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Marc Normandin
@marcnormandin.bsky.social
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Newsletters on retro video games and sports labor, regular at Endless Mode (née Paste Games) and Baseball Prospectus. Editor at FOX Sports. he/him

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A screenshot of a Hangout chat that says, "I'd say I was just trying to bring the reader on an unexpected journey but that's the Odyssey"
November 21, 2025 at 6:41 PM
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Art of a Goron doing an open mic night in front of a brick wall
November 12, 2025 at 9:12 PM
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Craft beer and college have really changed since I was in school
A photo of a tall boy can of beer, Mack Attack, by Riverwalk Brewing. It's an American Light Lager brewed specifically for Merrimack College athletic events.
November 9, 2025 at 12:09 AM
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A screengrab of Yogurt from Spaceballs
November 7, 2025 at 2:21 PM
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A screenshot of the adults role-playing as babies from Yakuza that reads, "When us babies get our milk, we gotta burp, so we need a little back pat. There's all sorts of that shit." Then added meme text that reads "Also I love genocide."
November 6, 2025 at 11:50 AM
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November 4, 2025 at 4:21 PM
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That's right
A photo of me in a bomber jacket, with a quick ball from Pokémon on my belt, an Ash hat on, and a winking Pikachu on my shoulder.
October 31, 2025 at 11:36 PM
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A screenshot of a headline that reads: "Clayton Kershaw pushed for Dodgers to announce Christian night in response to LGBTQ+ charity award"
October 30, 2025 at 8:55 PM
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In honor of the Blue Jays making it to the World Series, here's a baseball card of me from Little League photo day back in 1992, in a Jays pullover jersey and classic hat.
A photo of a Little League baseball card of me from 1992 when I was 6, dressed in Blue Jays gear and holding a metal bat. I am very cute.
October 24, 2025 at 4:45 PM
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do you remember when this happened
A photo of the Max Scherzer bobblehead statue outside of Comerica Park. It is a nightmare in bobble form.
October 17, 2025 at 8:04 PM
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It's important to have an ethos
A photo of me at the Baseball Hall of Fame giving Bud Selig's plaque a thumbs down Me at the Baseball Hall of Fame giving Marvin Miller's plaque a thumbs up
October 13, 2025 at 12:43 AM
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That's right
A photo of the Ichiro exhibit at the National Baseball Hall of Fame. Various jerseys, cleats, and even an action figure are inside the case.
October 12, 2025 at 4:53 PM
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A screenshot of the Kids in the Hall character "Cabbage Head" holding a cigar, looking as if he's intrigued by what Nicole Kidman's whole salad ensemble is doing.
October 10, 2025 at 2:06 PM
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What the fuck are you talking about Guitar World
A screenshot of a Guitar World story recommendation that says "Making history as the first-ever amp authenticated on the blockchain"
October 2, 2025 at 6:42 PM
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I just looked at the Guardians "batting order positions" splits for 2025 and this team is either going to somehow lose the Wild Card Series in one game or get to the World Series. We are playing with forces we do not understand
It's a screenshot from Baseball Reference of detailed splits for the 2025 Guardians by batting order position, but the real key thing to glean from it is that just two of nine spots produced an OPS over .700 for the season.
September 30, 2025 at 4:22 PM
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A screenshot from Trails in the Sky 1st Chapter, with the camera behind Joshua dressed as a maid, and Lady Hilda saying, "Oh my... it's almost frightening how well that suits you."
September 28, 2025 at 6:07 PM
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sorry but if you knew John Fisher as well as you say you do, then you would have known the answer to these questions before giving the A's any money or grace
A screenshot of a paragraph of text from an ESPN story on the A's in Sacramento that reads: "We know what we're getting into, but it's like they're not even trying," Zambor says. "Why wouldn't you want to put forth a little bit of effort? We know the devil we're dancing with in Fisher, so just embrace the opportunity. We know it's not permanent, but can't you at least try? This is a great sports area, and it would be so easy to do this right. But at every turn, every decision they make is the wrong one."
September 24, 2025 at 7:43 PM
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Cheers from I found a place that'll give me a liter
A photo of me with a one liter stein of beer wearing a Huskies crewneck and sunglasses
September 20, 2025 at 9:23 PM
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Me to my kids all the time
A screenshot of Cassius Bright from Trails in the Sky 1st Chapter sitting in his office, saying, "So are you finally ready to admit how great your old man is?"
September 20, 2025 at 10:47 AM
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sorry
A La Forge meme with where the top negative box says "Charlie Kirk Day" and the bottom positive one says "Charlie Day's Kirk"
September 19, 2025 at 9:00 PM
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anyway here is me at @baseballprospectus.com on Dec. 19 of 2024, pre-the signing Passan used as a focus in his piece. You should subscribe to BP. It's cheaper than Tanner Scott, and you get more out of it, too. www.baseballprospectus.com/news/article...
A screenshot from an article's conclusion that reads: Maybe those MLB teams spending in extreme, noticeable ways right now are doing something similar, working within the bounds they can before the rules change and they’ll have to figure something else out besides the brute force of the dollar. If so, it’s probably only going to enrage the anti-spending clubs that much further, but what does that matter? They’re going to act like this no matter what, and their crusade is always to limit spending around the league, not just their own. The teams that want to try might as well do so in spite of them while it’s an option. This is all a long way of saying that there’s been something of a united status quo among MLB’s owners for decades now, but, as the shift to streaming and packaged local broadcasts and a new commissioner who wasn’t Selig’s right-hand man all come at the same time, things might be changing. Whether it’s for the 2026 negotiations or 2032’s remains to be seen, but the current state doesn’t seem like it’s going to hold for much longer.
September 18, 2025 at 4:02 PM
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Jenna Maroney singing in Operation Righteous Cowboy
September 12, 2025 at 7:39 PM
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basically this vibe given life in the present
a screenshot of a tweet of mine from Sep. 18, 2020 that reads: "The discourse: look at this frame rate! Me: this little guy's name is Bonk because that's what he does"
September 12, 2025 at 1:26 PM
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these are the Daves I know I know, these are the Daves I know. Some of them are Davids, but most of them are Daves
A screenshot of an Some Guys I Remember Immaculate Grid, featuring Dave Bush, Dave Burba, Dave Roberts, David DeJesus, David Weathers, Dave McCarty, David Murphy, David Delluci, and Dave Mlicki
September 2, 2025 at 5:34 PM
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Next up, new Colosseum difficulty level
A screenshot from Kirby and the Forgotten Land (with Star-Crossed Worlds) that is thanking me (well, Kirby) for saving all 120 Starries in the game.
August 31, 2025 at 7:00 PM