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David Noonan
@davidnoonan.bsky.social
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🇺🇸 in 🇩🇪. Witty commenter on sports punditry. Big 10 Guy Rememberer. Long John Silver's Raconteur.
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Let's Remember Some Late-Inning Antisocial Behavior!
Nine former St. Louis Cardinals relief pitchers. I wasn't mad. Don't say that I was mad.
September 2, 2025 at 5:53 PM
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I call this 'Before These Guys's Time'.
Nine baseball players from this century who aren't with us anymore.
September 2, 2025 at 5:39 PM
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I followed that Jose Lima string where it led. Prayers up to these Guys.
Nine baseball players from this century who are no longer with us.
September 2, 2025 at 4:50 PM
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"That's the last straw!"

- Culture that also owns the straw factory.
A screenshot of a deranged Twitter post about the rebranding of Cracker Barrel. "Gave my life to Christ in their parking lot" is really in the text.
August 22, 2025 at 10:58 AM
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BBC went on to report, "I might end up like 'The Last of Us', but damn does she make a mean frittata."
Screen shot of article with headline quote Rare for alleged poisonous mushroom killer to host lunch, husband says
May 1, 2025 at 1:56 PM
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Illinois isn't really their rival but:
6-1 against Ohio State during high school & college + the 400 yards they couldn't stop us from taking in Columbus in 2007 + 1 for their ranking before that game + 6 for their ranking afterwards.

I-L-L...! 🧡💙

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A man who until a few years ago I thought was named Ed saying thanks, David.
April 20, 2025 at 7:26 PM
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Love you, Clarence. Always have, always will.
Val Kilmer, as Elvis, points at Christian Slater, as Clarence, looking in a mirror.
April 2, 2025 at 4:18 AM
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The guy named on Hang Up and Listen who encouraged me to learn more about the negro leagues, the guy who talked shit to me at Wrigley (RIP) and some family names.

Honorable mention to Danny Tartabull, who once grabbed his crotch in response to a joke I shouted at him from the bleachers.
A three-by-three grid of former baseball players, including Turkey Stearnes.
April 1, 2025 at 8:28 PM
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Those and Nic Nacs keep me in Germany.
A bag of Nic Nacs, the double crunch peanuts, which are basically peanuts with a crunchy shell MADE OF OTHER PEANUTS, seasoned to the edge of the event horizon with what tastes like Lawry's. My family gets mad when I visit from Germany and these aren't the only gift I bring.
February 22, 2025 at 9:48 AM
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Shame on the BlueSky / Immaculate Grid cohort that I'm the only one who remembers Kenny Battle. #FlyingIllini #Illini 🧡💙
A screenshot of a mobile phone showing a three by three grid of basketball players.
February 7, 2025 at 9:15 AM
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Witness my #ImmaculateGrid. A life of dining out on Von Hayes and Danny Tartabull finally paying off...
A completed three-by-three grid of the game Immaculate Grid, including some absolute units for a score of two.
January 25, 2025 at 8:02 PM
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Chuck Webb, for your pleasure
A photo from around 1990 showing a man running with a football. His shoulder pads are enormous.
January 16, 2025 at 4:38 PM
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I will not have you, of all people, perpetuate Chuck Webb erasure.
A dated photo from the late 1980s or early 1990s shows a man running with a football in a football uniform, including shoulder pads the size of tray tables. Yes, it is the University of Tennessee's Chuck Webb.
January 16, 2025 at 4:36 PM
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Happy Wild Card Weekend! I made @drewmagary.bsky.social 's chili recipe, adding brisket as a twist.

I have no team in it. Chaos rules!
Pot of incredibly delicious-looking chili made by someone who once cheered for Scott Weaver on Saturday, then waited on his table on Sunday. He tipped well.
January 11, 2025 at 4:39 PM
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Ah, yes. This is what a mandate looks like: flanked by senators representing 1.87% of America.
The cover to the worst Creed cover band album you've ever heard.
January 11, 2025 at 8:41 AM
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Books Challenge
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
#Books
#BookSky
💙📚
#BookChallenge
Book cover for You Dreamed Of Empires by Álvaro Enrigue.
December 6, 2024 at 5:05 PM
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Books Challenge
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
#Books
#BookSky
💙📚
#BookChallenge
Book cover of Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi.
December 5, 2024 at 3:03 PM
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Books Challenge
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
#Books
#BookSky
💙📚
#BookChallenge
Book cover of The Headless Horseman Rides Tonight by Jack Prelutsky.
December 4, 2024 at 4:49 PM
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Books Challenge
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
#Books
#BookSky
💙📚
#BookChallenge
Book cover of Black AF History: The Un-Whitewashed Story of America by Michael Harriot.
December 3, 2024 at 6:04 PM
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Books Challenge
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
#Books
#BookSky
💙📚
#BookChallenge
Book cover of Gorky Park by Martin Cruz Smith.
December 2, 2024 at 4:50 PM
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Books Challenge
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
#Books
#BookSky
💙📚
#BookChallenge
Book cover of Spaceman of Bohemia by Jaroslav Kalfar.
December 1, 2024 at 9:50 AM
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Books Challenge
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
#Books
#BookSky
💙📚
#BookChallenge
Book cover of The Raw Shark Texts by Steven Hall
November 30, 2024 at 1:14 PM
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Books Challenge
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
#Books
#BookSky
💙📚
#BookChallenge
Book cover of Frog and Toad Are Friends by Arnold Lobel
November 29, 2024 at 2:46 PM
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Books Challenge
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.
#Books
#BookSky
💙📚
#BookChallenge
Book cover. Ta-Nehisi Coates. Between The World And Me.
November 28, 2024 at 4:37 PM
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What horror movie will you always defend?
Many! But here's one.
November 27, 2024 at 1:40 PM