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phitter72.bsky.social
@phitter72.bsky.social
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Co-Chair SABR Landmarks Committee. Triple peanuts. Vintage electronic baseball games. Chicago SABR. Go Cubs. Go Hawks. Amon Amarth. Hack Wilson. Baseball.
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Well, I cannot recommend An Evening with David Byrne any more enthusiastically.

This was the most fun I’ve had at a show in forever.
There was an unfortunate farm accident.
In case you were wondering, Jack O’Lantern is a southpaw.

Happy Halloween!
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Only 4 pitchers have recorded a Pitcher’s Cycle — striking out every batter in the opposing lineup — in the World Series:

Trey Yesavage, 2025 G5
Randy Johnson, 2001 G2
Bob Gibson, 1968 G1
Jesse Barnes, 1921 G6
Trey Yesavage struck out all 9 Dodgers at least once tonight, a feat that Herm Krabbenhoft dubbed a “pitcher’s cycle”

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The Pitcher’s Cycle: Definition and Achievers (1893–2023) – Society for American Baseball Research
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I love having been able to play a tiny role in @markarmour04.bsky.social’s amazingly ambitious Satchel Paige Project.

This postcard sent from Cooperstown is immediately one of my favorite things.

Check out Mark’s work here: fortress.maptive.com/ver4/3d9288a...
I LOVE that 1977 OPC included a totally-not-airbrushed Bobby Murcer on the Cubs, it’s kind of like a traded card considering Murcer was depicted as a Giant in the flagship Topps issue.
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Ernie Banks

🎵: Howlin' Wolf, Smokestack Lightnin' #CardSKy
Never noticed that! Great call.
Completed the entire Cubs Hostess run 1975-79–including the two variations from 1975.

Huge thanks to @markarmour04.bsky.social for the kind help with this project.
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I just bought a thing off the internet
Always fun to add a playing-days Gabby Hartnett to the collection!

[1938 Our National Game]
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Hall of Famer Mordecai “Three Finger” Brown, born on this date in 1876
I don’t often post photos of dinner, but when I do, it’s probably homemade pizza.
What could possibly be cooler than getting a Hall of Fame postcard of your guy in the mailbox, postmarked from Cooperstown, and sent with a Hank Aaron stamp?

Single-season RBI champ and all-time RBI champ all on one amazingly thoughtful gesture by @heavyjstudios.bsky.social.
Following a conversation the other night with @ckamka.bsky.social, I was inspired to add a whole bunch of sweet oddball Cubs.

These really help to round out my collection.