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Scott Mackie

@smackie.org

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Lapsed Ginger. Scottish. Retired Internet Plumber. Old Macs. Splinter Maker. Photography. SF Giants. Snark. MDANT. Santa Cruz. Kendal. https://glass.photo/smackie https://optional-extras.org

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Scott Mackie @smackie.org · 4h

That’s almost the price of a 4 pack at any reasonable supermarket.

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Scott Mackie @smackie.org · 5h

WTAF?!

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Scott Mackie @smackie.org · 7h

Ended up quickly installing the FoxSports app on AppleTV and getting it back for the middle of the 14th. YouTubeTV also screwed up FS1 so this was the last resort…

Scott Mackie @smackie.org · 7h

I’m glad we’re not the only folk this happened to…

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Cortana 👻 @cortanav.bsky.social · 18h

When will my husband return from the Mariner’s game

Oil painting of a woman waiting by the sea

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A K (Bone Coloring, Silian Rail Font) @aklingus.bsky.social · 5d

Like, there is a decent chance we will be talking about Game 5 of the 2025 ALDS between Detroit and Seattle for the rest of our lives, the same way we talk about Texas/Toronto

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Ryan Nanni @celebrityhottub.bsky.social · 20h

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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Scott Mackie @smackie.org · 1d

Coworker in a week: “I hate you, Milkman Phil”

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Kelsey McKinney @mckinneykelsey.bsky.social · 1d

i loved the 2025 philadelphia phillies. no playoffs can make me hate them. defector.com/what-ill-rem...

What I'll Remember About The Phillies | Defector

At the Phillies’ 2025 home opener, we decided that it was our year. As my friend Dana and I stood next to the giant balloon arch and let someone take our photo, people around us were feeling optimisti...

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Scott Mackie @smackie.org · 1d

Just purchased! Looking forward to listening to it properly, later on…

Scott Mackie @smackie.org · 1d

Indeed. What a way to blow it.

On the plus side, one famous Phillies phan is not happy bsky.app/profile/anth...

Anthony Michael Kreis @anthonymkreis.bsky.social · 1d

Scott Mackie @smackie.org · 1d

Right first time, tbh

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Scott Mackie @smackie.org · 1d

Kershaw handed him his lucky post season monkey paw…

Scott Mackie @smackie.org · 2d

I’m not liking the look of the new Cambridge Footlights Jeeves and Wooster play

Scott Mackie @smackie.org · 2d

Genuinely surprised that people were freaking out that Kershaw coughed up 5 runs (and he was lucky to get out of the inning before that one).

Kershaw’s postseason stats are … pretty terrible for a HoF-bound pitcher and have been for a decade and a half…

Scott Mackie @smackie.org · 2d

But Jon, if they raise their voices and talk slower, like they’re talking to a particularly obstinate old Labrador, then the border guards are sure to let them thru. They’re British, man!

Ahem. I also await the videos with glee