Laura Peebles
@arvafan55.bsky.social
Baseball, cats, gardening, and occasional baseball or parody verse. Associate Editor for the SABR Game Story Project.
One of my favorite Strasburg stories (Mark, you might remember this one as I was in the press box. Someone said "dang, they'll let anyone up here," and someone else said "you've upgraded the place.")
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August 30, 2017: Stephen Strasburg complete game … and a home run – Society for American Baseball Research
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November 14, 2025 at 2:01 PM
One of my favorite Strasburg stories (Mark, you might remember this one as I was in the press box. Someone said "dang, they'll let anyone up here," and someone else said "you've upgraded the place.")
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Sounds excellent. I made turkey enchilada soup this week (used up the last peppers from the garden and some of the last tomatoes).
At least once a year I make turkey pumpkin chili (not my spouse's favorite or it would be more than once!😀)
At least once a year I make turkey pumpkin chili (not my spouse's favorite or it would be more than once!😀)
November 13, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Sounds excellent. I made turkey enchilada soup this week (used up the last peppers from the garden and some of the last tomatoes).
At least once a year I make turkey pumpkin chili (not my spouse's favorite or it would be more than once!😀)
At least once a year I make turkey pumpkin chili (not my spouse's favorite or it would be more than once!😀)
1. I am glad to know that your peanut butter contains peanuts.
2. Anything to keep your peanut butter happy--who wants to eat unhappy peanut butter?
2. Anything to keep your peanut butter happy--who wants to eat unhappy peanut butter?
November 12, 2025 at 7:23 PM
1. I am glad to know that your peanut butter contains peanuts.
2. Anything to keep your peanut butter happy--who wants to eat unhappy peanut butter?
2. Anything to keep your peanut butter happy--who wants to eat unhappy peanut butter?
Many cats ago, DandyLion would watch football (American). He would sit on top of the TV (yeah, *many* cats ago) and swat at the players as they ran. He also liked the Orkin commercial with the disappearing bugs--he'd try to tag them before they disappeared.
November 5, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Many cats ago, DandyLion would watch football (American). He would sit on top of the TV (yeah, *many* cats ago) and swat at the players as they ran. He also liked the Orkin commercial with the disappearing bugs--he'd try to tag them before they disappeared.
Or "atras, atras, atras . . adios pelota!
November 4, 2025 at 10:53 PM
Or "atras, atras, atras . . adios pelota!
And don't think you need to know Spanish to enjoy the broadcasts! You can even watch with the sound off--but I recommend keeping it on for the enthusiasm, even if you don't know all the words right away (you will know most by the end of the season😀).
November 4, 2025 at 9:23 PM
And don't think you need to know Spanish to enjoy the broadcasts! You can even watch with the sound off--but I recommend keeping it on for the enthusiasm, even if you don't know all the words right away (you will know most by the end of the season😀).
I make my pumpkin chili with ground turkey as well as kidney beans (and onion, etc). Do you have meat, or just beans?
November 3, 2025 at 1:00 AM
I make my pumpkin chili with ground turkey as well as kidney beans (and onion, etc). Do you have meat, or just beans?
God bless the marine layer!
Yeah, the Dodgers all jumped over the dugout fence to celebrate and had to jump back in when the ball was caught on the warning track!
Yeah, the Dodgers all jumped over the dugout fence to celebrate and had to jump back in when the ball was caught on the warning track!
November 2, 2025 at 7:08 PM
God bless the marine layer!
Yeah, the Dodgers all jumped over the dugout fence to celebrate and had to jump back in when the ball was caught on the warning track!
Yeah, the Dodgers all jumped over the dugout fence to celebrate and had to jump back in when the ball was caught on the warning track!
Yes, yes he could and did. Of course, he also broke his nose once while practicing although (being Max) that did not stop him from pitching!
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June 19, 2019: Blue Eye, Brown Eye, Black Eye: Scherzer pitches with a broken nose – Society for American Baseball Research
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October 31, 2025 at 10:29 PM
Yes, yes he could and did. Of course, he also broke his nose once while practicing although (being Max) that did not stop him from pitching!
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Nicknames definitely count, says Big Cat Andrés Galarraga.
And an honorable mention to Nap Lajoie because what's a cat without a catnap?
And an honorable mention to Nap Lajoie because what's a cat without a catnap?
October 29, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Nicknames definitely count, says Big Cat Andrés Galarraga.
And an honorable mention to Nap Lajoie because what's a cat without a catnap?
And an honorable mention to Nap Lajoie because what's a cat without a catnap?
I resemble that remark!
October 28, 2025 at 5:09 PM
I resemble that remark!
White sheets are cheap and easily available.
October 27, 2025 at 9:56 PM
White sheets are cheap and easily available.
Lucy's adoption day photo from 2022. She was 10 months old.
October 24, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Lucy's adoption day photo from 2022. She was 10 months old.
The phrase "lie down with dogs, get up with fleas" comes to mind.
Dates to the era before flea collars, of course.
Dates to the era before flea collars, of course.
October 23, 2025 at 8:37 PM
The phrase "lie down with dogs, get up with fleas" comes to mind.
Dates to the era before flea collars, of course.
Dates to the era before flea collars, of course.
Get AI to make one up for you!
[kidding]
[kidding]
October 21, 2025 at 1:33 AM
Get AI to make one up for you!
[kidding]
[kidding]
Same with the New Orleans streetcars.
October 16, 2025 at 11:35 PM
Same with the New Orleans streetcars.