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Jay Jaffe @jayjaffe.bsky.social · 17h

I recommend it

Jay Jaffe @jayjaffe.bsky.social · 17h

If the Brewers and Mariners make it to the World Series, shitfuck we’ll pound that ol’ Budweiser and this platform will become the Ball Four Book Club.

Patrick Dubuque @euqubud.baseballprospectus.com · 17h

If the Brewers and Mariners make the World Series, I’m forcing so much Pilots analysis into BP that week

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Mike Petriello @mikepetriello.bsky.social · 17h

The final four teams:

had a bye
had a bye
had a bye
(also the Dodgers)

and we never talked about the bye being a detriment ever again

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Jay Jaffe @jayjaffe.bsky.social · 17h

Probably should drop it off at the dry cleaners to get the tears out. Won’t need it for 6-7 months.

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Jay Jaffe @jayjaffe.bsky.social · 18h

Abner Uribe is so skinny that if he turns just so, he becomes invisible

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JJ Cooper @jjcoop36.bsky.social · 18h

In the 22nd inning this is no longer true.

JJ Cooper @jjcoop36.bsky.social · 18h

We have now had 21 innings of do-or-die games in the past two days.

And every inning has been wonderfully excruciating.

In every at-bat of those 21 innings the game has either been tied or the trailing team has had the tying run at the plate.

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James Smyth @jamessmyth621.bsky.social · 20h

Brewers & Cubs pitcher usage heading into this winner-take-all NLDS Game 5

Fascinating to have Megill & Pomeranz starting things off

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JJ Cooper @jjcoop36.bsky.social · 20h

We are facing a deciding game of an LDS series where the two starting pitchers between them have not worked longer than 2.0 IP in any game this season.

Bullpenning has become a significant feature of the postseason because it keeps working.

www.baseballamerica.com/stories/bull...

Bullpen Games Keep Paying Off In The Postseason

It may seem like a strategy of desperation, but teams using bullpen games are winning over and over in the postseason.

www.baseballamerica.com

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Jay Jaffe @jayjaffe.bsky.social · 23h

a very good duo. Miss having Shulman on ESPN games.

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 1d

Absolute legend.

But really, *those* are the movies we're naming? She won an Oscar for ANNIE HALL and more than held her own with an all-star cast in the GODFATHER films.

Mark Harris @markharris.bsky.social · 1d

Terribly sad news about one of the greats. Diane Keaton has died at 79.
people.com/diane-keaton...

Diane Keaton, Famed for Roles in 'Father of the Bride,' 'First Wives Club' and More, Dies at 79 (Exclusive)

Diane Keaton has died at age 79. Keaton was best known for roles in movies like 'Annie Hall,' 'The First Wives Club,' 'Something's Gotta Give' and 'The Godfather.'

people.com

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Jay Jaffe @jayjaffe.bsky.social · 1d

Zamfir, Master of the Pan Flute

Quintessa Knight @quietblkgrl.blacksky.app · 1d

What would be the wildest concert for a fight to break out at?

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shauna @goldengateblond.bsky.social · 9d

everything is terrible so here's the Muppets channeling Hamilton and bringing me untold joy (via the brilliant brettevansmafrog on insta)

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Jay Jaffe @jayjaffe.bsky.social · 1d

Re: last shared post

Kat Mask Replica @katmctee.bsky.social · 1d

Luke's been uploading pieces from his 40 years + of writing to his Substack, which is an intensely bittersweet adventure when you have dementia.

Luke has the aphasic variant of Frontotemporal Dementia -- he's losing language. Give his archive a look if you are into music writing.

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Jay Jaffe @jayjaffe.bsky.social · 1d

Here’s Johnny Cash being interviewed for the WSJ around the turn of the millennium, back when at least somebody there (writer Luke Torn) understood he was cool

Kat Mask Replica @katmctee.bsky.social · 1d

open.substack.com/pub/luketorn...

AND Johnny Cash: Still Keeping His Eyes Wide Open . . . Plus . . . The Motherload And Buried Treasure: The Complete Columbia Collection . . . Cash interview by Luke Torn (Nov. 15, 2002, 12:01 am ET)

Music writer for over 40 years

open.substack.com

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Jay Jaffe @jayjaffe.bsky.social · 1d

Of all the things that are not going to happen, this is not going to happen the most, given that the value of the Fox package is the highest on the books now that ESPN has restructured its arrangement