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Gil Griffin

@gilgriffin.bsky.social

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NYC-born, NY/DC-raised, L.A.-based journalist/teacher/nonfiction author. Roots: Mandinka🇬🇲 Loves: #Mets ⚾; #FreoDockers 🏉; wife; cat; travel; scuba 🦈; fitness; sci-fi. Loathe: maga, 🤡. #FreeHawaii🤙🏾 I speak: español, Pilipino, 'olelo Hawai'i, Aussie English.

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Gil Griffin @gilgriffin.bsky.social · 38m

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Gil Griffin @gilgriffin.bsky.social · 12h

Does the whole pitchers and catchers report to spring training early thing need to be LONGER? Two years in a row, a strong team gets knocked out because of a pitcher's mental (Gerrit Cole in '24) or physical (Orion Kerkering) error. Why are today's pitchers failing to execute the fundamentals?

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Gil Griffin @gilgriffin.bsky.social · 12h

@brianbarrish.bsky.social B...Mate...no team should have to go out like THAT. That, I hate to admit, was the epitome of the '25 Mets.

Gil Griffin @gilgriffin.bsky.social · 12h

That poor Phillies kid. I wouldn't wish that outcome on anyone -- except a Yankees pitcher against anyone, anyone pitching against the #Mets, or the Dodgers' Blake Treinen, with his maga ass.

Gil Griffin @gilgriffin.bsky.social · 16h

As a #Mets fan, gotta tip my cap to the #Phillies for choosing to ditch their current, road gray with tomato-red lettered jerseys, and rock their old-school '80s columbia blues roadies with the stylized crimson "P" and racing stripes, Mike Schmidt-style! #respect

Gil Griffin @gilgriffin.bsky.social · 1d

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Gil Griffin @gilgriffin.bsky.social · 1d

😂 As a #Mets diehard, I love the banter!

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Gil Griffin @gilgriffin.bsky.social · 1d

NOW I CAN DO IT! As a #Mets diehard, here's my VERY heartfelt tribute to the Yankees and their 2025 season! youtu.be/FGLYeHF1I_Y?...

Gil Griffin @gilgriffin.bsky.social · 1d

This guy's facial expression sums the idea up for me.

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media.tenor.com

Gil Griffin @gilgriffin.bsky.social · 1d

#Mets fans WISH Pete Alonso would learn how to turn the 3-6-3 DP as deftly as Vlad Guerrero Jr. just did.

Gil Griffin @gilgriffin.bsky.social · 1d

Just caught a peek of the Mariners-Tigers game. Why on Earth would any opposing pitcher EVER throw Javy Báez anything other than a breaking ball?🤦🏿

Gil Griffin @gilgriffin.bsky.social · 1d

From Deesha Thosar: The case for Mets to re-sign Starling Marte: 'He's been pretty good for us' www.nydailynews.com/2025/10/07/m...

The case for Mets to re-sign Starling Marte: ‘He’s been pretty good for us’

Marte recently played the fourth and final year of his contract.

www.nydailynews.com

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Gil Griffin @gilgriffin.bsky.social · 1d

Get this shit post outta here. No Mets fan needs or wants to be reminded that this shit actually happened.

Gil Griffin @gilgriffin.bsky.social · 1d

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Gil Griffin @gilgriffin.bsky.social · 3d

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Gil Griffin @gilgriffin.bsky.social · 4d

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Gil Griffin @gilgriffin.bsky.social · 4d

Yep. F both of them.

Gil Griffin @gilgriffin.bsky.social · 4d

How many of you out there like me, are old enough to remember watching #BlyeJays OF Daulton Varsho's father Gary, play as a reserve OF for the Cubs in the '80s?😬

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Gil Griffin @gilgriffin.bsky.social · 4d

So what's crushing the Yankees today?🤔

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Gil Griffin @gilgriffin.bsky.social · 4d

#Mets fans: Drop your happiest GIF if you LOVE the almighty SMASHING the #BlueJays are dropping right now on the Yankees and LOVE that Michael Kay will be eating a heaping pile of 💩 for all his touting of Yankee greatness. I'll start:

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Gil Griffin @gilgriffin.bsky.social · 4d

🤔 Apparently, police say Mark Sanchez was the aggressor in the altercation in Indiana in which he got stabbed. This will be an interesting case to follow. The truth is out there somewhere.
www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/mar...

Mark Sanchez facing multiple charges after alleged altercation in Indianapolis that left him stabbed

Sanchez allegedly got into a violent confrontation with a 69-year-old man over a parking situation

www.cbssports.com

Gil Griffin @gilgriffin.bsky.social · 4d

Maybe Mike Francesa's your cup of tea, maybe he isn't. Nonetheless, his podcast episode, on which he's joined by former #Mets skipper Terry Collins, is a postmortem on the '25 season worth a listen until the end.
youtu.be/fVpBaCwh1sg?...

Terry Collins: What Went Wrong for the Mets?

YouTube video by Mike Francesa Podcast

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Gil Griffin @gilgriffin.bsky.social · 4d

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Gil Griffin @gilgriffin.bsky.social · 5d

Right? If I were a pitcher pitching against the Mets in late June and all July, I would've loved throwing two-strike fastballs down the middle with no fear.😂

Gil Griffin @gilgriffin.bsky.social · 5d

And success also comes when not taking hittable fastballs right down the middle for called strike three.

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