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Doug Gray

@dougdirt24.bsky.social

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I write baseball words for a living. Constantly tired and ready to retire. Here to make myself laugh.

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Doug Gray @dougdirt24.bsky.social · 9d

This worked for me. Tell your friends.

Tom Casavant @tom.tomkahe.com · 9d

Ohioans who, correctly, don't want to submit identification to bluesky, this may be useful:

https://gist.github.com/mary-ext/6e27b24a83838202908808ad528b3318

Doug Gray @dougdirt24.bsky.social · 35m

That's a heck of a deal!

Doug Gray @dougdirt24.bsky.social · 39m

Your hat and shirt are printed backwards. Hope you got a good discount on them!

Doug Gray @dougdirt24.bsky.social · 39m

The weather is incredible, no doubt. Hopefully the next ride goes better.

Doug Gray @dougdirt24.bsky.social · 1h

"Not once, but twice" had me laughing, Marc. Also depressed over that fact, but still, it was good.

Doug Gray @dougdirt24.bsky.social · 1h

a man holding a briefcase with the words oh yes written below him

Alt: a man holding a briefcase with the words oh yes written below him

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Doug Gray @dougdirt24.bsky.social · 1h

A day after National Taco Day?

I thought we were friends.

Doug Gray @dougdirt24.bsky.social · 2h

Just picked a whole bunch of basil and my hands are going to smell amazing for the next few hours. How's your afternoon going?

Doug Gray @dougdirt24.bsky.social · 2h

I..... have some bad news.

Doug Gray @dougdirt24.bsky.social · 2h

Well this is an interesting twist. Right before I went to make lunch I checked the Peoria lineup for today's game and Alfredo Duno was the catcher and was hitting 2nd. I just finished eating my lunch and sat down and now Duno is no longer in the lineup.

Cam Collier is at 1B, hitting 5th.

Doug Gray @dougdirt24.bsky.social · 3h

Cincinnati #Reds MiLB Notebook: Ovis Portes had a strong outing in a preseason game for Licey

www.redsminorleagues.com/2025/10/08/c...

Reds MiLB Notebook: Ovis Portes has a strong outing with Licey - redsminorleagues.com

Cincinnati Reds prospect Ovis Portes threw three shutout innings for Licey in their preseason Dominican Winter League win.

www.redsminorleagues.com

Doug Gray @dougdirt24.bsky.social · 4h

Doug Gray @dougdirt24.bsky.social · 4h

Two Reds top their age category in this one and it's exactly who you would expect it to be.

Baseball America @baseballamerica.com · 5h

Surface stats alone can be misleading and noisy in the lower levels of the minors.

We take a look at the underlying data with our Hit+ leaderboard.

Here are the top players grouped by age ⤵️

2025 Hit+ Leaderboard: Top MiLB Hitters By Age & Underlying Metrics

Using Statcast data and Baseball America's Hit+ score to identify the top minor league hitters by age in 2025.

Doug Gray @dougdirt24.bsky.social · 21h

Pin this and next time you'll be home before lunch.

My friend Dan is holding a piece of paper that reads "Chef Boyardee is here".

Doug Gray @dougdirt24.bsky.social · 21h

Stephenson would be very far down my list of guys that I would trade. The catching depth around MLB is atrocious. You are almost assuredly not going to replace him with anyone remotely close to as good as he is, and might wind up with Trevino and his July-on OPS of like .470 as your starter.

Doug Gray @dougdirt24.bsky.social · 21h

a woman is pointing at something and saying `` i love it ! ''

Alt: a woman is pointing at something and saying `` i love it ! ''

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Doug Gray @dougdirt24.bsky.social · 21h

WHAT HAPPENED TO THEIR ARMS AND LEGS?! WHERE DID THEY GO

Doug Gray @dougdirt24.bsky.social · 21h

We don't even know if they are actual ICE agents.

Doug Gray @dougdirt24.bsky.social · 21h

First rule of gun safety is to make sure it's pointed at your buddy. Right?

Norm Charlatan @normcharlatan.bsky.social · 22h

Why are they sending extras from the “Da Bears” sketch to Illinois? These guys are straight out of Chicagoland central casting.

Doug Gray @dougdirt24.bsky.social · 21h

They don't want tacos.

Doug Gray @dougdirt24.bsky.social · 21h

You write your contracts like you post on Bluesky - poorly. I did fire you and I still get the 52%.

a person is playing a game of chess with a king and queen on a chess board

Alt: A chessboard is shown and a man takes a pawn with his queen. The scene then transitions to the mans face and he looks up and says "checkmate."

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Doug Gray @dougdirt24.bsky.social · 21h

You got fired and thus lost your 52%.

Doug Gray @dougdirt24.bsky.social · 22h

It's ok, Chris. We all know deep down that time isn't real.

Doug Gray @dougdirt24.bsky.social · 22h

I am celebrating National Taco Day like this. What about you?

Three tacos sitting on a white paper plate. The tacos are nacho cheese flavored hard shells with ground beef, tomatos, sour cream, lettuce, and cheese.

Doug Gray @dougdirt24.bsky.social · 23h

Please go read my work.

Redleg Nation @redlegnation.bsky.social · 23h

The Cincinnati #Reds have 14 arbitration eligible players and those raises could really eat into the team's 2026 free agent budget

www.redlegnation.com/2025/10/07/a...

Arbitration raises could eat into Reds 2026 free agent budget - Redleg Nation

Spencer Steer is one of 14 arbitration eligible players in 2026 for the Cincinnati Reds. Those raises could eat into the free agent budget.

www.redlegnation.com

Doug Gray @dougdirt24.bsky.social · 1d

A drawing of a tombstone that reads: Worked really hard.

Above it the words: Work really hard and this could be you