John Fredland
@johnfredland.bsky.social
Pittsburgh native, lawyer, USAF retired, living in San Antonio. Chair of SABR Games Project. He/Him.
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John Fredland
@johnfredland.bsky.social
· Oct 15
“It might have been Armistice Day, 1918, the way the paper flew from the upper tiers.”
My latest for SABR remembers Game Two of the 1925 World Series at Forbes Field.
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My latest for SABR remembers Game Two of the 1925 World Series at Forbes Field.
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It's a little thing, but I'm pleased the bipartisan statements call it the Department of Defense, and not Trump's bullshit.
UPDATE: I added in the congressional response to the boat-strike section once I saw we had bipartisan, matching statements from both House and Senate Armed Services Committees. www.lawdork.com/p/trump-admi...
November 30, 2025 at 3:34 AM
It's a little thing, but I'm pleased the bipartisan statements call it the Department of Defense, and not Trump's bullshit.
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Dismembering this criminal regime one agent of tyranny at a time, creating & expanding fissures between these degenerate morons and turning them against each other, this is an agenda tantamount to removal even if we take impeachment as impossible
November 29, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Dismembering this criminal regime one agent of tyranny at a time, creating & expanding fissures between these degenerate morons and turning them against each other, this is an agenda tantamount to removal even if we take impeachment as impossible
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The latest 500 Songs bonus is now up for paid backers! Terry Gilliam! Vampirism! Brian Eno! Emperor Haile Selassie! Pete Waterman! Linda McCartney! It's the story of Lee "Scratch" Perry "Return of Django" (and not "The Return" as I typoed in the post and so the preview says, even after fixing)
500 Songs Bonus: "The Return of Django" by The Upsetters | Andrew Hickey
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November 29, 2025 at 12:15 PM
The latest 500 Songs bonus is now up for paid backers! Terry Gilliam! Vampirism! Brian Eno! Emperor Haile Selassie! Pete Waterman! Linda McCartney! It's the story of Lee "Scratch" Perry "Return of Django" (and not "The Return" as I typoed in the post and so the preview says, even after fixing)
HAGUESETH
a lot of words, none of them denying that Hegseth gave an order to kill helpless people who were stranded at sea after he blew up their boats
November 29, 2025 at 1:38 AM
HAGUESETH
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On a new #HitParadePod –The Bridge, now live on
@slate.com, my guest, Nashville journalist @brianmansfield.bsky.social, says Mutt Lange & Shania Twain reinvented ’90s country music twice—pumping it up, then crossing it over. Plus…trivia—and a next-episode preview that’s hooked to the silver screen.
@slate.com, my guest, Nashville journalist @brianmansfield.bsky.social, says Mutt Lange & Shania Twain reinvented ’90s country music twice—pumping it up, then crossing it over. Plus…trivia—and a next-episode preview that’s hooked to the silver screen.
How Shania Twain and Mutt Lange Redefined Country Music (Twice!)
Music journalist Brian Mansfield explains how a Nashville superstar and an arena-rock superproducer reinvented ’90s country radio.
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November 29, 2025 at 1:05 AM
On a new #HitParadePod –The Bridge, now live on
@slate.com, my guest, Nashville journalist @brianmansfield.bsky.social, says Mutt Lange & Shania Twain reinvented ’90s country music twice—pumping it up, then crossing it over. Plus…trivia—and a next-episode preview that’s hooked to the silver screen.
@slate.com, my guest, Nashville journalist @brianmansfield.bsky.social, says Mutt Lange & Shania Twain reinvented ’90s country music twice—pumping it up, then crossing it over. Plus…trivia—and a next-episode preview that’s hooked to the silver screen.
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Democrats, say it loud: Matt Van Eppstein Files
Trump and Mike Johnson plan to hold a Monday evening tele-rally to boost Matt Van Epps in the #TN07 special election. www.axios.com/2025/11/28/t...
November 28, 2025 at 10:53 PM
Democrats, say it loud: Matt Van Eppstein Files
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Pete Hagueseth. We should make it a thing.
Hagueseth
Exclusive: Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth gave an order to “kill everybody” in the first strike on suspected drug boats in the Caribbean. After two men survived, the mission commander ordered a second strike to comply with Hegseth’s instructions, according to two sources.
November 28, 2025 at 10:33 PM
Pete Hagueseth. We should make it a thing.
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oh that's definitely not some guilty conscience behavior
5/ Administration explanation to Congress seems to be a bold-face falsehood: claiming double-tap strike was to clear debris, not to kill survivors.
"That explanation has prompted frustration among some members of Congress who say they believe the Pentagon was deceptive."
"That explanation has prompted frustration among some members of Congress who say they believe the Pentagon was deceptive."
November 28, 2025 at 6:45 PM
oh that's definitely not some guilty conscience behavior
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Retrosheet is pleased to announce its second semi-annual release of 2025, which includes play-by-play files for the 1910 and 2025 seasons, box-score files for the 1898 season, and a deep dive into the 1935 Negro League season.
www.retrosheet.org/fall2025rele...
Enjoy!
www.retrosheet.org/fall2025rele...
Enjoy!
Fall 2025 Release
www.retrosheet.org
November 28, 2025 at 12:10 AM
Retrosheet is pleased to announce its second semi-annual release of 2025, which includes play-by-play files for the 1910 and 2025 seasons, box-score files for the 1898 season, and a deep dive into the 1935 Negro League season.
www.retrosheet.org/fall2025rele...
Enjoy!
www.retrosheet.org/fall2025rele...
Enjoy!
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This is Diomedes “Guayubín” Olivo. He made his major league debut with the Pirates at age 41 years and 277 days. He pitched three seasons with a 3.10 ERA (126 ERA+).
He is the all-time winningest pitcher in the Dominican League, going 86-46 with a 2.11 ERA.
His brother Chi-Chi also played in MLB.
He is the all-time winningest pitcher in the Dominican League, going 86-46 with a 2.11 ERA.
His brother Chi-Chi also played in MLB.
November 26, 2025 at 1:54 AM
This is Diomedes “Guayubín” Olivo. He made his major league debut with the Pirates at age 41 years and 277 days. He pitched three seasons with a 3.10 ERA (126 ERA+).
He is the all-time winningest pitcher in the Dominican League, going 86-46 with a 2.11 ERA.
His brother Chi-Chi also played in MLB.
He is the all-time winningest pitcher in the Dominican League, going 86-46 with a 2.11 ERA.
His brother Chi-Chi also played in MLB.
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By framing what should be a reputation and legacy destroying (and likely criminal investigation in inciting) revelation an obstacle to overcome, it allows people who would like to ignore the whole thing do so, not as part of a grotesque moral failure, but as a part of a grand redemptive triumph.
November 25, 2025 at 1:25 PM
By framing what should be a reputation and legacy destroying (and likely criminal investigation in inciting) revelation an obstacle to overcome, it allows people who would like to ignore the whole thing do so, not as part of a grotesque moral failure, but as a part of a grand redemptive triumph.
Sounds like a common tale of organized crime.
Current and former Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) staffers are growing increasingly concerned that the work they did slashing government programs and eliminating jobs will come back to haunt them with the possibility of criminal prosecutions.
'Suddenly exposed' DOGE employees fear prosecution after Musk abandoned them: report
Current and former Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) staffers are growing increasingly concerned that the work they did slashing government programs and eliminating jobs will come back to haunt them with the possibility of criminal prosecutions.Worse still is their growing belief that the b...
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November 23, 2025 at 4:14 AM
Sounds like a common tale of organized crime.
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Guided by Voices main guy Robert Pollard threw a no-hitter in college
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May 11, 1978: Rocker Robert Pollard pitches first no-hitter in Wright State history – Society for American Baseball Research
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November 21, 2025 at 3:10 AM
Guided by Voices main guy Robert Pollard threw a no-hitter in college
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while I’m being cranky, access journalism needs to go. When the president does his “I’m alpha because I insulted you” thing somebody needs to fall on his sword and say “what the fuck is wrong with you, old man?” on a hot mic. the hero of the wizard of Oz is Toto.
November 21, 2025 at 12:11 PM
while I’m being cranky, access journalism needs to go. When the president does his “I’m alpha because I insulted you” thing somebody needs to fall on his sword and say “what the fuck is wrong with you, old man?” on a hot mic. the hero of the wizard of Oz is Toto.
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@johnfredland.bsky.social wrote a SABR Games Project summary of the Candelaria no-hitter.
November 21, 2025 at 1:39 AM
@johnfredland.bsky.social wrote a SABR Games Project summary of the Candelaria no-hitter.
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Jeffrey Epstein really is the pedophile Forrest Gump
November 20, 2025 at 3:33 AM
Jeffrey Epstein really is the pedophile Forrest Gump
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Is this all just a shameless plug for the book I wrote about Siskel & Ebert that is still available and tells the story of how that 1st episode came together 50 years ago this week?
I mean it’s not *all* just that...
I mean it’s not *all* just that...
Opposable Thumbs by Matt Singer: 9780593540152 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books
Once upon a time, if you wanted to know if a movie was worth seeing, you didn’t check out Rotten Tomatoes or IMDB. You asked whether Siskel & Ebert had given it “two thumbs up.”...
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November 17, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Is this all just a shameless plug for the book I wrote about Siskel & Ebert that is still available and tells the story of how that 1st episode came together 50 years ago this week?
I mean it’s not *all* just that...
I mean it’s not *all* just that...
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Remember when people said Charlie Kirk dying was gonna tip the 2025 elections to the GOP….
Anyways Jay Jones beat Harris margins in VA
Anyways Jay Jones beat Harris margins in VA
November 20, 2025 at 1:58 AM
Remember when people said Charlie Kirk dying was gonna tip the 2025 elections to the GOP….
Anyways Jay Jones beat Harris margins in VA
Anyways Jay Jones beat Harris margins in VA
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This is what the "weirdo" meme from the last election was gesturing act, but couldn't quite articulate: all the energy on the right comes from people with no sense of identity besides intrusive politicization of everything.
Against all the cultural odds, the right has fumbled The Mandate Of Normie
Against all the cultural odds, the right has fumbled The Mandate Of Normie
November 19, 2025 at 3:29 PM
This is what the "weirdo" meme from the last election was gesturing act, but couldn't quite articulate: all the energy on the right comes from people with no sense of identity besides intrusive politicization of everything.
Against all the cultural odds, the right has fumbled The Mandate Of Normie
Against all the cultural odds, the right has fumbled The Mandate Of Normie
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Bessent's not only hiding these docs, he bizarrely claimed Treasury has no role investigating them at all. It’s a lie. It's impossible someone with his background doesn’t know about Treasury's extensive role investigating the kinds of financial crimes Epstein must have been committing.
November 18, 2025 at 11:12 PM
Bessent's not only hiding these docs, he bizarrely claimed Treasury has no role investigating them at all. It’s a lie. It's impossible someone with his background doesn’t know about Treasury's extensive role investigating the kinds of financial crimes Epstein must have been committing.
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Wow. That is a *pointed* opening quote.
Here is the federal district court's 2–1 ruling, authored by a very conservative Trump appointee, striking down Texas' new Republican gerrymander on the grounds that it unlawfully discriminates against racial minorities. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
November 18, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Wow. That is a *pointed* opening quote.
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40 years ago today the world was introduced to a small boy and his best friend. Happy birthday Calvin & Hobbes.
November 18, 2025 at 6:37 AM
40 years ago today the world was introduced to a small boy and his best friend. Happy birthday Calvin & Hobbes.
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Could argue the misogyny Summers expressed both publicly while president of Harvard and in emails to Epstein says more about the culture at our most elite institutions than any of the frontpage freakouts over academia in the past few years but hey
November 17, 2025 at 12:36 PM
Could argue the misogyny Summers expressed both publicly while president of Harvard and in emails to Epstein says more about the culture at our most elite institutions than any of the frontpage freakouts over academia in the past few years but hey
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OMG this kicker in the Harvard Crimson article!!
College journalism kicks ass, again
College journalism kicks ass, again
November 17, 2025 at 2:35 AM
OMG this kicker in the Harvard Crimson article!!
College journalism kicks ass, again
College journalism kicks ass, again