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Tony Escarzaga

@medemia.bsky.social
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Umpire, father, church guy, payroll person, and called an ally by some of the most important people in my world. Humility is strength. Kindness is power. Love changes everything.

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Tony Escarzaga @medemia.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
People are upset with the protest inside the MN church. They would be even more upset if Jesus came in and looked into the hearts of those present. He would make everyone in the room uncomfortable with how much he wants to change. Church, may we invite him in to confront us all.
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Tony Escarzaga @medemia.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
I said this with the Kindle release and I say it now, the ending was the perfect bookend to an incredible story. Will there be a day where you talk about the species of characters never confirmed in the book? Maybe a 10 year reveal on Patreon? I'd love to confirm who Arch and Sheriff Thorgood are.
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Tony Escarzaga @medemia.bsky.social · 11/01/2026
Watching the Anaheim Ducks over the last 16 games has been hard. I've been to at least 5 of those games live. Horrible stat of the day: They've allowed an empty net goal in the last 4 games on a row and in 11 games this year. It may not be a good strategy anymore.
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Tony Escarzaga @medemia.bsky.social · 06/01/2026
Just finished it. I am always impressed with how brutally honest Reese is about everything. As one whose favorite FIF song is Huerfano, I'm glad you closed the podcast talking about it. It would be a good band closing song (but I hope it's not. Need more FIF in my life.)
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Tony Escarzaga @medemia.bsky.social · 21/11/2025
No, no, no. I couldn't make a intentional reference. Ooh, ooh, ooh. Ooh, ooh.
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Tony Escarzaga @medemia.bsky.social · 20/11/2025
I can barely handle this album it's so good.
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Tony Escarzaga @medemia.bsky.social · 03/11/2025
Quite a triumphant follow-up to a band-defining album. Fun, poignant, and pants without ownership. How could you go wrong?
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Tony Escarzaga @medemia.bsky.social · 31/10/2025
Happy Reformation Day. Maybe we need another 95 Thesis posted on some churches today.
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Tony Escarzaga @medemia.bsky.social · 30/10/2025
On the way to work I saw an electronic billboard for No on 50 in Spanish. Let me get this straight, the party of "This is America, Speak English" and "We can racially profile you to kidnap you" is forsaking their core values to try to get votes? They'll target you for votes and arrest. nICE.
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Tony Escarzaga @medemia.bsky.social · 27/10/2025
So i read all the Left Behind books when they came out. One of the"signs of the anti-Christ" was that he was going to have a head injury and then sign a peace treaty with Israel. I haven't heard that description in a while.
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Tony Escarzaga @medemia.bsky.social · 13/10/2025
Because our punishment has been paid for, being that there is no condemnation for those in Christ, and our divides have been reconciled by the sacrifice of Christ, we should be living freely beyond the curse. We would not balk at a slave being a pastor, nor one of any ethnicity. Why decry women?
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Tony Escarzaga @medemia.bsky.social · 13/10/2025
Galatians 3:28 says that there is neither slave or free, male or female, Greek or Jew in the church. All inequity caused by sin have been equalized as we are one in Christ. So why are we so adamant that the penalty of sin in Genesis 3 continues with inequality? Our oneness and unity overcomes sin.
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Tony Escarzaga @medemia.bsky.social · 08/10/2025
Oops, there goes another false prophet. #RapturePredictions
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Tony Escarzaga @medemia.bsky.social · 26/09/2025
I'm all for breaking stuff... like breaking the patriarchy, breaking nationalistic desires, breaking the desire for power through politics. We need to break our desire to be rich and powerful and break our pride as we humble ourselves to be servants of all. Let's get those Breakers. And also surfing
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Tony Escarzaga @medemia.bsky.social · 24/09/2025
Oops, there goes another false prophet. #RapturePrediction
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Tony Escarzaga @medemia.bsky.social · 23/09/2025
I saw someone say that calling someone autistic is now offensive as they should be called Tylenol-Americans. I think my kid would prefer Acetamerican instead.
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Tony Escarzaga @medemia.bsky.social · 22/09/2025
Saved.
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Tony Escarzaga @medemia.bsky.social · 22/09/2025
What does loving your neighbor and your enemy mean? It means wishing for them what your desire for yourself and acting to make it happen.
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Tony Escarzaga @medemia.bsky.social · 19/09/2025
He has the opportunity to be Rahab in these people's life. He could be Miep Gies. 3. If he decides to rent the property for a night, either he should collect no money as this is a ministry to the migrant workers or use the money to pay for food, drinks, toiletries, supplies, etc. to cover needs.
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Tony Escarzaga @medemia.bsky.social · 19/09/2025
is turning over the Israelite spies over the to government of Jericho. In our current culture, if someone calls in someone as undocumented, we have no guarantee the person would be treated with the rights they are due and could be sent to inhumane camps to be sent to somewhere they've never been.
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Tony Escarzaga @medemia.bsky.social · 19/09/2025
My two points to his concerns were: 1. If they are being trafficked, shouldn't we ensure that they have one night where they are shown the love of Christ unconditionally? That's a great ministry opportunity. 2. I think we are at the point in this country where reporting undocumented immigrants...
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Tony Escarzaga @medemia.bsky.social · 19/09/2025
1. How was he to know the farmer was not trafficking these migrant workers. Should we report in case? 2. Could he get in trouble for harboring undocumented workers in our current climate? I advised he communicate with churches in the convention who do have migrant worker ministries.
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Tony Escarzaga @medemia.bsky.social · 19/09/2025
I was talking with a pastor and he brought up that a local farmer with migrant workers was asking if he could rent out his church for a night so the migrant workers could have a roof over their head after a long day of work. He was concerned about a couple of things:
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Tony Escarzaga @medemia.bsky.social · 19/09/2025
This country's haunted by the ghost of Adam Smith.
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Tony Escarzaga @medemia.bsky.social · 19/09/2025
A couple of my kids and I were talking about who would be able to survive in the Villains Code universe from the Superpowereds universe by @drewhayesnovels.bsky.social . It was an interesting discussion. The one unanimous was Titan. A good argument was made for Michael Clark. Most split: Zero.
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Tony Escarzaga @medemia.bsky.social · 10/09/2025
I saw recently a bunch of posts about no one saying anything about gun control when Trump was shot. It isn't true, as Biden himself said we need to do sometime about guns after the shooting. Let no one say no one asked for something to be done with the Kirk shooting because something must be done.
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Tony Escarzaga @medemia.bsky.social · 05/09/2025
He stole that from Abraham Lincoln, wise Internet guru.
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Tony Escarzaga @medemia.bsky.social · 23/08/2025
Cheering for the worms?
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Tony Escarzaga @medemia.bsky.social · 22/08/2025
Old guy in Cracker Barrel gear running from a Cracker Barrel store carrying a handful of files labeled, "Epstein Files." He looks happy.
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Tony Escarzaga @medemia.bsky.social · 22/08/2025
I'm guessing the Cracker Barrel guy is on his way to hide the Epstein/Trump files.
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Tony Escarzaga @medemia.bsky.social · 21/08/2025
This is a picture of the legacy of a man who sold his soul for a bowl of political porridge. It went from focusing on the family to focusing on being called by leaders for advice on how to keep people under their thumb. I doubt it will be long before we hear more about his private life to seal it.
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Tony Escarzaga @medemia.bsky.social · 21/08/2025
the abuse of children, the subjugation of girls, the sell out Christian values for political power, his worship of Donald Trump, his change of views on abortion from being ok because it's not addressed in the Bible to ultra-conservative for power over women and some more...
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Tony Escarzaga @medemia.bsky.social · 21/08/2025
Between toxic masculinity, purity culture, Christian Nationalism in America, conservative hate of the LGBTQIA+, saying that school shootings were God's judgement on accepting people, his pseudoscience stance on AIDS and the Gay community, the refusal to use inclusive language in the Bible...
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Tony Escarzaga @medemia.bsky.social · 15/08/2025
Superhero names for the sandwich throwing protestor: Super Hero Grndr-Flinger Sub Human Sandwizard #SandwichHero
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Tony Escarzaga @medemia.bsky.social · 14/08/2025
Some real old school ones... Keith Celadon Randy Sandmound 1st Chapter of Luke Steve Knitter Fort Worth Holm Don Oakland Carboy David Deere Ray Sparkz Just Craig & Dean
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Tony Escarzaga @medemia.bsky.social · 12/08/2025
Man, I wish I could fly to Pennsylvania to celebrate FIFDay 2025 in style. That should be a lot of fun. #FiveIronFrenzy
Poster for Five Iron Frenzy with the Pilfers and the Rectors on Friday, November 21, 2025 in Asbury Park, New Jersey and on Saturday, November 22, 2025 in Millersville, PA. The poster looks like it was glued together from different pieces of paper and features a young teen cartoon skateboarding with a white t-shirt that says, "Five Iron" on it.
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Tony Escarzaga @medemia.bsky.social · 12/08/2025
This was from July, 2016. That was the last time I was in DC. Isn't it crime-ridden?
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Tony Escarzaga @medemia.bsky.social · 11/08/2025
Ray Brownlie posted this picture and he references 8 who were kept out but paved the road. I appreciate the humility but I also appreciate the struggle you went through. Thanks for helping make this weekend come to fruition. It's about time. So happy for her and you.
Top Section:

"Baseball made one concession to change in 2006 when the rules committee voted to acknowledge the presence of a female umpire. "An amendment to Rule 2.00 in the Definition of Terms reads: "Any reference in these Official Baseball Rules to 'he,' 'him,' or 'his' shall be deemed to be a reference to 'she,' 'her,' or 'hers,' as the case may be, when the person is female."

Veteran big-league umpire Larry Young, a member of the Playing Rules Committee, voted in favor of the wording"

Left Side, above the image:

Bernice Gera

Christine Wren

Pam Postema

Perry Lee Barber

Right Side, above the image:

Theresa Cox

Ria Cortesio

Shanna Kook

Kate Sargeant

Below the image:

"Jen Pawol
MLB Debut Aug 9, 2025"

Bottom Section:

"Baseball truly is a fraternity and a brotherhood, but we live in a society in which a woman can run for President, sit on the Supreme Court, fight on the front lines in combat, but can't put on a chest protector and call balls and strikes in a Major League ballpark for a living.

NOT ANY LONGER"
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Tony Escarzaga @medemia.bsky.social · 10/08/2025
With the celebration of Jen Pawol making history behind the plate today and on the field yesterday, there are so many women who laid the steps for her to get there. Perry Barber (@umpireplb.bsky.social) broke down so walls over the years. We celebrate Jen because she stands on Perry's shoulders.
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Tony Escarzaga @medemia.bsky.social · 29/07/2025
"He who oppresses the poor shows contempt for their Maker, but whoever is kind to the needy honors God." -- Proverbs 14:31
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Tony Escarzaga @medemia.bsky.social · 24/07/2025
One of my favorite commentary lines ever is in that commentary. Lunt and Larry are talking about cameos and how Larry's rubber ducky floatie is making a cameo, just like God in the Prince of Egypt. That and Corn Dog Bleu... Corndon blue... Corn dog blue...
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Tony Escarzaga @medemia.bsky.social · 23/07/2025
Today, I am turning to my comfort music to help me make it through the work day. Right now it is PFR. I may go to Out of the Grey next. Or I could go to my Lifesongs playlist on Spotify - songs that have played a part in important moments in my life. I'll see when I run out of PFR.
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Tony Escarzaga @medemia.bsky.social · 23/07/2025
I had a friend, a fellow umpire, who passed yesterday in a motorcycle crash. As more friends pass, each one brings up memories of previous deaths, my umpire friend who passed a year ago, the husband of a coworker who died in a motorcycle crash... I don't want to forget them but remembering is hard.
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Tony Escarzaga @medemia.bsky.social · 20/07/2025
Heard in the commentary leading up to prayer by a member this morning: "I only know one person that's a they..." Same guy made a like statement when he first preached a few months ago. Why are you always punching down instead of lifting up in love? Always a snide remark only about the LGBTQ. Sigh.
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Tony Escarzaga @medemia.bsky.social · 17/07/2025
Don Trumpoxte? Don Quixotrump? Trying to think which of better for the windmill slayer
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Tony Escarzaga @medemia.bsky.social · 16/07/2025
Saw this and had to laugh in a dark humor kind of way.
Jeffrey Epstein sitting next to Donald Trump on an airplane. Epstein is labeled, "Radio Star" while Donald Trump is labeled, "Video."
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Tony Escarzaga @medemia.bsky.social · 11/07/2025
I can confirm... it is GOOD.
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Tony Escarzaga @medemia.bsky.social · 11/07/2025
One of my comfort albums. I always thought this was their last full album as I had no clue about the release of Disappear as it disappeared from the shelves so quick. It was an amazing swan song.
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Tony Escarzaga @medemia.bsky.social · 07/07/2025
Amen and amen!
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Tony Escarzaga @medemia.bsky.social · 07/07/2025
They are also both extremely arrogant to say that we are in control of the cosmic time clock of the Creator. God's designs change not by our faithfulness or our unrighteousness. We get to walk with Him through it. That is the blessing. We also get to share with others so they can be part of it too.
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