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Luke Epplin

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Author of MOSES AND THE DOCTOR (coming February 2026) and OUR TEAM (on Larry Doby, Satchel Paige, Bob Feller) lukeepplin.com Contact: [email protected]

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Luke Epplin @lukeepplin.bsky.social · Jun 2

All right, listen up: "Moses and the Doctor" is now available for pre-order. It's got Dr. J, Moses Malone, the ABA, playground basketball, Philly, Houston, Bird and Magic, and much more. It comes out on February 10, 2026. Let's go. www.barnesandnoble.com/w/moses-and-...

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John Thorn @johnthorn.bsky.social · 34m

Really good story by Luke Epplin about this famous photograph. lepplin.substack.com/p/the-stagin...

The Staging of One of Baseball’s Most Famous Images

The Steve Gromek/Larry Doby Photo Revisited

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Luke Epplin @lukeepplin.bsky.social · 13h

Tomorrow is the 77th anniversary of the Steve Gromek/Larry Doby photo from the 1948 World Series. I wrote about it today--its importance in "Our Team" and how a research discovery almost sunk the climax of my book. Enjoy. substack.com/home/post/p-...

The Staging of One of Baseball’s Most Famous Images

The Steve Gromek/Larry Doby Photo Revisited

Luke Epplin @lukeepplin.bsky.social · 13h

Tomorrow is the 77th anniversary of the Steve Gromek/Larry Doby photo from the 1948 World Series. I wrote about it today--its importance in "Our Team" and how a research discovery almost sunk the climax of my book. Enjoy. substack.com/home/post/p-...

The Staging of One of Baseball’s Most Famous Images

The Steve Gromek/Larry Doby Photo Revisited

Luke Epplin @lukeepplin.bsky.social · 17h

Oh yeah, it's Kay-row. That's the southern Illinois way.

Luke Epplin @lukeepplin.bsky.social · 17h

Cairo

Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 17h

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

Luke Epplin @lukeepplin.bsky.social · 17h

I heard that same line through the 90s. I'll believe it when I see it.

Luke Epplin @lukeepplin.bsky.social · 22h

It's fascinating that in the wake of two brother filmmaking breakups (the Safdies and the Coens), we're seeing in their subsequent individual films which ones needed the other the most.

Luke Epplin @lukeepplin.bsky.social · 1d

It's all right--I know he's a huge Sixers fan, but I doubt he'd have time to read about them....

Luke Epplin @lukeepplin.bsky.social · 1d

Made contact with DJ Jazzy Jeff and sent him a copy of "Moses and the Doctor." Now if only I could find some way to contact Questlove....

Luke Epplin @lukeepplin.bsky.social · 1d

I'd be fine with that. I hadn't watched this Blue Jays team at all this season, but jeez, they're super fun and lively.

Luke Epplin @lukeepplin.bsky.social · 1d

I'll be perfectly content with a Blue Jays/Brewers World Series.

Luke Epplin @lukeepplin.bsky.social · 1d

It seems like the 75th anniversary of "Peanuts" came and went with minimal fanfare and think pieces.

Luke Epplin @lukeepplin.bsky.social · 1d

Rough times for the phrase "Karma comes around." That dude is late.

Luke Epplin @lukeepplin.bsky.social · 1d

Isn't that funny? I saw someone whose taste I trust say that Mason and Dixon was by far his best.

Luke Epplin @lukeepplin.bsky.social · 1d

The only Thomas Pynchon novel I've read is "The Crying of Lot 49." I've started and then abandoned "Gravity's Rainbow" twice. Is it time for me to give him yet another shot?

Luke Epplin @lukeepplin.bsky.social · 2d

Everything everywhere is deeply, deeply embarrassing.

max tani @maxtani.bsky.social · 2d

Bari Weiss introduced herself to CBS News staff today on the network's 9AM call, saying she wants to "win," which requires restoring trust to CBS. She also said she was excited for staff to get to know the Free Press, and ended her remarks by saying: "Let's do the fucking news."

Luke Epplin @lukeepplin.bsky.social · 2d

Now that my book is done and all the galleys are out to potential blurbers and the publicity hasn't started, I find myself watching 30-minute YouTube clips on day-to-day life on barely inhabited islands in the far reaches of the Atlantic and the Pacific. Would recommend.

Luke Epplin @lukeepplin.bsky.social · 3d

Anyway, I just had a book idea, and I felt it in my gut. It made me afraid.

Luke Epplin @lukeepplin.bsky.social · 3d

Much respect for Benicio del Toro, the one actor capable of being the best part of a Wes Anderson and a Paul Thomas Anderson movie in the same year.

Luke Epplin @lukeepplin.bsky.social · 3d

What in the world got into the Blue Jays?

Luke Epplin @lukeepplin.bsky.social · 3d

Timeline cleanser: how bad could the world really be with these two in it?

Luke Epplin @lukeepplin.bsky.social · 3d

That's admirable. I'm sure that I could attempt to do the same, but man, I'm not sure what that would do for my marriage and personal life.

Luke Epplin @lukeepplin.bsky.social · 3d

Not after 8. But yes before 6. I did a lot of Our Team and Moses and the Doctor before then.

Luke Epplin @lukeepplin.bsky.social · 3d

Let me give you a lesson Bluesky etiquette: If you'd like to engage with someone, maybe start with a question: "Have you heard of Woody Allen's strip? How does that fit in?" Also, avoid needlessly condescending to or putting down someone you don't know. It's basic stuff, what we escaped Twitter for.

Luke Epplin @lukeepplin.bsky.social · 3d

Is it possible to write a nonfiction book with a toddler and a full-time job? I'd like to know now before I attempt it.