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Alan Gerard

@wxmanms1.bsky.social

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35 year meteorologist in warning/forecast provision and research, now CEO of Balanced Weather LLC, Disney/Peanuts fan, golfer, sports fan, TK Little. For more weather info go to https://balancedweather.substack.com/about

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slangsonsports.bsky.social @slangsonsports.bsky.social · 3h

Franchises with multiple extra-inning walk-off wins in winner-take-all postseason games:

Mariners: 2
Twins/Senators: 2

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Daniel R. Epstein @depstein1983.bsky.social · 3h

Huge mistake by polanco ending the game when he should've bunted

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Alan Gerard @wxmanms1.bsky.social · 3h

WHAT

A

GAME

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Amanda Rykoff @amandarykoff.bsky.social · 3h

Googling longest postseason games and Google AI says that the Tigers have won this game!

This was the longest winner-take-all game in postseason history by innings, with the Tigers ultimately winning.

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Mike Petriello @mikepetriello.bsky.social · 4h

Two of the most perfect catcher throws i have ever seen in my entire life, in the same game

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RichThompsonAK @richthompsonak.bsky.social · 4h

Tuberculosis cases surge to outbreak levels in Bristol Bay, health officials say

"Alaska has the highest rate of TB in the U.S ... Western Alaska has the highest rates of TB in the state ... Bristol Bay has the highest number of active cases in Western Alaska ... "

www.kdlg.org/news/2025-10...

Tuberculosis cases surge to outbreak levels in Bristol Bay, health officials say

Local healthcare practitioners say getting tested is the best way to help stop the spread.

www.kdlg.org

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Alan Gerard @wxmanms1.bsky.social · 4h

I am shocked - SHOCKED - that AJ said he would ordinarily bunt in this situation. #ALDS

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Mike Gianella @mikegianella.bsky.social · 4h

AJ PIERZYNSKI: this would be the perfect time for a bunt.

AJ PIERZYNSKI’S WIFE: we’re at a funeral. step away from the coffin and stop trying to hand the deceased a bat.

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Alan Gerard @wxmanms1.bsky.social · 4h

Maybe that’s why Pierzynski is calling for every hitter to bunt

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Jason Collette @jasoncollette.bsky.social · 4h

“Sir, are you thinking about a dessert tonight?”

AJ: “have any bundt cake?”

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Alex Stumpf @alexjstumpf.bsky.social · 5h

A.J. Pierzynski had 28 sacrifice bunts in his 19 year career and no fewer than 623 references to bunting tonight

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Alan Gerard @wxmanms1.bsky.social · 4h

It's funny to see everyone on here acting like bunting is the stupidest thing in the history of baseball while Pierzynski is calling for like every batter to bunt.

Alan Gerard @wxmanms1.bsky.social · 4h

This is one of the most amazing baseball games I have seen in a long time

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Ashton Pittman @ashtonpittman.bsky.social · 8h

ICE left David, a 17-year-old boy, stranded on the side of Interstate 20 after pulling over his immigrant father, Hector, in Mississippi.

David began running in the scorching sun after the car and watched as it disappeared from sight—soon headed to a Louisiana ICE prison.

Here's their story.

ICE Stranded a 17-Year-Old on I-20 After Arresting His Father. The Mississippi Dad Now Faces Deportation.

A 17-year-old watched as ICE arrested his immigrant father, Hector, on I-20 in June. The family faces mounting legal fees and the risk of deportation.

www.mississippifreepress.org

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Solomon @solomonmissouri.bsky.social · 11h

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Brandon Friedman @brandonfriedman.bsky.social · 6h

You would think maybe one media outlet could not only assert that this isn't true, but also make a big, multi-day story out of the fact the U.S. president believes a perfectly fine, major American city is a burning, dystopian hellscape

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 10h

Trump: "Portland, I mean -- every time I look at that place it's burning down. There are fires all over the place. When a store -- there are very few of them left -- but when a store owner rebuilds a store they build it out of plywood. They don't put up storefronts anymore. They just put wood up."

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Alan Gerard @wxmanms1.bsky.social · 5h

This is literally unbelievable to me as a former 35 year federal employee. Like completely unconscionable.

Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 8h

A new Noem video is being played at airports trashing Democrats.

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Alt CDC (they/them) @altcdc.altgov.info · 6h

RIFed: National Center for Immunization & Respiratory Diseases (NCIRD), Office of Director

OD sets tone for the rest of the center, determine priorities, review high profile science, etc

NCIRD focuses: Flu. Whooping cough. Polio. Covid. Meningitis.

Yeah, you want this center to fully function 🤯

www.cdc.gov

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Anchorage Daily News @adn.com · 6h

A storm approaching the Bering Sea is expected to hit Alaska’s western coast and is shaping up to be more powerful than the system that flooded coastal communities like Kotzebue and Kivalina this week, forecasters say. www.adn.com/alaska-news/...

Weekend storm could bring flooding, 100 mph winds to Western Alaska coast

The National Weather Service said it was likely to be more powerful than a storm that days before had brought high winds and flooding to some coastal communities.

www.adn.com

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Angie Rasmussen @angierasmussen.bsky.social · 5h

I don’t know who needs to hear this but the CDC is being eviscerated right now. America is not going to have any kind of outbreak response capacity after tonight. Americans’ health data is no longer secure. Say goodbye to federal public health in any capacity. It’s a disaster. We won’t recover.

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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 7h

The Trump administration has been spreading anti-vaccine propaganda for months. Tonight, Trump's physician announced he just received a flu shot and a COVID booster.

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Sheryl Gay Stolberg @sherylnyt.bsky.social · 6h

BREAKING: Friday night massacre underway at CDC. Doznes of "disease detectives," high-level scientists, entire Washington staff and editors of the MMWR (Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report) have all been RIFed and received the following notice:

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 6h

“.. Inside the White House, top advisers joke that they are ruling Congress with an “iron fist,” according to people who have heard the comments. Steve Bannon, the influential Trump ally, likened Congress to the Duma, the Russian assembly that is largely ceremonial.”

www.wsj.com/politics/pol...

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Alan Gerard @wxmanms1.bsky.social · 7h

Carpenter knew the second he made contact that ball was gone. #ALDS

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Brendel @brendelbored.bsky.social · 8h

I like how the news will be like “while the President claiming Portland was ruled by a giant skeleton named Mr Nibbles is not strictly true, it does speak to the anxiety of many Americans”

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