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Cliff Corcoran @cliffcorcoran.bsky.social · 16/10/2026

Forty-four years is a long time. Congratulations, Milwaukee.

Nine 1983 Topps, Brewers cards, including Pete Vuckovich, Rollie Fingers, Harvey Kuenn, Cecil Cooper, Jim Gantner Robin Yount, Paul Molitor, Ted Simmons, and the team leaders card.

Cliff Corcoran @cliffcorcoran.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

I wasn’t able to watch it live, but I upgraded my Hulu/ESPN subscription and shelled out for in-flight Wi-Fi so I could catch up with the WPBL Opener this morning. Yay, Baseball!

Score card & iPad on my tray table. Ignore the errors in the lineup posted by the broadcast (I later fixed them).

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Cliff Corcoran @cliffcorcoran.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

Mom and Dad Save the World (1992) It was not my pick.

The movie poster for Mom and Dad Save the World starring Teri Garr, Jeffrey Jones, and Jon Lovitz.

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Cliff Corcoran @cliffcorcoran.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

Just saw this. Check out the backs of these 1986 Astros oddballs I bought last week:

The backs of six baseball cards with messages like “Handling a bad hop is easy compared to handling drugs,” and “Snag a line drive… and get a put out… try to handle drugs and you’ll be out.”

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Cliff Corcoran @cliffcorcoran.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

New 18-card team completed: the first Big Red Machine, the pennant-winning 1970 Reds:

Eighteen 1971 Topps cards in two album pages: Sparky Anderson, Pete Rose, Bob Tolan, Tony Pérez, Johnny Bench, Lee May, Bernie Carbo, Tommy Helms, Dave Concepción, Gary Nolan, Jim McGlothlin, Jim Merritt, Wayne Simpson, Tony Cloninger, Wayne Granger, Clay Carroll, Dan Gullett, and Hal McRae.

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Cliff Corcoran @cliffcorcoran.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

I was also right about this, and Colbert stopped inserting himself into the musical performances soon after. I assume they noticed the same thing I did, but I always wonder if someone saw this tweet.

A tweet from me from Sept. 12, 2025: "Also, @StephenAtHome joining musical guests was funny on Report as an ego-driven move by the character. W/o character just seems intrusive." Colbert had taken a verse of "Me and Julio Down by the Schoolyard" from Paul Simon in the show I had just watched.

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Cliff Corcoran @cliffcorcoran.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

I was right about the Biden interview:

Tweet from me from September 12, 2025: "1-10 grades for @colbertlateshow's first week: Tue: 4, Wed: 5, Thu: 9, Fri: 7. Biden interview will go down as a signature moment." The Biden interview, in which Stephen Colbert and Joe Biden shared deep emotions about the grief they'd experienced in their lives, was on the Thursday show.

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Cliff Corcoran @cliffcorcoran.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

Pure coincidence, but I was distracted by how much Mel Brooks's Van Helsing in Dracula: Dead and Loving It looks like Brian Cox as Logan Roy in Succession.

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Cliff Corcoran @cliffcorcoran.bsky.social · 25/04/2026

Oh, you mean this guy? I had the privilege of working as a researcher on American Masters' "Searching for the Note." I've been a fan ever since.

A young, slightly sweaty Leonard Bernstein conducting in high-waisted pants and a shirt undone to his sternum, an intense look of focus on his face, a damp curl against his forehead, appearing to signal a moment of suspense or anticipation in the music with his hands lightly clenched into loose fists and held just above his waist.

A young, literally smoking Leonard Bernstein reading a score, one braceleted hand tracing the music, the other, with a lit cigarette, laying against his cheek.

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Cliff Corcoran @cliffcorcoran.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

I made a perfect joke and you missed it.

Amid nine nearly identical posts from MLB Transaction Bot reading "[Position, Player] changed number to 42" is one from me reading "OF Cliff Corcoran changed new fort's name to 42."

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Cliff Corcoran @cliffcorcoran.bsky.social · 11/04/2026

It's Jerry Lee Lewis in his 70s:

Jerry Lee Lewis in 2008, age 73, in a black jacket in front of a microphone and piano, looking very much like the now-64-year-old Axl Rose in the clip at the top of this thread.

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Cliff Corcoran @cliffcorcoran.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

The administration's decision-making process:

Garfield, Nov. 9, 1986, a Sunday strip with 7 panels: 1) Garfield offers Jon a snack. 2) Jon: "Why, thank you, Garfield." 3) Jon: "Dog food! Quick! Gimme Something to Drink!" 4: Jon: "Hot Sauce! I'm Burning Up!" 5: Jon gulps down the water Garfield gave him. 6: Jon: "Goldfish water! Antidote! Antidote!" 7: Jon: "AARRGH! ANCHOVIES!!" Garfield, breaking the fourth wall: "This could go on for days"

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Cliff Corcoran @cliffcorcoran.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

I completely forgot to post this year's "new duds" dudes prior to last night's first game. Here's this year's grid of 30 old faces in new places:

MLB headshots of 30 players who switched teams this offseason, one on each team, arranged in a 6x5 grid. From top left going across then down: Brendan Donovan (Mariners), José Quintana (Rockies), Josh Bell (Twins), Luis Rengifo (Brewers), Dylan Cease (Blue Jays), Ranger Suárez (Red Sox), Luis Arraez (Giants), Jeff McNeil (A's), Munetka Murakami (White Sox), Alex Bregman (Cubs), Framber Valdez (Tigers), Ryan Weathers (Yankees), Kyle Tucker (Dodgers), Nolan Arenado (Diamondbacks), Eugenio Suárez (Reds), Shawn Armstrong (Guardians), Brandon Lowe (Pirates), Freddy Peralta (Mets), Grayson Rodriguez (Angels), MacKenzie Gore (Rangers), Matt Strahm (Royals), Dustin May (Cardinals), Adolis García (Phillies), Pete Alonso (Orioles), Walker Buehler (Padres), Tatsuya Imai (Astros), Cedric Mullins (Rays), Pete Fairbanks (Marlins), Robert Suarez (Atlanta), and Zack Littell (Nationals)

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Cliff Corcoran @cliffcorcoran.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

Speaking of . . . the Jersey Diners (Somerset Patriots) just released a Happy Waitress cap:

A hot pink cap with a baby-blue button & bill and white front panels with a cartoon of a Happy Waitress (grilled cheese with tomato and bacon) with the four baseball bases toasted into the top piece of bread.

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Cliff Corcoran @cliffcorcoran.bsky.social · 18/02/2026

It's been a minute since I've posted a completed 2-page (18-card) team (in part b/c I won't pay $30 for a 1966 Ron Perranoski, so my 1965 WS Champ Dodgers will remain 1 card short). Here, however, is my just-completed World Champ 1959 Dodgers (I cheaped out a bit here, too; the Koufax is a reprint):

Two album pages containing the following 18 cards (all but the first are landscape-oriented): 1960 Topps Walt Alston, Jim Gilliam, Charlie Neal, Wally Moon, Duke Snider, Norm Larker, Gil Hodges, and John Roseboro, 1961 Post Cereal Maury Wills, 1960 Topps Don Drysdale and Johnny Podres, a reprint* of the 1960 Topps Sandy Koufax, 1960 Topps Roger Craig, Danny McDevitt, Larry Sherry, Stan Williams, Don Demeter, and Chuck Essegian. Hodges, Roseboro, Drysdale, Podres, and Koufax are not wearing caps in their primary card photos, which annoys me. My apologies to Carl Furillo, Don Zimmer, Ron Fairly, and Clem Labine.

*I have Koufax's 1961, 1964, and 1966 cards. I just couldn't make my self go past my usual spending limit to get an original of this capless card, which I've never much liked.

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Cliff Corcoran @cliffcorcoran.bsky.social · 10/01/2026

I like that PTC card (and forgot I also have the Kreindler card and a ‘53 Bowman reprint). Here’s my ‘54 Bowman:

Larry Doby’s 1954 Bowman card. The picture is taken from inside the visitors’ dugout on the third base side of Yankee Stadium, with Doby, sitting on steps facing the camera, holding a bat on his left shoulder in his road Cleveland uniform and the infield and right field, including the famous frieze behind him.

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Cliff Corcoran @cliffcorcoran.bsky.social · 31/12/2025

Final weigh-in of 2025: 172.4 lbs. Down exactly 34 pounds from New Year's Day (206.4 lbs). I lost 16.5% of my body weight this year (on purpose). And finished 0.4 lbs above my lowest mark (172.0), which was also my lowest in *at least* the last 25 years. Final weight-loss graph for the year:

A line graph spanning 2025 on the x axis and 150 to 210 pounds on the y axis showing the jagged but dramatic decline in my weight from Jan 2 to early October (with a few gaps and upward jumps representing vacations), a slight rise in October and November, then a sharp drop in mid December (I had the flu) and finally a modest decline at the very end of the year.

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Cliff Corcoran @cliffcorcoran.bsky.social · 06/12/2025

I dunno, looks pretty good to me:

Robin Yount in the Brewers' early '80s powder blues in his follow-through at the plate in a game against the White Sox at Comiskey Park. I believe the catcher is Marc Hill.

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Cliff Corcoran @cliffcorcoran.bsky.social · 19/11/2025

These are the 4 types of guys online. No exceptions:

The four members of glam-rock goofballs Slade: Guy in a tweed cap with bushy chin-length sideburns; guy with a unibrow, buck teeth, and the weirdest mullet you've ever seen; relatively ordinary guy in a stripped blazer and T-shirt; relatively handsome fellow with good hair, a cleft chin, and a feathered collar who is also the tallest member of the band.

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Cliff Corcoran @cliffcorcoran.bsky.social · 17/11/2025

What perfect album came out the year you turned 16.

The Black Crowes - The Southern Harmony and Musical Companion (album cover)

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Cliff Corcoran @cliffcorcoran.bsky.social · 07/11/2025

Post you from a different era (c. 2003)

Me as on stage as lead singer of Joanie Loves Trotsky drenched in sweat and holding the mic out to the crowd at a small club gig, early 2003.

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Cliff Corcoran @cliffcorcoran.bsky.social · 11/08/2025

Challenge: post your last photo taken in DC to show what a hellhole it is.

Replica of P-Funk’s Mothership at the National Museum of African American History and Culture.

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Cliff Corcoran @cliffcorcoran.bsky.social · 05/07/2025

Latest completed two-page team: the 1964 World Champion Cardinals:

Two nine-card baseball card album pages with the following cards: 1964 Topps Johnny Keane, 1965 Topps Curt Flood, Lou Brock, Bill White, Ken Boyer, Dick Groat, Tim McCarver, Mike Shannon, Dal Maxvill, Bob Gibson, Curt Simmons, Ray Sadecki, 1964 Topps Roger Craig, 1965 Topps Ron Taylor, Barney Schultz, Julian Javier, Bob Skinner, and Carl Warwick.

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Cliff Corcoran @cliffcorcoran.bsky.social · 01/07/2025

My car/phone must know it’s Debbie’s birthday. ❤️🎤

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Cliff Corcoran @cliffcorcoran.bsky.social · 24/06/2025

Luna in her usual spot by my desk:

An adorable merle cattle dog mix curled up in a dog bed looking back over her shoulder at the camera.

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Cliff Corcoran @cliffcorcoran.bsky.social · 24/06/2025

Not a grading slab. Still, freed this ‘65 Bob Gibson and reunited him with his championship-winning teammates (and for less than that sticker price!).

A 1965 Bob Gibson Topps card screwed into a hard plastic slab with an ugly “Hall of Fame” caption in green text on a cut out piece of paper, an old $19.90 price tag, and several surface scratches.

That same 1965 Gibson Topps card looking sharp sitting next to the now-empty slab.

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Cliff Corcoran @cliffcorcoran.bsky.social · 21/06/2025

Korea is always a highlight of the WBC uniforms. I missed the lighter blue, but 2023 was still sharp, and had a racing-stripe element (photo montage from my WBC uniform review here:) www.baseballprospectus.com/news/article...

Several angles of South Korea's 2023 WBC uniforms, which used a navy blue-and-red color scheme.

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Cliff Corcoran @cliffcorcoran.bsky.social · 16/06/2025

I guess I missed this when it dropped, but this is straight out of Spın̈al Tap. It's of a piece with the "Smell the Glove" cover described in the movie & the actual "Bitch School" single cover from 1992 (below), the latter of which used canine-themed doggerel (sorry) to lampoon hair-metal sexism:

The cover of Spın̈al Tap's 1992 single, "Bitch School." Against a red background, a scantily clad female model in red lipstick, high heels, fishnets, a black-leather-and-chains S&M outfit, and a mortar board is on all fours and being led on a chain that is attached to a dog's paw, which is obviously fake and toward the top of the photo, as if the dog were standing on two legs. The song's lyrics are all dog-themed double entendres. The song was likely inspired by a combination of Britny Fox's "Girlschool" (1988) and Axl Rose saying that "I Used to Love Her" (also 1988) was about his dog.

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Cliff Corcoran @cliffcorcoran.bsky.social · 14/06/2025

My town’s Town Hall is opposite a grocery store, and thus:

A “No Kings” protest sign outside a Kings grocery store.

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Cliff Corcoran @cliffcorcoran.bsky.social · 29/05/2025

Here's an entry for the A.I. Search Files. Trying to find an old article I wrote, via Google, I got the below. Note that that those playing dates don't match the career of any of the Corcorans on B-Ref, none of whom was named Cliff. (Though, I have played in a local rec league since 2022.)

AI Overview: The query likely refers to baseball players Willie McCovey, Cliff Corcoran, and Wil Myers. Willie McCovey was a prominent Hall of Famer, known for his hitting power with the San Francisco Giants. Cliff Corcoran and Wil Myers are also baseball players.

Elaboration:

* Willie McCovey: A Hall of Fame first baseman and outfielder, McCovey played 22 seasons for the San Francisco Giants, and earned the National League Rookie of the Year Award in 1959 and the NL Most Valuable Player Award in 1969. He hit 521 home runs over his career.

* Cliff Corcoran: A former baseball player who played professionally from 1973-1985.

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Cliff Corcoran @cliffcorcoran.bsky.social · 02/05/2025

Here’s a fresh photo of my writing partner in her usual spot to the right of my desk:

My “everything beagle” Luna, a merle cattle dog mix, fast asleep in a dog bed, body curled up, legs outstretched to form her sleepytime paw pile.

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Cliff Corcoran @cliffcorcoran.bsky.social · 01/05/2025

Update: So, I weigh the same today that I weighed on March 30, but I wouldn't call it a plateau. A week-long trip to New Orleans (and a few too many meals out prior to that) resulted in a month that looked like the graph below. Hoping to get back on track in May. Up to 60 sit-ups & push-ups daily:

A line graph of my weight since March 30 showing a big spike and drop around April 8 and a four-pound gain during my mid-month trip to New Orleans followed by the immediate losing of some but not all of that weight (yet!).

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Cliff Corcoran @cliffcorcoran.bsky.social · 25/04/2025

It's four sets of three. Weird looking thing:

Cheap Trick bassist Tom Petersson playing his 12-string Gretsch bass in concert.

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Cliff Corcoran @cliffcorcoran.bsky.social · 04/04/2025

I still can't figure out where Cash's left hand is in that original photo. Here's the Heroes pic, which I took in tribute after Bowie's death in January 2016:

Me imitating the pose on the cover of David Bowie's Heroes album.

The cover of David Bowie's album "Heroes."

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Cliff Corcoran @cliffcorcoran.bsky.social · 04/04/2025

I love this. Having done this a few times myself via similar DIY methods--for Bowie's Heroes cover, Johnny Cash flipping off the camera (below) & my current avatar--I appreciate the attention to detail in these.

Me imitating the famous photo of Johnny Cash flipping off the camera at San Quentin but raising my then-recently dislocated ring finger instead of my middle finger.

Jim Marshall's famous photo of Johnny Cash flipping off the camera at San Quentin State Prison in 1969. Marshall had asked Cash to take a photo "for the warden."

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Cliff Corcoran @cliffcorcoran.bsky.social · 31/03/2025

Opinion seems pretty heavily against the stupid, 1982-Mariners-looking helmets/caps the Royals are wearing with their powder blues this season.

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Cliff Corcoran @cliffcorcoran.bsky.social · 12/03/2025

Since I got a new computer around Thanksgiving:

4 x 5 grid of my top players used in Immaculate Grid. 525 total players used. Top players: Martín Dihigo (8x), Bobo Newsome (8x), Sam Bankhead (7x), Ginger Beaumont (7x), Jason Giambi (6x), Lennie Pearson (6x), Hoyt Wilhelm (6x), Goose Gossage (5x), Mike Torrez (5x), Orlando Cepeda (5x), Honus Wagner (5x), Earl Averill (4x), Goose Goslin (4x), Al Simmons (4x), Sparky Lyle (4x), Lloyd Waner (4x), Kid Nichols (4x), Graig Nettles (4x), Bob Watson (3x), Cap Anson (3x). I'm sure there are many others I have also used three times.

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Cliff Corcoran @cliffcorcoran.bsky.social · 03/03/2025

Latest completed two-page team, the 1956 World Champion Yankees (the Mantle is a reprint, but only the Mantle):

Two, nine-card baseball card album pages. Left page, top row, L–R: 1960 Topps Casey Stengel, 1957 Topps Hank Bauer and Billy Martin; second row: 1957 Topps Mickey Mantle reprint, 1957 Topps Yogi Berra, Bill Skowron; third row: 1957 Topps Elston Howard, Gil McDougald, Andy Carey. Right page, top row, L–R: 1957 Topps Whitey, Ford, Johnny Kucks, Don Larson; second row: Tom Sturdivant, Bob Turley, Tommy Byrne; third row: Enos Slaughter, Joe Collins, Jerry Coleman.

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