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Matt Trueblood @matrueblood.bsky.social · 6m

Check swings are vibe calls. When you swing at every goddamn thing always all the time, you don’t get the benefit of the doubt. 🤷‍♂️

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Matt Trueblood @matrueblood.bsky.social · 8m

God he’s dumb

Eric Michael Garcia @ericmgarcia.bsky.social · 1h

Durbin on whether Democrats can use reining in ICE in Chicago as a precondition to rein in the government says “can’t do that. It’s gotta be health care all the way.”

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Matt Trueblood @matrueblood.bsky.social · 9m

He’s an extremely Ball Coach human being (complimentary).

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Matt Trueblood @matrueblood.bsky.social · 12m

The play, sure. But the charisma of the sideline coach shots would change soooooo much

Matt Trueblood @matrueblood.bsky.social · 16m

I don’t and won’t watch college football but give Mike a team and I might watch college football

Matthew Leach @matthewhleach.bsky.social · 11m

He's already in the building!

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Tyler King @tyleraking.com · 2h

The literal reading of this statement is Pam Bondi is planning extrajudicial executions of random protesters.

Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 2h

My gosh. After the US bombed multiple boats in the middle of the ocean, murdering people on grounds that they were allegedly "carrying drugs," the US Attorney General says "Just like we did with cartels, we're going to take the same approach, President Trump, with Antifa."

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Matt Trueblood @matrueblood.bsky.social · 22m

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Matt Trueblood @matrueblood.bsky.social · 3h

Brandon Lockridge is starting a closeout game today for #Brewers. Wrote about a very unusual lineup card filled out by Pat Murphy; what it tells us about the Crew's view of certain matchups, defensive alignments and health statuses; and why it's likely to be fluid. brewerfanatic.com/news-rumors/...

Brewers' NLDS Game 3 Lineup Raises Some Questions, Hints at Answers to Others

Say this (if nothing else) for the Brewers' starting lineup in Game 3 of the NLDS Wednesday: it's revealing.

brewerfanatic.com

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Matt Trueblood @matrueblood.bsky.social · 39m

The #Cubs last scored 4+ runs in a playoff GAME against the #Nationals in an epic Game 5 of the 2017 NLDS, to advance to the NLCS. Today: 4 runs in the first INNING.

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Matt Trueblood @matrueblood.bsky.social · 50m

Absolutely. Bet they try to get 10+ outs from him today

RD Topp @rdtopp.bsky.social · 50m

Gasser to follow Mears?

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Jordan Bastian @bastianmlb.bsky.social · 1h

Michael Busch went deep to open the first inning, as he did in Game 1, to knot Game 3, 1-1.

Per @slangsonsports.bsky.social: Busch is the first player to hit multiple leadoff home runs in the same series in a single postseason.

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Curt Hogg @cyrthogg.bsky.social · 1h

Quinn Priester is all sorts of out of sort.

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Bill @billtwibh.bsky.social · 1h

make him go to Portland. I would pay $200 for a pay per view of Trump just walking around Portland for two hours on like a Thursday afternoon trying to find the plywood and the fires and the wars

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2h

Trump: "I don't know what could be worse than Portland. You don't even have stores anymore. They don't even put glass up. They put plywood on their windows."

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Matt Trueblood @matrueblood.bsky.social · 3h

Brandon Lockridge is starting a closeout game today for #Brewers. Wrote about a very unusual lineup card filled out by Pat Murphy; what it tells us about the Crew's view of certain matchups, defensive alignments and health statuses; and why it's likely to be fluid. brewerfanatic.com/news-rumors/...

Brewers' NLDS Game 3 Lineup Raises Some Questions, Hints at Answers to Others

Say this (if nothing else) for the Brewers' starting lineup in Game 3 of the NLDS Wednesday: it's revealing.

brewerfanatic.com

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Steve Mullis @stevemullis.net · 5h

The documentary "Stripped for Parts: American Journalism on the Brink," about how Hedge fund Alden Global Capital is gobbling up newspapers across America and gutting them, is available to watch on PBS.

Stripped for Parts: American Journalism on the Brink

A handful of journalists rebel against a hedge fund that is gutting newspapers nationwide.

www.pbs.org

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Baseball Prospectus @baseballprospectus.com · 4h

Ash Like an Oak
by Matthew Trueblood (@matrueblood.bsky.social)

Ash Like an Oak | Baseball Prospectus

It's about the innings you don't make someone else pitch. OK, it's also about pitching really well yourself.

www.baseballprospectus.com

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Michael de Adder @deadder.bsky.social · 5h

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 4h

Pritzker: "He wants to militarize major cities because he wants us to get used to the idea of troops on the streets. I believe he's gonna post people outside of polling places and if he needs to in order to control those elections, he'll assume control of the ballot boxes & count the votes himself"

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Cooger & Dark’s Pandemonium Shadow Podcast @gonebabygone.bsky.social · 9h

I say this with love, some of you are going to lose your life savings to a man who says you have parking tickets that can only be paid in Target gift cards

Angry @angrystaffer.bsky.social · 9h

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Matt Trueblood @matrueblood.bsky.social · 9h

Jackson Chourio's career extra-base hits spray chart is a thing of odd but profound beauty, innit? Dude can just cause you problems from one foul line to the other, with raw power and with gap power and with the speed after his power. Amazing.

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Nate Pentz @natepentz.bsky.social · 10h

Crime in Minneapolis is getting better and has improved dramatically. www.startribune.com/minneapolis-...

Minneapolis crime is falling in 2025, even amid high-profile violence

Most crimes are down in Minnesota’s largest city, continuing a pattern following a pandemic-era spike. That doesn’t alleviate concerns among wary residents after mass shootings.

www.startribune.com

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William Hazen @williamhazen.bsky.social · 1d

This is the most accurate depiction of the Midwest to date. Wichita has always felt like the last Midwest city while also being the first plains city.

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John Pfaff @johnpfaff.bsky.social · 20h

Um, ICE just coldly shot an unarmed PRIEST in the head w a pepper ball when he (and everyone around him) clearly posed no threat.

For the crime of … complaining about government policy.

Core 1A speech.

With cameras rolling, they’re sniping priests for sport.

Kurt @flglchicago.bsky.social · 22h

Here’s video of the incident

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Matt Trueblood @matrueblood.bsky.social · 19h

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Matt Trueblood @matrueblood.bsky.social · 19h

The Yankees bullpen has a chance to do the funniest thing ever

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