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Eric Stephen

@ericstephen.bsky.social

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Baseball punnedit for @sbnation.bsky.social, covering the Dodgers for @truebluela.bsky.social. Podcasting at @threeinningsave.com. Purveyor of old friend alerts. BBWAA member "Eric has an eye for things that other people can't find." -Joe Davis

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Eric Stephen @ericstephen.bsky.social · 26m

it's so good

Eric Stephen @ericstephen.bsky.social · 40m

Incredible headline in the LA Times this morning

Los Angeles Times "playoffs extra" cover, depicting the Dodgers' 2-1 win in 11 innings over the Phillies in Game 4 of the NLDS. Main picture shows the team mobbing Andy Pages, who hit the ground ball that pitcher Orion Kerkering threw away for a walk-off error (second picture shows Kerkering picking up the ball about to throw, with Pages running to first base in the background), with the headline A GAME OF THROWN, and the subheader "Based-loaded error in the 11th gives Dodgers a series-clinching 2-1 win"

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Albumism @albumism.com · 2h

Happy 30th Anniversary to No Doubt’s third studio album ‘Tragic Kingdom’ originally released October 10, 1995 | Listen to the album + watch the official videos here: album.ink/NoDoubtTK

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Gore Vidal Sassoon @jimmyjazz1968.bsky.social · 7h

Freakin Tony Montana of bees

becca | they/them @beccaisoutside.bsky.social · 14h

this is the most pollen ive ever seen on a single bug, shes having the time of her life

photo of a bee covered all-over with bright orange pollen.

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Ben Stanley @benstanley.eu · 3h

Nicely done

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Norm Charlatan @normcharlatan.bsky.social · 8h

In previous years I would have said that having to broadcast a Seahawks-Jaguars game was an appropriate punishment.

Field Gulls @fieldgulls.bsky.social · 8h

Mark Sanchez removed from Seahawks vs. Jaguars broadcast following arrest
www.fieldgulls.com/seattle-seah...

Mark Sanchez pulled from Seahawks-Jaguars broadcast following felony arrest

Mark Schlereth is set to replace Sanchez as color commentator for Sunday’s Seahawks game in Jacksonville.

www.fieldgulls.com

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pixelatedboat aka “mr bluesky” @pixelatedboat.bsky.social · 9h

Nice try, “Paul A. Thompson”

A Pitchfork review for One Battle After Another that call it a “nerve-wracking masterpiece”, written by one Paul A. Thompson

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Eric Stephen @ericstephen.bsky.social · 9h

The Cubs’ win tonight ensures there will be at least one MLB postseason game every day through at least Friday, October 17 (that’ll be the 14th straight day with games)

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Eric Stephen @ericstephen.bsky.social · 9h

No, everyone is silent

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Eric Stephen @ericstephen.bsky.social · 10h

So close

Eric Stephen @ericstephen.bsky.social · 10h

Today was the Dodgers' 11th walk-off win in their postseason history

Hyeseong Kim is the second Dodgers pinch-runner to score the winning run in a postseason walk-off, joining Eddie Miksis, who scored on Cookie Lavagetto's 2-run double to break up Bill Bevens' no-hitter and win Game 4 of 1947 WS

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Eric Stephen @ericstephen.bsky.social · 10h

❤️

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Eric Stephen @ericstephen.bsky.social · 10h

Same! I was obsessed with the idea that a batter could be good enough to foul off any pitch until he got his walk

Eric Stephen @ericstephen.bsky.social · 11h

Ohtani, Snell, Glasnow, Yamamoto, Sasaki in NLDS:

pitched 28 of 38 innings (73.7%)
1.93 ERA, 33 K, 11 BB

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Eric Stephen @ericstephen.bsky.social · 11h

watching over the Chicks

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Eric Stephen @ericstephen.bsky.social · 11h

Dave Roberts on Alex Call, who has 3 singles, 2 walks & HBP in his 6 PA this postseason:

"Alex, he's a winner. He's sort of on the periphery, but the guys love him. He's a baseball player. He's prepared. Whatever situation I ask of him he's ready."

A mockup of the cover of the 1951 book THE KID WHO BATTED 1.000 but with "OBP'd" instead of "batted." Cover also shows a batter wearing a Chicks baseball uniform holding a bat with his right hand

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Eric Stephen @ericstephen.bsky.social · 11h

they are taunting me at this point

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Eric Stephen @ericstephen.bsky.social · 11h

I always enjoyed some version of "his wrists broke" a certain degree, which always sounded more painful than the swing itself

Eric Stephen @ericstephen.bsky.social · 11h

yes, you've cracked it

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Eric Stephen @ericstephen.bsky.social · 11h

Dave Roberts called Roki Sasaki's 3 perfect innings from the 8th through the 10th inning today "one of the great all-time performances out of the ‘pen, that I can remember."

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Eric Stephen @ericstephen.bsky.social · 11h

Tyler Glasnow after throwing 6 scoreless innings with 8 strikeouts in his first postseason start for the Dodgers:

“It means everything. It’s been a dream of mine for a long time not only to play for the Dodgers, but in the postseason, and in meaningful games. It feels incredible.”

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Eric Stephen @ericstephen.bsky.social · 11h

Yeah

Eric Stephen @ericstephen.bsky.social · 12h

Agree

Eric Stephen @ericstephen.bsky.social · 12h

no, I was too busy thinking about all the star power in this series

Eric Stephen @ericstephen.bsky.social · 12h

I think that’s the right move and the likely one

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