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Richard Grippaldi
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I teach college students. I research the 19th century US Army. I post about baseball and ice cream (mostly).
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Would hear arguments for this blue, as well
In this file photo, former Chicago Cubs first baseman Bill Buckner wears a light-blue uniform with white pinstripes.
October 31, 2025 at 12:53 PM
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Playoff baseball
It's an extreme close-up of the out-of-town scoreboard on the right field wall at Citizens Bank Park, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 4 October 2025. Right now, the electronic signage reads "Dodgers vs Phillies."
October 4, 2025 at 9:45 PM
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Do you need a break? Will imagining yourself at this early evening ballgame help?
A rather large cloud looms over Ashburn Alley in this late afternoon photograph of Citizens Bank Park, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, taken from the third-base side, on 13 September 2025.
September 13, 2025 at 9:37 PM
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LRP: there's a statue of Ambrose Burnside, astride a horse, in Providence's, um, Burnside Park. Relatively small burnsides, though. Call it "proof of concept."
The Burnside statue in Providence's Burnside Park.
August 20, 2025 at 1:42 PM
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Baseball and ice cream, two great tastes that taste great together
It's a plastic miniature batting helmet filled with soft vanilla ice cream. The ice cream is impressively smushed down, as if the workers at the stand filled the helmet ahead of time and put a plastic lid on it. Nonetheless, said lid has been removed, and red and white sprinkles added. The helmet is blue, with a red brim. The crown bears the Phillies' stylized P, in red.
August 19, 2025 at 10:42 PM
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Ryne Sandberg was my favorite player growing up. Along the way, I acquired, and lost, his 1984 Topps card (pictured). There's a metaphor in there, probably.
Rest in peace, Ryno.
It's Ryne Sandberg's 1984 Topps baseball card (number 596). He's in a batting stance, wearing the Cubs' blue polyester pullover of the era, and white pants.
July 29, 2025 at 11:29 AM
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More ice cream eaten at a baseball game
It's soft vanilla ice cream in a plastic miniature batting helmet. The ice cream is covered with chocolate sprinkles. The helmet is white with a blue brim. The crown bears an adorable picture of the Phillie Phanatic.
July 23, 2025 at 11:37 AM
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I got ice cream today, without having to go to a baseball game. Who knew?
It's two scoops of ice cream in a cup. One scoop is cookies and cream. The other is mint chip. The mint chip is a vibrant green.
July 19, 2025 at 1:13 AM
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Bonus: this self-serve sprinkle station is near the stand where I bought the ice cream.
The self-sprinkle station mentioned in the post.
July 5, 2025 at 7:41 PM
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It's Saturday afternoon. It's 89 degrees. Of course I bought the ice cream.
It's soft chocolate ice cream in a plastic batting helmet. The ice cream is topped with chocolate sprinkles. The helmet is cream-colored, with a black brim. "Philadelphia" is abbreviated, in black, on the crown.
July 5, 2025 at 7:39 PM
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LRP: your reminder that American civil-military relations were trouble from the beginning.
This plaque, affixed to the Bunker Hill National Historical Monument, reads: Breed's Hill Site of the battle of Bunker Hill Fought June 17, 1775 Although orders were issued by the Committee of Safery To seize and fortify Bunker Hill The colonial officers after consultation Fortified this hill on June 16, 1775
June 17, 2025 at 12:07 PM
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The soft ice cream was the best part of this Cubs fan's experience at the Phillies game today.
It's soft vanilla ice cream in a plastic miniature batting helmet. Red and white sprinkles top the ice cream. The helmet is light blue, with a dark blue brim. The crown bears a stylized letter P, in white.
June 12, 2025 at 12:02 AM
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What actor's expression in a movie will stay with you the rest of your life?
Denis Lemieux, left, reports back to Reg Dunlop on what happened when Lemieux asked Joe McGrath, in French-accented English, who owned the Charlestown Chiefs.
May 21, 2025 at 1:52 PM
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Ice cream is pretty good too
It's soft vanilla ice cream in a plastic miniature batting helmet. The ice cream is covered with red and white sprinkles. The helmet is red, with a stylized Liberty Bell in blue on the front of the crown.
May 17, 2025 at 9:52 PM
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Baseball is magic
A groundskeeper at Citizens Bank Park hoses down the infield before the Phillies' game against the Pittsburgh Pirates, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 17 May 2025. The spray catches the early-evening sunlight to produce a rainbow.
May 17, 2025 at 9:30 PM
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Wonderful night for a ballgame
The Phillies' Cristopher Sanchez prepares to pitch to the St. Louis Cardinals' Lars Nootbaar in the first inning of their game at Citizens Bank Park, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 12 May 2025.
May 12, 2025 at 10:51 PM
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Welcome to another season of Phillies ice cream batting helmet pictures. First up is this generous serving of soft vanilla ice cream.
It's a miniature batting helmet filled with soft vanilla ice cream. The ice cream is topped with rainbow sprinkles. The helmet is red, with a blue brim. The crown bears a white "P" with a blue star in the negative space.
April 5, 2025 at 12:29 PM
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Baseball baseball baseball!
Los Angeles Dodgers designated hitter Shohei Ohtani takes his first at bat against Philadelphia Phillies pitcher Jesus Luzardo, at Citizens Bank Park, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 4 April 2025.
April 4, 2025 at 10:49 PM
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Historians love ice cream when they're at conferences. This is from Three Georges, Dauphin Street, Mobile, Alabama.
In the foreground, in a white paper cup, is one scoop of cookies 'n' cream ice cream. In the background is a glass canister of plastic spoons. The canister bears the logo of Three Georges, the ice cream shop.
March 29, 2025 at 7:36 PM
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Psst ... wanna hear a paper on West Point cadet applications? Good seats still available
It's an empty seminar room! Several rows of seats sit empty, just waiting for you to choose one and listen to the paper being presented.
March 28, 2025 at 1:29 PM
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Cubs pitchers and catchers report today. Only six more weeks of winter.

Here's a time-lapse file photo of now-former Cubs pitcher Kyle Hendricks.
In this time-lapse photograph, former Chicago Cubs pitcher Kyle Hendricks is shown coming set, winding up, and delivering a pitch.
February 9, 2025 at 1:09 PM
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LRP: While I wait for the Cubs to get their act together and join, I figured I can post random pictures of the team & related subjects I've taken or collected.
The marquee at Wrigley Field, Chicago, Illinois. Taken by me in January 2019. Wrigley was still undergoing renovation.
February 6, 2025 at 12:44 PM
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I don't know about the __party__, but Donovan's apartment in "Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade" has always fascinated me.
In this still from "Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade" (1989), Dr. Jones and Walter Donovan clink champagne flutes in Donovan's apartment.
January 13, 2025 at 1:05 PM
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In this screengrab from the television program "The Simpsons," Carl, Groundskeeper Willie, Dr. Frink, and Homer are standing on an indoor basketball court. Carl has just made a basket and exclaims "It's my birthday. It's my birthday. Three-peat! You got mail, baby!"
January 12, 2025 at 12:52 AM
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I fell for a different terrible Alicia Silverstone movie. But to be fair, it was the 1990s. Also if you watch long enough Christopher Walken shows up
It's the DVD cover for the 1997 motion picture "Excess Baggage." Alicia Silverstone's name is above the title. Benecio del Toro is on the cover but not named. Not pictured or named: Christopher Walken, who will make you care more about this movie than you probably should if you stick it out long enough.
November 25, 2024 at 12:50 AM