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My Baseball History @shoelesspodcast.bsky.social · 1h

Hard for the haunting to affect Mookie since he refuses to stay there 😂

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Jacob Pomrenke @buckweaver.bsky.social · 2h

Took a stroll through the Pfister Hotel last winter with @shoelesspodcast.bsky.social on our Milwaukee baseball tour. It’s definitely haunted, as the Dodgers insist. Sure not helping the Brewers this week, though.

Inside of the Pfister Hotel lobby from a second-floor overhang. A large mural of blue clouds and cherubs is painted on the ceiling (which was once a skylight) and dominates the view. A large decorated Christmas tree with white lights stands in the middle of the room as hotel guests come and go.

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tsizz.bsky.social @tsizz.bsky.social · 9h

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My Baseball History @shoelesspodcast.bsky.social · 7d

Episode 0501 is live!

Make sure you're following @shoelesspodcast and quote this post with the correct answer to the following trivia question for a chance to win:

Which player is responsible for most of the video footage we have today of the Negro Leagues?

www.shoelesspodcast.com/season-five/01

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My Baseball History @shoelesspodcast.bsky.social · 13h

#OnThisDay in baseball history

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My Baseball History @shoelesspodcast.bsky.social · 23h

There are very few feelings like being inside a stadium when the air gets completely sucked out of it. When you're there with no real rooting interest, it's fascinating to witness. When it happens to your team, it's excruciating. But either way, it's something you never forget.

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My Baseball History @shoelesspodcast.bsky.social · 1d

I can't help but wonder what Steve felt, getting a letter from the team saying /they forgave him/ after 2016.

He's the one whose life was ruined. This was also Game 6, so it's not like the Cubs didn't have another chance to win.

The team should have been apologizing to him, not forgiving him.

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My Baseball History @shoelesspodcast.bsky.social · 1d

Oh wow, I didn't know you had such a close personal connection to this!

What did the stadium feel like immediately after it happened? Still up three, and five outs away.

How long until it felt like all the air was sucked out of Wrigley?

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My Baseball History @shoelesspodcast.bsky.social · 1d

#OnThisDay in baseball history

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My Baseball History @shoelesspodcast.bsky.social · 2d

#OnThisDay in baseball history

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My Baseball History @shoelesspodcast.bsky.social · 7d

Episode 0501 is live!

Make sure you're following @shoelesspodcast and quote this post with the correct answer to the following trivia question for a chance to win:

Which player is responsible for most of the video footage we have today of the Negro Leagues?

www.shoelesspodcast.com/season-five/01

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My Baseball History @shoelesspodcast.bsky.social · 3d

#OnThisDay in baseball history

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My Baseball History @shoelesspodcast.bsky.social · 3d

Thank you so much, Mary! ⚾️

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My Baseball History @shoelesspodcast.bsky.social · 4d

#OnThisDate in baseball history

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My Baseball History @shoelesspodcast.bsky.social · 5d

Either! haha

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Baseball by BSmile @bsmile.bsky.social · 5d

105 Years Ago Today: Cleveland Indians second baseman Bill Wambsganss turns the first and only unassisted triple play in #WorldSeries history! Here's Bill posing with the three Brooklyn #Dodgers players that he got out! (October 10, 1920) #MLB #Baseball #Guardians #Postseason

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My Baseball History @shoelesspodcast.bsky.social · 5d

@played41.bsky.social Nancy, can you either confirm or deny this?

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My Baseball History @shoelesspodcast.bsky.social · 5d

#OTD in baseball history

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Luke Epplin @lukeepplin.bsky.social · 6d

For the lunchtime crowd, my piece on how this iconic photo happened.

Luke Epplin @lukeepplin.bsky.social · 6d

Seventy-seven years today, one of baseball's most iconic photos was taken. It features Steve Gromek and Larry Doby embracing after the Cleveland Indians' Game 4 win in the 1948 World Series. But what if the photo had been staged? Here's my newsletter on that: lepplin.substack.com/p/the-stagin...

The Staging of One of Baseball’s Most Famous Images

The Steve Gromek/Larry Doby Photo Revisited

lepplin.substack.com

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My Baseball History @shoelesspodcast.bsky.social · 6d

#OTD in baseball history

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My Baseball History @shoelesspodcast.bsky.social · 7d

#OnThisDate in baseball history

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My Baseball History @shoelesspodcast.bsky.social · 7d

Episode 0501 is live!

Make sure you're following @shoelesspodcast and quote this post with the correct answer to the following trivia question for a chance to win:

Which player is responsible for most of the video footage we have today of the Negro Leagues?

www.shoelesspodcast.com/season-five/01

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John Thorn @johnthorn.bsky.social · 8d

My stories have been published to Our Game, but Medium sets its own url. Thus, last night's talk at the New York State Museum:
medium.com/@thorn_john_...

MLB & NYC: A Love Story

Delivered at the the New York State Museum on October 6

medium.com

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Gummy Arts @gummyarts.bsky.social · 8d

Moses Fleetwood Walker, one of the first African American players in major-league history, was born on this date in 1856.

Colored-pencil card drawing of Moses Fleetwood Walker

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Sara Sanchez @bcbsara.bsky.social · 8d

Do you have multiple streaming subscriptions, cable and an MLB.tv subscription?

Don't plan on being able to stream the playoffs unless you're willing to pay up for even more one off services.

What a disaster for a sport that has the audacity to call itself America's Pastime.

The Official Site of Major League Baseball

Coverage includes audio and video clips, interviews, statistics, schedules and exclusive stories.

MLB.tv

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Heavy J Studios #CardSky @heavyjstudios.bsky.social · 8d

Here is how the 426-card T212 Obak set distributes its 271 different subjects across the three years 1909-1911. For example, 32 subjects appeared in all three series while 55 subjects were 1910-only. Longer article coming soon.

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