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Al Clements
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“I would call Alan the single most astonishing, sort of, mind” - Joe Posnanski.

My book "Magic Hat: Madejski, McGhee and Reading FC" is out in April 2026
https://tinyurl.com/MadMcGhee Big Green Bookshop
https://tinyurl.com/uptheding Amazon
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alclem.bsky.social
That hurts
November 14, 2025 at 11:09 AM
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cfidd.bsky.social
Oreoboros
toomanymouths.bsky.social lillian @toomanymouths.bsky.social · 1d
oh wow that’s crazy

oreos with bits of

of oreos. in them

Real Bits of Oreos
a photo of Oreo Loaded cookies, which promise real oreo cookie crumbs in the filling of the oreo
November 13, 2025 at 10:09 PM
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cespedesbbq.bsky.social
Jefry Yan forever
November 10, 2025 at 11:01 PM
alclem.bsky.social
Grandmas are the BEST
thatbootlegguy.bsky.social Aaron Cameron @thatbootlegguy.bsky.social · 4d
Royals always do a good job with the giveaways. Hoping I can get out there for a couple of games next year. This tho is diabolical lol. Jalen wanted one when they first became popular and I refused to spend $50 on a performative oven mitt.

So, he asked grandma and she bought him two.
November 10, 2025 at 4:24 PM
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bitmapbooks.com
🕹️ New Book Alert 🕹️

Trigger Happy: A Visual Celebration of Video Game Controllers - launching 17th November at 17:00 GMT

Get a stock alert: www.bitmapbooks.com/collections/...

#bitmapbooks #books #retrogaming #gaming #controller #joystick
November 10, 2025 at 7:52 AM
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madeofstone1.bsky.social
Got these new trainers today but I can't get it out of my head that they look like fuckin DC Tosh Lines from The Bill
November 9, 2025 at 9:31 PM
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emmabaccellieri.bsky.social
Good for Andy Pages on getting "championship saving catch" in as a career defining moment before the world heard about "unknowingly foiling gambling plot by swinging at extremely obvious ball"
November 9, 2025 at 8:04 PM
alclem.bsky.social
@thatbootlegguy.bsky.social this is pretty cool

www.instagram.com/reindeerstud...
Reindeer Studios on Instagram: "Today, I’m drawing baseball legend, Reggie Jackson. If you’d like to support Reindeer Studios, please consider buying something from my website, http://www.reindeerst...
64 likes, 4 comments - reindeerstudios330 on October 6, 2025: "Today, I’m drawing baseball legend, Reggie Jackson. If you’d like to support Reindeer Studios, please consider buying something from my...
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November 9, 2025 at 5:47 PM
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misstellier.bsky.social
To see examples of my work: www.instagram.com/missjojo76
November 9, 2025 at 5:22 PM
alclem.bsky.social
There are no bad bits to this wonderfully pointless exercise. Throw, reposition to catch, wait, catch, repeat.
rhodri.biz Rhodri Marsden @rhodri.biz · 5d
It seems that I still very much enjoy the simple pleasure of throwing a tennis ball high into the air and catching it, and could happily keep doing it for half an hour if I didn’t have other matters to attend to
November 9, 2025 at 3:50 PM
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asw500.bsky.social
Happy Birthday to Jobi McAnuff - hope he has a good one!

astickersworth500words.blogspot.com/2021/10/285-...

Emlyn Shepherdson-Jones on one of Reading's twin wing wizards.

#AFCW #WHUFC #CCFC #CPFC #WatfordFC #ReadingFC #LOFC #StevenageFC #EFL #PL #Jamaica #football
285: Jobi McAnuff and Jimmy Kebe, Reading, Panini Coca-Cola Championship Official Sticker Collection 2010
For today’s post Emlyn Jones brings us not just one but two flying wingers who were terrorising full-backs up and down the country as Readin...
astickersworth500words.blogspot.com
November 9, 2025 at 8:27 AM
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asw500.bsky.social
Happy Birthday to James Harper - hope he has a good one

astickersworth500words.blogspot.com/2020/05/513-...

Emlyn Shepherdson-Jones on a midfield maestro who never went to Ghana.

#ReadingFC #SUFC #HCAFC #DRFC #BarnetFC #BTFC #ATFC #EFL #PL #football
513: James Harper, Reading, Merlin’s F.A. Premier League Official Sticker Collection 2007
Today Emlyn Jones brings us the story of a criminally underrated player who provided both of us with a whole host of ridiculous catchphrase...
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November 9, 2025 at 8:21 AM
alclem.bsky.social
Post a non-religious image you think of as holy
Pub? Pub. Lance and Andy, after a hard day of metal detecting, head to the pub
November 8, 2025 at 8:39 PM
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bcbsara.bsky.social
These new details from last summer's confrontation between Rob Manfred and Bryce Harper are absolutely insane.

MLB officials threatening players will "end up in a ditch" for disrespecting Manfred is outrageous behavior.

www.newsweek.com/sports/mlb/p...
A screenshot from reporting via Newsweek that reads: Those details from ESPN were the only details on the altercation until a new report from sports agent Allan Walsh. During an appearance on "Agent Provocateur," Walsh reported that, later, a "deputy" of Manfred's allegedly threatened Harper. "Don't ever say that again to the commissioner," Walsh said, quoting what was allegedly said to Harper. "Don't ever disrespect him again publicly like that. That's how people end up in a ditch."
November 8, 2025 at 6:36 PM
alclem.bsky.social
Dude looks like he can tackle too
minakimes.bsky.social Mina Kimes @minakimes.bsky.social · 7d
🚨 THICCER KICKER 🚨
November 7, 2025 at 11:16 PM
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bocadelperro.bsky.social
Meep meep
cristianvlad.bsky.social Cristian Vlad @cristianvlad.bsky.social · 9d
Wonder why this scene looks so familiar...
#WildlifeWednesday 🐦🐕
November 5, 2025 at 11:07 PM
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thatbootlegguy.bsky.social
This bums me out as #athletics fan. Firing your black 3B coach & bringing back THIS guy is a terrible look. In their 125-yr history, A's have never had a black or Latin-born manager. I wonder how much longer we need to determine if that's intentional and what other decisions are made thru that prism
jenramose.online jen ramos-eisen 🇵🇭 @jenramose.online · 8d
if anyone remembers from 2020, Ryan Christenson is the one who was under fire for making a nazi salute gesture.
A’s Announce 2026 Major League Coaching Staff, Add Strength & Conditioning Coach WEST SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Ryan Christenson will rejoin the A’s as first base coach and Bobby Crosby will take over as third base coach on manager Mark Kotsay’s coaching staff for the 2026 season, the club announced today. Darren Bush remains bench coach and director of hitting, while Mike Aldrete and Chris Cron will continue to serve as hitting coaches. Scott Emerson returns as pitching coach, and Dan Hubbs returns as bullpen coach. Marcus Jensen remains quality control coach, and Ramón Hernández will continue as Major League coach and interpreter. The A’s also announced the promotion of Josh Cuffe to director of strength and conditioning and the hiring of Terence Brannic as head strength and conditioning coach. Christenson previously served as the A’s bench coach from 2018–21, as part of 16 seasons with the organization, including five years as a minor league manager and seven seasons as a player. From 2022–23, he served as bench coach for the San Diego Padres, and he held the same role with the San Francisco Giants from 2024–25. The former outfielder was originally drafted by the A’s in the 10th round of the 1995 First-Year Player Draft out of Pepperdine University, and he played in parts of six Major League seasons with the A’s (1998–2001), Diamondbacks (2001), Brewers (2002), and Rangers (2003). Brannic served as head strength and conditioning coach for the Pittsburgh Pirates for the last five seasons, following a nine-year stay in the A’s organization, including three seasons as assistant strength and conditioning coach with the Major League team from 2018–20.
November 5, 2025 at 9:19 PM
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biggreenbooks.bsky.social
There's still one Agatha Christie book up for grabs!

#buyastrangerabook
November 5, 2025 at 9:44 PM
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senatorivy.com
Cocks
Cocks
Cocks
A box of compression socks and the logo makes it look like it says cocks
November 4, 2025 at 7:06 PM
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adarowski.bsky.social
Quick poll for my followers—who would you vote for on the 2026 Contemporary Baseball Era Player Ballot? Feel free to share for a larger voting pool. docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
2026 Contemporary Baseball Era Player Ballot
Who would you vote for on the 2026 Contemporary Baseball Era Player Ballot?
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November 4, 2025 at 4:31 PM
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slangsonsports.bsky.social
What a game. What a World Series. What a season.

Baseball is the best 🫶⚾️

The players, managers, coaches, front offices & everyone else involved outdid themselves yet again!

It’s an honor to share this amazing game with all of you! Thanks so much for following along! 😭
November 3, 2025 at 12:59 AM
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docrevan.bsky.social
Did not expect one of the best paragraphs I’d read about baseball would come from an Irish newspaper

www.irishexaminer.com/sport-column...
And in that pause between pitch and contact - longer than logic, shorter than hope - we remembered why baseball existed long before we judged a sport's value by viral moments and betting apps. It is the romance of failure. The mortal beauty of trying and missing seven times out of 10 and still being considered great. It is the only sport where patience is a weapon, and panic the surest death. You cannot simply run out the clock in baseball; you must face it, pitch by terrifying pitch, until it finally releases you.
November 2, 2025 at 2:22 PM
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rhodri.biz
Ivor (3) has just shown a fleeting interest in the sculptures of Henry Moore, and both his parents are slightly overcome by this, in fact we’re in danger of spoiling it by arranging a day trip for the family to Henry Moore Gardens - oh hang on he’s just asked for Paw Patrol on the TV, as you were
November 1, 2025 at 6:48 AM
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rhodri.biz
And how does that helicopter plan to lift me out of the goddamn sea, exactly
October 31, 2025 at 9:37 PM
alclem.bsky.social
You know Theo, right Joe? He can make this happen for you ☺️
October 31, 2025 at 10:54 PM