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Brett Biebel @brettbbl.bsky.social · 1d

ICYMI! Thrilled to be in these digital pages today.

MrBullBull @mrbullbull.bsky.social · 2d

"If you’re not rich or famous or powerful, then you’re just you, the guy nobody wants to hear whine." - @brettbbl.bsky.social mrbullbull.com/newbull/fict...

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Brett Biebel @brettbbl.bsky.social · 2d

The Ortiz bunt is probably the worst call of the series, in a game they weren't going to win anyway. Otherwise, great job from Murph. Lifting Ashby definitely low-key a perfect, difficult move.

Brett Biebel @brettbbl.bsky.social · 2d

Thanks so much. Me neither! Really appreciate this.

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Brett Biebel @brettbbl.bsky.social · 2d

Thanks so much, Will!

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Brett Biebel @brettbbl.bsky.social · 2d

I love @mrbullbull.bsky.social. And I really love being in their digital pages. Hope you'll give it a read!

MrBullBull @mrbullbull.bsky.social · 2d

"If you’re not rich or famous or powerful, then you’re just you, the guy nobody wants to hear whine." - @brettbbl.bsky.social mrbullbull.com/newbull/fict...

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Brett Biebel @brettbbl.bsky.social · 2d

It became stairs, huh?

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Brett Biebel @brettbbl.bsky.social · 2d

Say the line.

Curt Hogg @cyrthogg.bsky.social · 2d

A composed, electric outing from Jacob Misiorowski, who was basically asked to shoulder the heaviest load in a do-or-die Game 5.

It brings me back to when I visited Nashville last August to see what the kid was made of. The answer was in this quote.

www.jsonline.com/story/sports...

Brett Biebel @brettbbl.bsky.social · 5d

Would be tempted to go bullpen game. Good arguments for Freddy too. Feels like a genuinely difficult choice that people will yell/cheer based on its result. But the Brewers follow good process and know what they're doing. Hope we all get rewarded with a W tomorrow.

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Brett Biebel @brettbbl.bsky.social · 6d

Yeah, this is funny and odd and poignant. Read as soon as it comes across your feed.

Daniel Miller @danielmiller.bsky.social · 6d

"Brandy is a fine girl. She does not, however, make a good wife.

And then she dies. She suffers. She doesn’t go quickly. It cannot be helped."

Everything @clairehopple.bsky.social writes is so surprising and exciting

BIG DEAL - Farewell Transmission

By Claire Hopple Brandy is a fine girl. She does not, however, make a good wife. And then she dies. She suffers. She doesn’t go quickly. It cannot be helped. She’d been married to a drug lord for a n...

farewelltransmission.net

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Brett Biebel @brettbbl.bsky.social · 6d

For sure, and this story is great the first time and somehow even better the second, third, and fourth. Brilliant.

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Brett Biebel @brettbbl.bsky.social · 6d

Read this brilliant story in class today. I love every word.

www.ceasecows.com/2023/05/18/t...

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Brett Biebel @brettbbl.bsky.social · 7d

Can't see this painting without thinking of DeLillo, Underworld, and baseball.

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Brett Biebel @brettbbl.bsky.social · 8d

How can you not be Romantic about baseball?

Curt Hogg @cyrthogg.bsky.social · 8d

Enjoy this journey through a Pat Murphy press conference.

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HAD @havehashad.com · 8d

Upcoming submission call!

Theme "LUCK"

In honor of the lucky number SEVEN, the call opens at 7pm EDT on October 7th.

Submissions capped at 154 total works: 77 works of "prose" and 77 works of "poetry"

guest eds: @tanyazilinskas.com will curate "prose" & @jlyocum.com willcurate the "poetry"

The theme is "LUCK".

In honor of the lucky number SEVEN, the call opens at 7pm EDT on October 7th.

Submissions capped at 154 total works: 77 works of "prose" and 77 works of "poetry".

POETRY GUIDELINES: Up to 500 words in 77 lines total (titles not included); submit any number of poems as long as totals don't go over this cap.
PROSE GUIDELINES: No more than 500 words per piece.
Form is an illusion, so if the form is strange or some hybrid of prose and poetry, we especially want to see it! We encourage writers with such work to flip a coin to decide which category to submit under.
Tanya Žilinskas will curate the "prose" submissions, J. L. Yocum will curate the "poetry".
All submissions will receive a response within 24 hours

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Brett Biebel @brettbbl.bsky.social · 9d

I'd be real surprised if Priester doesn't get a lot of work tomorrow. Ground ball pitcher against a homer-driven lineup seems like a really good idea, especially at home. But we'll see.

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Brett Biebel @brettbbl.bsky.social · 10d

If he's real hurt, I blame Shaw for making him run.

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Steve C @stevexisxok.bsky.social · 14d

Stoked for October! Let's do this💪

Lit Match Collective @litmatchcollective.com · 14d

Ready to write? Our October plans are here!

Enjoy a 1-month free trial + daily accountability + 2 events with our fave writer of touching (and occasionally creepy) fables and tales: @benloory.bsky.social

Plus prompts from @kathyfish.bsky.social😲+ more
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Ready to write your best stuff? Preview our plans for October!

1-month free trial, daily accountability, special events with Ben Loory and more.

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Timothy Burke @bubbaprog.xyz · 14d

anyway go see One Battle After Another in a movie theater, I know we said this about Oppenheimer but I mean it for real with this one, there are cinematographic and audio mixing things that are essential to the experience and you won't get it at home

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Brett Biebel @brettbbl.bsky.social · 16d

Very difficult to imagine a better show.

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Brett Biebel @brettbbl.bsky.social · 18d

Saw One Battle After Another today. Great film. Nails the spirit of Pynchon. I'm sure it'll get sucked up into the culture wars, but there's plenty of heartfelt complexity there for anyone willing to look.

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Steve C @stevexisxok.bsky.social · 20d

The cat is the best part of this cuz notice how it is NOT HELPING

But brilliant editor Autumn Watts will.

Lit Match Collective @litmatchcollective.com · 22d

Do you struggle to write because you can't find the time or motivation to get started? Fun fact: Sometimes it's better to suffer together!

Join LMC and our next Guided Writing Studio this Wednesday, Sept. 24, at 8pm ET in the Campground Commons: litmatchcollective.com/campground-commons

A two-step illustration of a person lying on their stomach, demonstrating back crunches. A cat is sitting on their back.

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Brett Biebel @brettbbl.bsky.social · 20d

Yeah, that cover is incredible.

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Chloe N. Clark @pintsncupcakes.bsky.social · 22d

I know everything is trash but books are still good. My book is up for pre-order and id be grateful if you want to read it 🥺 will link to a few places in thread

The cover of Every Galaxy a Circle by Chloe N. Clark.

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Brett Biebel @brettbbl.bsky.social · 20d

It's a good day to revisit League of Denial.

www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontli...

Brett Biebel @brettbbl.bsky.social · 20d

Spoke about CTE with my lit and sports class today, before seeing this news. These cases are gutting. And they are the result of years of rampant denialism and systematic efforts to put money and entertainment above human life. As in many other areas, we've normalized convenient indifference.

Dave Zirin @edgeofsports.bsky.social · 21d

RIP Rudi. 15 years ago, ESPN talks about this all week. NFL pregame shows too. Now none of them give a fuck. Too awash in gambling cash to risk pulling back the curtain. It's just "the price we pay" even though the yipping heads & team owners don't have to pay it. www.huffpost.com/entry/rudi-j...

Bengals' Record-Breaking Rusher Dies At 45

He also ran for more than 1,000 yards in three straight seasons.

www.huffpost.com

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