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Adam Shprintzen @veghistory.bsky.social · 4h

I thought this was new manager suggestion for a second…

Adam Shprintzen @veghistory.bsky.social · 4h

(Two weeks until Knicks opening night!)

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Adam Shprintzen @veghistory.bsky.social · 4h

Judge may be looking at that “amongst the greatest with no titles” group (Williams, Bonds, Gwynn…sure I am missing someone here).

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Adam Shprintzen @veghistory.bsky.social · 4h

He is going to inevitably become a star somewhere else (extra bummer having gotten chance to watch him in Scranton).

River Ave. Blues @riveraveblues.bsky.social · 4h

Jasson makes the most of his pity at-bat.

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Adam Shprintzen @veghistory.bsky.social · 4h

That’s a damn good Jays team that absolutely deserves to be moving on.

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Adam Shprintzen @veghistory.bsky.social · 4h

Wells has seemed to have way more "approach problems" in his at bats this year and his stats seem to have played that out (still super early in his career, of course).

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Adam Shprintzen @veghistory.bsky.social · 4h

I thought it was the collective force of every Blue Jay bat since they are functionally unable to swing and miss at a pitch.

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Adam Shprintzen @veghistory.bsky.social · 4h

I really dislike swinging at the first pitch there with a closer struggling to find the plate.

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Adam Shprintzen @veghistory.bsky.social · 7h

It’s amazing how much consistent contact the Jays make.

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Adam Shprintzen @veghistory.bsky.social · 7h

Defense is really sharp for Yanks so far.

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Adam Shprintzen @veghistory.bsky.social · 7h

Drawback: you have to spend that time with Ari Emanuel.

Financial Times @financialtimes.com · 7h

Ari Emanuel bets AI will boost leisure time with three-day working week on.ft.com/48RbY99

Ari Emanuel bets AI will boost leisure time with three-day working week

Hollywood agent raises almost $3bn from investors including Apollo and QIA for venture spanning tennis to car auctions

on.ft.com

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Adam Shprintzen @veghistory.bsky.social · 7h

Holy shit, the Bellinger catch!

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Adam Shprintzen @veghistory.bsky.social · 8h

It’s pretty funny to watch the baseball commentators talk about the power of narrative vis-a-vis Judge without having the ounce of self-reflection that it takes to realize they are the ones setting the narrative.

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McSweeney's @mcsweeneys.net · 12h

"WE MAKE NEWS LOUDER. IF STORY GOOD ON ONE SIDE, SHOW OTHER SIDE TOO. OTHER SIDE WRONG? OTHER SIDE WANT BLEACH IN VEINS? ANIMAL RUN BOTH. REPORT BOTH SIDES. EVEN WHEN ONE SIDE THINK HEAD MEDS MAKE QUIET BABIES."

“AAAGGGHHH!!!” A Memo from Animal, Your New Editor-in-Chief

“[Editor-in-chief of CBS News] Bari Weiss told network staffers in a morning editorial call that she wants to ‘win’ before delivering a rallying cr...

buff.ly

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Adam Shprintzen @veghistory.bsky.social · 12h

Advising the History/Secondary Ed majors provides a bit of insight into what it is like for teachers right now and...damn are they dealing with a lot.

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Adam Shprintzen @veghistory.bsky.social · 15h

Not quite sure how to give words to this, but my best try is that I feel most religiously connected to the world during Sukkot services and the procession with the lulav and etrog.

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