Richard Grippaldi
@rgrippaldiphd.bsky.social
I teach college students. I research the 19th century US Army. I post about baseball and ice cream (mostly).
Something new every day &c &c
It's National Play Monopoly Day! The battleship token in the classic version of Monopoly was modeled after USS Indiana (BB-1). The game piece was also used in the board games Conflict and Diplomacy. The Indiana was commissioned in 1895 and decommissioned in 1919. #monopoly
November 19, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Something new every day &c &c
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May I Explain the “May I Meet You?” Meme?
Bill Ackman thinks the cure to male loneliness is asking women these four magic words. Allow me to explain.
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November 19, 2025 at 1:02 PM
may I tweet u www.theringer.com/2025/11/18/p...
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If we acknowledge that Ken Burns has essentially produced a traditional consensus view of the American Revolution with marginalized voices added as window dressing, what would it mean to truly reinterpret this moment for the general public. Is a new consensus view even possible or desirable? 🗃️
November 18, 2025 at 12:19 PM
If we acknowledge that Ken Burns has essentially produced a traditional consensus view of the American Revolution with marginalized voices added as window dressing, what would it mean to truly reinterpret this moment for the general public. Is a new consensus view even possible or desirable? 🗃️
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5 NOVEMBER 1775, CAMBRIDGE MASSACHUSETTS: George Washington forbids the New England soldiers under his command from celebrating “that ridiculous and childish Custom of burning the Effigy of the pope”—Pope’s Night, the New England variant of Bonfire Night. founders.archives.gov/documents/Wa...
Founders Online: General Orders, 5 November 1775
General Orders, 5 November 1775
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November 5, 2025 at 1:58 PM
5 NOVEMBER 1775, CAMBRIDGE MASSACHUSETTS: George Washington forbids the New England soldiers under his command from celebrating “that ridiculous and childish Custom of burning the Effigy of the pope”—Pope’s Night, the New England variant of Bonfire Night. founders.archives.gov/documents/Wa...
LRP: curious myself. Any ordnance experts out there?
November 4, 2025 at 1:29 PM
LRP: curious myself. Any ordnance experts out there?
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Why a 37mm cannon instead of 40mm? Especially when you could just take a Bofors?
November 4, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Why a 37mm cannon instead of 40mm? Especially when you could just take a Bofors?
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“People ask me what I do in winter when there's no baseball. I'll tell you what I do. I stare out the window and wait for spring.” - Rogers Hornsby
(May the waiting commence…)
(May the waiting commence…)
November 2, 2025 at 4:22 AM
“People ask me what I do in winter when there's no baseball. I'll tell you what I do. I stare out the window and wait for spring.” - Rogers Hornsby
(May the waiting commence…)
(May the waiting commence…)
Happy "Technology and Stuff" Day to all those who celebrate.
November 2, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Happy "Technology and Stuff" Day to all those who celebrate.
I have ROTC cadets in class from time to time. The course isn't designed specifically for them, but I sure hope I'm doing enough to foster this.
We should be asking better questions about American democracy and the democratic process, and teaching junior officers about the messy but beautiful *form of government* they swore an oath to support and defend. 20/
October 31, 2025 at 1:09 PM
I have ROTC cadets in class from time to time. The course isn't designed specifically for them, but I sure hope I'm doing enough to foster this.
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Hi folks! A few thoughts on this essay, and the questions that we *should* be asking, rather than the ones this Army officer seems inclined to answer. I haven’t done a CMR thread in a while so I’m overdue. 🧵
Hard to imagine a more sinister & dangerous argument, couched in euphemism & high-minded language. "This essay does not argue liberalism will collapse, only that [US] military officers should be intellectually (and spiritually) prepared for alternatives." warontherocks.com/2025/10/the-...
The American Military Officer After Liberalism
Across academia, government, and Silicon Valley, on social media, and in leading journals, intellectuals and political leaders are openly debating what
warontherocks.com
October 31, 2025 at 3:04 AM
Hi folks! A few thoughts on this essay, and the questions that we *should* be asking, rather than the ones this Army officer seems inclined to answer. I haven’t done a CMR thread in a while so I’m overdue. 🧵
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“I’d fixed it good so I couldn’t go back, only forward,” Bruce later wrote. “So that’s where we went.”
October 27, 2025 at 8:39 PM
“I’d fixed it good so I couldn’t go back, only forward,” Bruce later wrote. “So that’s where we went.”
Just thinking about that time baseball had a World Series game on a Saturday afternoon.
October 25, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Just thinking about that time baseball had a World Series game on a Saturday afternoon.
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🚨 @smh-historians.bsky.social: Anyone interested in chairing and/or commenting on a SMH panel about place and memory in the Navy? 🚨
Papers are (1) atolls and lagoons, (2) sailors relationship with their ships, and (3) tattoos.
Papers are (1) atolls and lagoons, (2) sailors relationship with their ships, and (3) tattoos.
October 24, 2025 at 11:39 AM
🚨 @smh-historians.bsky.social: Anyone interested in chairing and/or commenting on a SMH panel about place and memory in the Navy? 🚨
Papers are (1) atolls and lagoons, (2) sailors relationship with their ships, and (3) tattoos.
Papers are (1) atolls and lagoons, (2) sailors relationship with their ships, and (3) tattoos.
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2025 Defensive Team of the Year
Chicago Cubs
Inaugural winner of this award
Only team to have positive Defensive Runs Saved at 8 of the 9 defensive positions
Had MLB leader in Runs Saved at 2nd base (Nico Hoerner) and runner-up in center field (Pete Crow-Armstrong).
Chicago Cubs
Inaugural winner of this award
Only team to have positive Defensive Runs Saved at 8 of the 9 defensive positions
Had MLB leader in Runs Saved at 2nd base (Nico Hoerner) and runner-up in center field (Pete Crow-Armstrong).
October 23, 2025 at 6:38 PM
2025 Defensive Team of the Year
Chicago Cubs
Inaugural winner of this award
Only team to have positive Defensive Runs Saved at 8 of the 9 defensive positions
Had MLB leader in Runs Saved at 2nd base (Nico Hoerner) and runner-up in center field (Pete Crow-Armstrong).
Chicago Cubs
Inaugural winner of this award
Only team to have positive Defensive Runs Saved at 8 of the 9 defensive positions
Had MLB leader in Runs Saved at 2nd base (Nico Hoerner) and runner-up in center field (Pete Crow-Armstrong).
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Tune in tomorrow, October 23rd at 11am for a conversation surrounding our recent @cnas.bsky.social report on the FY 2026 defense budget, military modernization, and the challenge of matching resources to strategy.
www.cnas.org/events/virtu...
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October 22, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Tune in tomorrow, October 23rd at 11am for a conversation surrounding our recent @cnas.bsky.social report on the FY 2026 defense budget, military modernization, and the challenge of matching resources to strategy.
www.cnas.org/events/virtu...
www.cnas.org/events/virtu...
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Grandpa Rossy Crunch (2017-2017): To celebrate his retirement and previous season's World Series victory, former Chicago Cubs' catcher, David "Grandpa Rossy" Ross, was honored with his own cereal--frosted corn flakes
April 17, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Grandpa Rossy Crunch (2017-2017): To celebrate his retirement and previous season's World Series victory, former Chicago Cubs' catcher, David "Grandpa Rossy" Ross, was honored with his own cereal--frosted corn flakes
I wouldn't spell "Milwaukee" with four consecutive Ls. But the Brewers do.
October 18, 2025 at 12:08 PM
I wouldn't spell "Milwaukee" with four consecutive Ls. But the Brewers do.
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Thanks to all y'all who posted about the Mariners-Tigers game as it sprawled out beyond midnight Eastern.
Myself, I was asleep on the couch. If Rob Manfred has taught me anything, it's that games that start at 8pm should end by 10:30.
Myself, I was asleep on the couch. If Rob Manfred has taught me anything, it's that games that start at 8pm should end by 10:30.
Luis Castillo was Lou Costello when the game started.
October 11, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Thanks to all y'all who posted about the Mariners-Tigers game as it sprawled out beyond midnight Eastern.
Myself, I was asleep on the couch. If Rob Manfred has taught me anything, it's that games that start at 8pm should end by 10:30.
Myself, I was asleep on the couch. If Rob Manfred has taught me anything, it's that games that start at 8pm should end by 10:30.
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The Call for Applications for the 2026 Summer Seminar in Military History is now live! Application forms, a 2-page Letter of Interest, and CV/Resume are due December 12th.
www.smh-hq.org/summersemina...
www.smh-hq.org/summersemina...
Summer Seminar | The Society for Military History
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October 6, 2025 at 4:14 PM
The Call for Applications for the 2026 Summer Seminar in Military History is now live! Application forms, a 2-page Letter of Interest, and CV/Resume are due December 12th.
www.smh-hq.org/summersemina...
www.smh-hq.org/summersemina...
Playoff baseball
October 4, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Playoff baseball