Father (human/cat/dog), husband, Paramedic, Socialist, writer @OTB_Baseball; writer/owner Words Above Replacement. Member @IBWAA @sabr
Milwaukee, WI
Joined April 2015
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Twitter's an unorganized mess without a third party app to show Tweets chronologically, block out ads, & let me resume where I left off scrolling. I'm done here for the most part. I won't be posting much to Mastodon, but if I do you can find me at,
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Seems like good ole Elon took away the functionality of the third party app I used to read Twitter. I'll likely be around way less as I really can't handle the non-chronological layout of Twitter on the app or web.
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Colonizers gonna colonize.
French President Emmanuel Macron says he will not “ask forgiveness” from Algeria for France’s colonial occupation aje.io/1pzkpx
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Bill Thompson retweeted
TJ BENNETT WALK OFF HOME RUN AND THE BANDITS WINNNN!!!
INCREDIBLE 🤩TJ ties the modern ABL’s single-season record of 16.
This game highlight brought to you by Phoenix Law
Bill Thompson retweeted
Mayagüez takes a 2-1 lead in #LBPRC⚾️🇵🇷 Semifinal Series A over Caguas with a score of 6-1, behind a superb performance from veteran Daryl Thompson.
He's been a beast in this league, since coming late last season:
7.0 IP
1 BB
7 K
3 H
0 ER
The only thing that makes sense is the Bears becoming publicly owned, just like their stadium.
That's cool and all, but the Bears aren't staying (and they shouldn't) unless you give them the stadium so they can monetize it for non-NFL games and let them develop the land around the stadium as well.
Doesn't make sense for Chicago or Bears.
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Thinking affiliated ball is the end all be all is problematic, especially when it results in a lesser product and experience for the fans.
The goal remains to bring affiliated baseball back to Frederick. City believes having teams in the Atlantic League and Dream League will help that process.
“Everything takes longer than I wish it did, but you just have to go through each step,” mayor Michael O’Connor said.
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He really needs to learn to act like he's been there before and play the game the right way.
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Absolute joke of an organization.
New from me: MLB has quietly reinstated former Braves GM John Coppolella, 5 years after banning him for "life."
theathletic.com/4070252/2023…
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My old partner on the ambulance ended up staying in the room next to Xander Bogaerts while on vacation. What a small world.
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Bill Thompson retweeted
It appears the Lotte Marines are losing RHP Tayron Guerrero. In addition to RHP Roberto Osuna joining SoftBank, the back end of Lotte’s bullpen has gotten significantly weaker this off-season.
📰MLB🌎
前ロッテ・ゲレーロがレッズとマイナー契約
メジャーの春季キャンプに招待
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✅ 4年ぶりのメジャー登板を目指し、2月中旬から始まるキャンプに挑みます🧐
#chibalotte
Bill Thompson retweeted
Chris Sale riding his bike on his way to grab some lunch during Spring Training. (March, 2023)
Love Tanaka, but this is dumb. Don't ever cede ground to your employer like this, because they sure as heck will fight you tooth and nail to cede any ground in the other direction.
Rakuten Eagles pitcher Masahiro Tanaka called his past two seasons "undignified" after it was announced he would take a large pay cut for 2023. japantimes.co.jp/sports/2023…
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It's a majority of dudes in general I've found. I commented on a FB post from a dude I know that he shouldn't play ever again and was net with double digit dudes giving me the "innocent until proven guilty" spiel.
Imma need the white dudes with blue checkmarks to stop doing Trevor Bauer hypotheticals. He’s been credibly accused by multiple women and has shown no remorse/growth. No one should be talking about him as a baseball player right now.
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"Research shows it costs taxpayers $31,065 a year to criminalize a single person experiencing homelessness while the yearly cost for providing supportive housing is $10,051."
housingmatters.urban.org/fea…
Lindbergh made some half hearted statements, but on the whole they haven't addressed their role in that. Can't recall if Passan has either.
They wrote a book which is about 50% Bauer on him and while maybe I have missed it but @BenLindbergh and @Travis_Sawchik have never really addressed their role in elevating Bauer.
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It really is amazing that Triple H delivered a product that people were starting to warm up to and like for very clear wrestling reasons and that pissed Vince off so much that he had to come back. Dude outright hates wrestling, like the actual athletic aspect, with a passion.
Effective immediately JoEllen Lyons Dillon, Jeffrey R. Speed & Alan M. Wexler have been removed from the WWE Board of Directors.
In their place, Vince McMahon and former WWE Co-Presidents George Barrios & Michelle Wilson have been elected to the board.
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