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Cliff Corcoran @cliffcorcoran.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

And Mantle was named after Cochrane, and Tettleton after Mantle.

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Cliff Corcoran @cliffcorcoran.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

South Park . . . somewhere in seasons 7-9.

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Cliff Corcoran @cliffcorcoran.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Them! (1954) Despite its unconvincing monster effects, this is no B picture. It’s an (otherwise) excellent horror/sci-fi expression of nuclear anxiety that delivers both drive-in thrills & resonant atomic-age chills, with a deep cast, led by Edmund Gwenn as the scientist who knows what it all means.

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Cliff Corcoran @cliffcorcoran.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Probably Jaws, which is less than a year older than me.

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Cliff Corcoran @cliffcorcoran.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Same town square as Back to the Future!

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

I'm sorry to see Yordan Alvarez & Pete Crow-Armstrong's seasons end, but otherwise the 3 Wild Card Series results thus far seem correct. The team w/ better record won all 3, & the team w/ more recent WS championship lost all 3. It's been 17 years since any of 4 AL teams remaining won a World Series.

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

The Red Sox neither put multiple runners on base nor advanced a runner who was on base at any point in this Wild Card Series.

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

Bases-empty, two-outs, non-injury pitching change up seven runs in the 8th should be illegal.

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

But wait, have you seen the Yankees’ record when they outscore their opponent? Very impressive.

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

Lou Merloni sounds so much like Al Leiter, it throws me every time he speaks.

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sportydolphin.fun @sportydolphin.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

It was an honor to be on this episode! I talk WPBL, sportydolphin, and fun nerdy things. Thanks for having me @ewpod.bsky.social #WPBL

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Cliff Corcoran @cliffcorcoran.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

I was on my honeymoon in Italy. I think for Fruto’s last game we were in Venice. True story.

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Cliff Corcoran @cliffcorcoran.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

The 11 completed seasons described below resulted in zero championships.

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Cliff Corcoran @cliffcorcoran.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Backrooms (2026) Despite impressive casting, Danny Vermette's set design is the star of this horror hit that manifests the unconscious as a series of yellowed, mostly unfurnished, increasingly surreal spaces. Something less than a complete statement, perhaps b/c it's part of an ongoing web series.

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Cliff Corcoran @cliffcorcoran.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Fourth season of GLOW. Third season of Schmigadoon.

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Cliff Corcoran @cliffcorcoran.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Yeah, I prefer to spend my time on films, both because I prefer the artform, and it's more time-efficient (e.g.: Godfather I + Godfather II + Goodfellas + Casino + The Irishman = 15 hr 10 min; The Sopranos = ~80 hours). bsky.app/profile/clif...

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Cliff Corcoran @cliffcorcoran.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

48 for me, but there are a good number of others that I've seen *exactly one* episode of, and about 10 I've never even heard of.

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Cliff Corcoran @cliffcorcoran.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

My final Baseball Insider column on the WPBL's inaugural season ties a bow on the season with my take on what might and might not change for 2027, plus reflections from stars Kelsie Whitmore, Amanda Gianelloni & Ashton Lansdell on the significance of this season & hopes for the league going forward:

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Reflecting on the WPBL's inaugural season, hopes for the future | The IX Sports

Baseball Insider Cliff Corcoran wraps up the inaugural WPBL season with reflections from the players and a look to the league's future.

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Cliff Corcoran @cliffcorcoran.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

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Reflecting on the WPBL's inaugural season, hopes for the future | The IX Sports

Baseball Insider Cliff Corcoran wraps up the inaugural WPBL season with reflections from the players and a look to the league's future.

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Cliff Corcoran @cliffcorcoran.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Stop! That! Train! (2026) This RuPaul-produced disaster-movie parody set on a glammed-out bullet train is amusing, good-natured, well-cast (primarily with Drag Race all-stars and cameos), and well structured, but not as funny, smart, or outrageous as it could or should be. Contains some AI effects.

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Cliff Corcoran @cliffcorcoran.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

The Queens won the first WPBL championship Tuesday night behind the league's first CG/SHO, by Ayami Sato. My recap includes notes on the series's top performances, manager Eric Young's strategies, the impact of the weather, that the Queens' captain has been under it, and more:

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Cliff Corcoran @cliffcorcoran.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

I went back and looked, Kaplan was clearly safe at first base on that inning-ending double-play (top 1st). #WPBL

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Cliff Corcoran @cliffcorcoran.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

The WPBL Championship Series is going to a winner-take-all Game 5 on Tuesday night, which is what this league deserved. Here's my recap of the Firebells' record-setting Game 4 win, with details on each team's pitching budget for Game 5, the Queens' need for today's day off, and much more:

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Firebells explode for 17 runs, force decisive Game 5 for WPBL title | The IX Sports

San Francisco broke open Game 4 with an 8-run 4th inning to even the best-of-five Championship Series against the Queens at 2 games each.

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Cliff Corcoran @cliffcorcoran.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

The Firebells came out of Friday's off-day hot and have given us a series. This afternoon, we find out if they can push the Queens to a decisive Game 5. My Game 3 recap includes Cailtin Eynon on the Queens' slow adjustment in Game 3 & notes on Niki Eckert's work situation and Joely Leguizamon's HR.

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Cliff Corcoran @cliffcorcoran.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

The LA Queens are one win from the first ever WPBL championship. My recap of their wild Game 2 win includes injury updates on several Firebells, Queens manager Eric Young on his pitching strategy, and notes on two oddly hitless players:

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Cliff Corcoran @cliffcorcoran.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

I know nothing about basketball, but I love the Clifford pick discussion, and when the one guy said "slashing, crafty two-guard," I was like, "oh, he's picking Snoopy." This is very well done.

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Cliff Corcoran @cliffcorcoran.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

They’re so sharp. Though I prefer them with the white pants. I think the Queens’ and Firebells’ alternate jerseys are their best, while the Heights’ and Hunters’ alternate jerseys are their worst.

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Cliff Corcoran @cliffcorcoran.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Jamie Mackay came up huge on the mound to hold the Firebells down while the Queens chipped away to win Game 1 of the WPBL Championship Series. Lots more in this recap, including Mackay on her preparation, a likely season-ending injury to Rosi del Castillo, other injury updates, uniforms, more . . .

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Cliff Corcoran @cliffcorcoran.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

A switch-hitter born in Oklahoma and named after Mickey Mantle, nicknamed Froot Loops, with a quirky batting stance, a three-true-outcome hero. Happy 66th Birthday, Mickey!

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Cliff Corcoran @cliffcorcoran.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

I own 11 of the Stennetts (all but '72) but no Uncle Robbies, sadly (and a little surprisingly).

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Cliff Corcoran @cliffcorcoran.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

It's a very small startup on a very small budget. This is a proof-of-concept season of sorts. They hope to play (at least some games) in the home cities next year.

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Cliff Corcoran @cliffcorcoran.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

The first championship series in WPBL history starts tomorrow night at 7 pm Eastern. Here’s my preview of the series between the San Francisco Firebells and the Los Angeles Queens, with projected rosters and lineups and analysis.

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WPBL finals preview: Breaking down the championship series | The IX Sports

Baseball Insider Cliff Corcoran previews the WPBL finals, including a break down of the full rosters and keys to the game.

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Cliff Corcoran @cliffcorcoran.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Ooh, how about "adversity" (specifically in a sports context).

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Cliff Corcoran @cliffcorcoran.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Maybe not least favorite, but I really try not to use "historic," because its multiple definitions render it meaningless. (My having said that means that, if you made minimal effort, you could probably find it in something I wrote like a week ago.)

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Cliff Corcoran @cliffcorcoran.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Of course the only way the Queens were going to beat the Heights was in their last at-bat in the highest-scoring game in WPBL history. My recap includes notes on Samaria Benítez and Jacqui Reynolds, the disastrous broadcast, the Heights wearing gray pants at home & parting thoughts from Val Perez:

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Cliff Corcoran @cliffcorcoran.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Was unable to ask about Benítez in the postgame presser, but she was in a wheelchair with her left knee bandaged during the Queens' postgame celebration.

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Cliff Corcoran @cliffcorcoran.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

My speculation is based only on decades of seeing this injury happen. She made no contact with anyone else and just crumpled. She is being carted off the field. Hondras to 2B, Maggie Foxx to RF.

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Cliff Corcoran @cliffcorcoran.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

The ESPN broadcast is being rather casual about it (it has been a disaster tonight, continually dropping out), but it looks like Samaria Benítez may have blown out her ACL on the turtleback slope at Robin Roberts Stadium. That's speculation, but she appears to be in a great deal of pain.

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Cliff Corcoran @cliffcorcoran.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

The Heights & Queens played the best game in the history of the WPBL last night, with LA closing a five-run deficit, and NY hitting back-to-back HRs off Queens closer Meggie Meidlinger in its final at-bat. My recap includes comments from the HR hitters, LA's last-minute SP change & a look to Game 3:

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How the New York Heights forced Game 3 in in WPBL semifinals | The IX Sports

New York Heights hit back-to-back homers off the Los Angeles Queens' closer to win 9-7 and force a decisive Game 3 in the WPBL semifinals.

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Cliff Corcoran @cliffcorcoran.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

The Hunters made them work for it, but the Firebells swept their way to the championship series last night, as expected, with homers from Skylar Kaplan, Alexia Jorge, and Kelsie Whitmore. My recap includes injury updates, manager insight, and the Hunters' thoughts heading into their offseason #WPBL:

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Cliff Corcoran @cliffcorcoran.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Here's how the Queens shut down the mighty Heights' lineup in Game 1 of their semifinal last night, plus the latest on Jaida Lee, a great defensive game from birthday girl Denae Benites, and why London Studer licks her bats #WPBL:

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Cliff Corcoran @cliffcorcoran.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

If it makes you feel better, it's 3:34 (well, 3:22 when you posted) here.

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