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Stephen

@7forwardgears.bsky.social

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obsessions: cars, numbers & useless info. when i get into something i get very into it. born/raised/lived: philly region. yearn to live on the west coast once. other ❤️: data, sports, travel, tech, history, sketching, timepieces, craft beer autistic & 🩷💜💙

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Stephen @7forwardgears.bsky.social · 7h

he did just say in postgame interview my post above is exactly why he pulled Ranger. game 5 if needed. had enough bullpen if kerkering did his job to get through tomorrow. sometimes he manages well!

Stephen @7forwardgears.bsky.social · 7h

I'm so exhausted from everything that the Phillies win is like 'yay' but I'm happy we get to fight one more day. Good job, boys. See you in 18 hours.

Stephen @7forwardgears.bsky.social · 7h

I get it, but we really only used Kerkering who will be able to go tomorrow too as he only threw 11 pitches. I wouldn't use Walker in a high leverage situation so using him didn't hurt. And Banks only threw 1 pitch. In other words, it worked out.

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muscular baby jeb lund @mobute.bsky.social · 8h

I assume Clayton Kershaw is being punished by God because he again didn't do something heterosexually enough. That's on him.

Stephen @7forwardgears.bsky.social · 8h

availability for an inning or 2 for, can't believe I'm thinking this is now possible, game 5

Stephen @7forwardgears.bsky.social · 8h

"it's tough to watch Clayton Kershaw struggle like this..."

fuck you, biased announcer, no it isn't

#Phillies

two men are standing next to each other and one of them is holding a boxing glove in his hand .

ALT: two men are standing next to each other and one of them is holding a boxing glove in his hand .

media.tenor.com

Stephen @7forwardgears.bsky.social · 8h

That may have been Ranger Suarez's last pitch in a Phillies uniform 🥹

The starting pitching did their job all three games. The one thing that carried over from the season to the playoffs. No matter what happens I am proud of these four guys.

Stephen @7forwardgears.bsky.social · 8h

Bang bang DP!!!

[get your mind out of the gutter]

#Phillies

Stephen @7forwardgears.bsky.social · 9h

#Phillies

Stephen @7forwardgears.bsky.social · 9h

Every time I fired that up I played it for seemingly days at a time lol

Stephen @7forwardgears.bsky.social · 9h

I did! Can only recall one.

Stephen @7forwardgears.bsky.social · 9h

🤣

Stephen @7forwardgears.bsky.social · 9h

I've been on all Boeing "7x7" models air worthy in my 'flying lifetime' [707 was retired before my 1st flight]. Don't know if I can count the 717, but I might get an assist there bc I've flown on its ancestor, the MD-80.

I've flown on 737s prob over 100x, but never a MAX & will work to avoid it.

Stephen @7forwardgears.bsky.social · 9h

A 2 run lead?!? What is this?!? There's no owners manual for this situation.

Can Duran pitch 6 innings?

Asking for a few million fans

#Phillies

Stephen @7forwardgears.bsky.social · 9h

Oh so we just had to be desperate and left for dead?

Now I'm starting to feel something building!!

Stephen @7forwardgears.bsky.social · 9h

Ok. Ok.

Still not getting excited, but feeling a little twitching.

Stephen @7forwardgears.bsky.social · 9h

Finally.

But I'm not getting excited yet.

Stephen @7forwardgears.bsky.social · 9h

Ok. Ok.

Still not getting excited, but feeling a little twitching.

Stephen @7forwardgears.bsky.social · 9h

Finally.

But I'm not getting excited yet.

Stephen @7forwardgears.bsky.social · 9h

Finally.

But I'm not getting excited yet.

Stephen @7forwardgears.bsky.social · 10h

I finally lost my 787 v-card on the trip from JFK to LHR last year. It's fine. No 747 though [still my fave of planes on which I've traveled].

Never been on a small plane like the C 172.

Stephen @7forwardgears.bsky.social · 10h

oh. a new follower number. we'll do a plane instead of a car

bluesky reported follower count (l)

vs

closer to reality, but bluesky devs will never adjust for blocked bots, ne'er-do-wells, and follow back accounts bc it goes against the social media incentive structure requiring inflated stats (r)

787

172

Stephen @7forwardgears.bsky.social · 10h

welcome to the "can Aaron Nola keep any batter who makes contact to a grounder" challenge

Stephen @7forwardgears.bsky.social · 10h

Was Trea Turner merely jogging to 1st there? 😕

Stephen @7forwardgears.bsky.social · 10h

I think that range level is right about where the old one was?

The charge speed increase is the best news.

Increased charge speeds at lower battery architecture cost is still the best advance for adoption and - if people are rational - will nullify much of the need for big heavy batteries & range.

Stephen @7forwardgears.bsky.social · 11h

Now I need to commit more crimes for a larger garage

Stephen @7forwardgears.bsky.social · 11h

Fair!

Stephen @7forwardgears.bsky.social · 12h

I'd commit crimes for a manual Scorpio. Those I remember. It was easier to memorize every useless car fact ever as a teen when fewer obsessions competed with each other in my brain space.