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North Side Pat

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Husband, Dance Dad, Chicagoan, Music & Cubs Fan. Lots of baseball content, especially April-October.

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North Side Pat @northsidepat.bsky.social · Sep 16

Checking in from the hellhole that is Chicago - Humboldt Park on a glorious September evening

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North Side Pat @northsidepat.bsky.social · 1h

Fantastic!

Also…

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MINISTRY @ministryband.bsky.social · 9h

A sign at No Kings protest in Chicago.🤘

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Mel Buer @melbuer.bsky.social · 2h

LAPD now shooting 40mm foam rounds at people, some narrowly missing photographers who were stuck in between the line and protesters. Just absolutely evil shit.

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North Side Pat @northsidepat.bsky.social · 8h

A couple more photos from today’s march in Chicago

North Side Pat @northsidepat.bsky.social · 10h

Freddy to the Cubs for Matt Shaw

MLB Daily News @fantasymlbnews.bsky.social · 13h

Brewers expected to field offers for Freddy Peralta this offseason, per Andy McCullough.

North Side Pat @northsidepat.bsky.social · 11h

JB in front

North Side Pat @northsidepat.bsky.social · 11h

Hello again

North Side Pat @northsidepat.bsky.social · 11h

Can confirm.

Rachael P @plussone.bsky.social · 12h

Helicopter view of Chicago #NoKings in Grant Park via @cbschicago.bsky.social

View from the sky of tens of thousands gathered in Chicago's Grant Park for the No Kings protest

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North Side Pat @northsidepat.bsky.social · 12h

Hello. Not even to Grant Park yet.

North Side Pat @northsidepat.bsky.social · 12h

There’s going to be hundreds of thousands of people - most crowded train I’ve ever been on in my life, and all the train platforms are still jammed

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North Side Pat @northsidepat.bsky.social · 12h

Inbound Blue Line platform is completely jammed with people headed downtown for the march.

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JJ Cooper @jjcoop36.bsky.social · 1d

The Dodgers held the Brewers to the lowest batting average ever in an MLB postseason best-of-7 series.

Milwaukee, 2025 NLCS: .118
St. Louis, 2019 NLCS: .130
Los Angeles Dodgers, 1966 World Series: .142
Baltimore Orioles, 1969 World Series: .146
Atlanta Braves, 2019, NLDS .154.

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North Side Pat @northsidepat.bsky.social · 1d

Can you imagine a roster with 3-4 future HoF players? Jed & Tom would never…

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slangsonsports.bsky.social @slangsonsports.bsky.social · 1d

Top 3 EV
Top 3 distance
Top pitch velo
Most whiffs

SHOHEI IS SO SPECIAL

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North Side Pat @northsidepat.bsky.social · 1d

North Side Pat @northsidepat.bsky.social · 1d

I’m telling you - this Ohtani guy is going to be good some day.

North Side Pat @northsidepat.bsky.social · 1d

This is content I am here for

North Side Pat @northsidepat.bsky.social · 1d

So the Cubs lost to the team that isn’t going to win a single game in the NLCS?

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North Side Pat @northsidepat.bsky.social · 1d

Cubs should get

CJ Fogler @cjzero.bsky.social · 1d

A Eugenio Suárez grand slam makes it 6-2 Mariners

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eva (^_^)/ @eva.computer · 1d

white house has joined bluesky
click here to block all official us government accounts instantly

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Dan O’Sullivan @osullyville.bsky.social · 1d

Few celebrities give me more dread than Jelly Roll, with his oily schtick of pretending to be a soulful sad teddy bear. So it was an honor to learn he has a micropenis

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Jon Seidel @jonseidel.bsky.social · 1d

The Trump administration also tells SCOTUS that "a federal district court lacks not only the authority but also the competence to wrest control of the military chain of command from the Commander in Chief."

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Sarah Wexler @sarahwexler.bsky.social · 1d

I get a lot of extremely random PR pitches sent to my work email. Today I received one with the subject line “New Book Blends Baseball with Themes of Family, Faith, and Life's Miracles.”

Nothing could have prepared me for the cover art.

Book cover art for Peter Paul Licata’s “Avocado Magic,” featuring an angel looking down on Shohei Ohtani and Aaron Judge, with a giant avocado in front of them.

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Ariel Parrella @arielparrella.bsky.social · 1d

Yesterday I spent the day in Belmont Cragin talking to neighbors and business owners who have seen a dramatic slump in business. It was emotional to hear that some businesses, all family or locally owned, could close if they don’t see enough sales within the next two months.
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Belmont Cragin Business Owners Beg For Support As ICE Fears Devastate Sales And Closures Loom

Despite fear and uncertainty in the area, business owners are trying to stay positive: "One less dinner in Roscoe Village and Wrigley and out in this neighborhood that needs help will make a huge diff...

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Kyle Orland @kyleor.land · 2d

"New Far Side comics" was definitely not on my bingo card for this week. They're not bad!

www.thefarside.com/new-stuff/

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