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Jon Weisman

@jonweisman.bsky.social

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I work with the very nice people at the Dodgers. Author of Dodger books, with stops at LACMA, Variety and Showtime. Check out my new novel, The Catch! http://bit.ly/the-catch-kindle

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Jon Weisman @jonweisman.bsky.social · 1d

The Dodgers won the entire 1963 World Series in eight hours and 17 minutes.

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Jon Weisman @jonweisman.bsky.social · 11d

“GameDay seems to be broke. It keeps on saying the Dodger pitcher is hitting a home run.”

Diehards will understand.

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Jon Weisman @jonweisman.bsky.social · 18d

This game is going so long, we’ve finally gotten into the running car!

Jon Weisman @jonweisman.bsky.social · 18d

This game is going so long, John Isner’s Wimbledon match is over.

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Jon Weisman @jonweisman.bsky.social · 18d

This game is going so long, it’s going to be followed by Murder ……………. She Wrote, except on the West Coast.

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Jon Weisman @jonweisman.bsky.social · 27d

A low-key pleasure for me is the Geico ad where the guy says "I think I like sports now" in this very sweet way, only to get cut off -- and it's clear he'll never speak of that topic again.

Jon Weisman @jonweisman.bsky.social · 29d

You’ve never seen cleaner dirt.

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Jon Weisman @jonweisman.bsky.social · Sep 28

Clayton Kershaw threw 43,216 pitches in his 18 regular seasons. Stretched end to end, he threw 495 miles of baseball.

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Jon Weisman @jonweisman.bsky.social · Sep 28

Tune into "Chicago Wednesday at 10 p.m. (9 p.m. Central)," tonight at 9 p.m. (8 p.m. Central).

Jon Weisman @jonweisman.bsky.social · Sep 20

This story just about made me cry. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/18/o...

Opinion | I Once Talked to Robert Redford About What Happens When We Die

www.nytimes.com

Jon Weisman @jonweisman.bsky.social · Sep 16

Ever since I saw Butch and Sundance for the first of about 20 times, Robert Redford has been one of my all-time actors. But for my mom, who went to junior high with him, and my father, who was Chairman of the Board of the Sundance Institute, he was a close friend for decades. This is a painful loss.

Jon Weisman @jonweisman.bsky.social · Aug 6

Yes, I saw that also.

Jon Weisman @jonweisman.bsky.social · Aug 6

This new story on the old Kerserzer rookie matchup is so good. www.nytimes.com/athletic/653...

Clayton Kershaw, Max Scherzer and a rookie-year meeting for the history books

One day in September, 17 years ago, two future Hall of Famers replaced two future Hall of Famers in a unique bit of baseball lore.

www.nytimes.com

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Jon Weisman @jonweisman.bsky.social · Jul 16

I rewatched Normal People this week, and good lord was that show amazing.

Jon Weisman @jonweisman.bsky.social · Jul 15

There have been 1,313 players who have appeared in an MLB game this year, from Andrew Abbott to Yosver Zulueta. Alphabetically, All-Star Game starting pitchers Paul Skenes (1,073) and Tarik Skubal (1,074) are next to each other.

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(Also, Abbott and Zulueta are both Reds.)

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Jon Weisman @jonweisman.bsky.social · Jul 15

Ah, sweet irony. @craigcalcaterra.bsky.social

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Jon Weisman @jonweisman.bsky.social · Jul 14

Fifty years ago, thanks to family friend Roy Neal (NBC aerospace correspondent), I was lucky enough to be at Johnson Space Center Mission Control to witness the end of the Apolloe-Soyuz mission. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/14/s...

A Handshake in Orbit 50 Years Ago Transformed the Space Race

www.nytimes.com

Jon Weisman @jonweisman.bsky.social · Jul 11

The incredible life and tragic death of the ‘Queen of Volleyball’

Flo Hyman, a women’s sports pioneer who rose to stardom at the 1984 Olympics, was felled by Marfan syndrome while playing in Japan two years later.

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Jon Weisman @jonweisman.bsky.social · Jul 11

Squid Game Baby is like no other baby.

Jon Weisman @jonweisman.bsky.social · Jun 11

From the Los Angeles Times - June 28, 1965.

Just who are the Beach Boys? Don’t ask the teenagers around your domicile or you’ll rate a contemptuous look. It would be like inquiring of the average adult, “Who’s Bing Crosby, Perry Como or Frank Sinatra?”

www.latimes.com/entertainmen...

Beach Boys ride crest of teen craze

In this 1965 interview — his first with the Los Angeles Times — Brian Wilson already showed a remarkably prescient grasp of the lifelong hold his music would have on fans.

www.latimes.com

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Jon Weisman @jonweisman.bsky.social · Jun 11

My childhood loses another hero.

www.latimes.com/sports/ucla/...

David Greenwood, former UCLA and Verbum Dei star who won an NBA title, dies

Compton native David Greenwood, who earned a spot in the College Basketball Hall of Fame after starring at UCLA, has died from cancer at the age of 68.

www.latimes.com

Jon Weisman @jonweisman.bsky.social · Jun 9

I can't help that Airplane made them teammates.

Jon Weisman @jonweisman.bsky.social · Jun 9

But the most noteworthy highlight is this: In a prelude to cinematic history, Pedro Borbón got pinch-hitter Manny Mota to line out to end the game!

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Jon Weisman @jonweisman.bsky.social · Jun 9

With the help of family, I have determined the first Dodger game I can *remember* going to. Accoring to two sources, I called for Davey Lopes to hit a leadoff home run - and he did!

www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/LAN/LA...

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Jon Weisman @jonweisman.bsky.social · Jun 9

This is an excellent and low-key important story.

Gremliny Nussboo @emilynussbaum.bsky.social · Jun 9

My essay about the brilliant, pioneering & shockingly forgotten showrunner-pioneer Gertrude Berg, who invented the family sitcom (pre-Lucy!), then got eaten by the blacklist in the 1950s — a story with disturbing modern parallels
www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...

The Forgotten Inventor of the Sitcom

Gertrude Berg’s “The Goldbergs” was a bold, beloved portrait of a Jewish family. Then the blacklist obliterated her legacy.

www.newyorker.com

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