the guy who used to be Old Hoss Radbourn

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Former base ball gent who was pretty bad at sticking to the bit. Academic; not really sure why I’m here except I missed all the people from the old place.

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I’ve been in Italy doing fieldwork for about six weeks. Most of my news has come from here, a glance at a newspaper or two, and chats around the excavation meal table. I thus feel a lot less dread then I would were I at home soaking things up, I think, but I also feel guilty for not feeling worse.

Not sure what to make of the chaos in the world other than general dread, so here’s a picture of Siena’s campo, which I took yesterday afternoon.

I went to the first opening day at new Yankee Stadium and when this guy was introduced the crowd booed loudly and the Jumbotron read “[boos]” which I thought was so funny

Carl Pavano Pitcher Debut: 1998 - Retired 2012 MIN - WSN - CLE - NYY - FLA

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Sunrise over the Med did not disappoint.

At the old place I used to write little obits for hall of famers who recently passed. Don’t even know what I’d say for Mays. How do you sum all of that man’s life up succinctly? A titan. Maybe the titan. RIP, Willie.

Just reading the very normal comments on a Ted Lasso clip

One thing I didn’t always like about Twitter was when someone died the grief and stories would explode all at once. The deluge was amazing but over so quickly. Bill Walton’s passing has been a little different…every day I come across a new link to a new and wonderful story.

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Just saying, the jury submitted their verdict at 4:20.

Much indecision in the Mrs Alito flag cubby at the moment

I obviously don’t know a lot about movie financing which it is why it is strange to read an article noting that between the USA and overseas Furiosa made $68.5M in one weekend and this is considered a disappointment.

I cancelled my defector subscription recently. I never read it—I don’t consume a lot of sports media anymore, and originally subscribed largely to support the good people there—and actively dislike a recent move they made. And just now I read Charlie Pierce’s Walton obit and am considering renewing.

PRIVATE EQUITY GUY LOOKING UP AT THE VASTNESS OF SPACE: we can saddle this bad boy with so much debt

Rooting for the Knicks to win and for almost every single person in the front row at MSG to get dysentery

ANNOUNCER: Pacers up by 23. And the Knicks empty their bench. *all five Knicks starters take the floor*

THE MARINER: Dry land is real! I shall bring others to it. THOMAS MALTHUS: This will not go well.

ANNOUNCER: Knicks up by 50. TOM THIBODEAU: My starters shall play 60 minutes.

I think what I like most about Brunson—and one of the things I think that endears him to NYers—is he isn’t a high-flying athlete but rather a savvy, blue-collar dude who gets baskets based on hustle, brains, and heart. I know this is all annoying superlatives, but that’s the shit NY fans swoon over.

It’s kind of annoying that the camera in MSG focuses on celebrities because, to me (biased), what makes Knicks fans fun is they’re blue collar dudes who know hoops and don’t mind being loud.

Well, shit

Kinda funny how Indiana roots for Halliburton on the court and the ballot box

I cannot believe how far behind the line some dudes can drain 3s from

It’s been really interesting to be away from Twitter (and online) pretty seriously after a decade-plus of the opposite, then to pop back, see people like Tom Nichols getting dunked on, and realizing it’s a lot of the same old stuff etiam atque etiam

Some strange things going on in God’s own NBA

@veghistory.bsky.social this is going to kill me

Man it kind of sucks to hear Roundball Rock in a gambling commercial

GOOGLE PIXEL: we let you make really fake stuff

being a sports fan in my 20s: I live for this. Nothing matters more. being a sports fan in my late 40s: I wonder if I’ll feel joy if my team wins it all

@veghistory.bsky.social holy shit!!!

NBA coaches really leaning into the “dad going to the model train store” aesthetic