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Tracy Greer @pulhitzherprize.bsky.social · 1h

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Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 3h

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

Tracy Greer @pulhitzherprize.bsky.social · 16h

Yes! Here’s the corresponding story in the @chicagotribune.com www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/06/a...

Woman shot by agent in Brighton Park ordered released; lawyer says expletive used against her

A woman shot by an immigration agent after she allegedly rammed his vehicle on Chicago’s Southwest Side over the weekend was ordered released from jail Monday following a hearing where her at…

www.chicagotribune.com

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Clara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 1d

Roller derby librarians feels like the most Milwaukee thing ever. Incredible www.tiktok.com/t/ZTMkWcQ3t/

Why skate around the subject? 📚 Books belong in libraries and readers have the right to decide what they want to read. Libraries protect your Right to Read this week and every other. This #BannedBook...

TikTok video by Milwaukee Public Library

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Caroline Kubzansky @ckubzansky.bsky.social · 1d

Standing room only for the Broadview, IL village board meeting this evening. Like it’s 2022 again — follow along, yes?

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Tracy Greer @pulhitzherprize.bsky.social · 2d

At this point I’m just rooting for any player over 40.

Meghan Montemurro @mmontemurro.bsky.social · 2d

Justin Turner, at 40 years, 317 days old, will become the oldest Cubs player to appear in a postseason game in franchise history.

The previous oldest was Gary Gaetti at 40 years, 45 days in 1998.

Meghan Montemurro @mmontemurro.bsky.social · 2d

Cubs lineup tonight for Game 2 vs. the Brewers.

A little different look at the top with Brewers going with lefty Aaron Ashby in an opener/bullpen situation:

Justin Turner 1B
Nico Hoerner 2B
Kyle Tucker DH
Seiya Suzuki RF
Ian Happ LF
Carson Kelly C
PCA, CF
Dansby Swanson SS
Matt Shaw 3B

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Graig Kreindler @graigkreindler.bsky.social · 2d

On this day in 1945, bar owner William Sianis bought tix to the WS for himself and Murphy, his pet goat. Sianis became so upset when the Wrigley Field ushers asked his guest to leave, he placed a curse on the Cubs, claiming they’d never win a WS again. Here’s my painting of the ol’ place.

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Tracy Greer @pulhitzherprize.bsky.social · 2d

Congrats on the new gig! Enjoy real fall.

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Gregory Pratt @royalpratt.bsky.social · 2d

Lawsuit from Chicago journalists alleges free speech violations by Homeland Security ICE Border Patrol and more

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Tracy Greer @pulhitzherprize.bsky.social · 3d

Go! Fight! Swim!

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Tracy Greer @pulhitzherprize.bsky.social · 4d

I get such a kick out of watching Pavia. And even though he went to HS in Rio Rancho, it is clear his family is bringing the South Valley to Nashville. I appreciate that he’s making New Mexico (and NMSU) more than a college football punchline.

And I appreciate Chuck for getting the story right.

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Tracy Greer @pulhitzherprize.bsky.social · 4d

Culpepper’s piece captures those sentiments. And I love that he quoted NMMI’s longtime SID, who has no doubt fielded media requests in the last three years that are more misguided than that “weather balloon” was.

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Tracy Greer @pulhitzherprize.bsky.social · 4d

My dad grew up on that side of the state, back when Class D baseball was a thing and the Wool Bowl was built (as the tallest structure in a several-county radius). I heard stories of local pride that Cowboys star Roger Staubach played for NMMI before winning a Heisman at Navy.

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Tracy Greer @pulhitzherprize.bsky.social · 4d

I say this as a former high school soccer player who rode the cheese wagon all across New Mexico. Cruces to Roswell and back on a random Tuesday for a midseason game? Everyone bring your homework so you can finish it on the bus before the sun goes down.

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Tracy Greer @pulhitzherprize.bsky.social · 4d

By keying in on an element of small-school/rural-area life that most overlook — impossibly long bus rides — Chuck draws a vivid picture of how hard it is and the type of person you have to be to endure that for your dream. And how that sharply contrasts with life in the SEC.

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Tracy Greer @pulhitzherprize.bsky.social · 4d

It’s the difference in relying on tropes like “hurr durr, Billy the Kid” and this line from Culpepper:

Sometimes on the road, Kyser said, players would go into convenience stores, “and you would think those convenience stores were like going into a mall.”

(Didn’t mention Allsups, but we all know)

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Tracy Greer @pulhitzherprize.bsky.social · 4d

As Chuck and I have discussed, he has family in New Mexico (his aunt was my elementary music teacher!) and he has spent time there.

You can always tell when a writer understands the area beyond a brief parachute appearance. It adds so much value to a story.

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Tracy Greer @pulhitzherprize.bsky.social · 4d

Let’s talk about why this piece on Diego Pavia and what it means to play sports in New Mexico by the incomparable @chuckculpepper.bsky.social is so awesome. ⬇️

Post Sports @postsports.bsky.social · 4d

Diego Pavia has come a long way to lift Vanderbilt to new heights. His next test comes this afternoon at Alabama.

From Roswell, by bus: Vanderbilt QB Diego Pavia is a special kind of UFO

The Commodores’ undersized quarterback has come a long way. He’s left his mark wherever he’s been.

www.washingtonpost.com

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Tracy Greer @pulhitzherprize.bsky.social · 5d

I know this is the least of your concerns today, but concussion/head injury can take a few days to manifest symptoms in adults. If you haven’t been evaluated since the day of your injuries you might go get checked out.

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Michael Clair @michaelclair.bsky.social · 5d

If you're in Chicago, the National Museum of Puerto Rican Arts and Culture has a new exhibit on baseball! Called Pleibol!, it's a traveling exhibit from the Smithsonian. Free to visit!

nmprac.org/exhibitions/...

¡Pleibol! In the Barrios and the Big Leagues – National Museum of Puerto Rican Arts and Culture

nmprac.org

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Tracy Greer @pulhitzherprize.bsky.social · 5d

I feel like the fact I know a half-dozen women I thought “oh she needs to read this” means I’m doing something right with my life. ⚾️🧹🐈‍⬛🎵

🪩 Kiri 🪩 @kirio.bsky.social · 5d

Hi, it's me, your local spooky-coded baseball writer, with some on-the-ground reporting about the Mariners, witches, and the magical power of hope.

Must Be the Season of the Witch

The Mariners won the AL West for the first time since 2001. And they did it with a little help from some witchy friends.

blogs.fangraphs.com

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Tracy Greer @pulhitzherprize.bsky.social · 5d

Paging @taylorklong.bsky.social this is relevant to your interests

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Tracy Greer @pulhitzherprize.bsky.social · 5d

Well I had no plans to listen to the new album (you know the one) but apparently she samples my favorite Pixies song so …

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Meghan Montemurro @mmontemurro.bsky.social · 5d

Game 1 of the NLDS between Cubs-Brewers is Saturday at 1:08 p.m. in Milwaukee on TBS.

Game 2 is Monday at 8:08 p.m.

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Meghan Montemurro @mmontemurro.bsky.social · 5d

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Tracy Greer @pulhitzherprize.bsky.social · 6d

OK but how can I visit you at work? Because a snack floor of a skyscraper sounds amazing.