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Dashiell Bennett @dashiell.bsky.social · 10h

This is canon

Amanda Rykoff @amandarykoff.bsky.social · 11h

Googling longest postseason games and Google AI says that the Tigers have won this game!

This was the longest winner-take-all game in postseason history by innings, with the Tigers ultimately winning.

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Dashiell Bennett @dashiell.bsky.social · 10h

Ah well nevertheless

Dashiell Bennett @dashiell.bsky.social · 11h

Don't worry, after this inning they have to go for 2 every time

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Dashiell Bennett @dashiell.bsky.social · 11h

Hear me out: a base-running mitt, but it's 89-feet long

Dashiell Bennett @dashiell.bsky.social · 11h

Why would you wear one of those ridiculous base-running mitts and then slide feet first!!

Dashiell Bennett @dashiell.bsky.social · 11h

Why would you wear one of those ridiculous base-running mitts and then slide feet first!!

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Dashiell Bennett @dashiell.bsky.social · Apr 8

whenever Dillon Dingler isn't at the plate, everyone should be asking "Where's Dillon Dingler?"

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Dashiell Bennett @dashiell.bsky.social · 11h

"I think this whole game has gotten a little Bizzardo am I right!"

Dashiell Bennett @dashiell.bsky.social · 11h

I don't even care who wins anymore I'm just glad no one had fun

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Dashiell Bennett @dashiell.bsky.social · 11h

What is a strike, if not an umpire's manifestation of the absurd?

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Dashiell Bennett @dashiell.bsky.social · 11h

Managers shouldn't be allowed to wear hoodies. An ill fitting satin jacket was good enough for Earl Weaver it's good enough for you!

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BUM CHILLUPS AKA SPENCER HALL @edsbs.bsky.social · 11h

Baseball’s rule book has been around for 783 years and somehow manages to let the game fall straight into the phantom zone at the worst possible moments

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Dashiell Bennett @dashiell.bsky.social · 11h

Ball don't lie!

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Dashiell Bennett @dashiell.bsky.social · 11h

His hand was on the bat!

Dashiell Bennett @dashiell.bsky.social · 12h

Fully dissociative now. This game is happening to someone else and I have no pity for them

Dashiell Bennett @dashiell.bsky.social · 12h

Eugenio Suarez is the most Rob Deer I've seen in quite some time

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Dashiell Bennett @dashiell.bsky.social · 12h

Are they really using the pitch clock in these games because it sure doesn't feel like it

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Ryan Nanni @celebrityhottub.bsky.social · 12h

baseball is the best preparation for death because it does not come with a clock that tells you when your suffering will end one way or the other

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Dashiell Bennett @dashiell.bsky.social · 12h

If I was a major league batter in a situation like this I would simply throw up on the plate

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Dashiell Bennett @dashiell.bsky.social · 14h

KERRY!!!

Dashiell Bennett @dashiell.bsky.social · 16h

Eat em up.

Dashiell Bennett @dashiell.bsky.social · 17h

Alien Earth's commitment to the bit of ending each episode with the worst needle drop imaginable for the situation is honestly impressive

Dashiell Bennett @dashiell.bsky.social · 1d

The Nobel Peace Prize is chosen by just five people?? The College Football Playoff Committee has more voices than that!

Taking into account the timeframe and the composition of the independent five-person committee, most Nobel experts and Norwegian observers believe it is highly unlikely that Trump will be awarded the prize, leading to fears in the country over how he will react to being overlooked so publicly.

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Dashiell Bennett @dashiell.bsky.social · 1d

Disney Executives:

The Driving Crooner saying "I gotta figure out how to make money on this!"

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Dashiell Bennett @dashiell.bsky.social · 1d

Look, I love baseball and have my whole life but Brewers vs. Cubs is simply none of my business

Dashiell Bennett @dashiell.bsky.social · 1d

.... Giants?