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I'm executive producer of this fantastic feel-good film about baseball and the struggles young female athletes must deal with just to be able to play the game they love. Director Mark Durand has lovingly crafted a thrilling, sobering portrait of today's National Pastime www.wrex.com/news/film-di...

Film director hosts showing of, "Her Game Is Hardball," honoring women's baseball

Durand spent seven years working on the film.

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Jon Cooper@joncooper-us.bsky.social · 2w ago

He's staying alive long enough to fool everyone into believing he's dead so he can read all the obituaries and things people say about him after they think he's gone. That way he'll know who to take revenge on in the afterlife. Mitch McConnell, ladies and gentlemen, living My American Dream.

Intentionally concealing the death of a U.S. senator to manipulate legislative business or the succession process could expose those involved to serious federal criminal charges. No one gets to hide a death for political gain.

Women in Baseball Weekly @wibw.bsky.social · 2w ago

Canada, Australia and USA win on Day 1 of WBSC Women's Baseball World Cup Group Rockford - World Baseball Softball Confederation

Canada and the USA scored big against Hong Kong, China, and Korea. The hosts hit five home runs. Australia celebrated a key extra-innings win against Mexico,

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Come for the screening of "Her Game is Hardball," stay for the panel discussion among several of the film's participants including Yours Truly, and the FREE POPCORN! For a healthy breakfast and a movie, join us at the Nordlof Center this morning, 118 North Main Street in Rockford, 11 AM.

Check it out! The crowds in Rockford are turning out in happy droves to see the women play baseball; tonight, Team USA dominated against a Korea team that will soon find its footing - but not last night, my friends, not last night.

Team USA DOMINATED at the Women's Baseball World Cup last night!

ICE training video

Miss Slurry from Surry@yurmajesty.bsky.social · 3w ago

Our pinko commie jihadist low-T mayor, getting all cosy with the jailbirds, treating them with dignity and respect, closing the hell hole that was Riker's, almost as if he wants to REDUCE the prison population in utero instead of increase it, what kind of crazy commie plot is that

I need y’all to get into the fact Mamdani watched the World Cup match at Rikers. With incarcerated folks. AND…he’s shutting that MF down. Give this man the Nobel.

I'm sorry, what is that child doing at the hearing about Todd Blanche's nomination to the office of US Attorney General? Blanche just mentioned his family, is that one of his daughters? Why would he bring a child that young to a hearing where he's talking about crimes, drugs, guns, violence, etc?

Gosh, I tapped on a bluesky pack the other day and got so many lovely responses in return I hardly know how to thank everyone. Thank you, everyone!

Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani@mayor.nyc.gov · 3w ago

My " World Cup baseball card" courtesy of Mayor Mamdani's fun exercise in creativity

New York is where the world comes to play. Now every player gets a card. Make yours at on.nyc.gov/playercard

Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani@mayor.nyc.gov · 3w ago

And stay away from the upper east side, where Legionnaire's Disease bacteria are still floating around in the air near where dozens of water towers have had to be drained, cleaned, and disinfected to expel the microbe, which can cause severe illness in the immuno-compromised and the elderly.

New York, another heatwave is on its way this week. Temperatures are expected to feel like the upper 90s Tuesday, with the heat index climbing into the low 100s Wednesday before cooler weather arrives later this week. Here’s a reminder of what you need to know to stay safe: youtu.be/egBMr07NSF0?...

I see what you're saying...

Mark Hamill@markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 3w ago

Because he doesn't have one, Trump can't imagine that anyone else has this thing called a conscience, an internal mechanism that keeps most of us on the relatively straight & narrow, the inner voice that tells us not to cheat, take advantage, or lie. To him, there's never an incentive NOT to cheat.

Says the guy who, after losing in a free & fair election, incited an insurrection against his own country: the very definition of treason. #ImpeachConvictRemoveImprison

Devastating news: Lindsey Graham has died. Trickles of grief to follow apnews.com/article/lind...

Sen. Lindsey Graham, a close Trump ally, dies after a brief and unexpected illness, his office says

Sen. Lindsey Graham, a close ally of President Donald Trump, has died after a brief illness, according to his office. The South Carolina Republican was 71.

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick@reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 4w ago

Anyone who believes that after years of doing this, ICE agents haven't figured out NOT to stand in front of a vehicle they've targeted, I have a bridge to sell you

KEY: all three witnesses are being detained apart, and their story is consistent. They say that there were agents along the side of the vehicle but none in front. When you add the videos showing a lack of evidence of damage to the front despite ICE's ramming claim, ICE's story is falling apart.

J¡m Vaughn@jiminyspigot.bsky.social · 4w ago

The inevitable speculation begins I know more than half the WPBL players, been umpiring games they've played in since some of them were five years old, and while it never really mattered to me and I can't vouch for who's gay or who's not, I CAN say with absolute conviction that they're all BAD ASS.

I, for one, welcome our new gay baseball overlords.

Unveiling ceremony for team names, uniforms, and logos of the Women’s Pro Baseball League at the New Era flagship store in Manhattan yesterday. All names are homages to women baseball pioneers, and all the @wpbl.bsky.social WPBL women are READY TO PLAY!

Left to right:

Ashton Lansdell, Denae Benitez, WPBL commissioner Justine Siegal, Lexi Hastings, Mo’ne Davis, Kelsie Whittier

DAPPER DON DHARSHI@dapperdondharshi.bsky.social · 4w ago

Shouldn't we all be doing this for each other? ❤️

A service dog training to protect his owner's head when she has a seizure.

Sherrilyn Ifill@sifill.bsky.social · 3mo ago

"The MAGA party is the last breath of the Confederacy."

Feeling overwhelmed with all of this. LISTEN. Another Louisiana resident (Marshawn is the only name we have) testifies against the state’s racial gerrymander, speaking truth to power up and down the hearing room and predicts how this story will end. Speak your truth, fight and believe.

Hey Dudes! If you were so blackout drunk that you don't even remember assaulting a woman who told you "NO' multiple times, you have ZERO credibility when you deny having assaulted her. And if you happen to be running for office when the cat claws its way out of the bag, you should drop out.

@bnightengale.bsky.social Upcoming umpire retirements will NOT affect the trajectory of Jen Pawol's career anytime soon. Umpires don't get offered full-time contracts until they've already worked a minimum of 300 big league games, and she has a few hundred to go. www.usatoday.com/story/sports...

CB Bucknor, Laz Diaz among MLB umpires to retire after 2026 season

MLB will be seeing a small exodus of umpires after the season, as seven umps will take a buyout to retire after this year. Reported by Bob Nightengale.

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Would you want to work for someone you knew would throw you under the bus the minute some troglodyte demanded that a ruling you made be overturned? In sports officiating, it's crucial for umpires and referees to be able to trust their supervisors to back them up. Who would want to be one otherwise?

Screen shot of a Trump social media post in which he crows about having bullied the spineless head of FIFA into overturning a referee's on-field decision to issue a red card to a USMNT player.

Regal👑Beagle@rbeagle.bsky.social · last mo.

Guy on the right knew he was risking everything to speak out against what he sees as wrong, and he did it anyway. That is real heroism. Real patriotism. Dudes on the left knew they were risking nothing. Even knowing that, they still covered their faces. That is real cowardice. Real spinelessness.

Racists shouting hate speech through the streets get a police escort. A patriot protesting fascism gets arrested. 400 cowards calling themselves patriots while hiding their identity. 1 patriot calling out fascism in full military uniform.