Andrew Nelson
@ninesnorth.bsky.social
Baseball history and soccer writer, former Let’s Get Two, Sota Soccer, and Moin Moin Moin USA, producer for Ballpark Nation, war/board gamer, sometime vintage base ball & futsal player, cat owner, collector of soccer and baseball hats and jerseys.
Dafuq, Red Sox!?
November 20, 2025 at 2:28 AM
Dafuq, Red Sox!?
For sports history:
Crazy ‘08: How a Cast of Cranks, Rogues, Boneheads, and Magnates Created the Greatest Year in Baseball History by Cait Murphy
Dynastic, Bombastic, Fantastic: Reggie, Rollie, Catfish, and Charlie Finley’s Swingin’ A’s by Jason Turbow
Scheisse! We’re Going Up by Kit Holden
Crazy ‘08: How a Cast of Cranks, Rogues, Boneheads, and Magnates Created the Greatest Year in Baseball History by Cait Murphy
Dynastic, Bombastic, Fantastic: Reggie, Rollie, Catfish, and Charlie Finley’s Swingin’ A’s by Jason Turbow
Scheisse! We’re Going Up by Kit Holden
Ok BlueSky: what are your favorite history books in terms of sheer page-turning, narrative propulsion? Thinking along the line of Killers of the Flower Moon, etc. Nonfiction chronicles that read like novels or movies.
November 19, 2025 at 11:38 PM
For sports history:
Crazy ‘08: How a Cast of Cranks, Rogues, Boneheads, and Magnates Created the Greatest Year in Baseball History by Cait Murphy
Dynastic, Bombastic, Fantastic: Reggie, Rollie, Catfish, and Charlie Finley’s Swingin’ A’s by Jason Turbow
Scheisse! We’re Going Up by Kit Holden
Crazy ‘08: How a Cast of Cranks, Rogues, Boneheads, and Magnates Created the Greatest Year in Baseball History by Cait Murphy
Dynastic, Bombastic, Fantastic: Reggie, Rollie, Catfish, and Charlie Finley’s Swingin’ A’s by Jason Turbow
Scheisse! We’re Going Up by Kit Holden
Command and Control: Nuclear Weapons, the Damascus Accident, and the Illusion of Safety by Eric Schlosser
Countdown to Pearl Harbor: The Twelve Days to the Attack by Steve Twomey
Anything by James D. Hornfischer
Fields of Blood: The Prairie Grove Campaign by William L. Shea
Countdown to Pearl Harbor: The Twelve Days to the Attack by Steve Twomey
Anything by James D. Hornfischer
Fields of Blood: The Prairie Grove Campaign by William L. Shea
Ok BlueSky: what are your favorite history books in terms of sheer page-turning, narrative propulsion? Thinking along the line of Killers of the Flower Moon, etc. Nonfiction chronicles that read like novels or movies.
November 19, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Command and Control: Nuclear Weapons, the Damascus Accident, and the Illusion of Safety by Eric Schlosser
Countdown to Pearl Harbor: The Twelve Days to the Attack by Steve Twomey
Anything by James D. Hornfischer
Fields of Blood: The Prairie Grove Campaign by William L. Shea
Countdown to Pearl Harbor: The Twelve Days to the Attack by Steve Twomey
Anything by James D. Hornfischer
Fields of Blood: The Prairie Grove Campaign by William L. Shea
Love this image from Copa90
November 19, 2025 at 11:15 PM
Love this image from Copa90
I’ve done a fair amount of interviewing and hiring in the past 5 years, and I’ve had some pretty bad interviews recently, so I’d like to put out some basic tips for job interviews. Thread below: ⬇️ 1/10
November 19, 2025 at 6:23 PM
I’ve done a fair amount of interviewing and hiring in the past 5 years, and I’ve had some pretty bad interviews recently, so I’d like to put out some basic tips for job interviews. Thread below: ⬇️ 1/10
Introduce yourself with the last 5 concerts you saw
-Cake
-Trampled By Turtles & The Avett Brothers
-Pennywise & Dropkick Murphys
-The Buzzcocks & Descendents
-Social Distortion & Bad Religion
-Cake
-Trampled By Turtles & The Avett Brothers
-Pennywise & Dropkick Murphys
-The Buzzcocks & Descendents
-Social Distortion & Bad Religion
Introduce yourself with the last 5 concerts you saw
Green Day
Weezer
Sublime
Remi Wolf
Cake
Green Day
Weezer
Sublime
Remi Wolf
Cake
Introduce yourself with the last 5 concerts you saw:
Turnstile
Bonnie Light Horseman
Bartees Strange
Sturgill Simpson
MJ Lenderman
Turnstile
Bonnie Light Horseman
Bartees Strange
Sturgill Simpson
MJ Lenderman
November 19, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Introduce yourself with the last 5 concerts you saw
-Cake
-Trampled By Turtles & The Avett Brothers
-Pennywise & Dropkick Murphys
-The Buzzcocks & Descendents
-Social Distortion & Bad Religion
-Cake
-Trampled By Turtles & The Avett Brothers
-Pennywise & Dropkick Murphys
-The Buzzcocks & Descendents
-Social Distortion & Bad Religion
It’s so beautiful! 🥲
November 19, 2025 at 1:58 AM
It’s so beautiful! 🥲
This continues to be a very fun international window!
November 19, 2025 at 1:00 AM
This continues to be a very fun international window!
We really need to stop using football stadiums for soccer games.
November 19, 2025 at 12:44 AM
We really need to stop using football stadiums for soccer games.
Finally got my hands on the @mnufc.com archive kit! Lots of Loons gear is discounted on the Adidas app right now, if you’re a member (which is free). Shipping is fast and free, too, so you can still get things before the game next Monday.
November 18, 2025 at 10:57 PM
Finally got my hands on the @mnufc.com archive kit! Lots of Loons gear is discounted on the Adidas app right now, if you’re a member (which is free). Shipping is fast and free, too, so you can still get things before the game next Monday.
Loving this World Cup qualifying window!
November 18, 2025 at 10:48 PM
Loving this World Cup qualifying window!
Germany punched their ticket to the World Cup with authority, today, beating Slovakia 6-0 in Leipzig! After starting qualifiers with a disappointing 2-0 loss away to Slovakia, they seem to have come full circle.
November 17, 2025 at 9:53 PM
Germany punched their ticket to the World Cup with authority, today, beating Slovakia 6-0 in Leipzig! After starting qualifiers with a disappointing 2-0 loss away to Slovakia, they seem to have come full circle.
Never tell me international football is boring.
November 17, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Never tell me international football is boring.
What perfect album came out the year you turned 16?
November 17, 2025 at 6:14 PM
What perfect album came out the year you turned 16?
A-mazing!
YOU GUYS WANNA SEE SOMETHING CURSED???? HOW ABOUT NEON GENESIS LEHIGH VALLEY PHANTOMS HOCKEY?????
November 17, 2025 at 10:20 AM
A-mazing!
Angola!
History of the World
Paths of Glory
Pax Porfiriana
Cuba Libre
Root
Unhappy King Charles
Musket & Pike Dual Pack
Men of Iron Tri-Pack
Thunder in the Ozarks: Battle for Pea Ridge, March 1862
History of the World
Paths of Glory
Pax Porfiriana
Cuba Libre
Root
Unhappy King Charles
Musket & Pike Dual Pack
Men of Iron Tri-Pack
Thunder in the Ozarks: Battle for Pea Ridge, March 1862
board game enthusiasts of bluesky, what are your top 10 board games of all time
November 16, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Angola!
History of the World
Paths of Glory
Pax Porfiriana
Cuba Libre
Root
Unhappy King Charles
Musket & Pike Dual Pack
Men of Iron Tri-Pack
Thunder in the Ozarks: Battle for Pea Ridge, March 1862
History of the World
Paths of Glory
Pax Porfiriana
Cuba Libre
Root
Unhappy King Charles
Musket & Pike Dual Pack
Men of Iron Tri-Pack
Thunder in the Ozarks: Battle for Pea Ridge, March 1862
Aaaaaaaaaand, there it is. 🤦🏼♂️😆
Marjorie Taylor Greene to Dana Bash: "You should have Nick Fuentes on your show"
November 16, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Aaaaaaaaaand, there it is. 🤦🏼♂️😆
Nobody better fall for this shit.
BASH: We have seen these attacks from the president at other people. It's not new. And I haven't heard you speak out about it until it was directed at you.
MARJORIE TAYLOR GREENE: I think that's fair criticism. And I would like to say, humbly, I'm sorry for taking part in the toxic politics.
MARJORIE TAYLOR GREENE: I think that's fair criticism. And I would like to say, humbly, I'm sorry for taking part in the toxic politics.
November 16, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Nobody better fall for this shit.
Whip Hardcheese
November 15, 2025 at 11:59 PM
Whip Hardcheese
Started rewatching Superstore, and I remembered it being good, but man, it is SO GOOD!
November 15, 2025 at 11:53 PM
Started rewatching Superstore, and I remembered it being good, but man, it is SO GOOD!
Fußball-Club St. Pauli von 1910 eingetragener Verein
Fußball-Club St.Pauli von 1910 eingetragener Verein
Fußball-Club St. Pauli von 1910 eingetragener Verein
November 15, 2025 at 10:15 AM
Fußball-Club St. Pauli von 1910 eingetragener Verein
I didn’t realize that @fcstpauli.com’s Daniel Sinani was a Luxembourg international, but he was one of the better, more dangerous looking players against Germany, today. #LUXGER #UEFAWorldCupQualifiers #Bundesliga
November 14, 2025 at 11:51 PM
I didn’t realize that @fcstpauli.com’s Daniel Sinani was a Luxembourg international, but he was one of the better, more dangerous looking players against Germany, today. #LUXGER #UEFAWorldCupQualifiers #Bundesliga
Got a great birthday gift from my folks, a long sleeved Germany 2022 away jersey from Cult Kits!
November 14, 2025 at 1:59 AM
Got a great birthday gift from my folks, a long sleeved Germany 2022 away jersey from Cult Kits!
Happy Birthday to me! My copy of @protagonistsoccer.bsky.social’s The Protagonist: Issue One came in the mail today!
November 13, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Happy Birthday to me! My copy of @protagonistsoccer.bsky.social’s The Protagonist: Issue One came in the mail today!
My voice is finally almost back to normal after the Loons game last Saturday. 😂
November 13, 2025 at 4:20 PM
My voice is finally almost back to normal after the Loons game last Saturday. 😂