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Amy
@ohamy.bsky.social
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Baseball, music, books, cats, plants, existential dread. But mostly baseball. ⚾️🥃🎶📚🌱 (Gardening in zone 6B)
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Amy @ohamy.bsky.social · Aug 24
My closed-captioning is stuck and I’m crying 🤣
Screencap of the Shohei Ohtani New Balance commercial and it appears that he is laughing maniacally while saying “I have a gun!” Spencer Steer holding both hands up and saying “I have a gun!” Stuart Fairchild whispering to 1B coach Colin Cowgill, “I have a gun!” Amed Rosario dancing and saying “I have a gun!”
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December 9, 2025 at 4:46 PM
ohamy.bsky.social
Finally got a cat to wear the Mrs. Santa costume without complaint
Lego tuxedo cat wearing a Mrs. Santa pet costume. The cat does appear to be mildly annoyed, but that’s by far the least negative reaction that costume has gotten.
December 9, 2025 at 3:34 AM
ohamy.bsky.social
YES I DO
December 8, 2025 at 7:50 PM
ohamy.bsky.social
A Long December belongs on holiday playlists. I’m right about this.
December 8, 2025 at 7:33 PM
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nightowlcardz.bsky.social
Happy 78th to Johnny Bench. It's fun lining up the design year with a player's age for my '70s guys, but I'm not happy they're all this old! #cardsky
1978 Topps card of Reds catcher Johnny Bench, featuring the All-Star badge!
December 7, 2025 at 2:46 PM
ohamy.bsky.social
Mouse, how am I supposed to get anything done??
Gray cat curled up on a green wool blanket on my lap. She is determined to be cozy.
December 7, 2025 at 4:18 PM
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pastpostcard.bsky.social
The wind whistles over the ridges but I like it like that.
December 7, 2025 at 11:17 AM
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townsusa.bsky.social
Findlay, Ohio
Pop: 48,469

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December 4, 2025 at 10:14 PM
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pastpostcard.bsky.social
Rather a lot of dereliction.
December 3, 2025 at 8:50 AM
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townsusa.bsky.social
Asheville, North Carolina
Pop: 312,507

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December 3, 2025 at 5:14 PM
ohamy.bsky.social
Fun with word clouds
Word cloud, largest word is “reds.” Surprising, I know. Zoomed in and circled to emphasize the proximity of “reds,” “shit,” “baseball game”
December 3, 2025 at 4:03 AM
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gracehill.bsky.social
Why is WV so poor? Well, part of it is that the corporations got good at economic extraction, keeping miners in debt peonage with scrip into the 1950s. Tough to build long term economic security when you have to buy from the company store. Even today, a third of Clay County students are homeless.
mrangelof.bsky.social Angelo @mrangelof.bsky.social · 11d
And a piece of Coal Scrip.

This piece if brass scrip was minted for J.W. Hanson & Son in 1951. In Queen Shoals, W.VA. This was for a mine community in Clay Co. Only a little east of Clendenin, WV.
A brass coin with the letter H cut out of its center. The text around the edge reads, “J.W Hanson & Son” “Queen Shoals, W. VA.” “Payable in merchandise only” “not transferable” “1951”
November 28, 2025 at 10:15 PM
ohamy.bsky.social
Introduce yourself with five concerts you’ve seen multiple times

James McMurtry
Nickel Creek
Avett Brothers
Jason Isbell
Billy Joel
kevinmkruse.bsky.social Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 12d
Introduce yourself with five concerts you've seen multiple times

R.E.M.
OutKast
Radiohead
Beastie Boys
The Roots
chuckwendig.bsky.social Chuck Wendig @chuckwendig.bsky.social · 12d
Introduce yourself with five concerts you've seen —

NIN
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Soul Coughing
Poe
Tom Morello
November 28, 2025 at 5:17 PM
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kurtblumenau.bsky.social
this man is roughly 36 years old
Cincinnati Reds manager Sparky Anderson shown on his 1970 O-Pee-Chee baseball card. Sparky famously went gray at a young age and looked a good 15-20 years older than he really was at any given point. Dude could manage some, though
November 28, 2025 at 3:21 PM
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Old cook books. 😂😂😂
November 26, 2025 at 9:30 PM
ohamy.bsky.social
So I guess this book isn’t *completely* useless
November 25, 2025 at 3:41 PM
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townsusa.bsky.social
Meadowbrook, Alabama
Pop: 9,387

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November 24, 2025 at 8:21 PM
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November 24, 2025 at 5:35 AM
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amandalc.bsky.social
I'd somehow never noticed this in Lou Piniella's biography before, but this made me laugh. Perfect Lou content.
Lou's All-Red-Ass Team CATCHER: RICK DEMPSEY-Got his red-ass start with the Yankees with the Pfister Hotel fight with Bill Sudakis in Milwaukee in 1974, then was greatly influenced by Earl Weaver in Baltimore in the art of ballbreaking. FIRST BASE: DAVID SEGUI-He got the red-ass from both sides of the plate. Set records for throwing helmets when I had him in Seattle from '98 to '99. SECOND BASE: BRET BOONE-Booney makes two of my all-time teams. Not only was he a productive hitter and elite second baseman, but when he didn't come through at times, the whole dugout heard about it. SHORTSTOP: RICK BURLESON-There was a reason they called him the Rooster. Prided himself on his fiery intensity. THIRD BASE: CHRIS SABO-He made me laugh with his tirades. Very unpredictable. You never knew when he was going to go off at some- thing. RIGHT FIELD: PAUL O'NEILL-He reminded me a lot of myself, but he was more talented. When it came to being a red-ass, he could do it all. CENTER FIELD: MILTON BRADLEY-This was one red-ass I didn't find funny. Had a perpetual chip on his shoulder. Thought everyone was out to get him and set records everywhere he went for ill-conceived clubhouse tirades. LEFT FIELD: LOU PINIELLA-Can't leave myself off this team. I'm quite proud of it. DESIGNATED HITTER: ALEX JOHNSON-Boy, could he hit, but had ma- jor temper issues-fights with managers, coaches, teammates, sportswriters-that got him traded five times and sold once. RIGHT-HANDED PITCHER: CARLOS ZAMBRANO-He could be captain of this team. Seemed like he was good for at least two meltdowns a year with the Cubs. He could pitch, but he was really exasperating. LEFT-HANDED PITCHER: TED LILLY-Don't be fooled by the choirboy face. He had quite a temper if things didn't go his way on the mound and wasn't averse to taking it out on a watercooler or two. CLOSER: ROB DIBBLE-See: our clubhouse wrestling match in 1992.
November 23, 2025 at 3:38 AM
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townsusa.bsky.social
Milford, Ohio
Pop: 6,855

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November 22, 2025 at 7:42 PM
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Look at what we've lost
treystokes.bsky.social Trey Stokes @treystokes.bsky.social · 18d
The first official US coin was the Fugio cent, rumored to have been designed by Ben Franklin.

Instead of "In God We Trust" (which wasn't put on coins until the Civil War) it said Mind Your Business.
November 21, 2025 at 9:44 AM
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Bellevue, Kentucky
Pop: 5,721

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November 21, 2025 at 4:42 PM
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historicalmarker.bsky.social
For today’s Trans Day of Remembrance we go to the only U.S. National Cemetery with an LGBTQ+ memorial for those who fought and died for a country that didn’t always want them to do that, or want them at all. A sad update from below is the trans military ban is back. www.usatoday.com/story/opinio...
historicalmarker.bsky.social Historical Marker Ahead @historicalmarker.bsky.social · Nov 25
The only National Cemetery with an LGBTQ+ memorial is Abraham Lincoln in Elwood, Ill. We’ll never know how many died in action — the military ban on gay, lesbian and bisexual members, instituted in 1982, was lifted in 2011, and on transgender members in 2021 www.militaryonesource.mil/relationship...
Entry to the Memorial Walk at Abraham Lincoln National Cemetery in Elwood, Illinois. A statue of Lincoln is at the beginning of the walk. The memorial to LGBTQ+ military members at Abraham Lincoln National Cemetery, Elwood, Illinois. It reads: “…with liberty and justice for all.” Gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender people have served honorably and admirably in America's armed forces. In their memory and in appreciation of their selfless service and sacrifice. Erected 2015 by Chicago Chapter American Veterans for Equal Rights (AVER). Close-up of LGBTQ+ veterans memorial in Abraham Lincoln National Cemetery, Elwood, Illinois. It reads: “…with liberty and justice for all.” Gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender people have served honorably and admirably in America's armed forces. In their memory and in appreciation of their selfless service and sacrifice. Erected 2015 by Chicago Chapter American Veterans for Equal Rights (AVER). The LGBTQ+ veterans’ memorial on the Memorial Walk, Abraham Lincoln National Cemetery, Elwood, Illinois.
November 20, 2025 at 5:20 PM
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The perfect side dish for any proper Thanksgiving meal is bourbon.
November 20, 2025 at 7:20 PM
ohamy.bsky.social
Normally I just repost the ones I’ve been to, but this time I feel the need to add that the Greyhound bus I was on got stuck in the snow here. Cannot recommend.
November 20, 2025 at 3:30 AM