20th Century Baseball Man
@20thbaseball.bsky.social
Baseball enthusiast, TTM autograph collector, Baseball Cards, vinyl record collector, movie nerd, Sci-Fi, Fantasy & Horror, Bass Player, Paw Sox aficionado.
What a fun player Jose Ramirez is to watch play baseball. Despite his great career I feel he may be underrated
For the second straight post season elimination game the Red Sox are starting Nate Eaton and Nick Sogard. Just staggering that these are the best choices. They didn't learn from having them start last season in the playoffs? This looks like a mid spring training lineup.
Red Sox lineup features Jahmai Jones leading off and Nate Eaton in LF vs LHP Max Fried. No Anthony, no Duran. Jones DH, Rutschman C, Contreras 1B, Abreu RF, Rafaela CF, Durbin 3B, Sogard 2B, Story SS, Eaton LF, Gray P
I'm not sure if Liberty is going for humor in the Liberty Bipperty commercials, but if they are, they're missing pretty badly
Willie Mays made his famous World Series catch on this date in 1954.
Totally forgot MLB engages in the helmet ad bullshit during the playoffs
Playing scrabble and these are my letters
I had a bootleg copy of this back in the 80s with no instructions on how to play but that did not matter one bit. This is a top tier C64 game all day long
Impossible Mission (1984) Another screenshot from Dennis Caswell's classic roguelite platform puzzler, Impossible Mission. If you know the Commodore 64, you know this game - and if you don't, it's one of the system's must play titles. It's very difficult, but also very enjoyable.
It's always a good day when a Kiko Garcia card shows up on my timeline
Top 700 MLB Players of the 1970's #607 Kiko Garcia, SS Baltimore '76-'79 .245/.288/.350, 78 OPS+, 827 PA, 93 R, 28 2B, 14 3B, 8 HR, 51 RBI, 22 SB, 3.5 bWAR, 3.3 fWAR -He was 8 for 20 with 6 RBI in the '79 World Series
Listening to a nice 1990 JGB show featuring Bela Fleck
The fancy restaurant I'm dining in has a billiard room. The lights are off in there but I'm pretty sure I see Professor Plum back there with a candlestick.
This is probably the most misunderstood movie of my generation. gizmodo.com/paul-verhoev...
Paul Verhoeven Reminds Us of the True Intent Behind 'Starship Troopers'
After President Trump unveiled Space Force uniforms inspired by the film, the director chimed in.
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The original “Star Trek” series premiered 60 years ago today.
It's funk Friday! Or at least jazz funk Friday!
Always great to see an Otto Velez reference
Walk-off HR after after previously hitting a grand slam in same game, MLB history: 9/4/2026 Brayan Rocchio 7/31/1991 Jack Clark 5/4/1980 Otto Velez 4/19/1960 Minnie Minoso 8/19/1938 Hank Greenberg 6/14/1924 George Kelly h/t @EliasSports
Welp this got me perfectly. Apparently you can take me out of RI but can't take the RI out of how I talk
How has Wilbur Cooper not been in the Pirates hall before now?
It’s Pirates Hall of Fame celebration week! This Friday, three Pirates greats will be officially inducted as the Class of 2026. First up, pitcher Wilbur Cooper (1912-24) enters the Hall as the Pirates all-time wins leader (202) and tops the Pirates list for complete games (263).
55 years ago today, the Pittsburgh Pirates fielded the first all-Black/Hispanic starting line-up in MLB history.
Plan a horrorfest using only your first name. Mine would be short: Birds, The Obsession Brood, The
Plan a horrorfest using only your first name. Carrie Hellraiser Re-Animator You’re Next Scream They Live American Psycho Longlegs
RIP Dolly. One heck of a musician and even better person youtu.be/nwBNBcFAFso?...
Dolly Parton performs Jolene at Glastonbury - BBC
YouTube video by BBC
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As if I needed another reason to not watch Monday Night Football