David Coleman
@davidcoleman.bsky.social
Used to write about sports and space. Currently communicate about City Connects. Once left VMart off my MVP ballot and had my photo in space. Still an idiot.
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Ok kids, sorry this is late but here is your off season #RootRootRead!! Remember, if you don’t want to do the Bingo challenge, just read books and discuss them with us using the hashtag! Happy Reading!
October 2, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Ok kids, sorry this is late but here is your off season #RootRootRead!! Remember, if you don’t want to do the Bingo challenge, just read books and discuss them with us using the hashtag! Happy Reading!
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Big personal news. Today is the publication date for my academic book. I use this post to explain what it's about. And why you should buy it.
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Buy My Book. And Understand How Americans Moved Right
This is not a baseball post.
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September 23, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Big personal news. Today is the publication date for my academic book. I use this post to explain what it's about. And why you should buy it.
orangefire.substack.com/p/buy-my-boo...
orangefire.substack.com/p/buy-my-boo...
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More tomorrow, but now might be a very good time to consider subscribing to What’s Alan Watching? alansepinwall.ghost.io
September 16, 2025 at 3:50 AM
More tomorrow, but now might be a very good time to consider subscribing to What’s Alan Watching? alansepinwall.ghost.io
Maybe my favorite book Ive read this year. Automatic Noodle by @annaleen.bsky.social is so beautiful. Gorgeous food descriptions, a fascinating world to explore, and all in a fleet 160 pages. Definitely worth your time!
September 10, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Maybe my favorite book Ive read this year. Automatic Noodle by @annaleen.bsky.social is so beautiful. Gorgeous food descriptions, a fascinating world to explore, and all in a fleet 160 pages. Definitely worth your time!
Wednesday morning random thoughts: The Carlos Correa trade, improbably, has worked! He's the third or fourth best hitter on the Astros since Aug. 1. By and large, all three trades at the deadline worked.
Yet, the team is still snakebitten and injury prone. New calamities befall them every other day
Yet, the team is still snakebitten and injury prone. New calamities befall them every other day
September 10, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Wednesday morning random thoughts: The Carlos Correa trade, improbably, has worked! He's the third or fourth best hitter on the Astros since Aug. 1. By and large, all three trades at the deadline worked.
Yet, the team is still snakebitten and injury prone. New calamities befall them every other day
Yet, the team is still snakebitten and injury prone. New calamities befall them every other day
Happy with how dinner came out tonight. Lemon spaghetti with roasted artichokes. Super simple recipe from NYT Cooking.
August 20, 2025 at 11:50 PM
Happy with how dinner came out tonight. Lemon spaghetti with roasted artichokes. Super simple recipe from NYT Cooking.
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Chickadees and titmice. Let's hear it for the adorable little guys. 😻
August 4, 2025 at 10:53 PM
Chickadees and titmice. Let's hear it for the adorable little guys. 😻
A lovely afternoon for a baseball game! Woo Sox and Iron Pigs are both top tier minor league names.
August 2, 2025 at 8:29 PM
A lovely afternoon for a baseball game! Woo Sox and Iron Pigs are both top tier minor league names.
Better Call Saul
The Good Place
Chernobyl
The Good Place
Chernobyl
Take away all the GOAT candidates: The Wire, Sopranos, Breaking Bad, Game of Thrones, and Lost.
What’s the best show outside of that group?
What’s the best show outside of that group?
August 1, 2025 at 12:16 PM
Better Call Saul
The Good Place
Chernobyl
The Good Place
Chernobyl
Capt: Picard
XO: Saru
Engineering: Trip
Helm: Data
Constable: Odo
Doc: McCoy
Ensign: Boimler
This was much harder than it should be. How can you pick one engineer?? And one doctor?
XO: Saru
Engineering: Trip
Helm: Data
Constable: Odo
Doc: McCoy
Ensign: Boimler
This was much harder than it should be. How can you pick one engineer?? And one doctor?
Quote with your ideal 7-member crew made up of characters from any Star Trek show. They have to have distinct roles from each other (ie, not Picard and Kirk), but there's wiggle room, as you can see from how I used Spock. (Geordi could be helm or engineer, etc.)
Cpt: Pike (SNW version)
1st/science: Spock (TOS version)
Doc: Bones McCoy
Sec: Worf
Nav: Ro Laren
Eng: O'Brien
Tailor/Spy: Garak
1st/science: Spock (TOS version)
Doc: Bones McCoy
Sec: Worf
Nav: Ro Laren
Eng: O'Brien
Tailor/Spy: Garak
July 26, 2025 at 2:12 AM
Capt: Picard
XO: Saru
Engineering: Trip
Helm: Data
Constable: Odo
Doc: McCoy
Ensign: Boimler
This was much harder than it should be. How can you pick one engineer?? And one doctor?
XO: Saru
Engineering: Trip
Helm: Data
Constable: Odo
Doc: McCoy
Ensign: Boimler
This was much harder than it should be. How can you pick one engineer?? And one doctor?
10 writers of whom I have read 5 or more books
Anne McCaffrey, John Scalzi, Chuck Wendig, Michael Crichton, Ian Fleming, David Halberstam, George Martin, Fonda Lee, Martha Wells, Alan Sepinwall.
Anne McCaffrey, John Scalzi, Chuck Wendig, Michael Crichton, Ian Fleming, David Halberstam, George Martin, Fonda Lee, Martha Wells, Alan Sepinwall.
10 writers of whom ive read 5 or more
Stephen King, VC Andrews, Ann Rice, JRR Tolkien, Ernest Hemingway, Shakespeare, Joe Hill, Socrates, Edgar Allen Poe, Mark Twain
Stephen King, VC Andrews, Ann Rice, JRR Tolkien, Ernest Hemingway, Shakespeare, Joe Hill, Socrates, Edgar Allen Poe, Mark Twain
Ten writers of whom I've read five plus books
Stephen King
JRR Tolkien
Anne Rice
Barbara Kingsolver
Ernest Hemingway
Bret Easton Ellis
Leo Tolstoy
Kurt Vonnegut
Chuck Palahniuk
Martin Amis
Stephen King
JRR Tolkien
Anne Rice
Barbara Kingsolver
Ernest Hemingway
Bret Easton Ellis
Leo Tolstoy
Kurt Vonnegut
Chuck Palahniuk
Martin Amis
July 15, 2025 at 3:13 AM
10 writers of whom I have read 5 or more books
Anne McCaffrey, John Scalzi, Chuck Wendig, Michael Crichton, Ian Fleming, David Halberstam, George Martin, Fonda Lee, Martha Wells, Alan Sepinwall.
Anne McCaffrey, John Scalzi, Chuck Wendig, Michael Crichton, Ian Fleming, David Halberstam, George Martin, Fonda Lee, Martha Wells, Alan Sepinwall.
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A USPS logo for every state bird!! 🐦✉️
June 9, 2025 at 1:12 PM
A USPS logo for every state bird!! 🐦✉️
Finished @chuckwendig.bsky.social excellent new book Staircase in the Woods today and saw him at @gibsonsbookstore.bsky.social tonight. He was awesome. The book was scary, surprising and moving. It has the most vivid, most disgusting descriptions ever committed to the page (complimentary)
May 3, 2025 at 12:09 AM
Finished @chuckwendig.bsky.social excellent new book Staircase in the Woods today and saw him at @gibsonsbookstore.bsky.social tonight. He was awesome. The book was scary, surprising and moving. It has the most vivid, most disgusting descriptions ever committed to the page (complimentary)
Two things are true: the Astros office is in a slump. Top to bottom, basically. No extra base hits, no hits with RISP. No runs.
Kyle Tucker, meanwhile, just homered in four straight games and continues to be one of the best offensive threats in the game.
Kyle Tucker, meanwhile, just homered in four straight games and continues to be one of the best offensive threats in the game.
April 2, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Two things are true: the Astros office is in a slump. Top to bottom, basically. No extra base hits, no hits with RISP. No runs.
Kyle Tucker, meanwhile, just homered in four straight games and continues to be one of the best offensive threats in the game.
Kyle Tucker, meanwhile, just homered in four straight games and continues to be one of the best offensive threats in the game.
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I've gotten a lot of new followers recently - hello, thank you, and I do intend to do some follow backs once I can breathe - and I thought it might be a great opportunity to spread awareness about Matt's GoFundMe, linked here. Matt lost his home in the Altadena fire. Let's help him get back to work.
This has just been the worst year gofund.me/30b0aba4
Donate to Help Matt replace tools burned in Eaton fire., organized by Matt O'Brien
As a member of the Altadena community for over a decade, I’m absolutely dev… Matt O'Brien needs your support for Help Matt replace tools burned in Eaton fire.
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April 2, 2025 at 3:54 PM
I've gotten a lot of new followers recently - hello, thank you, and I do intend to do some follow backs once I can breathe - and I thought it might be a great opportunity to spread awareness about Matt's GoFundMe, linked here. Matt lost his home in the Altadena fire. Let's help him get back to work.
What a cool day at Immaculate Grid.
April 1, 2025 at 1:52 PM
What a cool day at Immaculate Grid.
Don't mind me. Just watching a World Series Yordong to get ready for the season.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=045C...
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450 FOR THE LEAD!! Yordan Alvarez crushes a MASSIVE World Series homer!
YouTube video by MLB
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March 26, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Don't mind me. Just watching a World Series Yordong to get ready for the season.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=045C...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=045C...
This is one of the most clear-headed stadium funding articles I've read in a good while. It also includes an absolutely fantastic quote from JC Bradbury about economic impact statements.
www.houstonchronicle.com/news/investi...
www.houstonchronicle.com/news/investi...
February 19, 2025 at 7:09 PM
This is one of the most clear-headed stadium funding articles I've read in a good while. It also includes an absolutely fantastic quote from JC Bradbury about economic impact statements.
www.houstonchronicle.com/news/investi...
www.houstonchronicle.com/news/investi...
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Woodworking PSA:
All seasons of New Yankee Workshop have finally been uploaded to YouTube (save 2 EPs that were culled due to issues over child safety).
Total Zen with Norm
www.youtube.com/@newyankeewo...
All seasons of New Yankee Workshop have finally been uploaded to YouTube (save 2 EPs that were culled due to issues over child safety).
Total Zen with Norm
www.youtube.com/@newyankeewo...
The New Yankee Workshop
Hosted by master carpenter Norm Abram, who is legendary for his woodworking skills, The New Yankee Workshop has guided millions of viewers through the hands-on process of furniture making.
Working in...
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February 12, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Woodworking PSA:
All seasons of New Yankee Workshop have finally been uploaded to YouTube (save 2 EPs that were culled due to issues over child safety).
Total Zen with Norm
www.youtube.com/@newyankeewo...
All seasons of New Yankee Workshop have finally been uploaded to YouTube (save 2 EPs that were culled due to issues over child safety).
Total Zen with Norm
www.youtube.com/@newyankeewo...
My semi-frequent baseball writing continues. Breaking out the old three things format for this Friday post. It's very doomer for some reason.
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Friday's Three Astros Things
Talking about the Ryan Pressly trade, Houston's farm system ranking, and this team's direction
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January 31, 2025 at 6:53 PM
My semi-frequent baseball writing continues. Breaking out the old three things format for this Friday post. It's very doomer for some reason.
open.substack.com/pub/astrosth...
open.substack.com/pub/astrosth...
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A great event raising money for a great cause (ALS research). I'll be presenting tomorrow at 3pm ET, and giving away a signed copy of The Cooperstown Casebook.
PitchCon begins in 40 minutes!
The live chat with the community is *easily* the best part.
Head to playback.tv/pitcherlist and sign up (for free) to be a part of the conversation.
Can't wait!
The live chat with the community is *easily* the best part.
Head to playback.tv/pitcherlist and sign up (for free) to be a part of the conversation.
Can't wait!
Pitcher List on Playback
Watch live with Pitcher List on Playback.
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January 30, 2025 at 3:43 PM
A great event raising money for a great cause (ALS research). I'll be presenting tomorrow at 3pm ET, and giving away a signed copy of The Cooperstown Casebook.
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Wrote about the Mike Vrabel hiring, the Rooney Rule, and how the Patriots probably should be punished for how blatantly they made a mockery of it.
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The incentives of the Mike Vrabel hiring process were brazen
The Patriots stepped all over the Rooney Rule for their guy.
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January 16, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Wrote about the Mike Vrabel hiring, the Rooney Rule, and how the Patriots probably should be punished for how blatantly they made a mockery of it.
riversmccown.substack.com/p/the-incent...
riversmccown.substack.com/p/the-incent...
Wrote about how this offseason is giving me Uncle Drayton vibes. It's not a fun feeling.
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Visions of Uncle Drayton in this Astros Offseason
Houston's previous owner refused to rebuilt, trying to keep a title window open even after it shut
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December 20, 2024 at 7:19 PM
Wrote about how this offseason is giving me Uncle Drayton vibes. It's not a fun feeling.
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The thing is, with Tucker and without Bregman, this team probably wins 87-88 games?
All the articles were talking about how the team didn't have a clear direction in the front office weeks ago. Does this trade change that? Does signing Bregman back change it?
All the articles were talking about how the team didn't have a clear direction in the front office weeks ago. Does this trade change that? Does signing Bregman back change it?
December 13, 2024 at 8:11 PM
The thing is, with Tucker and without Bregman, this team probably wins 87-88 games?
All the articles were talking about how the team didn't have a clear direction in the front office weeks ago. Does this trade change that? Does signing Bregman back change it?
All the articles were talking about how the team didn't have a clear direction in the front office weeks ago. Does this trade change that? Does signing Bregman back change it?
Sigh. Ok. So are we preparing for Bregman not to sign, Crane to be like "We tried." And then next year is Paredes at first, Jorge Polanco at third, Cam Smith on the big league team by August, and 85 wins for the Astros? Good for third place in the West?
December 13, 2024 at 8:03 PM
Sigh. Ok. So are we preparing for Bregman not to sign, Crane to be like "We tried." And then next year is Paredes at first, Jorge Polanco at third, Cam Smith on the big league team by August, and 85 wins for the Astros? Good for third place in the West?