KD Casey — Read Breakout Year Today!
@kdcaseywrites.bsky.social
Seize the means of run production. BREAKOUT YEAR (2025): I write books about ballplayers kissing. Repped by @DeidreKnight
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"But as in any KD Casey book, the third party in the relationship is ‘baseball’, which here acts as a hard to please lover."
I was trying to think of a good summary of this book, but a pal did it for me. Breakout Year, an mm sports romance, is out in the world!
www.kdcaseywrites.com/breakout-year
I was trying to think of a good summary of this book, but a pal did it for me. Breakout Year, an mm sports romance, is out in the world!
www.kdcaseywrites.com/breakout-year
players I watched as an adult are on here so I believe I'm entitled to financial compensation
Ballot #1 in the 2026 Hall of Fame voting cycle is from Jorge Morejón. Andruw Jones receives the first net gained vote of the cycle. Jones finished last year 8.8% shy of election. Morejón's column: www.martinoticias.com/a/opini%C3%B...
In the Tracker: tracker.fyi
In the Tracker: tracker.fyi
November 24, 2025 at 9:21 PM
players I watched as an adult are on here so I believe I'm entitled to financial compensation
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The LAGRH (Los Angeles Guild For Reproductive Health) is an all-volunteer org, raising money for: Planned Parenthood LA, WRAAP, @brigidalliance.bsky.social, @powertodecide.bsky.social,
and @uclarepropolicy.bsky.social. I’m proud to be the Development Chair. You can get more info here: LAGRH.org
and @uclarepropolicy.bsky.social. I’m proud to be the Development Chair. You can get more info here: LAGRH.org
Do you love:
• Novelty home decor ✅
• Pedro Pascal ✅
• Reproductive rights ✅
I’m raffling off a framed needlepoint work of the iconic Pedro Pascal quote! For every $5 you donate to the LAGRH from now til 12/14, you get 1 entry! Reply w donation screenshot to enter.
bit.ly/4idlm9Y
• Novelty home decor ✅
• Pedro Pascal ✅
• Reproductive rights ✅
I’m raffling off a framed needlepoint work of the iconic Pedro Pascal quote! For every $5 you donate to the LAGRH from now til 12/14, you get 1 entry! Reply w donation screenshot to enter.
bit.ly/4idlm9Y
November 24, 2025 at 8:04 PM
The LAGRH (Los Angeles Guild For Reproductive Health) is an all-volunteer org, raising money for: Planned Parenthood LA, WRAAP, @brigidalliance.bsky.social, @powertodecide.bsky.social,
and @uclarepropolicy.bsky.social. I’m proud to be the Development Chair. You can get more info here: LAGRH.org
and @uclarepropolicy.bsky.social. I’m proud to be the Development Chair. You can get more info here: LAGRH.org
it's cool, guys, nimmo did his own research
Rangers are one of the most "I can't believe they won the World Series two years ago" teams
November 24, 2025 at 6:17 PM
it's cool, guys, nimmo did his own research
updating "you wouldn't download a car you shouldn't download a movie" to "if you wouldn't take jam off a table at a farmer's market (and then complain about said jam in the reviews), don't pirate a book"
Huge thread from Tyche Books, a Canadian publisher. Her authors are every day folks, with bills and rent and the physical requirement to eat every day.
Stealing the books she publishes is not a progressive act. It's not activism. It's not punk.
It's just stealing from people trying to live.
Stealing the books she publishes is not a progressive act. It's not activism. It's not punk.
It's just stealing from people trying to live.
Some of my authors are on disability. Some struggle to pay monthly bills. Some are retired & on limited income. Some were laid off in the past couple years & have yet to find new work. Some would love to quit the day job & write full time, but don't earn enough from royalties to do that.
November 24, 2025 at 6:08 PM
updating "you wouldn't download a car you shouldn't download a movie" to "if you wouldn't take jam off a table at a farmer's market (and then complain about said jam in the reviews), don't pirate a book"
for what purpose. to what end.
November 24, 2025 at 1:20 AM
for what purpose. to what end.
just to add to this: the reason why a lot of these workers were known for being labor agitators is that they were labor agitators in the Pale too 1/whatever
This Day in Labor History: November 22, 1909. Approximately 20,000 garment workers in New York City went on strike against the horrendous conditions of their sweatshops. This strike, known as the Uprising of the 20,000, was the largest strike led by women in American history to that time!!!
November 23, 2025 at 5:10 AM
just to add to this: the reason why a lot of these workers were known for being labor agitators is that they were labor agitators in the Pale too 1/whatever
also got a cool little bit (keyword little) bit of good publishing news tonight
November 22, 2025 at 3:26 AM
also got a cool little bit (keyword little) bit of good publishing news tonight
real missed naming opportunity for my fake team in breakout year
November 22, 2025 at 3:25 AM
real missed naming opportunity for my fake team in breakout year
heated rivalry (2019)
November 22, 2025 at 2:57 AM
heated rivalry (2019)
angels once again banking on pitchers not needing a corporeal form to play
AAAAH okay yeah that makes a lot more sense
November 21, 2025 at 8:15 PM
angels once again banking on pitchers not needing a corporeal form to play
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It’s #RomanceColumn time and this month’s books are: a sweet and sexy second-chance m/m romance in Italy, a queer fake-dating Jewish baseball contemporary, and a light but tart romantasy about a villain’s henchwitch trying to do good after the villain’s defeat (gift link!).
#booksky #Romancelandia
#booksky #Romancelandia
Smart, Sizzling New Romance Novels
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November 21, 2025 at 7:53 PM
It’s #RomanceColumn time and this month’s books are: a sweet and sexy second-chance m/m romance in Italy, a queer fake-dating Jewish baseball contemporary, and a light but tart romantasy about a villain’s henchwitch trying to do good after the villain’s defeat (gift link!).
#booksky #Romancelandia
#booksky #Romancelandia
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Book Idea : Closeted Trans Minor League pitching prospect gets Tommy John Surgery and decides to transition while she’s out for surgery and falls in love with her grizzled veteran catcher upon her return to the minors
November 19, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Book Idea : Closeted Trans Minor League pitching prospect gets Tommy John Surgery and decides to transition while she’s out for surgery and falls in love with her grizzled veteran catcher upon her return to the minors
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REMINDER: I have a newsletter, in which I do a regular queer book giveaway!this month is Sacha Lamb’s amazing WHEN THE ANGELS LEFT THE OLD COUNTRY (as well as a brief meditation on New York.)
buttondown.com/SharonJGoche...
buttondown.com/SharonJGoche...
in which: New York
A reminder! You can enter this month’s queer book giveaway, for Sacha Lamb’s very lovely book When the Angels Left the Old Country, HERE. I have just...
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November 21, 2025 at 4:11 AM
REMINDER: I have a newsletter, in which I do a regular queer book giveaway!this month is Sacha Lamb’s amazing WHEN THE ANGELS LEFT THE OLD COUNTRY (as well as a brief meditation on New York.)
buttondown.com/SharonJGoche...
buttondown.com/SharonJGoche...
a first (?) in professional baseball: a (woman's) player just drafted from louisiana wearing a big ol' cross did the "I'd like to thank g-d for giving me this opportunity... (insert standard baseball player religiosity)...and I'd like to thank my wife"
November 21, 2025 at 1:21 AM
a first (?) in professional baseball: a (woman's) player just drafted from louisiana wearing a big ol' cross did the "I'd like to thank g-d for giving me this opportunity... (insert standard baseball player religiosity)...and I'd like to thank my wife"
Hello, Breakout Year is in the New York Times as a book for sad Mariners fans (it's also for sad Jays fans, sad Tigers fans, sad...etc.) Big thank yous to @oliviawaite.com for the lovely write up!!!
November 20, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Hello, Breakout Year is in the New York Times as a book for sad Mariners fans (it's also for sad Jays fans, sad Tigers fans, sad...etc.) Big thank yous to @oliviawaite.com for the lovely write up!!!
for what purpose. to what end.
November 20, 2025 at 2:14 AM
for what purpose. to what end.
for what purpose. to what end.
Late-night trade:
The Orioles trade Grayson Rodriguez to the Angels for Taylor Ward.
The Orioles trade Grayson Rodriguez to the Angels for Taylor Ward.
November 19, 2025 at 3:46 AM
for what purpose. to what end.
me, explaining why a higher FIP for a certain groundball pitcher is good, actually
I need "Stats are down but he played great" to make it into the lexicon.
November 19, 2025 at 1:55 AM
me, explaining why a higher FIP for a certain groundball pitcher is good, actually
not biased or anything, but this was a great look at the possibility of fastball-less pitch arsenals
Today for @baseballprospectus.com I toured the baseball landscape in search of our first potential fastball-free pitcher. It's a long shot, but we can dream.
Can We Reach Fastball Zero Within Our Lifetime | Baseball Prospectus
An experiment 155 years in the making.
www.baseballprospectus.com
November 19, 2025 at 1:21 AM
not biased or anything, but this was a great look at the possibility of fastball-less pitch arsenals
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November 18, 2025 at 4:03 AM
i swear you do not need to date an ethically questionable, morally awful old man with brain worms for that kind of experience. for instance, you can just date a bassist.
November 18, 2025 at 3:06 AM
i swear you do not need to date an ethically questionable, morally awful old man with brain worms for that kind of experience. for instance, you can just date a bassist.
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Hey, SABR hasn't put both its feet into bluesky yet (I know, a lot of its people have) but this is a good time to remind you that the SABR Analytics Conference Research Awards are open for nominations.
When you have a few minutes, please nominate some of your favorite baseball research from 2025.
When you have a few minutes, please nominate some of your favorite baseball research from 2025.
Seeking nominations for 2026 SABR Analytics Conference Research Awards – Society for American Baseball Research
sabr.org
November 17, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Hey, SABR hasn't put both its feet into bluesky yet (I know, a lot of its people have) but this is a good time to remind you that the SABR Analytics Conference Research Awards are open for nominations.
When you have a few minutes, please nominate some of your favorite baseball research from 2025.
When you have a few minutes, please nominate some of your favorite baseball research from 2025.
the A stands for...athletes against book bans, one assumes
Sean Doolittle will remain on the Nats coaching staff, per Paul Toboni. His official title is TBA.
November 17, 2025 at 7:45 PM
the A stands for...athletes against book bans, one assumes
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Sean Doolittle will remain on the Nats coaching staff, per Paul Toboni. His official title is TBA.
November 17, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Sean Doolittle will remain on the Nats coaching staff, per Paul Toboni. His official title is TBA.
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CHICAGOSKY
It KILLS me but I have two tix tonight to THEE PATTI SMITH performing the entirety of the HORSES album (!!!!!!!!!!!!!) at the Chicago Theater and I'm getting over a rotten virus, & now the friend who was going to take them now can't go, either.
LMK if you wanna talk buying them...
It KILLS me but I have two tix tonight to THEE PATTI SMITH performing the entirety of the HORSES album (!!!!!!!!!!!!!) at the Chicago Theater and I'm getting over a rotten virus, & now the friend who was going to take them now can't go, either.
LMK if you wanna talk buying them...
a man singing into a microphone with sunglasses on
Alt: Patti fucking smith
media.tenor.com
November 17, 2025 at 5:53 PM
CHICAGOSKY
It KILLS me but I have two tix tonight to THEE PATTI SMITH performing the entirety of the HORSES album (!!!!!!!!!!!!!) at the Chicago Theater and I'm getting over a rotten virus, & now the friend who was going to take them now can't go, either.
LMK if you wanna talk buying them...
It KILLS me but I have two tix tonight to THEE PATTI SMITH performing the entirety of the HORSES album (!!!!!!!!!!!!!) at the Chicago Theater and I'm getting over a rotten virus, & now the friend who was going to take them now can't go, either.
LMK if you wanna talk buying them...