loomed large (both Kentavious Caldwell-Pope and Reggie Jackson have been hobbled, and neither is a fantastic positional dribbler anyway).
In Game 3, though, the Nuggets made an important adjustment. They unshackled Orlando Aaron Gordon.
Gordon has become an incredible third banana in Denver by leaning into his strengths: dominating defensively while attacking post mismatches and lurking in the paint for dump-offs. He’s sacrificed usage for efficiency and team success. But Gordon was a whole ‘nother beast when he played for the Magic, a would-be point forward who foreshadowed the coming of Paolo Banchero.
It’s not like Gordon doesn’t do any playmaking anymore; the Nuggets love to station Gordon up high and have him initiate some action to get Jokic the ball on the move, as we talked about in the series preview. But after the Wolves’ tremendous full-court blitz in Game 2, Nuggets coach Michael Malone decided that Gordon needed to tap into his latent skills further.
It’s always fun when the stats so beautifully lay out what the eyes see. Gordon has seen a massive increase in his touches each game: 41 in Game 1, 48 in Game 2, 60 in Game 3, and 69 in Game 4, a whopping 46 of which were in the backcourt! For comparison, Minnesota’s point guard Mike Conley only had 40 backcourt touches in that contest; Murray only had 30.
Rudy Gobert has marked Gordon all series and has been excellent in almost all other respects (give or take an ugly end-of-game stretch in Game 4), but he’s the lone Wolf incapable of at least token full-court defense. Gordon is usually wide-open in the backcourt to bring the ball up. Even when the Wolves tried to pressure with McDaniels or others, Gordon easily powered through the defense. This is probably the lamest “highlight” I’ve ever clipped, but it’s important: [lame video clip here]
Think about the toll it took on the smaller Jamal Murray to do this dozens of times in Games 1 and 2. Having Gordon available to get the rock across halfcourt saved Jokic and Murray’s energy and helped the Nuggets find their offensive rhythm.
Shooting 11-for-12 in Game 4 was a nice exclamation point highlighting Gordon’s excellence over these last two games, but his gaudy field goal percentage overshadowed the important, quiet part: Gordon has broken the Wolves’ pressure. Minnesota will need to find another strategy to regain control of the series.

New York Knicks — Indiana Pacers (Tie 2-2)

44%, 46%; 31%, 37%

Injuries and recovery have been the game's name in this series more than any other. The Knicks keep dropping, while Indiana’s Tyrese Haliburton finally resembles the superstar who tore up the league to start the year despite amassing some bumps and bruises of his own.
However, other variables help explain this tie, and I wanted to highlight one in particular. In New York’s two wins, 44% and 46% of their shots were right at the rim. In their two losses, just 31% and 37% of their attempts came around the cylinder. (For context, Orlando’s 39% was the best mark in the regular season.)
Shots at the rim are the most valuable field goal attempts in the game for obvious reasons. New York was one of the league’s worst at getting to the rack in the regular season (less than a third of their field goal attempts). But Indiana’s defensive philosophy all season has been to hug the three-point line like a toddler squeezing their Teddy. The Pacers allowed the fewest three-point attempts but, conversely, gave up the most layups.
This has been a battle of weaknesses, and New York came out on top — at first. Jalen Brunson repeatedly wormed his way to the bucket. Josh Hart set up an RV in the lane for Games 1 and 2, finding particular success in classic Hart coast-to-coasts: [video here]
However, things have changed. Hart’s parking pass expired; the Pacers have done a fantastic job limiting his fast breaks over the last two games. Indiana has also altered their halfcourt coverage, switching coverages on Brunson and helping more aggressively off New York’s ancillary players to bolster the paint protection.
The Pacers switched Brunson’s primary defender from Andrew Nembhard to the longer Aaron Nesmith in Games 3 and 4, and he was far more effective on the exhausted Brunson (who tweaked his foot in Game 2). Nesmith is foul-prone (and hurt his shoulder diving for a loose ball in Game 3, yet another ailment suffered by these two teams), but he has done an excellent job of navigating the endless array of screens New York sets for their diminutive point guard.
The Pacers have also been more comfortable ignoring Hart, Precious Achiuwa, Miles McBride, and even (foolishly) Donte DiVincenzo on the perimeter if it means stymieing a Brunson drive: [video here]
Of course, the sheer workload thrust upon Brunson and Hart is another factor in the Knicks’ declining rim pressure.
Consider this: Josh Hart and Jalen Brunson have run 32.5 and 31.0 miles, respectively, in these playoffs. Third-place Max Strus, for Cleveland, has only run 26.8. When we talk about players putting a lot of mileage on their legs, we rarely mean it so literally. And in Brunson’s case, especially, it’s been a lot of ground covered while dribbling under duress.
When the wheels start falling off, getting into the paint becomes a daunting task. Settling for floaters or pointlessly swinging the ball around the perimeter becomes the path of least resistance. It’s harder to muster the energy to push in semi-transition. But if the Knicks want to return to their winning ways, they must rediscover how to attack the basket.

Boston Celtics — Cleveland Cavaliers (BOS 2-1)

13.0

Cleveland has averaged 13.0 free throws against Boston’s ferocious defense in the first three games. Charlotte’s 18.4 FTAs per game were the league’s lowest in the regular season; Cleveland averaged 20.2.
The charity stripe was always destined to be a tricky area for the Cavaliers. Boston led the league in defensive free-throw rate during the regular season; they never foul. Meanwhile, Cleveland was a below-average free-throw team, even with Jarrett Allen. (It’s worth noting that in the aggregate, we haven’t seen fewer free throws in the playoffs overall, although Boston has handed them out at an even stingier rate than usual.)
But Cleveland isn’t forcing turnovers, getting in transition, or snagging offensive rebounds. These actions generate lots of buckets in and of themselves but also typically lead to free throws at a high rate. Instead, the only points Cleveland has generated have been in the halfcourt, where they’ve been shockingly effective thanks to Mitchell’s brilliance — a 102.4 offensive rating, which would have been a top-five mark in the regular season.
But scoring in the congested mud of the halfcourt is the hardest thing to do at a high level. Against a defense as good as Boston’s, you can’t expect to survive without finding easier ways to get points, and free throws are the easiest. I don’t expect the Cavaliers to suddenly launch themselves at the rim and earn a barrage of freebies, but it would be nice to see someone besides Mitchell test the defense. Darius Garland only has two free throws in three games!
I don’t want to blame the Cavs when the real story is Boston’s defense, which has shown remarkable discipline all season. The intelligence of their collective defenders is most evident in their ability to slow offenses without fouling. Even their weakest link, Al Horford, has made a living avoiding foul trouble — he’s been in the 90th percentile or higher for foul avoidance every year since 2011. That’s wild.
Cleveland has put up a fight, but they need a whole lot to go right to win three of the next four games. Manufacturing a few freebies would be a big step in the right direction.

Oklahoma City Thunder — Dallas Mavericks (DAL 2-1)

26

If I had told you before the series started that Shai Gilgeous-Alexander would be outscoring Luka Doncic by a huge margin and Jalen Williams would have a slight edge on Kyrie Irving, you’d probably be feeling pretty good about the Thunder’s odds.
But after averaging 4.4 made baskets per game in the regular season, PJ Washington has doubled that this series, knocking in 26 of his 48 attempts (14 of which were triples). He’s driven the Mavericks to a 2-1 series lead thanks to back-to-back 29- and 27-point games.
It’s not like Washington can’t score; he dropped 43 earlier this year for Charlotte and had 32 in a two-point win over Golden State in April. But his jumper had been shaky for most of his short Dallas tenure. Oklahoma City wanted to test Washington’s nerve by leaving him wide open to further load up on Kyrie Irving and Luka Doncic.
The Thunder’s typical defensive strategy is to put Shai Gilgeous-Alexander on weaker offensive players to let him play free safety in the passing lanes. He’s had the Washington assignment for much of the series and has ignored him to help in the paint. The ball has found Washington (and then the bottom of the net) every time: [video here]
While the threes punishing SGA’s roaming tendencies are massive, Washington has also had success with his floater game and some bully ball. In the scant minutes OKC’s Josh Giddey has played this series, Washington feasted: [video here]
Washington’s defense has shone since the moment he stepped onto the tarmac at DFW, but there were questions about whether his offense would translate to the playoffs. In this series, at least so far, he’s had every answer.