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Jon Hegglund

@jonhegglund.bsky.social

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Prof. of English, Washington SU. Current project on irrational humanism (in a good way) and narrative form. Minor character in Baseball Prospectus extended universe. Yes, that is a moose in my backyard.

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Jon Hegglund @jonhegglund.bsky.social · 2h

small dad brag so please move on if not interested:

today my kid placed 9th out of 105 runners in an xc meet
the previous year at the same meet he placed 54th out of 112
the year before that he placed 97th out of 113

he's grown a lot but also worked his ass off and I'm just so proud of him

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Jon Hegglund @jonhegglund.bsky.social · 3h

precarity is good, actually

Jon Hegglund @jonhegglund.bsky.social · 3h

measurables be damned, watching this guy at asu was like, no he will literally run through a brick wall or die trying

Jon Hegglund @jonhegglund.bsky.social · 4h

a real "you played yourself" moment

Jon Hegglund @jonhegglund.bsky.social · 4h

Daxson Jart

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Jon Hegglund @jonhegglund.bsky.social · 4h

fuckin checkmate

Jon Hegglund @jonhegglund.bsky.social · 4h

I dig it

Jon Hegglund @jonhegglund.bsky.social · 4h

he had to have forgotten the outs, even though realmuto was pointing to first

Jon Hegglund @jonhegglund.bsky.social · 4h

gotta know, what kind of syrup/sauce

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Tim “Positive Subway” Smith @positivesubway.bsky.social · 4h

Philadelphia this is a true test of your character and you better take it easy on that kid

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Jon Hegglund @jonhegglund.bsky.social · 4h

really? like...that?

Jon Hegglund @jonhegglund.bsky.social · 5h

there are high strikes, and there are baked out of your gourd on acid-laced delta-8 strikes

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Jon Hegglund @jonhegglund.bsky.social · 5h

wishing you relief as soon as humanly possible

Jon Hegglund @jonhegglund.bsky.social · 5h

A+ analogy, no notes

Jon Hegglund @jonhegglund.bsky.social · 5h

I'm sorta used to the ghost runner now but every time the first postseason extra innings game rolls around, I remember that there is none and I am incredibly happy