Steve Sirk
@stevesirk.bsky.social
Author of soccer books. Regional Emmy Award winner. Never learned to type with more than two index fingers and my left thumb for the spacebar.
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imagine hitting 13 walk-off home runs
December 22, 2025 at 5:51 PM
imagine hitting 13 walk-off home runs
Attn: @michaelarace1.bsky.social
Guy being interviewed on local news in Cleveland kicking it old school Hartford.
Guy being interviewed on local news in Cleveland kicking it old school Hartford.
December 21, 2025 at 11:03 PM
Attn: @michaelarace1.bsky.social
Guy being interviewed on local news in Cleveland kicking it old school Hartford.
Guy being interviewed on local news in Cleveland kicking it old school Hartford.
Akron Beacon Journal readers' favorite athletes by team, circa June 1988: Kosar, Carter, Haaskivi, Price. That's a fairly representative mixed-franchise local Mount Rushmore of my childhood.
December 20, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Akron Beacon Journal readers' favorite athletes by team, circa June 1988: Kosar, Carter, Haaskivi, Price. That's a fairly representative mixed-franchise local Mount Rushmore of my childhood.
A hazard of Cleveland Force research is that sometimes you catch strays...
December 19, 2025 at 3:30 PM
A hazard of Cleveland Force research is that sometimes you catch strays...
Jeff Kent being in the HOF is really stupid when 2B like Lou Whitaker and Bobby Grich are not. Those two were comparable at the plate (Grich a little better, Whitaker a smidge below) when compared to their eras, but were so much better defensively. Kent is in b/c "most HR by 2B" in HR-inflated era.
December 8, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Jeff Kent being in the HOF is really stupid when 2B like Lou Whitaker and Bobby Grich are not. Those two were comparable at the plate (Grich a little better, Whitaker a smidge below) when compared to their eras, but were so much better defensively. Kent is in b/c "most HR by 2B" in HR-inflated era.
It remains stunning to me how even with Magic and Bird, the NBA still was not that popular in the 1980s. The NBA as we know it didn't really happen until the 1990s.
Here's a clip from the ABJ in March 1983 looking at the Major Indoor Soccer League vs. the NBA. Look at even those "good" NBA numbers.
Here's a clip from the ABJ in March 1983 looking at the Major Indoor Soccer League vs. the NBA. Look at even those "good" NBA numbers.
December 7, 2025 at 11:18 PM
It remains stunning to me how even with Magic and Bird, the NBA still was not that popular in the 1980s. The NBA as we know it didn't really happen until the 1990s.
Here's a clip from the ABJ in March 1983 looking at the Major Indoor Soccer League vs. the NBA. Look at even those "good" NBA numbers.
Here's a clip from the ABJ in March 1983 looking at the Major Indoor Soccer League vs. the NBA. Look at even those "good" NBA numbers.
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Codify hot take: the introduction of an ABS Challenge System will increase Steven Kwan's batting average.
December 7, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Codify hot take: the introduction of an ABS Challenge System will increase Steven Kwan's batting average.
Seems you can make a pretty good living with consistent paychecks by being the person who writes those "The lottery prize is enormous, but the winner will take home less than that" stories. The people-who-know-how-to-read-but-have-never-heard-of-taxes demographic is highly coveted and catered to.
December 7, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Seems you can make a pretty good living with consistent paychecks by being the person who writes those "The lottery prize is enormous, but the winner will take home less than that" stories. The people-who-know-how-to-read-but-have-never-heard-of-taxes demographic is highly coveted and catered to.
Congratulations to Lionel Messi for amassing 67% of the MLS Cup assist total of 2008 #Crew96 Guillermo Barros Schelotto. You approached the general vicinity of greatness, Leo, and that's quite a feather in your cap.
December 6, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Congratulations to Lionel Messi for amassing 67% of the MLS Cup assist total of 2008 #Crew96 Guillermo Barros Schelotto. You approached the general vicinity of greatness, Leo, and that's quite a feather in your cap.
I wonder if @michaelarace1.bsky.social ever went to see the Hartford Hellions.
December 6, 2025 at 7:26 PM
I wonder if @michaelarace1.bsky.social ever went to see the Hartford Hellions.
Just saw a newspaper ad from 1981 where you could get a buy-one-get-one offer for Cleveland Force tickets if you filled out a form and mailed it in with two UPC cut outs from packs of Newport cigarettes. The good old days.
December 6, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Just saw a newspaper ad from 1981 where you could get a buy-one-get-one offer for Cleveland Force tickets if you filled out a form and mailed it in with two UPC cut outs from packs of Newport cigarettes. The good old days.
Yet @mrgeorgewallace.bsky.social keeps inciting the Yo Momma Wars. This award is a sham!
I have been given the shiny and very real War Stopper Award by
USA Pickleball because I have stopped so many dozens of wars and whatnot. I am honored that my war stopping has been noticed by the foremost pickleball organization in the world.
USA Pickleball because I have stopped so many dozens of wars and whatnot. I am honored that my war stopping has been noticed by the foremost pickleball organization in the world.
December 6, 2025 at 1:34 AM
Yet @mrgeorgewallace.bsky.social keeps inciting the Yo Momma Wars. This award is a sham!
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Why is the soybean oil always PARTIALLY hydrogenated. Finish hydrogenating that shit, you lazy wockaflockas!
December 4, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Why is the soybean oil always PARTIALLY hydrogenated. Finish hydrogenating that shit, you lazy wockaflockas!
Dashboard display of an adjacent contact while pulling up someone to call.
Sometimes it’s nice to get a random reminder of the weird things that have happened in my life.
Sometimes it’s nice to get a random reminder of the weird things that have happened in my life.
November 28, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Dashboard display of an adjacent contact while pulling up someone to call.
Sometimes it’s nice to get a random reminder of the weird things that have happened in my life.
Sometimes it’s nice to get a random reminder of the weird things that have happened in my life.
The white helmet sucks. The brown helmet sucks.
The Oregon Duck-ification of NFL teams with classic, rock-solid identities is annoying.
The Oregon Duck-ification of NFL teams with classic, rock-solid identities is annoying.
November 23, 2025 at 9:14 PM
The white helmet sucks. The brown helmet sucks.
The Oregon Duck-ification of NFL teams with classic, rock-solid identities is annoying.
The Oregon Duck-ification of NFL teams with classic, rock-solid identities is annoying.
One of the cool things about being a #Crew96 fan is thinking, "Man, that first championship was so long ago" when it really wasn't that long ago, but it's so long ago compared to the more recent championships.
November 23, 2025 at 7:29 PM
One of the cool things about being a #Crew96 fan is thinking, "Man, that first championship was so long ago" when it really wasn't that long ago, but it's so long ago compared to the more recent championships.
November 9, 2025 at 12:29 AM
Flawless sports day. Crew won. Cavaliers won. Browns didn’t play. Couldn’t have gone any better.
November 3, 2025 at 1:47 AM
Flawless sports day. Crew won. Cavaliers won. Browns didn’t play. Couldn’t have gone any better.
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For the 6th year in a row, a player named Will Smith has won the World Series
2020 - Will Smith (C), Dodgers
2021 - Will Smith (RP), Braves
2022 - Will Smith (RP), Astros
2023 - Will Smith (RP), Rangers
2024 - Will Smith (C), Dodgers
2025 - Will Smith (C), Dodgers
2020 - Will Smith (C), Dodgers
2021 - Will Smith (RP), Braves
2022 - Will Smith (RP), Astros
2023 - Will Smith (RP), Rangers
2024 - Will Smith (C), Dodgers
2025 - Will Smith (C), Dodgers
November 2, 2025 at 4:19 AM
For the 6th year in a row, a player named Will Smith has won the World Series
2020 - Will Smith (C), Dodgers
2021 - Will Smith (RP), Braves
2022 - Will Smith (RP), Astros
2023 - Will Smith (RP), Rangers
2024 - Will Smith (C), Dodgers
2025 - Will Smith (C), Dodgers
2020 - Will Smith (C), Dodgers
2021 - Will Smith (RP), Braves
2022 - Will Smith (RP), Astros
2023 - Will Smith (RP), Rangers
2024 - Will Smith (C), Dodgers
2025 - Will Smith (C), Dodgers
Incredible playoffs.
Incredible World Series.
Yet in the end, the bajillion dollar super team that everyone anointed as the champion well before the season won the title as expected. Such a bummer that baseball’s brokenness won out in the end to put a damper on all the thrills of the past month.
Incredible World Series.
Yet in the end, the bajillion dollar super team that everyone anointed as the champion well before the season won the title as expected. Such a bummer that baseball’s brokenness won out in the end to put a damper on all the thrills of the past month.
November 2, 2025 at 4:28 AM
Incredible playoffs.
Incredible World Series.
Yet in the end, the bajillion dollar super team that everyone anointed as the champion well before the season won the title as expected. Such a bummer that baseball’s brokenness won out in the end to put a damper on all the thrills of the past month.
Incredible World Series.
Yet in the end, the bajillion dollar super team that everyone anointed as the champion well before the season won the title as expected. Such a bummer that baseball’s brokenness won out in the end to put a damper on all the thrills of the past month.
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8 hours for work, 8 hours for sleep, 8 hours for baseball
October 28, 2025 at 6:40 AM
8 hours for work, 8 hours for sleep, 8 hours for baseball
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If the game is still going by the time of first pitch Game 4 they have to play both games simultaneously
October 28, 2025 at 6:16 AM
If the game is still going by the time of first pitch Game 4 they have to play both games simultaneously
The classic Larry Miler “Five Levels of Drinking” standup bit, but adapted to be about this #WorldSeries game.
October 28, 2025 at 6:12 AM
The classic Larry Miler “Five Levels of Drinking” standup bit, but adapted to be about this #WorldSeries game.
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OK so you know the gag on the Simpsons when Sideshow Bob is stepping on the rakes, it's funny, then it's too much, then it's terrible, then it's transcendently hilarious
this baseball game
this baseball game
October 28, 2025 at 5:52 AM
OK so you know the gag on the Simpsons when Sideshow Bob is stepping on the rakes, it's funny, then it's too much, then it's terrible, then it's transcendently hilarious
this baseball game
this baseball game
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Ohtani tonight
double
homer
double
homer
intentional walk
intentional walk
intentional walk
intentional walk
totally normal evening
you wouldn't think he could still do things that you insist you've never seen before, and yet
double
homer
double
homer
intentional walk
intentional walk
intentional walk
intentional walk
totally normal evening
you wouldn't think he could still do things that you insist you've never seen before, and yet
October 28, 2025 at 5:51 AM
Ohtani tonight
double
homer
double
homer
intentional walk
intentional walk
intentional walk
intentional walk
totally normal evening
you wouldn't think he could still do things that you insist you've never seen before, and yet
double
homer
double
homer
intentional walk
intentional walk
intentional walk
intentional walk
totally normal evening
you wouldn't think he could still do things that you insist you've never seen before, and yet