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adamdoesit @adamdoesit.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

It's a good thing that presidential touchstone Victory at Sea (1952-3) doesn't end with… oh.

Via Wikipedia, loglines for the last two episodes of Victory at Sea: suicide attacks (ep 25) ended by the atomic bombing of Japan (ep 26).

adamdoesit @adamdoesit.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

So much to love about Brandon McNulty's Montreal win. A domestique, a servant with a scarred-up face, dons the rainbow jersey and stands atop the podium, shedding tears of joy, relief, and incredulity at the result of his own hard work and good fortune. What could be more happily American than that?

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adamdoesit @adamdoesit.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Deep pockets, no sense, can't lose! (I say this as someone who'd be delighted to have Vladdi on our team. Maybe I've got no sense, either.)

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adamdoesit @adamdoesit.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Honestly, I wish we could do the same for “actually.”

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adamdoesit @adamdoesit.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Does anyone have a gift link to Laura Albanese’s Howie Rose farewell piece from Newsday? #LGM

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adamdoesit @adamdoesit.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

I’m glad he went out on a win (assuming tomorrow is rained out).

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adamdoesit @adamdoesit.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Re: Exquisite: Yesterday, the WSJ ran a story on Russian arms manufacture that noted the US's preference for "expensive, exquisite weapons systems." Trump switches the word order, and subs "Elite" for "expensive." This seems in character. www.wsj.com/world/russia...

WSJ: "Once designs are adopted, Russian companies quickly move to large-scale production, which fulfills another strategic goal of all sides today: volume. Since the Cold War, the U.S. and its rivals have largely pursued expensive, exquisite weapons systems, which proved effective in limited conflicts.

“Now we see that mass is a huge part of success,” said Bondar."

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adamdoesit @adamdoesit.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Where were these Mets in etc

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adamdoesit @adamdoesit.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

The paradox resolves when you posit that, for them, an AI-pocalypse isn't a fear but a wish.

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adamdoesit @adamdoesit.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Sometime around now, I was on an A train back uptown. I'd been on the way to Penn Station. They let us off at Columbus Circle. I saw the second plane hit on a TV in the window of a bodega. Then they ran the shutters down. "We have to bomb them!" someone on the train said. "Who?" "Them! All of them!"

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adamdoesit @adamdoesit.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

I'm no Fish fan; and I'm cautiously gladdened by the Mets' post-deadline Bad News Bears run from shame to belated maybe-next-year respectability; but, man, I feel for Sandy Alcantara. I've had days like that. You know you have, too. I'm relieved his day is done.

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adamdoesit @adamdoesit.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

Tadej, man. It really can happen to anyone. Speedy recovery, champ.

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adamdoesit @adamdoesit.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Howie Rose my dude. My local supermarket is a Food Bazaar and, to judge by their produce, the last thing they need to do is keep it warmer.

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adamdoesit @adamdoesit.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

No one should have to wear a helmet to commute, run errands, or tool around on a bike; but I’m glad to see Zohran promote their use. If he can wear a helmet, he can start wearing a hat this winter. America’s Mayor shouldn’t catch a chill!

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adamdoesit @adamdoesit.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

If there’s a heaven, Louis Armstrong just put on his best tux to welcome Dolly Parton. It’s hard to remember in this awful time that our country has produced great souls from deep adversity to fill our lives with music and the spirit of generosity. They’re rightly our best ambassadors to the world.

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adamdoesit @adamdoesit.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

I've heard the theory voiced by a more knowledgeable Mets-head than I that their recent pretty-goodness is merely an attempt to destroy their draft position in train with our post-season hopes. Nevertheless, I'm here for all the Ewing, Benge, Bichette, Yan, revived Lindor, etc. they can dish out.

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adamdoesit @adamdoesit.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

I don't know what it served, but I got a kick out of seeing Wout take a flier off the front in the closing kms. He's back, baby. For me, as a spectator, the more cats like Wout and MvdP challenge Tadej on Classics-like terrain, the better.

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adamdoesit @adamdoesit.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

A clean run for a brush with fame.

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adamdoesit @adamdoesit.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

If frequent guest NY Newsday's Laura Albanese joined the Mets Radio 880 booth after Howie's retirement, it wouldn't break my heart.

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adamdoesit @adamdoesit.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Yes, we have the best TV booth in the business; but if I'm not listening to Howie Rose for what remains of the Mets' season, I'm doing something wrong.

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adamdoesit @adamdoesit.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Bet you a ballpark hot dog she’s a Russian agent. No, I have no evidence for this. I can just afford to lose <checks prices>… a $2 Tuesday ballpark hotdog is what I meant.

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adamdoesit @adamdoesit.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

Yan would be a natural for the NY Minyan tho

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adamdoesit @adamdoesit.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

I could’ve avoided some disappointment if I’d understood from that the numbers 6 and 2 in series are deadly to the Mets. 1962? Terrible. 2026? Terrible. (26/2? 13. Coincidence?!?) At least it won’t be this bad again til 2062.

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adamdoesit @adamdoesit.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

My grander theory is that you’re being punished for our collective abandonment of USB-A, the One True USB. Nevertheless, in your shoes, I’d buy or borrow a known-good cable and charger and see if they exhibit the problem, too.

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adamdoesit @adamdoesit.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

His story made me a fan. His pitching, well… Did I mention his story?

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adamdoesit @adamdoesit.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

Happy birthday! 🎂⚾🥳

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adamdoesit @adamdoesit.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

It’s a sure sign of dominance to be snuck out of the conference disguised as dirty dishes. Presumably a laundry cart wasn’t available.

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adamdoesit @adamdoesit.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

Where were these Mets three months ago? They both weren’t and were.

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adamdoesit @adamdoesit.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

For his birthday, AJ Ewing gets Schroedinger’s Double. (Schroedinger’s Dinger would've been preferable, but.)

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adamdoesit @adamdoesit.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

I admit, I entertained the fantasy that the Mets would ride a wave of wins into the final wildcard spot; but if there had been any intention of doing so, they wouldn't have started Stock.

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adamdoesit @adamdoesit.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

It’s not Stearns’ fault, but I may pin it on him anyway.

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adamdoesit @adamdoesit.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

In heavy rotation here. When the internet cut out in the middle of Beachcomber's Buffet, on went the vinyl. This morning I put on gorgeous old Person Pitch for the first time in a while. If you'd told me they'd been recorded 2 years apart instead of almost 20, I'd have had little reason to doubt it.

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adamdoesit @adamdoesit.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

Tfw you close the fridge door and half your delicious leftover gourmet Chinese takeout falls out and blankets the kitchen floor. Kung Pao chicken, stringbeans with garlic sauce, I hardly knew ye.

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adamdoesit @adamdoesit.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

Soon, every pro cyclist from the USA will be named Quinn.

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adamdoesit @adamdoesit.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

Also they're fighting the Emperor and his minions. Where's a Sarlacc when you need one?

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adamdoesit @adamdoesit.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

Poor guy‘s just been unloaded. Idk if I can bear to see him unloaded again in effigy!

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adamdoesit @adamdoesit.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

Someone who didn’t want his handed it to me on Saturday. Maybe I shoulda kept the box?

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adamdoesit @adamdoesit.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

Seems like if there had been rain or dogs at every home game this might’ve been a different season for the Mets.

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adamdoesit @adamdoesit.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

I heard it's the Wilpon-paid hamster who powers the booth mic preamp expressing the probability of a Mets win the only way he knows how: by running faster or slower to modulate the gain with his tired little feet. That's why the volume is usually too low rather than too high.

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adamdoesit @adamdoesit.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

It would be easier if the Mets were any good. They're not. Maybe I'll succeed in lashing myself to the Vuelta.

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adamdoesit @adamdoesit.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

MvdP! What a finish. And with that, my bag of Tour de France is empty, and withdrawal begins. Only 49 weeks to go.

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adamdoesit @adamdoesit.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

If their high-A team is the Cyclones, these Mets should be called the Cycle Fours. They’re dog food.

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adamdoesit @adamdoesit.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

For a Tour that ended in the second week 😂, that was some stage! I felt bad for my main man Sepp Kuss, but he handled it with total class. Chapeau Carapaz! What a fighter. The more duro the mountain, the more duro he got.

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adamdoesit @adamdoesit.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

Poor Jonas should have had continuous sleep, got contusions instead :(

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