Luke Epplin
@lukeepplin.bsky.social
Author of MOSES AND THE DOCTOR (coming February 2026) and OUR TEAM (on Larry Doby, Satchel Paige, Bob Feller) lukeepplin.com Contact: lepplin@gmail.com
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Luke Epplin
@lukeepplin.bsky.social
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All right, listen up: "Moses and the Doctor" is now available for pre-order. It's got Dr. J, Moses Malone, the ABA, playground basketball, Philly, Houston, Bird and Magic, and much more. It comes out on February 10, 2026. Let's go. www.barnesandnoble.com/w/moses-and-...
Ava’s first time ever walking in snow.
December 27, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Ava’s first time ever walking in snow.
Good morning. We’ve got nowhere to go today.
December 27, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Good morning. We’ve got nowhere to go today.
The only time I’ve ever hoped that a kid had access to AI.
Los Angeles Lakers coach JJ Redick's kids had to write persuasive essays to earn their Christmas gifts.
JJ Redick's kids write persuasive essays to earn their biggest Christmas gifts
JJ Redick's kids had to write persuasive essays to earn their Christmas gifts. The Los Angeles Lakers coach and his wife, Chelsea, told sons, Kai and Knox, to explain why they should receive their biggest gift wish.
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December 26, 2025 at 4:44 PM
The only time I’ve ever hoped that a kid had access to AI.
One of my Xmas gifts: a Larry Doby coin from the US Mint, with the iconic photo of him and Steve Gromek on the back.
December 25, 2025 at 8:18 PM
One of my Xmas gifts: a Larry Doby coin from the US Mint, with the iconic photo of him and Steve Gromek on the back.
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Most gratifying (non-family) happening for my 2025 was the launch of the Satchel Paige Project. A work in progress, I have logged 1,909 games thus far. (I have another 145 as "plausible".) If you have questions, ideas, or wish to help, let me know!
marklaurencearmour.wordpress.com/2084-2/
marklaurencearmour.wordpress.com/2084-2/
Satchel Paige Project
Intro Since late 2023 I have been on a quest to log every pitching appearance in the extraordinary life and baseball career of Satchel Paige. From age 19 in Chattanooga, Tennessee, to oldtimers gam…
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December 24, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Most gratifying (non-family) happening for my 2025 was the launch of the Satchel Paige Project. A work in progress, I have logged 1,909 games thus far. (I have another 145 as "plausible".) If you have questions, ideas, or wish to help, let me know!
marklaurencearmour.wordpress.com/2084-2/
marklaurencearmour.wordpress.com/2084-2/
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It's Christmas Eve, so I'm reposting my favorite "Peanuts" strip, from December 24, 1967, published during the depths of the Vietnam War, also informed by Schulz's own memories of being away from home over Xmas during World War II.
December 24, 2025 at 6:20 PM
It's Christmas Eve, so I'm reposting my favorite "Peanuts" strip, from December 24, 1967, published during the depths of the Vietnam War, also informed by Schulz's own memories of being away from home over Xmas during World War II.
Timeline cleanser: we’re all ready for Santa tonight.
December 24, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Timeline cleanser: we’re all ready for Santa tonight.
It's Christmas Eve, so I'm reposting my favorite "Peanuts" strip, from December 24, 1967, published during the depths of the Vietnam War, also informed by Schulz's own memories of being away from home over Xmas during World War II.
December 24, 2025 at 6:20 PM
It's Christmas Eve, so I'm reposting my favorite "Peanuts" strip, from December 24, 1967, published during the depths of the Vietnam War, also informed by Schulz's own memories of being away from home over Xmas during World War II.
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LAST MINUTE HOLIDAY GIFT FOR THE BASKETBALL, BOOKS AND BROOKLYN BEER LOVERS IN YOUR LIFE:
2/12 NBA ALL STAR WEEKEND EDITION @squawkinsports.bsky.social w/ @davidjroth.bsky.social
@lukeepplin.bsky.social
@yaronweitzman.bsky.social
TIX FOR 🎄 🕎 🥂 🎅 🏀:
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2/12 NBA ALL STAR WEEKEND EDITION @squawkinsports.bsky.social w/ @davidjroth.bsky.social
@lukeepplin.bsky.social
@yaronweitzman.bsky.social
TIX FOR 🎄 🕎 🥂 🎅 🏀:
greenlightbookstore.com/event/2026-0...
December 23, 2025 at 11:08 PM
LAST MINUTE HOLIDAY GIFT FOR THE BASKETBALL, BOOKS AND BROOKLYN BEER LOVERS IN YOUR LIFE:
2/12 NBA ALL STAR WEEKEND EDITION @squawkinsports.bsky.social w/ @davidjroth.bsky.social
@lukeepplin.bsky.social
@yaronweitzman.bsky.social
TIX FOR 🎄 🕎 🥂 🎅 🏀:
greenlightbookstore.com/event/2026-0...
2/12 NBA ALL STAR WEEKEND EDITION @squawkinsports.bsky.social w/ @davidjroth.bsky.social
@lukeepplin.bsky.social
@yaronweitzman.bsky.social
TIX FOR 🎄 🕎 🥂 🎅 🏀:
greenlightbookstore.com/event/2026-0...
One final announcement before the end of the New Year: The tour for "Moses and the Doctor" will kick off in Brooklyn on February 12, where I'll be talking at Greenlight Books with Patrick Sauer, David Roth, and Yaron Weitzman. Would love to see NYC friends there: www.eventbrite.com/e/squawkin-s...
Squawkin' Sports: NBA All-Star Weekend (at DSK)
Luke Epplin and Yaron Weitzman join our hosts for a book chat on 80s and modern basketball players,just in time for NBA All-Star Game!
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December 23, 2025 at 4:02 PM
One final announcement before the end of the New Year: The tour for "Moses and the Doctor" will kick off in Brooklyn on February 12, where I'll be talking at Greenlight Books with Patrick Sauer, David Roth, and Yaron Weitzman. Would love to see NYC friends there: www.eventbrite.com/e/squawkin-s...
Newest cookies made.
December 22, 2025 at 11:42 PM
Newest cookies made.
It's amazing how you think you've seen every Xmas movie made before, say, 1970, and then another crosses your radar and it's actually really wonderful. That happened with me last night, when we watched "The Holly and the Ivy," which is now streaming on Roku. I really enjoyed it. A melancholy treat.
December 22, 2025 at 8:49 PM
It's amazing how you think you've seen every Xmas movie made before, say, 1970, and then another crosses your radar and it's actually really wonderful. That happened with me last night, when we watched "The Holly and the Ivy," which is now streaming on Roku. I really enjoyed it. A melancholy treat.
We're turning into a country where the government demands to see people's papers and expects veto power over journalism, and the "patriots" of the Tea Party have suddenly gone missing.
December 22, 2025 at 3:55 PM
We're turning into a country where the government demands to see people's papers and expects veto power over journalism, and the "patriots" of the Tea Party have suddenly gone missing.
Why would you want to take over the crown jewel of televised journalism if you despise journalism and all it stands for?
December 22, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Why would you want to take over the crown jewel of televised journalism if you despise journalism and all it stands for?
Afternoon undertaking.
December 21, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Afternoon undertaking.
I don't have much to say about this except that it's weird that a company called WildBrain controlled "Peanuts" for a while. Maybe Bill Watterson was right to hold onto "Calvin and Hobbes" so tightly.
December 21, 2025 at 1:08 PM
I don't have much to say about this except that it's weird that a company called WildBrain controlled "Peanuts" for a while. Maybe Bill Watterson was right to hold onto "Calvin and Hobbes" so tightly.
My wife made my birthday cake. Yes, it’s ridiculous, I know, but I love it.
December 20, 2025 at 10:33 PM
My wife made my birthday cake. Yes, it’s ridiculous, I know, but I love it.
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It's my birthday and all I'd want is for ten people to preorder the book that I spent the entire last year finishing up. Is that asking for too much? www.hachettebookgroup.com/grand-centra...
Moses and the Doctor Preorder Offer
Preorder it now! Praise for Moses and the Doctor “On these pages, Luke Epplin delivers a thoroughly researched and artfully rendered appreciation of both players and their place in the histor…
www.hachettebookgroup.com
December 20, 2025 at 4:29 PM
It's my birthday and all I'd want is for ten people to preorder the book that I spent the entire last year finishing up. Is that asking for too much? www.hachettebookgroup.com/grand-centra...
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Does anyone wanna see a really good Getty image of Rita Moreno and Sam The Eagle having dinner in 1979?
December 20, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Does anyone wanna see a really good Getty image of Rita Moreno and Sam The Eagle having dinner in 1979?
It's my birthday and all I'd want is for ten people to preorder the book that I spent the entire last year finishing up. Is that asking for too much? www.hachettebookgroup.com/grand-centra...
Moses and the Doctor Preorder Offer
Preorder it now! Praise for Moses and the Doctor “On these pages, Luke Epplin delivers a thoroughly researched and artfully rendered appreciation of both players and their place in the histor…
www.hachettebookgroup.com
December 20, 2025 at 4:29 PM
It's my birthday and all I'd want is for ten people to preorder the book that I spent the entire last year finishing up. Is that asking for too much? www.hachettebookgroup.com/grand-centra...
Today’s free bookshelf find—coming in April 2026.
December 19, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Today’s free bookshelf find—coming in April 2026.
First time a book I worked on hit Obama’s year-end list. “The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny” is that good.
December 18, 2025 at 10:12 PM
First time a book I worked on hit Obama’s year-end list. “The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny” is that good.
So...was Woody Allen just available to dine with random millionaires in NYC?
December 18, 2025 at 7:40 PM
So...was Woody Allen just available to dine with random millionaires in NYC?
I often wonder what it would be like to be *that* angry all the time....
December 18, 2025 at 2:19 AM
I often wonder what it would be like to be *that* angry all the time....
This week's newsletter, more deep cuts from "Our Team," this one on the 1940 "crybaby" Cleveland Indians. Out of necessity I had to cut out a ton of Indians' history from 1938-45. You know what they say--kill your darlings. substack.com/home/post/p-...
Crybabies in Cleveland
More deep cuts from Our Team
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December 17, 2025 at 2:27 AM
This week's newsletter, more deep cuts from "Our Team," this one on the 1940 "crybaby" Cleveland Indians. Out of necessity I had to cut out a ton of Indians' history from 1938-45. You know what they say--kill your darlings. substack.com/home/post/p-...