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Craig Calcaterra

I write Cup of Coffee, a daily baseball, politics, entertainment, and nonsense newsletter.

Shohei Ohtani has water splashed on him as he heads home after a walkoff home run

Cup of Coffee: April 3, 2025

Three for Herrera, Ohtani walks 'em off, Merrill, Campbell, and Marte get extensions, Cowherd's opinions, tanking the economy, Musk skulks away, Val Kilmer, and The Holy Grail

Nathan Eovaldi pitching

Cup of Coffee: April 2, 2025

Elly De La Cruz, wearing a red balaclava, his jersey covered in dirt, casually tossing his bat after hitting a homer while looking like a total badass.

Cup of Coffee: April 1, 2025

Jazz Chisholm's torpedo-shaped bat

Cup of Coffee: March 31, 2025

Opening Day 2025, spray painted on the grass behind home plate

Cup of Coffee: March 28, 2025

Umpire brushing off home plate

Cup of Coffee: March 27, 2025

It's Opening Day!

Cal Raleigh Mariners jersey for sale in the team shop with the name Big Dumper on the back

Cup of Coffee: March 26, 2025

Big Dumper gets an extension, Jordan Montgomery gets surgery, SignalGhazi, the D.C. bar is OK with white supremacists, everything's a scam, an iPad in the river, and dem bones