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La Piñata Bandida @auricursine.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

The Orioles might have gotten a more sympathetic reaction had they chosen to fire Mike Elias and/or Craig Albernaz. Instead, they chose to be a laughing stock and wound up firing not just Mr. Splash, but also the Oriole Bird.

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We’re Going To Have To Let You Go

The Orioles are cleaning house.

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La Piñata Bandida @auricursine.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

The Oriole ownership has finally decided to let us know who they truly are—and the fanbase will be the worse for it…

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Tim Byer (@timbyer) on X

OPEN LETTER: From the Stoop to the Yard.

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La Piñata Bandida @auricursine.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

More AI slop from social media, another Bobby is wronged, this time, former Oriole and Angel Bobby Grich... Don't get me wrong, Grich is someone who should be in the Baseball HOF, but not the guy on the left!

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La Piñata Bandida @auricursine.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

The piss-poor quality of the AI slop on my baseball feed is already pretty abysmal--I mean, Bobby Thomson was a right handed hitter who homered to LF, not a lefty who popped a ball into the first-base stands... But what's worse is that AI managed to make Dodger Roy Campanella into a white guy!

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La Piñata Bandida @auricursine.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Cal Football wanted Tosh Lupoi in the worst way possible. Losing 24-7 at halftime to UNLV after all of the early season struggles to this point is exactly what’s happened.

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La Piñata Bandida @auricursine.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

I’m about to sit down and read the article, but my initial thought at this idea is that this idea of “flexibility” could come at the cost of the Orioles already questionable OF defense—especially if the team moves Coby Mayo to say, RF… They really oughta just stop sacrificing so much defense.

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CoachKK @coachkk.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

I told her we’ll get an inside table after we get our 5K checks 🤔😳

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La Piñata Bandida @auricursine.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Here’s some names in case this ever happens to you: Bono Bjork Cher Eddie Vedder Tony Bennett Englebert Humperdink Woody Guthrie Lou Reed Jim Morrison John Lennon Perry Como Bing Crosby Tom Jones Celine Dion Sheryl Crow Jim Kerr “Yoko Ono” Johnny Lydon Pink Buddy Holly Neil Young Big Bopper Prince

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La Piñata Bandida @auricursine.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

On the Monday after Cal’s loss to Clemson Friday Night, Cal fandom has turned its frustration into a Soprano-style drama…

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La Piñata Bandida @auricursine.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Cal Coach Tosh Lupoi trying to justify keeping OC Jordan Sommerville to the football team’s donor base…

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La Piñata Bandida @auricursine.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Trying to reconcile Tosh Lupoi’s support for Jordan Somerville as Cal’s OC and I keep thinking about the Underpants Gnomes…

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La Piñata Bandida @auricursine.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

A post-mortem of Oriole aggravations this season that made 2026 so damn frustrating. Even more maddening—the missteps this year that came about because the team would often forget how to play defense…

thebanner.com

The Orioles beat themselves too many times. These were the most maddening examples.

If the Orioles didn’t beat themselves so many times, perhaps they’d be in the postseason.

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La Piñata Bandida @auricursine.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

This “Thing with Two Heads” reboot is gonna suck…

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The Contrarian @contrariannews.org · 19/09/2026

The Kennedy Center crowd is singing America The Beautiful. This is what democracy looks like.

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La Piñata Bandida @auricursine.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

It reminds me of that—was it ELO?—song. “I don’t want a sheep. I just want to keep on loving ewe!”

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La Piñata Bandida @auricursine.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

This reboot of Raiders of the Lost Ark is gonna suck.

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La Piñata Bandida @auricursine.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

This begs the question why Harris couldn’t run for CA Governor this election cycle, dooming the state to a election between two political lightweights instead… Running for President on the basis of a book tour, instead of burnishing her resume, makes it appear that her home state is beneath her.

sfchronicle.com

Gavin Newsom says he won’t run for president if Kamala Harris runs

The two have long been considered political frenemies, with their lofty career trajectories bound to crash at some point.

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La Piñata Bandida @auricursine.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

At Cal I got to see John Tuggle's heroics in the 1980 and 1982 Big Games. He became the final pick of the 1983 NFL draft by the NY Giants, becoming a starter late in the '83 season. Sadly, Tuggle came down with cancer, dying in 1986. David Corenswet (Superman) brings John Tuggle’s back to life:

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Mr. Irrelevant | Official Trailer (2026 Movie) - David Corenswet, Isabel May

YouTube video by Paramount Pictures

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La Piñata Bandida @auricursine.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

@avinashkunnath.bsky.social is too modest in this recap in not mentioning "The Rule of 21". I've come to rely upon that rule with respect to Cal football. Uclol beat us to that mark last week, and despite tying the score late, we wound up losing. Yesterday, Cal got to 21 first. And won.

open.substack.com

Cal Survives Syracuse Thanks To Kingston Lopa, As Tosh Lupoi Lands First Coaching Win

The California Golden Bears start the season 1-0 in ACC play for the second year in a row.

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