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Joe Horton @joebhorton.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Calling all Korean speakers! What’s a good translation for our guy James Colyer’s nickname the “Big Dipper?”

Joe Horton @joebhorton.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

OAK to KBO! Nine current & former @oaklandballers.bsky.social join a supersquad headed to the Korea Baseball Organization Fall League in Ulsan next week. We talk to @caseypratt.bsky.social about making it happen & players about their hopes for the trip: dispatchesfromraimondi.com/stories/oak-...

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OAK to the KBO — Dispatches from Raimondi

Nine Ballers past and present join a Coast super squad as first American team playing in the Korean Fall League by Joe Horton

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Joe Horton @joebhorton.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

I met David Suchet once when he was doing a play in London and told him I used to dress up as Poirot when I was 10 in the height of summer in suburban Colorado wearing an overcoat and bow tie, and he was pleased and also glad he didn’t have to hear any more of my stories :)

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Joe Horton @joebhorton.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

“The Ballers gave me baseball back.” SoCal superfan Chad Aaron talks @oaklandballers.bsky.social and community in the heart of Long Beach Coast country. The next in our series, What the B’s Mean to Me: dispatchesfromraimondi.com/stories/what...

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Joe Horton @joebhorton.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Shouldn’t have listed JT Snow as a reference

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Joe Horton @joebhorton.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Also SF leads the nation in kaiju attacks

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Joe Horton @joebhorton.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

I know it sounds corny but SF is a place people come to be seen, Oakland and the whole east bay is a place people live to do stuff

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Joe Horton @joebhorton.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Oh 100 this. And also that SF carries a desperate self seriousness and importance that obviously gets in the way of it doing anything serious or important

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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

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

I think about this a lot. I have a very distinctive memory of phone banking, filled with hope, and watching the games in the background. And then everything changed.

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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 · 30/08/2026

That is very very kind and much appreciated! Our writers deserve so much credit—doing great reporting all the time purely out of their love for the team and Town. Thank you for reading!

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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 · 14/08/2026

I took a Kiwi to her first game last year at Raimondi and she said “omg, this actually happens?” She’d seen it in movies, tv, but didn’t think it really occurred.

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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 · 12/08/2026

This is honestly one of the best things you can do in life; the air is sweeter afterward

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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

Yes and RedPocket and Yuba help :)!

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