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Jim Kogutkiewicz @jimmyfk.bsky.social · 7h

I was young, I was reckless, it seemed like it was going to be a thing. We somehow had multiple free previews of the early League Pass and would watch Ralph Lawler and Bill Walton call games. A type of all-in silly fandom I can't really do anymore.

Jim Kogutkiewicz @jimmyfk.bsky.social · 7h

Nothing wrong with the Brewers bats that five Miiler Lites the night before game 3 can’t fix. Go out there unshaven and asking yourself “Why did I have five Miller Lites?” and you drop into survival mode. See ball, hit ball. No time to think about the pitcher’s repertoire.

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static klinger @jessespector.com · 8h

(mariners win two games on the road) aww, you’re sweet!

(dodgers win two games on the road) hello… human resources???

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Jim Kogutkiewicz @jimmyfk.bsky.social · 8h

Brewers should get a run for that, just because.

Jim Kogutkiewicz @jimmyfk.bsky.social · 10h

Catching a foul ball barehanded so impressively the broadcast gives you a slow-motion replay and analysis of your technique and clothes. That guy’s living the dream.

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👻Wereman 🐺🎃 @spookarties.bsky.social · Dec 1

Robocop is a movie about a guy who gets killed on the job and they still made him go back to work

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Jeff Ash @jeffash26.bsky.social · 12h

Topps put this card in the 1976 set to celebrate Brewers infielder Kurt Bevacqua's win. Gum bubbles were measured with a Bazooka caliper held by NL umpire Dick Stello. Both Bevacqua and Johnny Oates tried to cheat (candle wax in the mustache and old gum), but host Joe Garagiola ruled that out. (2/2)

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Jordan Treske @jordantreske.bsky.social · 16h

I spent multiple hours during study hall in high school examining the mailbox heights on Google Earth when I heard about it ha.

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Jim Kogutkiewicz @jimmyfk.bsky.social · 16h

Haunchyville. You know it, you love it, you drove out to the edge of a cornfield in 1993 expecting … something.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haunchy...

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Jim Kogutkiewicz @jimmyfk.bsky.social · 20h

894, Cold Spring Road, Forest Home. That’s just the immediate area trying to get to/from my mom’s place. What the hell?!

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Jim Kogutkiewicz @jimmyfk.bsky.social · 21h

Ran out to Greenfield to help my mom with something before work. How is there this much construction all over town in October?

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Jim Kogutkiewicz @jimmyfk.bsky.social · 1d

Agony.

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Jim Kogutkiewicz @jimmyfk.bsky.social · 1d

Every righty is convinced Snell's changeup is actually a fastball. Way out ahead of it, over and over.

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Jim Kogutkiewicz @jimmyfk.bsky.social · 1d

Like I said earlier today ...

Jim Kogutkiewicz @jimmyfk.bsky.social · 1d

Sal Frelick of the Milwaukee Brewers leaps to make a catch in the outfield. He’s wearing the team’s road gray uniform. The outfield wall behind him is dark green with a bright yellow 410 on the padding to mark the distance from home plate.

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Jim Kogutkiewicz @jimmyfk.bsky.social · 1d

I think that ball hit the wall after it came out of his glove.

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Jim Kogutkiewicz @jimmyfk.bsky.social · 1d

Priester leaving it up now. No bueno.

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Jim Kogutkiewicz @jimmyfk.bsky.social · 1d

And yet, not only an actual NBA player, but a highly useful one that can help swing a game!

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Jim Kogutkiewicz @jimmyfk.bsky.social · 1d

When everybody on your baseball team comes to the NLCS dressed like AJ Green (complimentary).

AJ Green of the Bucks wearing blue jeans and a white hoodie in the players entrance of an NBA arena.

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Jim Kogutkiewicz @jimmyfk.bsky.social · 1d

414-936-1212

Try it. It still works.

bleary @bleary.off-the-records.com · 1d

If anyone needs me I will be in the museum, lying down next to the bog bodies.

Did people really memorize phone numbers before cell phones, or is that just a movie thing?
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I was watching some old shows from the 90s and noticed people would just dial numbers from memory - like they'd call their friends or family without looking anything up.
Made me wonder if that was actually normal back then? Did people genuinely have all their important numbers memorized, or did most folks keep a little address book or written list nearby?

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Greg J. @flukadamus.com · 2d

Found this in storage on some VHS archives from back in the day. A #Packers - included Diet Coke commercial featuring Elton John and Paula Abdul. Also highlighting former GB linebacker Tim Harris. 📼