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Peter Labuza

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Researcher, IATSE Local 600. Historian/Scholar of media industries law. Maker of delicious foods, baseball enjoyer (Twins Daily contributor) plabuza @ gmail. www.labuzamovies.com

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Peter Labuza @labuzamovies.com · Jan 18

One last plug: This week I explored this history of the Pohlad Family, who are currently selling the Minnesota Twins. It became so much more than a story of money, but postwar bank fraud, public transit, airline deregulation, and more. Even if you're not a baseball fan, please take a look!

The Pohlad Empire (Part One): Banking On The Future

This week at Twins Daily, we're running a five-part series detailing the history of the business ventures of the Pohlad family. Even as they prepare to sell the Twins after a 40-year ownership, it's a...

Peter Labuza @labuzamovies.com · 8h

Someone gotta talk to Turang

Peter Labuza @labuzamovies.com · 8h

Can’t believe the brewers figured out Sasaki (he never throws strikes)

Peter Labuza @labuzamovies.com · 9h

I think we were all confused at first

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James Smyth @jamessmyth621.bsky.social · 9h

Looks like this is #1: 410 for this catch/throw from Byron Buxton in 2019 baseballsavant.mlb.com/sporty-video...

slangsonsports.bsky.social @slangsonsports.bsky.social · 9h

404 ft is 2nd-longest projected distance on a batted ball resulting in a double play under Statcast, reg+post

Peter Labuza @labuzamovies.com · 9h

Yeah basically it’s not a catch since the wall bounced it so everyone needs to run to the next base; throw beat the runner going to home, and then catcher walked it to third to get the out there because the runner at 2nd never moved

Peter Labuza @labuzamovies.com · 9h

I’ll admit I’ve never heard of the glove rule

Peter Labuza @labuzamovies.com · 10h

Yeah it anything he’s been anti snell in both series so far. Lots of grounders and quick innings

Peter Labuza @labuzamovies.com · 10h

Peter Labuza @labuzamovies.com · 11h

yes but it's at my mom's house

Peter Labuza @labuzamovies.com · 11h

I actually had one done of me reading Kafka's The Trial

Peter Labuza @labuzamovies.com · 11h

IT WAS A GREAT GAME WE ALL PLAYED GREAT WE JUST WANTED TO GIVE THESE FANS SOMETHING TO CHEER ABOUT

Peter Labuza @labuzamovies.com · 12h

it's a fun call to hear the first two times but i swear to god it was at least 2,500 times???? and i'm usually consuming parts of 3-4 games a day....

Peter Labuza @labuzamovies.com · 12h

promote her

Peter Labuza @labuzamovies.com · 12h

is about 3,000 times hearing the same ad. Same thing with the Piazza after 9/11 and the Ozzie Smith home run. MLB had *DOZENS* of created ads and never used them the entire season until now. You gotta laugh at the strange incompetence of one of its best products.

Peter Labuza @labuzamovies.com · 12h

absolutely insane thing. During the post-season, they've finally been playing the 30+ different in house ads they meant to play all season. The *ONLY* baseball slang ad I heard ALL SEASON LONG was "Austin Hays, Oppo Taco." This ad played EVERY SINGLE HALF INNING ALL SEASON. Low estimate for me...

Peter Labuza @labuzamovies.com · 12h

These ads aren't the local ads, because Audacy famously took over in 2021. I'm not sure Audacy still does it—they used to run tons of betting ads related to Audacy podcasts and don't anymore—but MLB doesn't know how to sell this space so about 50% of the ads are these house ads. But here's the...

Peter Labuza @labuzamovies.com · 12h

series of in house MLB ads, which replay famous moments, have famous speeches from players, or do trivia about slang used in baseball. A lot of these repeat, which means people are hearing about "Oppo Taco" maybe 3-4 times a game or Mike Piazza's thoughts on the first Mets game after 9/11.

Peter Labuza @labuzamovies.com · 12h

So story time. A lot of baseball folks are not big fans of the broadcasters on Fox, ESPN, and TBS, which means that a lot of folks are doing radio during this postseason MLB TV, if you have access, allows you to line up the radio and the TV broadcast. What folks have discovered, however, are the

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Peter Labuza @labuzamovies.com · 13h

oh my god just shut the fuck up

Peter Labuza @labuzamovies.com · 13h

The Brewers have 0 vibes and I find this incredible offensive. Oh your manager ate a pancake? shut the fuck up

Peter Labuza @labuzamovies.com · 13h

JULIOOOOOOO www.youtube.com/watch?v=JVdl...

Paul Simon - Me and Julio Down by the Schoolyard (Official Audio)

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Peter Labuza @labuzamovies.com · 14h

[me watching the broadcast] IT'S THANKSGIVING? WHY AM I AT WORK??

Peter Labuza @labuzamovies.com · 14h

[requirement for a dream voice] assessment to assessment

Peter Labuza @labuzamovies.com · 14h

his company has said if people had property rights to the textual and visual work they created his company would cease to exist

Faine Greenwood @faineg.bsky.social · 21h

don't worry, Sam Altman is confident that his efforts to eliminate vast numbers of jobs will all just sort of work out for the unemployed, eventually, possibly after they starve to death, which is technically a form of having it work out

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Sam Altman Says If Jobs Gets Wiped Out, Maybe They Weren't Even "Real Work" to Start With

Worried that AI will destroy work? Well, Sam Altman asks if you've considered what a farmer from half a century ago thinks of your job, first.