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Erica Block
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Sports journalist + researcher | Contributing author to Play It Forward: a book by TOGETHXR featuring 25 women's sports stories 🙋🏻‍♀️ she/her
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Erica Block @ericablockparty.bsky.social · Oct 24
I'm thrilled to have two essays included in Play It Forward, a new anthology from Togethxr and Chronicle Books featuring stories about women who are changing the future of sports

Foreword by Alex Morgan, Afterword by Sue Bird

It's out 3/4/2025 — pre-order it here: t.co/lzWjCMxI0R
play it forward book
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minakimes.bsky.social
"Collecting that experience" is an incredible euphemism for "Asking a guy about the fact that more than a dozen women accused him of sexual misconduct"
riversmccown.bsky.social rivers mccown @riversmccown.bsky.social · 2d
_He's_ gone through an experience?
Nick Underhill @nick_underhill · 16m Moore on Justin Tucker’s tryout: “He’s been one of their leaders for an extended period of time on a very successful team. Obviously, there’s been some stuff that’s been unfortunate. He’s gone through an experience and I think it’s about collecting what that experience was."
November 24, 2025 at 8:59 PM
ericablockparty.bsky.social
best game I've ever been to
patrickdlyons.bsky.social Patrick D. Lyons @patrickdlyons.bsky.social · 3d
MLB Network Radio on SiriusXM is currently playing the #Rockies game from August 1 as part of their MLB Classic Game series.

Colorado completed an improbable 17-16 win - via walk-off homer - against Pittsburgh after surrendering nine runs in the first against the Pirates.
November 23, 2025 at 11:37 PM
ericablockparty.bsky.social
I'm scouting pitchers leading up to the Women's Pro Baseball League Draft *TOMORROW*

RHP Alli Schroder is one of the top-ranked pitching prospects in the draft pool

Her scouting report: youtube.com/shorts/hvvSe...
Scouting report: RHP Alli Schroder #shorts #baseball #womenssports
YouTube video by Erica Block
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November 20, 2025 at 2:13 AM
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ericablockparty.bsky.social
Scouting pitchers before WPBL Draft Day!

RHP Milanyela Cortez #womenssports

youtube.com/shorts/OPqJm...
WPBL Draft: SCOUTING REPORT #ourtimeisnow #baseball #womenssports @wpbl_official
YouTube video by Erica Block
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November 18, 2025 at 12:23 AM
ericablockparty.bsky.social
I'm scouting pitchers leading up to the Women's Pro Baseball League Draft *TOMORROW*

LHP Liz Gilder
New Westminster, BC

Scouting Report: youtube.com/shorts/_uVxh...
Scouting pitchers for the WPBL Draft #shorts #baseball #ourtimeisnow
YouTube video by Erica Block
youtube.com
November 20, 2025 at 1:24 AM
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emmabaccellieri.bsky.social
On women playing baseball outside the framework of "first" or "only," for Kelsie Whitmore, Mo'ne Davis and more in the fledging WPBL: www.si.com/mlb/mone-dav...
Davis and Whitmore each had given so many interviews over the years as the first or the only. They were always positioned as singular figures, anomalies, unconnected from any other girl who might have ever played the game. But after the last day of tryouts, they sat before the cameras and microphones together, right next to Siegal. Whitmore discussed her pitch mix and then shared one moment that she kept turning over in her mind. A group of players had grabbed dinner together after the first day of tryouts, and when they piled into the car, Whitmore had joked, “Girls’ night out.” But heart cracked open as soon as the words left her mouth. She thought of all her other first days on new teams in new leagues—always known as the girl, the only one, in a way that she could not out-run or out-hit or out-throw. “The isolation has always been real,” Whitmore says. And here she was making a joke, girls, plural. She could hardly believe the freedom. There were no big contracts or long-term plans or even any team names yet. But the league had already given them something they had scarcely been able to dream of before.
November 18, 2025 at 7:50 PM
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katemckean.bsky.social
I need "Stats are down but he played great" to make it into the lexicon.
screenshot of a post from X by the Mirriam-Webster account. Their tweet says Words step up when numbers fail. They are retweeting a post from @david_arid that reads: There was a computer flitch at the end of tonight's Nuggets game that erased all the players' stats, which led to this fantastic screengrab from the post-game show. Then there is a blurry picture from a men's basketball game and the chyron says: Time Hardaway Jr. Stats are down but he played great."
November 19, 2025 at 1:21 AM
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For @msmagazine.com, I wrote about the WNBA and the issue of pay equity. By the time the WNBA was only two seasons in (1999-2000) the average NBA salary was 58 times higher than the average WNBA salary. Twenty-six years later, the gap has jumped to 116 times higher.
Calling Foul: Breaking Down WNBA Pay and Why It Matters
Breaking Down WNBA Pay for Women Athletes and Why It Matters: a case study in systemic undervaluing of women’s work
msmagazine.com
November 17, 2025 at 7:57 PM
ericablockparty.bsky.social
Scouting pitchers before WPBL Draft Day!

RHP Milanyela Cortez #womenssports

youtube.com/shorts/OPqJm...
WPBL Draft: SCOUTING REPORT #ourtimeisnow #baseball #womenssports @wpbl_official
YouTube video by Erica Block
youtube.com
November 18, 2025 at 12:23 AM
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baseballhall.org
Over his terrific 20-year career, Tom Seaver worked miracles, broke records and became The Franchise.

The @mets.com legend was born on this date in 1944.
Tom Seaver in the open side of his right-handed throwing motion wearing a home pinstripe Mets uniform. (National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum)
November 17, 2025 at 3:00 PM
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November 14, 2025 at 4:19 PM
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Jon and @linamkhan.bsky.social discuss how Mamdani and Trump both have recognized a populist frustration, but only one is cast as a radical. New episode out now!
November 13, 2025 at 12:56 PM
ericablockparty.bsky.social
Here's a map of where WPBL's draft eligible players are from.

Overall the Women's Pro Baseball League will represent:
-13 different countries
-26 US states + Washington, DC
-7 Canadian provinces
where wpbl draft eligible players are from
November 11, 2025 at 12:29 AM
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coopincanada.bsky.social
Sad news to share.

I just received word that Steve Hargan, who made five starts for the Toronto Blue Jays in their first season (1977), died on October 30th at the age of 83.

My condolences to his family.

Rest in peace, Steve.
November 8, 2025 at 5:03 PM
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Search terms used to find my website in the last 28 days
Google search queries to find ericadaleblock.com/writing
November 8, 2025 at 3:09 PM
ericablockparty.bsky.social
RIP Donna Jean - she and her talents are misunderstood by so many deadheads. My respect for her only grew once I came to know what working in all-male environments can be like.
November 3, 2025 at 10:23 PM
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Games 6 and 7 of the World Series will go down in history as some of the most impactful events ever in Canadian broadcasting. frontofficesports.com/world-series...
World Series Ratings Show Half of Canada Watched Game 7
The World Series ended in heartbreak for the Blue Jays, but Canada’s Sportsnet ended the Fall Classic with unprecedented viewership.
frontofficesports.com
November 3, 2025 at 10:18 PM
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joshsternberg.com
Rolling Stone obit on Donna Jean:

www.rollingstone.com/music/music-...
Grateful Dead Singer Donna Jean Godchaux Dead at 78
Donna Jean Godchaux, who spent the Seventies singing with the Grateful Dead and provided vocals on an Elvis Presley hit, has died at the age of 78.
www.rollingstone.com
November 3, 2025 at 5:43 PM
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emmabaccellieri.bsky.social
Has this World Series consistently featured the highest quality of baseball? No. Has it featured the widest array possible of beautiful, weird, specific baseball delights? Yes.
November 2, 2025 at 1:27 AM
ericablockparty.bsky.social
World Series Game 7 has gone into extra innings just *5* times!

1924: Senators beat Giants (12 innings)
1991: Twins beat Braves (10 innings)
1997: Marlins beat Cleveland (11 innings)
2016: Cubs beat Cleveland (10 innings)
2025: Dodgers beat Jays (11 innings)

(since 1907)
November 2, 2025 at 3:25 PM
ericablockparty.bsky.social
Last night I thought we might witness a failure-to-dislodge FARTSLAM resembling this one⬇️

6/19/2008: Prince Fielder hits an inside-the-park hr after the ball gets stuck in the outfield wall. Jays OF Alex Rios argues w/ the ump instead of making efforts to dislodge the baseball
November 1, 2025 at 12:53 PM
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It had been 30 years since I had visited @baseballhall.org ! The research resource center there is phenomenal. Big h/t to HoF Library Director Cassidy Lent for her guidance and help w/ a few projects I have in the works 📚📂⚾️
Babe Ruth Statue at Baseball HOF, 30 yrs apart
October 29, 2025 at 6:08 PM
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bmoritz99.bsky.social
I’m seeing a number of columns critiquing legal and accessible gambling, and leagues and teams for taking the money for partnerships Which is good!

I’m seeing no columns reflection on media organizations‘ partnerships with sports books and their role in the system. Which is less good!
October 24, 2025 at 9:19 PM
ericablockparty.bsky.social
proof! Zim looked 60-70 years old at any given time in his life
polyesterunis.com Vintage Jerseys & Hats @polyesterunis.com · Oct 21
Don Zimmer, 1972 #Padres (age 41)

#Baseball
October 21, 2025 at 5:46 PM
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Mattingly's first trip to the World Series!
October 21, 2025 at 3:10 AM