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Joe Horton @joebhorton.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Your @oaklandballers.bsky.social are back in the MLB playoff national ads with Gusto! #LetsGoOakland

Joe Horton @joebhorton.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

In the 2026 season and forever, #FJF and #SellTheTeam Thanks as always @lastdivebar.bsky.social @oakland68sofficial.bsky.social & @oaklandish.bsky.social for the art and inspiration. Haunt you soon A’s whenever & wherever & whatever you are 😈 #LetsGoOakland

A betrayed fan and his son protest the vile owner John Fisher throughout the 2026 Athletics season

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Joe Horton @joebhorton.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Managing for the future and staying in the present ⚾️ @oaklandballers.bsky.social manager Aaron Miles and bench coach James Harris talk swapping roles this season and what comes next. A conversation with Roberto Santiago: dispatchesfromraimondi.com/stories/mana...

Aaron miles and James Harris talk future plans

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Joe Horton @joebhorton.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

My unsolicited and overlong @oaklandballers.bsky.social 2026 Season in Review: maybe what it meant, maybe what we learned, definitely whether you can get a baby in a helmet: dispatchesfromraimondi.com/stories/2026...

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Joe Horton @joebhorton.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Best. Day. Ever. How one kid had a dream day at Raimondi Park and how the @oaklandballers.bsky.social can make any day special for any kid. Roberto Santiago has the chronicle of all the little things for our biggest fans: dispatchesfromraimondi.com/stories/best...

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Joe Horton @joebhorton.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

“The Ballers have shown me that it’s possible to feel welcomed and a part of a fanbase and community on the opposite side of the globe.” Our UK Dispatcher Sam Wormald on what the @oaklandballers.bsky.social mean to him 5,000 miles & eight time zones away: dispatchesfromraimondi.com/stories/bs-m...

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What the B’s Mean to Me: Sam Wormald — Dispatches from Raimondi

Our Dispatcher from the UK talks about what makes him a B’s fan 5,000 miles and eight time zones away by Sam Wormald The English usually follow a US sports team because they’ve been to a game o...

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Joe Horton @joebhorton.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Pioneer League Championship picks are in! Our Dispatchers use fact and feeling to tell you who will win the ‘ship. Billings or Long Beach? Another California crown or a mountain mantle? Who wins in a fight: a wave or a horse? dispatchesfromraimondi.com/stories/cham...

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Joe Horton @joebhorton.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

About that last Sunday at Raimondi--Roberto Santiago has a warm and hilarious vox pop of fans and players from the final @oaklandballers.bsky.social home game of the season. And a conclusive result on who the weirdest and funniest teammate is... dispatchesfromraimondi.com/stories/that...

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That Last Sunday at Raimondi — Dispatches from Raimondi

Your Sunday read on that last Sunday game: a vox pop pregame with the fans and postgame with the players by Roberto Santiago WEST OAKLAND—Two Sundays ago, the Ballers’ home slate came to an en...

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Joe Horton @joebhorton.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Playoff Picks are in! Our Dispatchers use fact, feeling, and Batman villains to give us the winners of the Pioneer League’s divisional round and who gets the chance to borrow the Ballers’ trophy out of my son’s small sad hands: dispatchesfromraimondi.com/stories/pbl-...

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Joe Horton @joebhorton.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Thank you to our Dispatches from Raimondi writers and readers, and the players and fan-ily! We covered every game this season and wrote 160+ stories this year. A testament to these writers and many others who want to be a part of what the @oaklandballers.bsky.social are building with all of us

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Joe Horton @joebhorton.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Game 96 Recap! @oaklandballers.bsky.social beat Freebirds 16-10 in the final game of the summer. Dan Silvert has the story with photos from HiJacker Mike & @dawnpieper.bsky.social in Marysville, plus the whole traveling B’s fan-ily sign off for the season dispatchesfromraimondi.com/stories/game...

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Joe Horton @joebhorton.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Game 95 Recap! The @oaklandballers.bsky.social fall to Freebirds 3-1. Postgame from starter Hunter Day and RBI man Mitchell Sanford, with photos from @dawnpieper.bsky.social of the B’s takeover in S̶q̶u̶a̶t̶t̶e̶r̶ Sutter Health Park: dispatchesfromraimondi.com/stories/game...

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Joe Horton @joebhorton.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Game 94 Recap! The @oaklandballers.bsky.social beat the Freebirds 13-11. Roberto Santiago has the story with photos from Maya Lee in Marysville, plus the @oakland68sofficial.bsky.social watch party at Oakland Athletic Club: dispatchesfromraimondi.com/stories/game...

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Joe Horton @joebhorton.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Game 93 Recap! The @oaklandballers.bsky.social knocked out by Freebirds after 3-3 tie. Chris Drue has Ren Abe-Arias’s second complete game gem and Jeter Ybarra’s new record. Plus an @oakland68sofficial.bsky.social watch party tonight & Reddit fan awards: dispatchesfromraimondi.com/stories/game...

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Joe Horton @joebhorton.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Game 91 Recap! The @oaklandballers.bsky.social lose late to the Freebirds 10-7. Postgame from Joey Winters and James Pazdera and photos from Nick Clementi in Marysville: dispatchesfromraimondi.com/stories/game...

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Joe Horton @joebhorton.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Game 89 Recap! @oaklandballers.bsky.social fall to the Coast 5-3, but there was music and car show aplenty in the penultimate 2026 Raimondi game. Photos and story from Anthony Brooks, with postgame from starter Hunter Day and 2 HR day Logan Johnstone: dispatchesfromraimondi.com/stories/game...

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Joe Horton @joebhorton.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Game 86 Recap! The @oaklandballers.bsky.social beat the PaddleHeads 17-5 on Aaron Miles bobblehead night. Postgame from player of the game Tristan Moore, starter David Thomas, and two-way sensation Noah Blythe: dispatchesfromraimondi.com/stories/game...

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Joe Horton @joebhorton.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Dispatch from the Women’s Pro Baseball League! @oaklandballers.bsky.social photographer Doc Lavin reports from the WPBL inaugural season on the athletes and community that make it work: dispatchesfromraimondi.com/stories/disp...

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Joe Horton @joebhorton.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

Game 83 Recap! An ALL TIMER for the @oaklandballers.bsky.social as they come from eight down in the 6th to win 13-12 against the Roadsters. Roberto Santiago has the stunning story w/ postgame from Chavez, Blythe, Ybarra, Winters, Burkett, Miles & Dedrick: dispatchesfromraimondi.com/stories/game...

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Joe Horton @joebhorton.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

Game 82 Recap! @oaklandballers.bsky.social beat Roadsters 10-6 on teacher appreciation & drone night. Michael Thompson has the story with postgame from Leehey, Ybarra, and manager Aaron Miles on the Allgeyer trade. Plus a classic Raimondi goose flyover: dispatchesfromraimondi.com/stories/game...

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Joe Horton @joebhorton.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Game 81 Recap! @oaklandballers.bsky.social beat the Roadsters 14-2 and Jeter Ybarra sets the B’s single-season HR record. Dan Silvert has the story w/ postgame from Ybarra & starter David Thomas (7.0, 1ER, 9K) & homer video from @dawnpieper.bsky.social: dispatchesfromraimondi.com/stories/game...

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Joe Horton @joebhorton.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Game 80 Recap! The @oaklandballers.bsky.social beat the @modroadsters 10-7. Roberto Santiago has the story plus photos from Maya Lee and HiJacker Mike in Modesto: dispatchesfromraimondi.com/stories/game...

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Joe Horton @joebhorton.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Game 79 Recap! The @oaklandballers.bsky.social fall in a pitchers’ duel in the valley to the Roadsters 1-0. Postgame with superb starter Hunter Day (6.1, 0 ER, 6K) and photos from Maya Lee in Modesto: dispatchesfromraimondi.com/stories/game...

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Joe Horton @joebhorton.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Game 78 Recap! The @oaklandballers.bsky.social beat the Long Beach Coast 4-3 to take the series. Story of Reed Butz’s great start plus postgame with homer hero Noah Blythe and relief stars Brock Mayer and Christian Diaz: dispatchesfromraimondi.com/stories/game...

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Joe Horton @joebhorton.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

Game 77 Recap! The @oaklandballers.bsky.social return the favor and knock out the Long Beach Coast after a 4-4 tie. The story of Ren Abe-Arias’s big outing and postgame from Brendan O’Sullivan and knockout champ Conner Smith: dispatchesfromraimondi.com/stories/game...

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Joe Horton @joebhorton.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

Game 76 Recap! The @oaklandballers.bsky.social knocked out by Long Beach Coast after rallying to 5-5 tie. Chris Drue has the story with postgame from starter David Thomas and 9th inning hero Noah Blythe, plus the man on the call @heygkwok.bsky.social: dispatchesfromraimondi.com/stories/game...

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Joe Horton @joebhorton.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Game 74 Recap! The @oaklandballers.bsky.social drop to the Modesto Roadsters 15-4 in a protested game. Michael Thompson has the story with postgame from manager Aaron Miles and catcher Conner Smith, plus OFD and knockerball of course: dispatchesfromraimondi.com/stories/game...

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Joe Horton @joebhorton.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Game 73 Recap! The @oaklandballers.bsky.social fall to the Modesto Roadsters 19-6. Postgame from Noah Blythe and Jake Allgeyer plus Raimondi goose flyover and gefilte fish knockerball: dispatchesfromraimondi.com/stories/game...

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Joe Horton @joebhorton.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

Home Stretch Report! Today starts the final quarter of the Pioneer League season and Nick Clementi has your look at the playoff picture for all teams in the mix with your @oaklandballers.bsky.social. 24 games left in the regular season! dispatchesfromraimondi.com/stories/home...

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Home Stretch Report — Dispatches from Raimondi

A look at the Pioneer League pennant race in the seasons’s final quarter by Nick Clementi

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Joe Horton @joebhorton.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

Game 71 Recap! The @oaklandballers.bsky.social beat the Freebirds 13-3 for their 8th straight win. Postgame from starter David Thomas, reliever Brady Chavez, and SS Brendan O’Sullivan. Photos from Maya Lee in Marysville: dispatchesfromraimondi.com/stories/game...

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Joe Horton @joebhorton.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

Game 70 Recap! The @oaklandballers.bsky.social beat the Freebirds 17-6. Postgame from Esai Santos and Tristan Moore on their big nights plus that new HR celebration. Photos from Maya Lee in Marysville: dispatchesfromraimondi.com/stories/game...

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Joe Horton @joebhorton.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

A new series for Dispatches: What the B’s Mean to Me. Drew Harris gets us started with the cultural, political, and personal history of the @oaklandballers.bsky.social in Oakland sports. What’s your story? Write it for us! dispatchesfromraimondi.com/stories/what...

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Joe Horton @joebhorton.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

Meet the Fan-ily: the left field Smiths! Father and son superfans Kime and Drake talk B’s quality time, seeing over 100 home games, their famous flag catching a foul, surviving knockerball, and what makes the @oaklandballers.bsky.social so special: dispatchesfromraimondi.com/stories/meet...

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Joe Horton @joebhorton.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

On the Road! Checking in with @oaklandballers.bsky.social fan favorites TJ McKenzie and Nick Poss, now with the Mobiles. Roberto Santiago talks travel life, being a kid’s #1 favorite player, and their return to Oakland for this series at Raimondi: dispatchesfromraimondi.com/stories/on-t...

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On the Road: Catching Up with Former Ballers — Dispatches from Raimondi

RedPocket Mobiles T.J. McKenzie and Nick Poss on their return to Oakland By Roberto Santiago

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Joe Horton @joebhorton.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

Game 66 Recap! @oaklandballers.bsky.social edge Mobiles after 9-9 tie. Michael Thompson has story & postgame with Jeter Ybarra on his 3HR, 7 RBI, bottom 9th grand slam & KO winner day. Plus fire truck fountains & Kenny still king in knockerball: dispatchesfromraimondi.com/stories/game...

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Joe Horton @joebhorton.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

Game 65 Recap! The @oaklandballers.bsky.social beat the Mobiles 13-9 on Transit Night with @rideact.bsky.social and @bart.gov. Anthony Brooks has our story and photos, plus postgame with Jake Allgeyer and Esai Santos: dispatchesfromraimondi.com/stories/game...

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Joe Horton @joebhorton.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

Roberto Santiago’s superb slice of life from the debut of the Oaksterdam Blazers on Grateful Dead Night, with @caseypratt.bsky.social on the origin story. And the Blazers / @oaklandballers.bsky.social won 7-2 since the vibes weren’t going to be beat: dispatchesfromraimondi.com/stories/game...

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Beans (or Stephen J. Beans) @jaybeans.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

Someone at the @oaklandballers.bsky.social game is dressed like a Rockford Peach #WPBL

A woman at a baseball game dressed as a Rockford Peach

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Joe Horton @joebhorton.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

Game 63 Recap! The @oaklandballers.bsky.social fall to Freebirds 10-5 in the rubber match. Nick Clementi has the story with postgame from manager Aaron Miles in Marysville: dispatchesfromraimondi.com/stories/game...

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Game 63 Recap: Rubber Hit the Road — Dispatches from Raimondi

Ballers Lose 10-5 , Squander Chance at Series Win by Nick Clementi

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Joe Horton @joebhorton.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

How to Eat Like a Baller—where to munch around Raimondi, Oakland, and the East Bay from @oaklandballers.bsky.social players, coaches, and front office: dispatchesfromraimondi.com/stories/eat-...

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Eat Like a Baller — Dispatches from Raimondi

Every gameday is a good munchies moment, but today especially By Roberto Santiago

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Joe Horton @joebhorton.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

Game 62 Recap! The @oaklandballers.bsky.social beat the Freebirds 9-4, with postgame from Conner Smith on his homer and the ABS and Tremayne Cobb on his return, plus the return of the Bollar Tree…iykyk dispatchesfromraimondi.com/stories/game...

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Game 62 Recap: Jump Right Back in the Game — Dispatches from Raimondi

Ballers Bounce Back, Beat Birds in yuBa 9-4 by Joe Horton

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Joe Horton @joebhorton.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

Game 61 Recap! The @oaklandballers.bsky.social come up juuuuust a bit short to the Freebirds 20-10, and Roberto Santiago has some history from the years 2010 and 1020 if you're interested: dispatchesfromraimondi.com/stories/game...

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Joe Horton @joebhorton.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

Game 60 Recap! @oaklandballers.bsky.social fall short of Boise 7-6 but take series. Roberto Santiago has postgame from homer hitters Ybarra (2!) & Santos, starter Day and coach Harris. Plus Halloween in July from @mayorofoakland.bsky.social and Ice Cold: dispatchesfromraimondi.com/stories/game...

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Joe Horton @joebhorton.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

Game 58 Recap! The @oaklandballers.bsky.social beat the Boise Hawks 7-1 behind Griffin Smith’s complete game. Postgame with Smith, TJ Rogers on his first pro homer, and Mr .400 July Brendan O’Sullivan, plus 68s drums and hot dog eating contest of course dispatchesfromraimondi.com/stories/game...

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Joe Horton @joebhorton.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

Game 57 Recap! The @oaklandballers.bsky.social knock out the Coast after 10-10 tie to win the first series by any visitors to LBC this season. Postgame from heroes Tristan Moore, Cam Bufford and Langston Burkett plus voice of the win @heygkwok.bsky.social dispatchesfromraimondi.com/stories/game...

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Game 57: At Long Last — Dispatches from Raimondi

Ballers Win First Visitors’ Series in LBC in Knockout After Wild 10-10 Tie; Moore and Burkett Precocious by Joe Horton

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Joe Horton @joebhorton.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

Game 56 Recap! Big win by @oaklandballers.bsky.social 2-1 over Coast and Nick Clementi has postgame with stellar starter Reed Butz (6.1, 1R, 4K) and the 8th inning hero with his first pro hit Tristan Moore. Photos from temporary dirtbag Guy Sliwinski: dispatchesfromraimondi.com/stories/game...

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Joe Horton @joebhorton.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

Game 55 Recap! The @oaklandballers.bsky.social get shut out by the Coast 7-0, but Guy Sliwinski’s art is always winning. Guy’s on scene in LBC and Roberto Santiago has the full story and transactions news: dispatchesfromraimondi.com/stories/game...

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Joe Horton @joebhorton.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

Date Night at Raimondi! Roberto Santiago romances the Free Agents Section to see how the @oaklandballers.bsky.social and Singles Mingle help find love at the ballpark 💚⚾️💚 dispatchesfromraimondi.com/stories/date...

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Free Agents Section: Date Night at Raimondi — Dispatches from Raimondi

Out of the (Comfort) Zone By Roberto Santiago

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