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Casey Drottar

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Editorial Producer/words with Major League Baseball. University of Dayton alum. Adjunct Instructor/MSJ ‘21 at Northwestern University Medill School. Grunge enthusiast.

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Casey Drottar @caseydrottar.bsky.social · Jul 22

Mike Piazza has spent the past few years trying to rebuild the foundation of baseball in Italy. What does a challenge that imposing involve for the Hall of Fame catcher? I spoke with him to find out:

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Piazza dreaming big while reshaping baseball’s foundation in Italy

“It all starts with a dream.” Ask Mike Piazza about his goals for baseball in Italy and he’ll likely find his way back to this thought. The Hall of Fame catcher has already made multiple noteworthy co...

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slangsonsports.bsky.social @slangsonsports.bsky.social · 8h

15 innings!!!

the longest winner-take-all game by innings in postseason history

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Casey Drottar @caseydrottar.bsky.social · 9h

T-Mobile Park literally erupted for Jorge Polanco's walk-off winner

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Casey Drottar @caseydrottar.bsky.social · 9h

Jorge Polanco. Ballgame.

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Casey Drottar @caseydrottar.bsky.social · 9h

Dawn just occurred on MLB's Gameday for Tigers-Mariners

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Casey Drottar @caseydrottar.bsky.social · 9h

Victor Robles gets caught stealing to send this winner-take-all game into the 15th. Because sure why not.

Casey Drottar @caseydrottar.bsky.social · 9h

"What the hell are you guys still doing here?" - The sun, when it comes back up in a few hours to see the Tigers and Mariners going into the 26th inning

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Casey Drottar @caseydrottar.bsky.social · 10h

When Tigers-Mariners heads to the 14th inning

a cat is laying on its back on a wooden floor next to a wall .

ALT: a cat is laying on its back on a wooden floor next to a wall .

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Casey Drottar @caseydrottar.bsky.social · 10h

Both the Tigers and Mariners put two runners on with no outs in the 12th.

Not a single run scored. This game has been overserved.

Casey Drottar @caseydrottar.bsky.social · 11h

A winner-take-all extra innings game?

a woman wearing a white bracelet and rings holds her head in her hands

ALT: a woman wearing a white bracelet and rings holds her head in her hands

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Casey Drottar @caseydrottar.bsky.social · 11h

I'm nervous as hell as a neutral observer so I legit don't know how Tigers and Mariners fans are surviving through this

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Casey Drottar @caseydrottar.bsky.social · 12h

Leo Rivas (?!) comes off the bench on his birthday and makes this just the loudest damn stadium

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Casey Drottar @caseydrottar.bsky.social · 12h

The Mariners messed around and gave Tarik Skubal a lead and now he's more terrifying than ever

Casey Drottar @caseydrottar.bsky.social · 12h

The stoked Tigers dugout juxtaposed with absolute stunned shock among Mariners fans. Postseason baseball at its best.

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Casey Drottar @caseydrottar.bsky.social · 12h

Kerry Carpenter, who has a career .335 slug vs. lefties, just hit the go-ahead homer off Gabe Speier

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Casey Drottar @caseydrottar.bsky.social · 13h

For the briefest moment I thought Bobby Witt Jr. was in the stands in Seattle openly rooting for a team that wasn't his own

Casey Drottar @caseydrottar.bsky.social · 13h

Tarik Skubal has struck out a postseason record seven straight.

Of his 12 outs recorded so far, only two weren't K's.

And he's down 1-0 solely because Josh Naylor stole third base on him.

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Casey Drottar @caseydrottar.bsky.social · 13h

Easy to see why it's so hard to read Tarik Skubal pitches when he can pair a changeup that just keels over with 101 gas right down the pipe

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slangsonsports.bsky.social @slangsonsports.bsky.social · 15h

Teams that score first are 87-49 all-time in winner-take-all postseason games

h/t @EliasSports

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Casey Drottar @caseydrottar.bsky.social · 14h

The crowd pop as Josh Naylor steals third. How can you not love playoff baseball?

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Casey Drottar @caseydrottar.bsky.social · 14h

Safe to say Mariners fans brought some energy to Game 5

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It appears the Cubs would like to try another strategy besides “score a few runs immediately and then spend eight innings praying it’s enough”

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What an absolutely brutal way for the Phillies' season to end

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Casey Drottar @caseydrottar.bsky.social · 2d

Kyle Schwarber homers for the second time tonight to send Dodger fans off to beat the traffic

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Casey Drottar @caseydrottar.bsky.social · 2d

With Sandy Koufax looking on, Clayton Kershaw heads to the mound for his first appearance out of the Dodgers' bullpen this postseason

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Casey Drottar @caseydrottar.bsky.social · 2d

The Blue Jays have eliminated the Yankees and are the first team to advance out of the Division Series

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