BaseballObscura
@justmckinney.bsky.social
historian/sabr member. Researching dead baseball players since 2016. Author of Baseball's Union Association: https://tinyurl.com/6b4ub5
[Calvin’s dad voice] There are two types of millennials. 9/11ials and Obamials. Emo/Screamo and St Louis Hip Hop? 9/11ial. Stomp clap hey?, Obamial. Homestar Runner, 9/11ial. Le epic baconz, Obamial. Despite coming out before The Wire, West Wing is Obamial and The Wire is 9/11ial
One of my pet ideas that I've never gotten around to is to write a screenplay where the Great Gatsby comes back as a revenge seeking zombie. The green light at the end of the book was actually toxic waste. The plot would be based on the structure of the 1986 horror film Zombie Nightmare.
Sarah Weinman@sarahweinman.com · 11h agoI am philosophically unopposed to Gatsby rewrites and reboots -- it's in the public domain, do whatever you want -- but almost all of them seem to miss the novel's point?
For folks who've read my Billy Geer book, it'd be super helpful if you could leave a review: www.goodreads.com/book/show/23...
The Shortstop Was a Crook: The Sordid Baseball Life and…
One of baseball's first stars, William H. "Billy" Geer …
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Yeah man they got our asses here, can’t lie. That song sounds like Obama being president
Elad Nehorai@eladn.bsky.social · yesterdayLmao Gen Z are dressing as Millenial Optimism for Halloween
I went to Twitter HQ in San Francisco years ago & they had this in a framed triptych on the wall. ❤️
Holiday (1938) Stage Door (1937) Goodfellas (1990) Days of Being Wild (1990)
optiMSTie@optimstie.bsky.social · 3d agoLet's go Letterboxd-style with this: If you had to name your four favorite movies on the spot, which movies would you select?
It’s almost impressive that they found the one kicker morally worse than Butker. Just an absolute rot at the heart of that organization
I’m watching a Halloween baking show and just laughed so hard I took pictures of my television
My main takeaway is that Elizabeth Holmes and her boyfriend should be locked up for at least another dozen years and Fielder and Seyfried be allowed to raise their children.
Kristi Yamaguccimane@wapplehouse.bsky.social · last wk.Nw
Linda McMahon, the United States Secretary of Education, worked diligently to ensure children in her and her husband's "employ" could continue to be molested at WWE. She did this for the same reason she got the Secretary of Education job: Republicans like it when children are sexually abused.
Adam Bonin@adambonin.bsky.social · 2w agoHere's the district court ruling allowing a federal lawsuit to proceed against the U.S. Secretary of Education and her husband for negligently hiring and retaining sexual abusers who preyed on underage male staff during the 1980s-90s. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
robert de niro: "stan belinda." al pacino: "tom lampkin." me, taking a huge drag off a cigar like it's a cigarette: "randy knorr." pacino: "now that's what i'm talkin' about"
I have many friends who enjoy Philadelphia sports so I say this with love: you guys are not the only city with weird sports stuff going on, no matter how much the internet keeps trying to tell me so
loctastic@loctastic.bsky.social · 2w agoi wonder what it's like to be a fan of another city's teams and you never have to worry about burner phones or blood clots or guys who want to be fishermen or guys who want to be firemen or guys who led a dogfighting ring and felt bad about it and guys who get their blood replaced by chiropractors
