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Richard Romkee

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Meteorologist - UNCO '22. Denver sports fan. Loyal Rockies fan. He/him.

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Richard Romkee @rromkee.bsky.social · Feb 27

For my non-meteorologist friends who may not get why the gutting and privatization of NOAA/NWS are so concerning, keep in mind: this is what we work day in and day out to prevent. These layoffs cannot stand. en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/1900_Ga...

1900 Galveston hurricane - Wikipedia

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Gummy Arts @gummyarts.bsky.social · 30m

Yoshinobu Yamamoto, World Series MVP

Colored-pencil card drawing of Yamamoto celebrating with teammates

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Molly Knight @mollyknight.bsky.social · 1h

Shohei Ohtani left the Angels and immediately won two rings.

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Molly Knight @mollyknight.bsky.social · 1h

This is the photo.

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alex (˙𐃷˙) pizza/tacos/bats/dingers 🍕🌮🦇⚾ 🏳️‍🌈🐻 @batsdingersatk.bsky.social · 1h

nah, he doesn't really care about MLB, he's more interested in the minors

Nicky Flowers @nickyflowers.com · 2h

well, at least Drake lost a ton of money tonight

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Christopher Crawford @crawfordchrisv.bsky.social · 1h

They're really good, and the takeaway should be "if we go sign good players, we can win a World Series." Not "what can we do to stop this." bsky.app/profile/lind...

lindsey adler @lindseyadler.bsky.social · 1h

it's because the dodgers spend the gobs of money wisely

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Richard Romkee @rromkee.bsky.social · 1h

Oh, right. Back to rooting for my favorite team. May God have mercy on my soul

Rockies center fielder Brenton Doyle sitting on the Coors Field warning track after watching yet another homer go over the fence. He is depressed, which is normal amongst Rockies players, fans, staff members and media personnel.

Richard Romkee @rromkee.bsky.social · 2h

Absolutely zero shame, Blue Jays. Zero shame. Should've been you.

MLB Scores @mlbscores.bsky.social · 2h

Final:
Dodgers 5
BlueJays 4

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Richard Romkee @rromkee.bsky.social · 2h

If there was a game 8 he'd be warming up for it as we speak

Eric Stephen @ericstephen.bsky.social · 2h

Game 6: W, Yamamoto
Game 7: W, Yamamoto

Richard Romkee @rromkee.bsky.social · 2h

Should've rooted for the Dodgers 🫠

Richard Romkee @rromkee.bsky.social · 12d

Rooting for any baseball team has been a losing proposition for me this year

- Rooted for the Rockies, [vaguely gestures at smoldering crater]
- Rooted for the Phillies, they choked
-Rooted for the Mariners, they choked too

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one dozen bats at a keyboard @panasonicdx4500.bsky.social · 2h

How can you not be romantic about baseball? [DEROGATORY] [COMPLIMENTARY]

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Richard Romkee @rromkee.bsky.social · 2h

I'm a Rockies fan why am I stressed

A disheveled, dirty and bloodied woman in a gray jacket smoking a cigarette solemnly

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Justin Klugh @justinklugh.bsky.social · Nov 10

JOE BUCK: Welcome to the top of the 47th
[Sun rises]
[Sun keeps getting bigger]
BUCK: yes
[World engulfed by flames]
BUCK: oh god yes

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CJ Fogler @cjzero.bsky.social · 4h

Ernie Clement with one arm in the arm, one behind him touching home plate while sliding with the lower leg bent at the knee while sliding and the other leg pointing up at a 45 degree angle

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Richard Romkee @rromkee.bsky.social · 5h

a blue jays baseball player wearing a helmet and a blue jersey

Alt: Bo Bichette, Toronto Blue Jays superstar, doing finger guns with a smirk on his face while playing against the Kansas City Royals

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Jayson Stark @jaysonst.bsky.social · 5h

That's 43 pitches through 2 innings for Ohtani - 33 of them with men on base.

And zero runs for the Blue Jays.

Feels like an enormous missed opportunity for a team whose brand is all those hits it gets when it has a chance to score.

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Richard Romkee @rromkee.bsky.social · 7h

Shohei: 0-4, 6 ER, L

Manfred:

a man in a suit and tie is standing in a doorway in a wood paneled room .

Alt: A man in a grey suit opens a door trailed by two other men. They look into an empty room while the man on the left holds a gun, potentially with intent to kill

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Richard Romkee @rromkee.bsky.social · 8h

Holy shit are they going to put Shohei down if he loses

MLB (Bot) @mlbbot.bsky.social · 8h

Games 1-6 are buried in the past 😳

There can only be one team left standing 🔥

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Molly Knight @mollyknight.bsky.social · 11h

MLB needs to step in here. You can’t have the person Japan knows as the guy who mocked Ohtani and all Asians with a racist accent throw out the first pitch to game 7. This can’t happen.

www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/...

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Marisa Kabas @marisakabas.bsky.social · 15h

“70% of wage-earning adults who rely on government programs like SNAP and Medicaid work full-time, many at hugely profitable companies like Walmart and McDonald’s whose low wages are effectively subsidized by tax dollars without any of the blame or paternalistic lectures.”

SNAP benefits feed essential needs while still leaving many hungry for more

Journalist and author Adam Chandler explains what so much of the conversation about them gets wrong.

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Richard Romkee @rromkee.bsky.social · 15h

I don't hate Bryant but take the damn hint my man

MLB Trade Rumors @mlbtraderumors.bsky.social · 16h

Kris Bryant Still Bothered By Back Pain, Not Considering Retirement

Kris Bryant has played in only 170 games over his four seasons with the Rockies, and the 2025 campaign saw Bryant appear in just 10 games before his recurring back issues brought his season to an early close. Lumbar degenerative disc disease has left Bryant feeling pain while performing basically baseball activity not related to…

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Richard Romkee @rromkee.bsky.social · 16h

Another day, another shortsighted government decision that could kill people. Are the libs owned yet?

Alaska Public Media @alaskapublic.org · 1d

NOAA’s National Weather Service holds the federal responsibility for tsunami warnings, and has historically been a primary supporter of seismic data collection in Alaska

NOAA cancels longstanding funding for seismic data collection crucial to tsunami warning systems

The Alaska Earthquake Center has long provided NOAA with seismic data for tsunami monitoring and warning purposes. That work will wind down in November, after the federal agency said it can no longer fund the contract.

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Richard Romkee @rromkee.bsky.social · 1d

I think I had my first ever interaction with someone from Quebec today and it's hard to describe the utter whiplash of hearing someone go from speaking perfect French to saying "I'm not buying whatever the f*ck that is" in a not-french accent

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Alan Gerard @wxmanms1.bsky.social · 1d

ICYMI: the federal weather enterprise again rose to the occasion for #Melissa, but on backs of NOAA retirees volunteering for aircraft reconnaissance duty and employees not currently getting paid. Why the "shutdown" isn't really a shutdown due to feds dedicated to public safety: tinyurl.com/2wk36686

Federal weather enterprise rises to the occasion again with Melissa - thanks to volunteers and unpaid employees

When a federal government "shutdown" is not really a shutdown. And also looking at the continued longer term impacts of ongoing and threatened budget cuts.

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Casey Drottar @caseydrottar.bsky.social · 1d

Oh my god in heaven the way the Dodgers just sent the World Series to Game 7

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Richard Romkee @rromkee.bsky.social · 1d

C'mon Dave you already have a ring, let Roki cook

Richard Romkee @rromkee.bsky.social · 1d

Could really go for one of those classic Dodgers bullpen implosions right about now