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Michael Spratt @mspratt.bsky.social · 05/07/2026

And oh my. The Seattle ball park food is good. Well worth the cross country trip.

The most delicious fully loaded ballpark pretzel bites!

Michael Spratt @mspratt.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

Ben and Meg, Thanks so much for this podcast. It has brought me so much joy. And great timing for this episode, my son and I had a great EW inspired draft of things we love about baseball last night waiting for the game to start in this gem of a ballpark.

Seattle’s T-Mobile park on a beautiful evening.

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Michael Spratt @mspratt.bsky.social · 25/10/2025

Getting ready to listen to the @bluejays.com by candle light in the middle of the Canadian wilderness. A perfect time to close the cottage!

A Blue Jays can of beer held overlooking a lake on a perfect Canadian fall day

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Michael Spratt @mspratt.bsky.social · 17/04/2025

Swiss Chalet's Toblerone quarter chicken USED to be my favourite..... until today

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Michael Spratt @mspratt.bsky.social · 16/03/2025

Look, we don’t need to light our hair on fire about false advertising, but there are in fact 8 things tougher than a diamond.

A false advertising claim that there is nothing tougher than a diamond (and add from a dubious law firm)

The things that are tougher than a diamond.

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Michael Spratt @mspratt.bsky.social · 16/03/2025

So, @etaman.bsky.social opened her first pack of baseball cards (ever) and immediately pulled one of the rarest (and most valuable) cards. 2022 Topps Heritage Ohtani throwback variant

Front of 2022 Topps Heritage Ohtani throwback variant

Back of 2022 Topps Heritage Ohtani throwback variant

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Michael Spratt @mspratt.bsky.social · 12/03/2025

Sorted all of my junk wax “common” cards….. but turns out they were all common cards.

Sorted junk wax baseball cards, so many card….

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Michael Spratt @mspratt.bsky.social · 11/03/2025

@benlindbergh.bsky.social Not sure if you have seen this, but I think this one Jays bobble head justifies a road trip to Toronto.

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Michael Spratt @mspratt.bsky.social · 10/03/2025

What a great night at Red Bird with Elliott Brood. There are some shows where you know, before the second song is even done, that it will be one of the best concerts you are ever going to see. This was that type of performance.

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Michael Spratt @mspratt.bsky.social · 10/03/2025

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Michael Spratt @mspratt.bsky.social · 08/03/2025

A nice pull, definitely not Iowa.

A picture of an autographed Jose Canseco 2022 Topps Archive baseball card.

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Michael Spratt @mspratt.bsky.social · 03/03/2025

Happy birthday Emilie Taman! Canadian jewelry, Canadian whisky, a night out at our favorite local, and homemade cake—only the best for the best. In a world that feel on the brink of disaster, it’s reassuring to know there are good, caring, brilliant, and passionate advocates out there. Love you. ❤️

A pink birthday cake and some amazing local whisky and jewelry.

Pinky birthday cake, definitely Canadian Baking show quality!

A family selfie, including a hands on father, his birthday spouse, and their to boys!

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Michael Spratt @mspratt.bsky.social · 28/02/2025

There is good in politics. This is a great result for Ottawa Centre. A silver lining on a cold winter night ❤️

The best person was just elected in Ottawa Centre!

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Michael Spratt @mspratt.bsky.social · 22/02/2025

Let’s get ripping!! The biggest win here is getting the boys in the same room talking about baseball.

One handsome man and his kids about to rip open some baseball cards

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Michael Spratt @mspratt.bsky.social · 06/01/2025

Oh no you don't talk about electoral reform (something you spend ZERO capital to advance). This type of BS is why you have failed.

Prime Minister announces he will step down, and cries crocodile tears for electoral reform

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Michael Spratt @mspratt.bsky.social · 03/01/2025

A big fail by the @thebigstory.bsky.social - unbalanced, simplistic, and partisan “analysis” of a very complicated issue grounded exclusively in anecdotal and cherry picked evidence. A huge disservice.

A very misleading podcast from the Big Story on Canada’s bail system

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Michael Spratt @mspratt.bsky.social · 02/01/2025

Here is a peek behind the scenes!

Crushing up candy for the gingerbread glasswork

Some very small and delicate pieces, may they burn in the fires of damnation.

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Michael Spratt @mspratt.bsky.social · 02/01/2025

Welcome to our Gingerbread house. A bit late this year (or early this year?), it was a labour of love but @etaman.bsky.social and I survived. Learned a few lessons for next year! It’s a hot housing market.

A gingerbread house that took way too long to build, but it’s done. Thank god!

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Michael Spratt @mspratt.bsky.social · 31/12/2024

The GST “holiday” is the dumbest policy. I got a $250 refund on a 500 oyster order for a Christmas party. Anyone who can order 500 oysters needs no holiday from HST. That savings will be donated. Bottom line: This ain’t going to buy you the votes you think it will.

Liberal MP Yasir Naqvi wrote a piece about the Liberal Governments HST holiday, it is dumb

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Michael Spratt @mspratt.bsky.social · 31/12/2024

The media landscape is a hellscape, which makes me extra thankful for Old Ottawa South’s awesome community paper The OSCAR. And of course, the best part is always @ejtje.bsky.social’s column.

Erik’s Business Beat column is the best part of the local news paper

Old Ottawa South’s local news paper The OSCAR

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Michael Spratt @mspratt.bsky.social · 28/12/2024

Are these Randy Johnson error cards? Pulled these from my old box of common baseball cards (because 13 year old me didn’t think Randy was going to be good?). Wrong DOB and double star? Worth anything?

Back of Randy Johnson 1989 Donruss rookie card, possible errors?

Back of Randy Johnson 1989 Donruss rookie card, possible errors (double stars and wrong date of birth)

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Michael Spratt @mspratt.bsky.social · 28/12/2024

I think they have 2/3 of the errors, wrong birthdate and double star

Back of Randy Johnson 1989 Donruss Baseball cards

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Michael Spratt @mspratt.bsky.social · 27/12/2024

But I did find some good stuff, apparently I was sleeping on Randy Johnson and Curt Schilling. And I have no idea how Griffey found his way into a box of commons. Also, Billy Bean!!

Selected baseball cards that 12 year old me didn’t care for, mostly junk wax.

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Michael Spratt @mspratt.bsky.social · 27/12/2024

Decided to check out my old box of “common” baseball cards, mostly from 1985-1992. Hunting for THAT Billy Ripken card. Came up empty.

A box of junk wax baseball cards, but no Billy Ripen fuckface card

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Michael Spratt @mspratt.bsky.social · 21/12/2024

Happy birthday dad, miss you lots ❤️I may not have fully realized how cool you were, but I totally get it now!

It’s the 1970s and you are in the most 1970s basement drinking a beer

A child and Noel Spratt in a bar wearing cowboy hats on the Isle of Man

The most Irish looking kid in the 1950s. Also one of two picture I have of my father without a beard

Is that Santa? No, it’s my dad making a gingerbread house with a toddler.

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Michael Spratt @mspratt.bsky.social · 19/12/2024

I don't think he knows what personal means

Steven Harper write the most unpersonal fundraising email

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Michael Spratt @mspratt.bsky.social · 05/12/2024

I’ll take that for my top 10 artists.

The 10 ten artists for a very cool old man

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Michael Spratt @mspratt.bsky.social · 05/12/2024

Today my grandmother would have been 103. As a kid I slept over at her house all the time. As a young adult I got to live with her and we hung every day. I am who I am today in large part because of her. Baking ✅ Sunday Dinners ✅ Blue Jays ✅ Politics ✅. Grandparents are the best!!

My grandmother, it would have been her 103 birthday today. She was a wicked nurse. Apparently the doctors were scared of her. She spoiled me.

My grandmother, it would have been her 103 birthday today. She was the best!

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Michael Spratt @mspratt.bsky.social · 02/12/2024

Don’t. Eat. All. The. Cookies. Tonight. I can do this!

Delicious Empire Cookies. I will eat them all tonight.

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Michael Spratt @mspratt.bsky.social · 01/12/2024

It’s time. And this year the boys carried it home!

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Michael Spratt @mspratt.bsky.social · 27/11/2024

I did electricity!! Hopefully after a decade the LED lights will stop flickering.

Old electrical switches destined for the garbage

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Michael Spratt @mspratt.bsky.social · 26/11/2024

There is always another secret! Super excited about my new purchase. I will give Brandon Sanderson all my money.

Leather bound Brandon Sanderson Bands of Mourning.

Signed leather bound Brandon Sanderson Bands of Mourning.

Leather bound Brandon Sanderson Bands of Mourning, art of Wax and Steris

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Michael Spratt @mspratt.bsky.social · 25/11/2024

🚨Help Needed🚨 I have an awesomely curated Xmas play list. It is one of my favourite things. Making the cut is a big deal. So. Is @noahkahanmusic.bsky.social's Stick Season a Christmas song?

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Michael Spratt @mspratt.bsky.social · 23/11/2024

I love dads sharing special times with their kids. You need to be a special type of deranged lunatic to think otherwise…. Oh hi Pierre.

Pierre Poilievre is a fucking tool (Poilievre X post trying to politicize a dad having a good time with his kid)

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Michael Spratt @mspratt.bsky.social · 23/11/2024

Let cool and then devour. It keeps very well in containers and can be kept in the freezer for a couple months. Yum!!

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Michael Spratt @mspratt.bsky.social · 23/11/2024

In to the oven. Bake at 250°F for 2.5 hours. Stir every 30 minutes.

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Michael Spratt @mspratt.bsky.social · 23/11/2024

Pour the delicious oily mixture over the mixed up cereal and nuts and stir it all up.

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Michael Spratt @mspratt.bsky.social · 23/11/2024

Mix 2 cups of peanut oil (or vegetable oil), 3 tablespoons Worcestershire sauce, 1.5 teaspoons garlic salt, 1.5 teaspoons celery salt (I add a bit more spice, like double. But that is because it is better)

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Michael Spratt @mspratt.bsky.social · 23/11/2024

Pkg of Cheerios (525 gr) Pkg of Chrispix (365 gr) Some people use Shreddies but I like Crispix better (I actually use a bit more Chrispix and a bit less Cheerios) Pkg of pretzel sticks x 2 2 cups of mixed nuts (make it as nutty as you want)

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Michael Spratt @mspratt.bsky.social · 23/11/2024

It is time to make some Nuts and Bolts. A generations long Christmas tradition in our family. Follow along for my grandma’s secret recipe (cocktail encouraged, but optional).

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Michael Spratt @mspratt.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

I am glad he got a name! Squiddy and I have remained on good terms, although I did lose his belt at some point over the last 41 years.....

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Michael Spratt @mspratt.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

I never learned the ways of the force, but I think I still have squid face kicking around. Not sure how my mom found time to do these journals, but that is some good parenting!

And old journal entry with a Star Wars toy box:

On Tuesday night! went to see Return of the Jedi with Daddy, Mommy and Pa

I really liked the movie. I liked it when R2D2 blasted the light saber to Luke

Janbathe Hut's palace was horrible. I didnit like it when Luke fell into the pit. He had to escape and kill the big monster.

I wish I was Luke Skywalker and knew the ways of the force.

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Michael Spratt @mspratt.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

We got this awesome signed print of some @slowdiveofficial.bsky.social soundscape art (When the Sun Hits), I am jealous of my daughter and want to steal this for my own.

Picture of a signed Slowdive sound wave art

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Michael Spratt @mspratt.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

OMG!! @slowdiveofficial.bsky.social is coming to Ottawa. Slowdive has been my favourite bad for 30 years. My 18 year old daughter loves them too, it was a ❤️ bonding moment when we discovered our shared adoration. On an unrelated note, anyone know where an 18 years old can get a fake ID?

A daughter begs her father for a fake ID

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Michael Spratt @mspratt.bsky.social · 17/11/2024

Fantastically adorable Ocie Elliott show 😍

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Michael Spratt @mspratt.bsky.social · 16/11/2024

I think my firm is going to need a bigger advertising budget….

Mike Tyson in the ring, the people in his corners are wearing shirts with a law firm sponsorship.

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Michael Spratt @mspratt.bsky.social · 12/11/2024

I love snooping people bookshelves. It is alway so interesting how people use them and what they chose to display. I’ll go first. Here my office bookcase - can I see yours?

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Michael Spratt @mspratt.bsky.social · 11/11/2024

What’s up Ottawa? No biking over the winter? And why involve the police, seems unnecessary and slightly counter productive.

A picture of an Ottawa bike rack with a sign saying that it will be removed for the winter and all bikes cut off and take it to the police station

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