Travis Stern
@travisstern.bsky.social
PhD in theatre history - American theatre history, improv, comedy, and baseball performance. Cloverfield monster in disguise. Self loathing with a hint of lime. 1st book: Ballplayers on Stage (at UTenn P)
Might the Red Sox be interested in Willson Contreras now?
December 10, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Might the Red Sox be interested in Willson Contreras now?
In the NFL, they should make it so if you are successful on a two-point conversion, you can try another one. Just keep doing two-point conversions until you miss one.
December 7, 2025 at 6:50 PM
In the NFL, they should make it so if you are successful on a two-point conversion, you can try another one. Just keep doing two-point conversions until you miss one.
Alright, someone has to have hit an Allen & Ginter pack with a Richard Kind relic card in it by now, right?
December 6, 2025 at 10:21 PM
Alright, someone has to have hit an Allen & Ginter pack with a Richard Kind relic card in it by now, right?
I don't want to end up a cartoon in a cartoon graveyard.
December 3, 2025 at 12:27 PM
I don't want to end up a cartoon in a cartoon graveyard.
There was one day when you heard this commercial on TV and didn't know it was for the last time.
Free Credit Report Commercial
YouTube video by ErikETC
youtu.be
December 2, 2025 at 2:14 AM
There was one day when you heard this commercial on TV and didn't know it was for the last time.
I understand this is blasphemous to say during the post-Thanksgiving weekend, but I really don't like leftovers.
November 30, 2025 at 6:27 PM
I understand this is blasphemous to say during the post-Thanksgiving weekend, but I really don't like leftovers.
@profanity.accountant I think I know the number*but let's get a second look from an outside expert.
*Unless it also counts shared posts/reposts
*Unless it also counts shared posts/reposts
November 29, 2025 at 10:13 PM
@profanity.accountant I think I know the number*but let's get a second look from an outside expert.
*Unless it also counts shared posts/reposts
*Unless it also counts shared posts/reposts
I don't know how many things are more annoying than a weather person trying to be cute or go viral during a weather event but it can't be more than 15.
November 29, 2025 at 2:51 PM
I don't know how many things are more annoying than a weather person trying to be cute or go viral during a weather event but it can't be more than 15.
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From ‘Proper Bostonian’ youth to chronicler of gay lives in early show business, ‘Greasepaint Puritan’ goes into & beyond ‘42nd Street’ to explore the paradoxes in the life and work of Bradford Ropes—& it’s available at a 50% discount through Jan. 4! Code: HOLIDAY25 press.umich.edu/Books/G/Grea...
November 28, 2025 at 3:33 PM
From ‘Proper Bostonian’ youth to chronicler of gay lives in early show business, ‘Greasepaint Puritan’ goes into & beyond ‘42nd Street’ to explore the paradoxes in the life and work of Bradford Ropes—& it’s available at a 50% discount through Jan. 4! Code: HOLIDAY25 press.umich.edu/Books/G/Grea...
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Slayage: The International Journal of Buffy+ and the Association for the Study of Buffy+ invite proposals for the eleventh biennial Slayage Conference (SC11).
Illinois State University in Normal Illinois, 9-12 July 2026
call-for-papers.sas.upenn.edu/cfp/2025/10/...
Illinois State University in Normal Illinois, 9-12 July 2026
call-for-papers.sas.upenn.edu/cfp/2025/10/...
cfp | call for papers
call-for-papers.sas.upenn.edu
November 27, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Slayage: The International Journal of Buffy+ and the Association for the Study of Buffy+ invite proposals for the eleventh biennial Slayage Conference (SC11).
Illinois State University in Normal Illinois, 9-12 July 2026
call-for-papers.sas.upenn.edu/cfp/2025/10/...
Illinois State University in Normal Illinois, 9-12 July 2026
call-for-papers.sas.upenn.edu/cfp/2025/10/...
I wrote a book about pro ballplayers, melodrama, and why these guys being bad stage performers created more authenticity for their images. To be fair, the total interested audience for this overlap is less than the number of people in a small town, but I'm from a small town so I'm fine with that.
November 27, 2025 at 3:33 PM
I wrote a book about pro ballplayers, melodrama, and why these guys being bad stage performers created more authenticity for their images. To be fair, the total interested audience for this overlap is less than the number of people in a small town, but I'm from a small town so I'm fine with that.
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This weekend only! I'm having my 1st ever sale.
Use code 10OFFBOOK for 10% off in-stock scorebooks and code 1OFFDWNLD for $1 off any digital download (good for 11/28-11/30 only).
Thank you all so much for all the support of my small business.
diamondscorecarddesigns.com
Use code 10OFFBOOK for 10% off in-stock scorebooks and code 1OFFDWNLD for $1 off any digital download (good for 11/28-11/30 only).
Thank you all so much for all the support of my small business.
diamondscorecarddesigns.com
November 25, 2025 at 4:39 PM
This weekend only! I'm having my 1st ever sale.
Use code 10OFFBOOK for 10% off in-stock scorebooks and code 1OFFDWNLD for $1 off any digital download (good for 11/28-11/30 only).
Thank you all so much for all the support of my small business.
diamondscorecarddesigns.com
Use code 10OFFBOOK for 10% off in-stock scorebooks and code 1OFFDWNLD for $1 off any digital download (good for 11/28-11/30 only).
Thank you all so much for all the support of my small business.
diamondscorecarddesigns.com
Every day that you don't talk about the 90s sitcom Roc is a day you've wasted.
November 26, 2025 at 2:00 AM
Every day that you don't talk about the 90s sitcom Roc is a day you've wasted.
I just started my collection of his cards this summer. It's one of the things that reminds me of my dad.
Bob Forsch
Pitcher
Debut: 1974 - Retired: 1989
STL - HOU
Pitcher
Debut: 1974 - Retired: 1989
STL - HOU
Bob Forsch at baseball-reference.com
Career stats of Bob Forsch
baseball-reference.com
November 19, 2025 at 2:53 AM
I just started my collection of his cards this summer. It's one of the things that reminds me of my dad.
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CEO: We need to cut costs.
Accountant: We paid you $50 million last year. You are being paid $1 million for this meeting.
CEO: Who's that in the hallway?
Accountant: That's Greg. He is the only thing keeping this company together. We pay him in nickels and Grubhub gift cards.
CEO: Fire Greg.
Accountant: We paid you $50 million last year. You are being paid $1 million for this meeting.
CEO: Who's that in the hallway?
Accountant: That's Greg. He is the only thing keeping this company together. We pay him in nickels and Grubhub gift cards.
CEO: Fire Greg.
November 17, 2025 at 10:04 PM
CEO: We need to cut costs.
Accountant: We paid you $50 million last year. You are being paid $1 million for this meeting.
CEO: Who's that in the hallway?
Accountant: That's Greg. He is the only thing keeping this company together. We pay him in nickels and Grubhub gift cards.
CEO: Fire Greg.
Accountant: We paid you $50 million last year. You are being paid $1 million for this meeting.
CEO: Who's that in the hallway?
Accountant: That's Greg. He is the only thing keeping this company together. We pay him in nickels and Grubhub gift cards.
CEO: Fire Greg.
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Hey podcast people, I love talking baseball whenever and wherever. Yeah I’ve got a business, but I’ve also been researching the origins and evolution of scoring in baseball so I’m full of history too! If you need off season content please consider me 🙏🙏
a cartoon of alice from alice in wonderland saying " thank you "
Alt: a cartoon of alice from alice in wonderland saying " thank you "
media.tenor.com
November 2, 2025 at 2:53 AM
Hey podcast people, I love talking baseball whenever and wherever. Yeah I’ve got a business, but I’ve also been researching the origins and evolution of scoring in baseball so I’m full of history too! If you need off season content please consider me 🙏🙏
I'm probably not the most up to date on my theology, but I think Sammy Hagar was just elected to be the next pope.
November 12, 2025 at 3:09 AM
I'm probably not the most up to date on my theology, but I think Sammy Hagar was just elected to be the next pope.
Draft Day has recently joined The Martian as one of the movies I'll watch whenever I see it on the listings. What can I say: I like sci-fi/ fantasy.
November 8, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Draft Day has recently joined The Martian as one of the movies I'll watch whenever I see it on the listings. What can I say: I like sci-fi/ fantasy.
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#writersky #authorsky
HEY all you #writers celebrate #pubday with an #illustration of YOUR cat reading YOUR book.
Great for making stickers or other promotional merch—several #authors already have to great acclaim!
www.behance.net/gallery/2291...
Starts at a mere $50. DM me.
Early #caturday
HEY all you #writers celebrate #pubday with an #illustration of YOUR cat reading YOUR book.
Great for making stickers or other promotional merch—several #authors already have to great acclaim!
www.behance.net/gallery/2291...
Starts at a mere $50. DM me.
Early #caturday
September 12, 2025 at 9:05 PM
#writersky #authorsky
HEY all you #writers celebrate #pubday with an #illustration of YOUR cat reading YOUR book.
Great for making stickers or other promotional merch—several #authors already have to great acclaim!
www.behance.net/gallery/2291...
Starts at a mere $50. DM me.
Early #caturday
HEY all you #writers celebrate #pubday with an #illustration of YOUR cat reading YOUR book.
Great for making stickers or other promotional merch—several #authors already have to great acclaim!
www.behance.net/gallery/2291...
Starts at a mere $50. DM me.
Early #caturday
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Hello. I am not Joe Pera. But I am dressed up like him for Halloween. While some may choose their costume with the intention to play a trick on others & provide a good-natured fright, I have chosen to be a hard-working yet humble middle school choir teacher. Now that is a treat everyone can enjoy.
October 31, 2025 at 11:12 PM
Hello. I am not Joe Pera. But I am dressed up like him for Halloween. While some may choose their costume with the intention to play a trick on others & provide a good-natured fright, I have chosen to be a hard-working yet humble middle school choir teacher. Now that is a treat everyone can enjoy.
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oh my god
October 30, 2025 at 11:46 PM
oh my god
My wife and I are both going through strategic planning processes at our jobs, and we're sitting at home now attempting to reconcile what buzzwords seem to be trending right now.
October 30, 2025 at 12:37 AM
My wife and I are both going through strategic planning processes at our jobs, and we're sitting at home now attempting to reconcile what buzzwords seem to be trending right now.
Three pitches. Two home runs.
October 30, 2025 at 12:13 AM
Three pitches. Two home runs.
My money is on a Super Bowl ad for Jersey Mike's to expand the Eli Manning/ Danny Devito thing to include Peyton and Arnold Schwarzenegger in a takeoff on the movie Twins.
October 27, 2025 at 12:07 AM
My money is on a Super Bowl ad for Jersey Mike's to expand the Eli Manning/ Danny Devito thing to include Peyton and Arnold Schwarzenegger in a takeoff on the movie Twins.