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Sarah Wexler

@sarahwexler.bsky.social

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Hey you, with the pretty face -- welcome to the human race. Reporter/editor, MLB.com. I like dogs. I’ve rewatched Frasier in its entirety way too many times. She/her

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Sarah Wexler @sarahwexler.bsky.social · Nov 18

A 1k followers intro post:

Hi! I'm Sarah. I'm a reporter/editor for MLB dot com based in Los Angeles. A lot of what I do is behind the scenes, but I fill in on Dodgers coverage from time to time/sometimes step in for visiting teams' beats in L.A. I also cover other baseball-related events.

A brunette woman wearing a dress, with white sunglasses on top of her head, sitting in the Dodger Stadium visitors' dugout in front of a wall that says "Los Angeles All-Star Game 2022"

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Sarah Wexler @sarahwexler.bsky.social · 6h

We've been making our way through Six Feet Under, and it's really good, but it would be better if they sang "Death Happens" every episode. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jvqc...

Nathan For You: Funeral Home Pt. 2

YouTube video by Comedy Central

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Sarah Wexler @sarahwexler.bsky.social · 10h

What astonishing starting pitching from the Dodgers these past two nights.

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slangsonsports.bsky.social @slangsonsports.bsky.social · 11h

Max Muncy’s 14 home runs are most in Dodgers postseason history, breaking a tie at 13 with Corey Seager and Justin Turner

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Sarah Wexler @sarahwexler.bsky.social · 15h

Incredibly excited to learn that Jhostynxon “The Password” Garcia has a younger brother whose nickname is “The Username.” www.mlb.com/news/red-sox...

'The Password's' younger brother Johanfran ('The Username') teeing off in Fall League

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. – Traditionally, players have often been tabbed for the Arizona Fall League as a final hurdle on their way to the big leagues. But clubs have also recently used the premier prospect ...

www.mlb.com

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Jack Baer @jackbaer.bsky.social · 1d

Dodgers bullpen still undefeated in the postseason baby!

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Eric Stephen @ericstephen.bsky.social · 1d

Not sure if Blake Snell is done, but he's through 8 scoreless on 103 pitches with 10 strikeouts

Here are the Dodgers postseason scoreless starts with double-digit strikeouts:

Koufax 1965 WS G5
Koufax 1965 WS G7*
Kershaw 2020 WCG2 (8 IP, 13 K)

(*2 days rest lol)

stathead.com/tiny/Hyv2M

Player Pitching Game Stats Finder - Baseball | Stathead.com

Find game-level player stats fitting certain criteria and filters

stathead.com

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Sarah Wexler @sarahwexler.bsky.social · 1d

Max Muncy's "GIDP" fly ball (404 feet) traveled more than 40 feet farther than Freddie Freeman's home run (362 feet).

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

404 ft is 2nd-longest projected distance on a batted ball resulting in a double play under Statcast, reg+post

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Casey Drottar @caseydrottar.bsky.social · 1d

The Brewers just pulled off the most chaotic double play you'll ever see

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Sam Dykstra @samdykstramilb.bsky.social · 2d

Cal Raleigh caught 209 pitches two nights ago.

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Sarah Wexler @sarahwexler.bsky.social · 4d

A walk-off walk! www.mlb.com/amp/news/bas...

Baseball dictionary for the internet

www.mlb.com

Sarah Wexler @sarahwexler.bsky.social · 4d

I thought a shrimp for sure.

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Sarah Wexler @sarahwexler.bsky.social · 4d

A walk-off single was honestly WAY too normal of a way for that game to end.

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Ken Jennings @kenjennings.bsky.social · 4d

At some point you just have to declare the other AL slot vacant and hold some kind of conclave, right?

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Sarah Wexler @sarahwexler.bsky.social · 4d

Another intriguing theory emerges. bsky.app/profile/mrru...

Mr. Rug @mrrug.bsky.social · 4d

Or maybe the Blue Jays Etsy witch is the one in control?

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Sarah Wexler @sarahwexler.bsky.social · 4d

My current operating theory is that someone must’ve hired an Etsy witch on behalf of the Tigers and they and the Mariners’ Etsy witch are just doing dueling hexes on each other and therefore we are going to be watching this game until the heat death of the universe.

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Sarah Wexler @sarahwexler.bsky.social · 4d

They’re doing a second seventh-inning stretch. In a winner-take-all game. Amazing.

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Sarah Wexler @sarahwexler.bsky.social · 4d

It was going to be difficult to one-up last night's Phillies-Dodgers game, but Tigers-Mariners might just be doing it. My word.

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Sarah Wexler @sarahwexler.bsky.social · 4d

Sam’s response.

Sarah Wexler @sarahwexler.bsky.social · 4d

Tom Petty’s IG (run by his estate) shared a vid of Sam Smith performing a deep cut Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers track, “It’ll All Work Out.” After the “Stay With Me”/“I Won’t Back Down” drama all those years back, I really liked seeing this. (Gorgeous cover, too.) www.instagram.com/p/DPmL8eQEhXV/

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slangsonsports.bsky.social @slangsonsports.bsky.social · 4d

Emmet Sheehan pitched in a postseason game with “K ALS” on his glove 😭😭😭

Thank you @BCBirdBall for such amazing advocates 🫶

#EndALS

h/t eagle-eyed @tomhaberstroh.bsky.social (no pun intended)

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Sarah Wexler @sarahwexler.bsky.social · 5d

Yamamoto and Glasnow have the exact same height difference (10 inches) as @jackbaer.bsky.social and me, lol.

Yoshinobu Yamamoto (5’10”) and Tyler Glasnow (6’8”).

The author (right, 5’9”) and her husband (6’7”).

Sarah Wexler @sarahwexler.bsky.social · 5d

Gee, no one still brings THAT one up nearly 40 years later, do they? 😬 Poor Orion.

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ArtButMakeItSports @artbutmakeitsports.bsky.social · 5d

Bacchanal, by Nicolas Poussin, 1624
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figure it worked because of the composition but also the ‘scapegoat’ being dragged off

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Sarah Wexler @sarahwexler.bsky.social · 5d

An absolute pitchers' duel into the 11th inning ends with a dude at the plate who hasn't been able to buy a hit all October somehow playing the hero because the guy on the mound panicked. Nothing like it!

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