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Philip Michaels @philipmichaels.bsky.social · 1h

I, for one, agree with the president.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2h

Trump: "I don't think there's anything that's gonna get me in heaven. I think I'm not maybe heaven bound. I may be in heaven right now as we fly on Air Force One. I'm not sure I'm gonna be able to make heaven."

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Philip Michaels @philipmichaels.bsky.social · 1h

He just needs time to implement his system.

Chris Vannini @chrisvannini.com · 1h

SOURCE: UAB has fired head coach Trent Dilfer, @theathletic.com has learned.

UAB is 2-4 this year. Dilfer went 9-21 in three seasons.

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Philip Michaels @philipmichaels.bsky.social · 6h

England to America: Please stop sending us Woody Johnson or Woody Johnson-adjacent offerings.

Rodger Sherman @rodger.bsky.social · 7h

the Jets finish the day with -10 passing yards, the fewest in a game since 1998. (Although the Giants had -9 passing yards against the Jets in 2023!)

stathead.com/tiny/raGwF

Philip Michaels @philipmichaels.bsky.social · 8h

Gonna tell my grandkids this was Daft Punk.

Razzball @razzball.bsky.social · 8h

Andrew Vaughn has Resting Locked-In Face

Brewers Andrew Vaughn and Jacob Misiorowski

Philip Michaels @philipmichaels.bsky.social · 20h

Brewers/Dodgers in the Greg Brock Derby
Mariners/Blue Jays in the 1977 Expansion Classique

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Philip Michaels @philipmichaels.bsky.social · 21h

Footage of Ned Yost, about to manage the Brewers in a playoff series

a man in a suit and tie is standing in a doorway in a wood paneled room .

Alt: Joe Pesci gets whacked in goodfellas

media.tenor.com

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Philip Michaels @philipmichaels.bsky.social · 21h

Presumably in this metaphor, Ned Yost is Tommy.

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Philip Michaels @philipmichaels.bsky.social · 1d

The Indiana football Hoosiers are undefeated since I took possession of this ashtray.

Philip Michaels @philipmichaels.bsky.social · 21d

My parents did not smoke, and yet they owned an ashtray shaped like the state of Indiana, and if you flipped it over, it showed the major cities of Indiana on the back. As a map-loving kid, it fascinated me.

And now, it is mine, though I ceased cigar-smoking once my daughter was born.

The back of an ashtray of the state of Indiana showing cities like Gary, South Bend, Fort Wayne, Lafayette, Muncie, Indianapolis, Terre Haute and Evansville

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Philip Michaels @philipmichaels.bsky.social · 1d

Escapes after crawling through the prison’s sewer system which seems apt for an AL West team.

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Philip Michaels @philipmichaels.bsky.social · 1d

Well, there’s the impending civil war…

Philip Michaels @philipmichaels.bsky.social · 1d

There are no cool billionaires, just billionaires who have yet to show their ass.

Ryan Mac 🙃 @rmac.bsky.social · 2d

Marc Benioff went full Tom Cotton to @heatherknightsf.bsky.social: www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/u...

Marc Benioff Says Trump Should Send Guard Troops to San Francisco

www.nytimes.com

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Philip Michaels @philipmichaels.bsky.social · 1d

Jesus Chris
Normal Guy
Not a Superstar, even though he tries

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Philip Michaels @philipmichaels.bsky.social · 1d

Celebrate good times, as Kool and his Gang once said. www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/...

A's LHP Pomeranz breaks hand hitting chair

Athletics starting left-hander Drew Pomeranz broke his right hand when he punched a chair Monday night after a 14-8 loss to the Texas Rangers.

www.espn.com

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Philip Michaels @philipmichaels.bsky.social · 1d

<takes drag on a cigarette> Now that is a name I have not heard in some time…

Meghan Montemurro @mmontemurro.bsky.social · 1d

Drew Pomeranz will start Game 5 for the Cubs tonight in Milwaukee.

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Reposted by Philip Michaels

Dave Itzkoff @ditzkoff.bsky.social · 1d

On the actual 50th anniversary of Saturday Night Live (today), here’s an article I wrote about it last year, with remembrances from Chevy Chase, Garrett Morris, Jane Curtin, Laraine Newman and many more. www.nytimes.com/2024/09/27/a...

When ‘Saturday Night Live’ Debuted, They Were There. Here’s What They Remember. (Published 2024)

www.nytimes.com

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Philip Michaels @philipmichaels.bsky.social · 1d

AAND THEY’RE DANCING ATOP THE CLAM BAR AT IVAR’S!

“Please stop dancing on my clams,“ the owner begs them. “I’ll be ruined.”

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Philip Michaels @philipmichaels.bsky.social · 1d

Since this game began, I have:
• Written a Tom’s Guide article
• Dropped my daughter off at her homecoming game
• Taken my wife out for pho
• Gone for a swim

Ruth Kapelus @ruthkapelus.bsky.social · 1d

Remember when Tarik Skubal was pitching in this game?

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Philip Michaels @philipmichaels.bsky.social · 1d

Did she mark the start of shoe innings by singing “Sir, I want to buy these shoes” from the terrible “Christmas Shoes” song? Folks, you know the answer.

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Philip Michaels @philipmichaels.bsky.social · 1d

Back when I had A’s season tickets, the deal I struck with @lschmeiser.bsky.social was that if a game went extras and we stayed, for every 3 innings, she got to buy new shoes.

This is now the rare, costly double shoe game.

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Philip Michaels @philipmichaels.bsky.social · 1d

We’re an inning away from Rob Manfred declaring a winner based on a complicated formula involving revenue generating opportunities.

So, like, the Yankees.

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Philip Michaels @philipmichaels.bsky.social · 1d

Local Man Dons Colors of Portland Group that Doesn’t Truck With Fascists

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Philip Michaels @philipmichaels.bsky.social · 2d

Wow, I guess oceans truly are battlefields these days.

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Philip Michaels @philipmichaels.bsky.social · 2d

"Makes people in Philadelphia happy" -- OK, that's starting to explain things.

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Philip Michaels @philipmichaels.bsky.social · 2d

I admit to not being a Ball Knower, and I'm a guy who screams himself horse at every Cal game shouting "Give it to a fat man!" on fourth-and-inches plays, but I do not understand the antipathy that everyone seems to have for this play.

Awful Announcing @awfulannouncing.bsky.social · 2d

"On behalf of the National Football League and its fans, I apologize to anyone who had to sit through this," - Mike Greenberg on the Eagles running four straight tush pushes.

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Philip Michaels @philipmichaels.bsky.social · 2d

The obvious answer is that Jack would insist upon a week of shows live from Riyadh, much to Liz's dismay (until she got a look at the swag bag)

Suss-- 🥌 @suss2hyphens.bsky.social · 2d

which 30 rock character was most likely to headline the riyadh comedy festival, tracy or jenna

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