Tim Brown
@bytimbrown.bsky.social
Author of "The Tao of the Backup Catcher" with Erik Kratz and the NYT bestsellers "The Phenomenon" with Rick Ankiel and "Imperfect" with Jim Abbott.
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Happy Monday!
little league ump getting drilled in the nuts 3 times in 1 game
September 8, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Happy Monday!
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Art Spander, 86, is one of the last of his kind, a big name of another era.
Nearly blind and unable to type his own stories, why does he still cover sporting events at 86?
Because of Liz.
http://dlvr.it/TLX881
Nearly blind and unable to type his own stories, why does he still cover sporting events at 86?
Because of Liz.
http://dlvr.it/TLX881
June 24, 2025 at 12:03 PM
Art Spander, 86, is one of the last of his kind, a big name of another era.
Nearly blind and unable to type his own stories, why does he still cover sporting events at 86?
Because of Liz.
http://dlvr.it/TLX881
Nearly blind and unable to type his own stories, why does he still cover sporting events at 86?
Because of Liz.
http://dlvr.it/TLX881
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Growing up, a lot of the romance I associated with journalism was tied to war reporting, of the Vietnam era but also the Balkans - dashing, flawed, passionate characters like this.
“What was the point of being a journalist if you didn’t make hidden injustices visible?”
“What was the point of being a journalist if you didn’t make hidden injustices visible?”
Rod Nordland, 75, Dies; War Reporter Who Also Wrote of His Own Struggle
www.nytimes.com
June 23, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Growing up, a lot of the romance I associated with journalism was tied to war reporting, of the Vietnam era but also the Balkans - dashing, flawed, passionate characters like this.
“What was the point of being a journalist if you didn’t make hidden injustices visible?”
“What was the point of being a journalist if you didn’t make hidden injustices visible?”
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This is excellent. newrepublic.com/article/1947...
Real Men Steal Countries: Inside Trump’s Absurd Greenland Obsession
An underdressed reporter journeys across icy, barren Greenland—and into Trump’s bored, nineteenth-century brain.
newrepublic.com
May 17, 2025 at 2:26 PM
This is excellent. newrepublic.com/article/1947...
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From an operational security perspective, this is the highest level of fuckup imaginable. These people cannot keep America safe.
The Trump Administration Accidentally Texted Me Its War Plans
U.S. national-security leaders included me in a group chat about upcoming military strikes in Yemen. I didn’t think it could be real. Then the bombs started falling.
www.theatlantic.com
March 24, 2025 at 8:13 PM
From an operational security perspective, this is the highest level of fuckup imaginable. These people cannot keep America safe.
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Ready Fire Aim is a lousy way to govern.
February 27, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Ready Fire Aim is a lousy way to govern.
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After nearly three decades, a Minnesota summer camp for kids with HIV/AIDS is closing and up for sale... because retroviral drugs are so effective that there aren't enough campers.
Science works, y'all.
www.startribune.com/closure-of-n...
Science works, y'all.
www.startribune.com/closure-of-n...
Closure of northern Minnesota camp is ‘the greatest story.’ Here’s why.
Willow River, Minn., camp One Heartland is for sale after serving kids there for nearly three decades.
www.startribune.com
December 27, 2024 at 9:46 PM
After nearly three decades, a Minnesota summer camp for kids with HIV/AIDS is closing and up for sale... because retroviral drugs are so effective that there aren't enough campers.
Science works, y'all.
www.startribune.com/closure-of-n...
Science works, y'all.
www.startribune.com/closure-of-n...
Horse. Read Horse.
Somehow, all my books on library hold popped at the same time. I have time to read 1 before they're due. The others will go back on hold again.
Any recommendations on which one to read?
#BookLovers #ReadingCommunity
#WritingCommunity
Any recommendations on which one to read?
#BookLovers #ReadingCommunity
#WritingCommunity
December 15, 2024 at 9:31 PM
Horse. Read Horse.
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I stayed up late and wrote about the Juan Soto bit. My analysis amounts more or less to "wow, neat" but I padded the job a bit. defector.com/juan-soto-go...
Juan Soto Got Super-Duper-Mega Paid | Defector
There were a number of factors that went some way toward explaining the record-setting $700 million contract that Shohei Ohtani signed with the Los Angeles Dodgers last winter. There’s the inescapably...
defector.com
December 9, 2024 at 2:21 PM
I stayed up late and wrote about the Juan Soto bit. My analysis amounts more or less to "wow, neat" but I padded the job a bit. defector.com/juan-soto-go...
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Still gutted after reading this yesterday about former Globe writer Patrick Fealey… maybe one of the most important pieces ive read in a while www.esquire.com/news-politic...
My Life As a Homeless Man in America
An extraordinary firsthand account.
www.esquire.com
November 26, 2024 at 7:10 PM
Still gutted after reading this yesterday about former Globe writer Patrick Fealey… maybe one of the most important pieces ive read in a while www.esquire.com/news-politic...
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Like clockwork
November 23, 2024 at 1:43 AM
Like clockwork
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The Tao of the Backup Catcher is as gracefully written as I would expect from @bytimbrown.bsky.social with deep respect and empathy for all of who toil away at one of most overlooked positions in the game. Erik Kratz riding shotgun here is sometimes touching, sometimes funny & always fun.
November 20, 2024 at 7:36 PM
The Tao of the Backup Catcher is as gracefully written as I would expect from @bytimbrown.bsky.social with deep respect and empathy for all of who toil away at one of most overlooked positions in the game. Erik Kratz riding shotgun here is sometimes touching, sometimes funny & always fun.
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I know it just world premiered at DOC NYC but I sure hope they push SOUTHPAW: THE LIFE AND LEGACY OF JIM ABBOTT for an Oscar because it is that good
November 18, 2024 at 4:43 PM
I know it just world premiered at DOC NYC but I sure hope they push SOUTHPAW: THE LIFE AND LEGACY OF JIM ABBOTT for an Oscar because it is that good
Fantastic book...
Hello old friends and new... a new FX series based on my book SAY NOTHING has just come out, on Hulu (in the US) and Disney+ (everywhere else). I was involved as a producer and am happy & relieved to report that it has come together really well. Here are a few reviews! time.com/7174152/say-...
'Say Nothing' Is the Must-Watch Political Thriller of 2024
FX's adaptation of the Patrick Radden Keefe book isn't just a gripping crime drama—it's an urgent work of political art
time.com
November 17, 2024 at 6:54 PM
Fantastic book...
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NEW: The great Trump-Musk crackdown is coming. And it will hit hard & fast. Journalists will be first. But everyone else is next.
I urge you to read my 20 lessons in How to Survive the Broligarchy, inspired by & featuring the great @timothysnyder.bsky.social
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www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
I urge you to read my 20 lessons in How to Survive the Broligarchy, inspired by & featuring the great @timothysnyder.bsky.social
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www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
How to survive the broligarchy: 20 lessons for the post-truth world | Carole Cadwalladr
In the wake of Trump’s unnerving appointees, the investigative journalist and veteran of the libel court offers pointers on coping in an age of surveillance
www.theguardian.com
November 17, 2024 at 10:18 AM
NEW: The great Trump-Musk crackdown is coming. And it will hit hard & fast. Journalists will be first. But everyone else is next.
I urge you to read my 20 lessons in How to Survive the Broligarchy, inspired by & featuring the great @timothysnyder.bsky.social
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www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
I urge you to read my 20 lessons in How to Survive the Broligarchy, inspired by & featuring the great @timothysnyder.bsky.social
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www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Mike Tyson asked about his legacy
November 14, 2024 at 9:06 PM
Mike Tyson asked about his legacy
So, yeah, something different would be good.
November 9, 2024 at 8:54 PM
So, yeah, something different would be good.