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John Manuel

@johnmanuelnc.bsky.social
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Greek-American. Baseball person. @CleGuardians but views expressed here are mine & mine alone.

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John Manuel @johnmanuelnc.bsky.social · 19h
Mozzicato was like the 7th overall pick in 2021 IIRC. He was a big deal
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John Manuel @johnmanuelnc.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Yes, more forgiving to hitters, pretty sure Jayson Stark wrote about it. Have seen it scouting in a Florida State League series & believe it will work/help.
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John Manuel @johnmanuelnc.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
I don’t publish mine anymore but I was closer to your take than I want to admit! Tampa and the A’s, we both whiffed
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John Manuel @johnmanuelnc.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Good job, good effort vibes. One division winner correct …To quote Weezer, not so great Al.
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John Manuel @johnmanuelnc.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Hurricanes fans can check some preseason game photos that my son took for the Technician here technicianonline.com/163538/multi...
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Hurricanes versus Predators: Preseason
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MLB @mlbbot.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
RT @MiLB: the immediate backflip emote was more than necessary
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Dillon the Beaver (Cow Ripken) @donthaveacowman.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
OTD in 1999, Jim “The Rookie" Morris made his MLB debut at age 35. Chat, This is what 35 looked like in the 90s.
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John Manuel @johnmanuelnc.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
He’s great but not giving the NY Post a dime
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John Manuel @johnmanuelnc.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
I mean I subscribe but that’s why I prefer, you know, people like @matteddyba.bsky.social keeping me up to date on transactions
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John Manuel @johnmanuelnc.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Good story, thank you
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John Manuel @johnmanuelnc.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
I can’t imagine how cool it would have felt as a kid growing up in Fayetteville NC if we’d had a pro athlete like Gavin Williams around. He’s so good, could be even better … Cape Fear High class of 2017, with 13 punchies tonight & 10 double-digit K outings. Would have blown my nerdy mind back then.
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John Manuel @johnmanuelnc.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
I just think that’s a big leap to think the pro league has all the best players. The World Cup probably was a higher level of play.
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John Manuel @johnmanuelnc.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
No one better in Japan? You sure?
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Peter Abraham @peteabeglobe.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
Happy birthday,Yaz. He’s 87 today.
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John Manuel @johnmanuelnc.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
Maybe, but that is not how most maps depict those states, thank goodness
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John Manuel @johnmanuelnc.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
Just a terrible AI map. Michigan, Sconsin, Minnesota are poorly rendered
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 17/08/2026
NEW: At some private schools across the U.S., every student uses taxpayer money to pay toward tuition, thanks to the growth of school voucher programs. But these "quasi-public" schools face almost none of the scrutiny given to public schools.
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At “Quasi-Public” Private Schools, 100% of Students Get Tuition Vouchers. There’s Almost No Accountability.
Private schools — even those that are heavily dependent on taxpayer funding — often operate without the scrutiny public schools are subject to. Following the money at one Milwaukee private school reve...
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John Manuel @johnmanuelnc.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Is this available elsewhere or Spotify-only?
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John Manuel @johnmanuelnc.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
Lots of that going around!
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John Manuel @johnmanuelnc.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
Worse than I expected!
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Scott MacFarlane @macfarlanenews.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
FLASH: Justice Dept seeks to dismiss Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool criminal case against former Olympian David Hearn Trump Admin acknowledges: "Damage to the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool in June 2026 was the result of flawed installation by the contractor"
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John Manuel @johnmanuelnc.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
Something along the lines of the torch being passed to soccer as America’s no. 2 sport or some such.
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John Manuel @johnmanuelnc.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
Oh I thought you were going somewhere else. It was a great event overall and a below-par championship game.
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John Manuel @johnmanuelnc.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
To what? Serious question… to what?
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John Manuel @johnmanuelnc.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
Imagine the points shaving in a meaningless game …. No thanks.
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Oliver @oliver48.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
"From July 1, 2026, households in New South Wales, South Australia, and southeastern Queensland can access at least three hours of free electricity each day through a new initiative called the Solar Sharer Offer" via No One Cares
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John Manuel @johnmanuelnc.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
Hoochie momma!
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
Scenes from a personalist regime: your donations to the patriotic events rerouted to the leader’s organization
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Jason Scott @textfiles.com · 03/07/2026
I'll summarize this: Mamdani asked NYers to keep air conditioning at 78 degrees. A wave criticism hit online. A MSNBC broadcast pointed out the US Department of Energy recommends that 78 degree figure. Immediately after, the US Department of Energy deleted 6,000 web pages related to energy saving.
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David Dayen @ddayen.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
Four years ago, a coordinated right-wing smear campaign condemned Monticello for "going woke." Bridget Gillespie was working there at the time, and she gives this revelatory inside account of the harassment staff endured and ultimately how the institution buckled. Amazing piece.
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What Broke Monticello - The American Prospect
How a right-wing smear campaign tried to silence the reality of Thomas Jefferson’s life, and in some ways succeeded.
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John Manuel @johnmanuelnc.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
Well said!
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John Manuel @johnmanuelnc.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
I was just focused on “no fans”. He definitely didn’t drive me away, sorry for that implication. Love the show.
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John Manuel @johnmanuelnc.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
Matt Goukas. Just had no catch phrase, no memorable calls. Just weird he was prominent on NBC in the 1990s.
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John Manuel @johnmanuelnc.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
We’re not as young as we once were
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John Manuel @johnmanuelnc.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
Not wild turkey & sun drop?
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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
“.. economic chaos and disrupted oil markets .. is exactly what the Iranians viewed from the opening days of the war as their most potent weapon. .. And by the president’s own testimony, it worked.” @nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2026/06/17/u...
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John Manuel @johnmanuelnc.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
Ignorance is what defines them.
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Renee Dechert @reneedechert.com · 07/06/2026
Gift link:
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Scott Pelley on the Bari Weiss Era and His Last Days at ‘60 Minutes’
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Christopher Mims @mims.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
"Fossil fuels are now intermittent and uncertain... Renewables, thanks to batteries, have become actually pretty constant given the sun rises every morning." www.cnbc.com/2026/06/05/i...
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How the Strait of Hormuz standoff flipped the energy security debate
Iran's influence over the strategically vital Strait of Hormuz has inadvertently transformed the energy security debate.
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John Manuel @johnmanuelnc.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
That boy good! (Yeah, good & terrible.)
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John Manuel @johnmanuelnc.bsky.social · 31/05/2026
Surprisingly they have not tried that one that I have heard, not yet. Maybe someone at Stanford is still trying.
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John Manuel @johnmanuelnc.bsky.social · 31/05/2026
Right wing media has been trying to rehab Coolidge for a long, long time. Never has made sense to me other than ignorant is as ignorant does
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John Manuel @johnmanuelnc.bsky.social · 31/05/2026
Very hit and miss bit.
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John Manuel @johnmanuelnc.bsky.social · 30/05/2026
I cannot imagine that character watching sports … at all
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Carolina Forward @carolinaforward.bsky.social · 24/05/2026
Americans who lack health insurance today mostly live in the South, and overwhelmingly in states that either have not expanded Medicaid, or resisted doing so until very recently. See that bright divide between Virginia and North Carolina?
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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
Morning everyone. Do you know that your President just exempted himself, his family, and all his family's companies from our tax laws? You are subject to the law. Now he is not. No one should not pretend this is okay or normal. It's an ongoing constitutional crisis.
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John Manuel @johnmanuelnc.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
And threw very hard for the time. Turbo power stuff. Not like, Nick Blackburn.
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local blogger @fergoe.blacksky.app · 14/05/2026
1) Barkley was saying shit like this in the 90s when the block was ESPECIALLY hot for saying stuff like that 2) This is why this show needs to keep on going
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Jayson Stark @jaysonst.bsky.social · 10/05/2026
Great charity event tomorrow night! I'll be moderating a Q and A with the Phillies' principal owner, John Middleton. 7:30-9 pm at the Mullen Center for the Performing Arts at Villanova All proceeds support Main Line School Night. Come see us! mainlineschoolnight.org/visionary2026/
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MLSN’s 10th Annual Visionary Voices Fundraiser – MLSN
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John Manuel @johnmanuelnc.bsky.social · 10/05/2026
Hey @joeovies.bsky.social & @giglioog.bsky.social take it easy on Koch tonight.
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