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Dog dad. Cheesesteak enthusiast. Data scientist (not the evil kind). He/him Words on sports, food, and politics here: https://www.thelewsletter.lewispoll.is/subscribe

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Spooky Ha-Lewie-n Name Pollis @lewispoll.is · Nov 26

For the many new folks I'm connecting with on Bluesky, this is the story of the hardest decision I've ever made: leaving baseball.

I was blown away by how much my story resonated with people from so many different industries.

(It's also an inadvertent origin story of my obsession with sandwiches.)

How to Leave Your Dream Job

or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Corned Beef

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Spooky Ha-Lewie-n Name Pollis @lewispoll.is · 1h

Best uniforms in the league

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Spooky Ha-Lewie-n Name Pollis @lewispoll.is · 6h

A higher proportion of *Republicans* think Trump is abusing the power of his office than of *all voters* who view the Israeli government favorably. I am begging any political leader from either party to understand that and act accordingly.

JM Rieger @riegerreport.bsky.social · 7h

The percentage of Americans who say Trump has definitely or probably improperly used his office to punish those who say things he does not like, per new Pew Research Center survey:

Overall: 66%
Republican: 42%
Independent: 66%
Democrat: 90%

www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/...

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Spooky Ha-Lewie-n Name Pollis @lewispoll.is · 6h

If you ever do that NYT "where is my dialect from" quiz, that term alone *instantly* places you in Cleveland or Akron

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Spooky Ha-Lewie-n Name Pollis @lewispoll.is · 6h

Not because it's hard to pronounce, but because they immediately follow it with "what is that?"

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Spooky Ha-Lewie-n Name Pollis @lewispoll.is · 6h

Tree lawn

Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 7h

What’s the word where you’re from that, when pronounced exactly as it looks, identifies a tourist immediately?

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Spooky Ha-Lewie-n Name Pollis @lewispoll.is · 6h

his usual* inanity

Spooky Ha-Lewie-n Name Pollis @lewispoll.is · 6h

Any so-called opposition leader who isn't instantly running to a microphone when the president says "We took the freedom of speech away" may as well resign from public life

Spooky Ha-Lewie-n Name Pollis @lewispoll.is · 6h

At the risk of sounding pollyannaish I think hearing the president say "We took the freedom of speech away" would get through to people who tune out his unusual inanity

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 7h

Trump: "We took the freedom of speech away because that's been through the courts and the courts said you have freedom of speech, but what has happened is when they burn a flag it agitates and irritates crowds."

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Spooky Ha-Lewie-n Name Pollis @lewispoll.is · Jun 19

Every time I read the phrase “Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee” I feel like I have to lie down

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Spooky Ha-Lewie-n Name Pollis @lewispoll.is · 9h

I think I speak for the entire Cleveland fanbase when I say it's time to give Kevin Stefanski another extension

Spooky Ha-Lewie-n Name Pollis @lewispoll.is · 9h

HUGE news for the Browns: the spread now favors them in not one, not three, but TWO games over the rest of the season!

That's right, in addition to being overwhelming 3.5-point favorites at home against the Titans Week 14, they are expected to beat the Dolphins by almost a field goal at home Week 7

Spooky Ha-Lewie-n Name Pollis @lewispoll.is · Sep 5

Here's how many games the Browns were favored in over the course of the season, by year, heading into Week 1:

2019: 11
2020: 10
2021: 13
2022: 10
2023: 10
2024: 9
2025: 1

Spooky Ha-Lewie-n Name Pollis @lewispoll.is · 10h

For me it's

Borat 2 text meme, a screenshot from an iPhone of a series of texts readin:

[OneDrive] tonite 👀
[OneDrive] tonight queen??
[OneDrive] tonite 👀

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Spooky Ha-Lewie-n Name Pollis @lewispoll.is · 13h

The full recipe is here, I sauté and then braise jackfruit

The Fewdsletter: Brisket and Jackfruit Brisket

At Rosh Hashanah, even vegans will risk it for this brisket

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Spooky Ha-Lewie-n Name Pollis @lewispoll.is · 13h

My brisket recipe is so good that at least four different people have asked to take home leftovers *of the vegan version*, but I've learned to have people try it before I reveal what the ingredients rae

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People sometimes look at me like I have two heads when I tell them what goes into my brisket braise: Heinz chili sauce, Coca-Cola, and Lipton French onion soup mix. What? It sounds strange at best and disgusting at worst. One person who loves my brisket told me that if they had known what was in it, they never would have tried it. Trust me,

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Spooky Ha-Lewie-n Name Pollis @lewispoll.is · 2d

Here are a couple representative stories about my Grandma Joanne (from my obituary which contains many many more)

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By the early sixties she was in New York, having resolved to write the Great American Novel from her treasured apartment on Riverside Drive. She didn’t, but the audacious adventures she had and the colorful cast of characters she knew would have been worthy of it. A representative story from this part of her life started at Louis Mayer’s dinner table, detoured into Christmas shopping for Lawrence Olivier — “Larry,” she called him — and ended at a party in Joe DiMaggio and Marilyn Monroe’s hotel suite. She was awestruck by the celebrities’ indulgence of choice: a chic new dessert called Häagen-Dazs. So vast was her collection of stories that somehow I first heard this one only a few years ago. “I must have told you this before,” she protested, as though I could possibly have forgotten her description of Joltin’ Joe digging into a tub of Chocolate Chocolate Chip.

She had a natural gift of forging deep relationships. Joanne carried business cards listing herself as a “Professional Jewish Mother.” She emerged from doctor’s appointments more interested in where a nurse’s kid got into college than her own medical condition. A cable repairman once left her apartment with a wedding gift. Some years ago, after Joanne hung up on a telemarketer, my mom facetiously asked her how many kids the saleswoman had. “Oh,” Joanne replied matter-of-factly, “she can’t have children.”

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Matt Trueblood @matrueblood.bsky.social · 2d

I did a study for @baseballprospectus.com, to check whether hitters swing faster in the postseason. The numbers are intriguing, and help explain why the inexplicable seems to happen in October. www.baseballprospectus.com/news/article...

Adrenaline Speed | Baseball Prospectus

Do hitters swing harder in October?

www.baseballprospectus.com

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Spooky Ha-Lewie-n Name Pollis @lewispoll.is · 3d

Update: Kevin Stefanski, who according to the most-recent NFLPA survey is less popular with his own players than any other still-employed coach in the league, now has a .400 winning percentage in the five years since the only playoff win of his Browns tenure.

Spooky Ha-Lewie-n Name Pollis @lewispoll.is · 24d

Update: Kevin Stefanski, who according to the most-recent NFLPA survey is less popular with his own players than any other still-employed coach in the league, now has a .403 winning percentage in the five years since the only playoff win of his Browns tenure.

Spooky Ha-Lewie-n Name Pollis @lewispoll.is · Sep 8

Here's a reminder that, in addition to now having a .408 winning percentage since the only playoff win of his Browns tenure, according to the last NFLPA survey no other still-employed coach in the league is as unpopular with their own players as Kevin Stefanski is

Spooky Ha-Lewie-n Name Pollis @lewispoll.is · 3d

The pee tape is real but for some reason Kevin Stefanski has it

Spooky Ha-Lewie-n Name Pollis @lewispoll.is · 3d

I know this means nothing from me since I would have cleaned house years ago, but how do the Browns let Stefanski back on the plane after blowing a game because you let Carson Wentz march down the field for a game-winning drive

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Spooky Ha-Lewie-n Name Pollis @lewispoll.is · 3d

Carson Wentz vs. the Browns: a stoppable force meets a movable object

Spooky Ha-Lewie-n Name Pollis @lewispoll.is · 4d

For those watching on TV: can you tell how loud it is here?

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Spooky Ha-Lewie-n Name Pollis @lewispoll.is · 4d

Today we’re back for a much more consequential playoff game than the one we watched from the concourse drink rail. Hopefully we get a win this time too.

Here’s to #RedOctober — and happy 10th meet-aversary, @mrslewsonfirst.bsky.social!

Spooky Ha-Lewie-n Name Pollis @lewispoll.is · 4d

Ten years ago today, it was the last day of the season and we were the worst team in baseball. As we (successfully) tried to avoid losing our 100th game, I got to talking with a woman wearing a Phanatic hat. We chatted for a couple innings, and watched in awe as Ichiro made his debut…as a pitcher.

A man and woman in Phillies gear smile by the drink rail of a crowded baseball stadium concourse

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Spooky Ha-Lewie-n Name Pollis @lewispoll.is · 4d

Spooky Ha-Lewie-n Name Pollis @lewispoll.is · 4d

This was something like my 12th-ever perfect game? And I think the fourth or fifth with Maroth. I will say that this one felt by far the easiest, like I could tell within a couple batters that no one was touching me