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Adam Sternbergh @sternbergh.bsky.social · 13h

realizing now that feeling a knot in the pit of your stomach despite being up by three in a series you lead 2-0 is why I’ve tried very hard through my life to stop caring about sports

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Adam Sternbergh @sternbergh.bsky.social · 13h

the sweet spot

derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 13h

glad to be born at a time when i got to see what life was like before the internet and will be dead before AI completely destroys humanity

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Meg Rowley @megrowler.fangraphs.com · 13h

hand to god, he then took this shirt off to reveal a "Dump 62 Here" shirt underneath

Roger Cormier @yayroger.bsky.social · 13h

A gentleman with a "Dump Here 61" shirt caught the Raleigh home run (on a bounce.)

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Adam Sternbergh @sternbergh.bsky.social · 14h

not too late

Blue Jays first baseman Vlad Guerrero Junior smiling an infectious smile of irrepressible glee

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Adam Sternbergh @sternbergh.bsky.social · 15h

vlad.

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Adam Sternbergh @sternbergh.bsky.social · 19h

counterpoint: sweeps are awesome

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Mike Petriello @mikepetriello.bsky.social · 19h

We all know the limits of pitcher-v-batter stats, *but*
when Vlad Guerrero Jr. has exactly 0 K in 21 PA with a .588/.667/.941 against Carlos Rodón, I at least want to know more ahead of a huge Game 3.

Here is more on what to watch for tonight -->

www.mlb.com/news/carlos-...

Why Vladdy vs. Rodón is ALDS Game 3's most important matchup

The most important matchup in Tuesday’s American League Division Series Game 3 is going to happen in the top of the first inning, just three batters into the game, when Vladimir Guerrero Jr. steps int...

www.mlb.com

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Adam Sternbergh @sternbergh.bsky.social · 20h

I believe there are two things that will reliably galvanize otherwise non-politically oriented average Americans: not being able to watch sports and chaos at the airports

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/06/u...

Flight Delays Begin as Air Traffic Staffing Shortages Worsen

www.nytimes.com

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Adam Sternbergh @sternbergh.bsky.social · 1d

this is why you need to take an unplugged, off-the-grid vacation, there's a tiny chance that if you do you'll win a Nobel Prize

The New York Times @nytimes.com · 1d

Fred Ramsdell was parked at a campground in Montana on Monday when his wife suddenly started shouting. He first thought that maybe she had seen a grizzly bear. Instead, she had regained cell service and had seen a flood of text messages with the same news. “You just won the Nobel Prize!” she yelled.

Winning a Nobel Prize Interrupted His Off-the-Grid Vacation

Fred Ramsdell found out about his Nobel Prize nearly 12 hours after it was announced because he was on vacation in the Rockies.

nyti.ms

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Adam Sternbergh @sternbergh.bsky.social · 1d

butt-dialed fantasy football team now 3-1

Adam Sternbergh @sternbergh.bsky.social · 6d

butt-dialed fantasy football team now 2-1

Adam Sternbergh @sternbergh.bsky.social · 14d

butt-dialed team now 1-1

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Marjorie James Keenan @unenthusiast.com · Aug 18

Benverine

Ben Vereen in a bowler hat and Wolverine's yellow and blue uniform
(I hope this elicits a snikter)

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Adam Sternbergh @sternbergh.bsky.social · 1d

three chances to score a runner from second seems like too many an embarrassment really I think we can do it in two here’s one chance back for free

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Adam Sternbergh @sternbergh.bsky.social · 1d

I’m not a Phillies fan but if I was that bunt call in the 9th with no outs and the tying run on second would have me walking into the sea with rocks in my pockets

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Extra Hot Great @extrahotgreat.com · 1d

Tuesday, Extra Hot Great Club members will get a BONUS bonus episode: our annual This Week In TV History special! @sternbergh.bsky.social returns to talk about the week of February 21-27, 1996, including #TheLateShift, #TheSimpsons, and much more! Join for $5/month to get it! extrahotgreat.com/club/

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Adam Sternbergh @sternbergh.bsky.social · 1d

image of actor Steve Buscemi, a middle aged man dressed as a teenager and holding a skateboard, with the caption "I saved Tiktok so you owe me big"

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Adam Sternbergh @sternbergh.bsky.social · 1d

rare to be able to pinpoint so exactly the moment when a social media outlet lost the juice

Yashar Ali 🐘 @yasharali.bsky.social · 1d

President Trump posts his first TikTok on his personal account since the election and says

“To all those young people of TikTok, I saved TikTok, so you owe me big….”

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Adam Sternbergh @sternbergh.bsky.social · 2d

I need a Jose Bautista - Vlad Guerrero Jr bat flip overlay

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Jessica Winter @winterjessica.bsky.social · 2d

👩‍🚒 Folks I know it's a bad day but here we've got ourselves @isaacbutler.bsky.social on DDL! 👩‍🚒 slate.com/culture/2025...

He Might Be the Greatest Actor of All Time—and the Most Misunderstood

Only one performer has won three Best Actor Oscars. Is it fair that he’s also a joke?

slate.com

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Adam Sternbergh @sternbergh.bsky.social · 2d

me watching Dalton Vaursho in the playoffs

Shaquille O’Neal, a bald athlete wearing glasses, wearing a dress shirt and vest, on set when he mentioned he was not familiar with someone’s game

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Adam Sternbergh @sternbergh.bsky.social · 2d

on top of everything else Vlad Jr respecting Blue Jays bat flip history

CJ Fogler @cjzero.bsky.social · 2d

The admiration, the bat flip, the zoom to Fried 🫡

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Adam Sternbergh @sternbergh.bsky.social · 3d

“looking ahead you’ve got to like their chances” well yeah certainly more than you’d like their chances looking behind or looking right now

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Adam Sternbergh @sternbergh.bsky.social · 3d

literally talking about the Yankees starting pitcher edge as runs 7,8 and 9 against them cross the plate

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Adam Sternbergh @sternbergh.bsky.social · 3d

love to hear the FOX announcing duo continuously pontificate on just how well-rounded the Yankees are as onscreen the team falls to defeat 10-1

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Benjamin Dreyer @bcdreyer.social · 3d

Y'know I'm not supposed to say that word things are correct or incorrect because that's classist and snobby and gatekeeping etc.?

"Woah" is incorrect.

Daniel Radosh @radosh.bsky.social · 3d

How about doing your copy editing better?

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& Wirecutter
• Do your laundry better: If you're confused about how to launder an item of clothing, just take a photo of a laundry-care label. Then, tap the Info button at the bottom of the screen (or sometimes a washing machine icon with sparkles) and tap Look Up Laundry
Care. Woah.

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