Gil Griffin
@gilgriffin.bsky.social
NYC-born, NY/DC-raised, L.A.-based journalist/teacher/nonfiction author. Roots: Mandinka🇬🇲 Loves: #Mets ⚾; #FreoDockers 🏉; wife; cat; travel; scuba 🦈; fitness; sci-fi. Loathe: maga, 🤡. #FreeHawaii🤙🏾 I speak: español, Pilipino, 'olelo Hawai'i, Aussie English.
Meanwhile, some -- very rare -- good political news!
November 18, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Meanwhile, some -- very rare -- good political news!
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November 18, 2025 at 3:43 PM
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November 17, 2025 at 2:14 PM
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@pauladonovan.bsky.social It's come to the point that I can't wait each day for you to drop your Random #Mets player question! Thanks for posting those!
November 17, 2025 at 1:15 AM
@pauladonovan.bsky.social It's come to the point that I can't wait each day for you to drop your Random #Mets player question! Thanks for posting those!
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November 16, 2025 at 11:58 PM
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November 15, 2025 at 12:17 PM
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November 14, 2025 at 2:39 PM
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Congratulations to Juan Soto. www.mlb.com/news/juan-so...
Soto finishes 3rd in NL MVP voting
Juan Soto finished third in National League MVP Award voting, as announced Thursday on MLB Network. Soto, who also finished third last season for the AL award while with the Yankees, placed behind run...
www.mlb.com
November 14, 2025 at 1:05 AM
Congratulations to Juan Soto. www.mlb.com/news/juan-so...
#Mets fan favorite Lee Mazzilli, who I fondly remember from my childhood and young adulthood, makes it into the team's Hall of Fame! Hear from him and watch some vintage footage of him making a couple of basket catches in the outfield he learned from the master, Willie Mays:
youtu.be/KDfEAUyd60c?...
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Lee Mazzilli reacts to being inducted into the Mets Hall of Fame | Baseball Night in NY
YouTube video by SNY
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November 14, 2025 at 1:01 AM
#Mets fan favorite Lee Mazzilli, who I fondly remember from my childhood and young adulthood, makes it into the team's Hall of Fame! Hear from him and watch some vintage footage of him making a couple of basket catches in the outfield he learned from the master, Willie Mays:
youtu.be/KDfEAUyd60c?...
youtu.be/KDfEAUyd60c?...
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November 13, 2025 at 3:35 PM
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MLB should be ashamed of itself for getting in bed with gambling establishments and sports books. The evidence in this story, against Guardians' relievers Emmanuel Clase and Luis Ortiz appears pretty damning. Pretty soon, we all may be wondering if anything is legit.
www.nytimes.com/athletic/679...
www.nytimes.com/athletic/679...
The alleged pitch-rigging scheme of 2 MLB players: Texts, calls and the money trail
www.nytimes.com
November 13, 2025 at 6:09 AM
MLB should be ashamed of itself for getting in bed with gambling establishments and sports books. The evidence in this story, against Guardians' relievers Emmanuel Clase and Luis Ortiz appears pretty damning. Pretty soon, we all may be wondering if anything is legit.
www.nytimes.com/athletic/679...
www.nytimes.com/athletic/679...
@hollycullenfreo.bsky.social Hey there! Whaddaya think of our men's fixture next year? I'm gonna have a HEAP of wee hours starts in the first 14 rounds, including at least three on school days!🥴
November 13, 2025 at 3:59 AM
@hollycullenfreo.bsky.social Hey there! Whaddaya think of our men's fixture next year? I'm gonna have a HEAP of wee hours starts in the first 14 rounds, including at least three on school days!🥴
Nothing makes me happier than seeing ICE melting. Kudos to this Illinois judge:
www.cnn.com/2025/11/12/u...
www.cnn.com/2025/11/12/u...
WLS: Judge orders release of hundreds arrested in Illinois immigration crackdown | CNN
A federal judge ordered the release of more than 600 people arrested as part of the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown in Illinois, according to CNN affiliate WLS, dealing a blow to federal ...
www.cnn.com
November 12, 2025 at 10:49 PM
Nothing makes me happier than seeing ICE melting. Kudos to this Illinois judge:
www.cnn.com/2025/11/12/u...
www.cnn.com/2025/11/12/u...
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I SO miss this: NL pitchers hitting -- or trying to. This is real baseball the way it used to be, before the universal DH.
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NYM@CIN: Ron Darling singles in the fourth inning (1986)
YouTube video by NY Sports Highlights
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November 12, 2025 at 6:55 AM
I SO miss this: NL pitchers hitting -- or trying to. This is real baseball the way it used to be, before the universal DH.
youtu.be/LMwLAgy55Mk?...
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@rghood.bsky.social Well, then, mate, you being a St Kilda man, I know you recognize THIS bloke standing next to me, nine years ago, right?🤔
November 11, 2025 at 4:10 AM
@rghood.bsky.social Well, then, mate, you being a St Kilda man, I know you recognize THIS bloke standing next to me, nine years ago, right?🤔
Well...at least we led MLB in one vital category in '25...😬
www.forbes.com/sites/peterc...
www.forbes.com/sites/peterc...
Mets Lead $1.8 Billion Deficit For MLB After Record-Setting Season: Insider
The New York Mets reportedly lost $350 million with Major League Baseball warning of a substantial overall financial loss for teams.
www.forbes.com
November 10, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Well...at least we led MLB in one vital category in '25...😬
www.forbes.com/sites/peterc...
www.forbes.com/sites/peterc...
Congratulations to the 35 million Americans who'll now have their healthcare premiums balloon to unaffordable levels, because these eight sellouts voted yesterday with Republicans to reopen the government. But hey, billionaires will get the tax break they want.🙄
November 10, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Congratulations to the 35 million Americans who'll now have their healthcare premiums balloon to unaffordable levels, because these eight sellouts voted yesterday with Republicans to reopen the government. But hey, billionaires will get the tax break they want.🙄
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November 10, 2025 at 2:43 PM
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Two things in life are inevitable: The sun rises every day in the East and Democrats always cave to Republicans.🤦🏿 Happier than ever not to belong to any political party, but pissed as hell that as the only viable alternative to current Republican fascism, Democrats fold like lawn chairs.
November 10, 2025 at 2:52 AM
Two things in life are inevitable: The sun rises every day in the East and Democrats always cave to Republicans.🤦🏿 Happier than ever not to belong to any political party, but pissed as hell that as the only viable alternative to current Republican fascism, Democrats fold like lawn chairs.