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Spike Glidden @number5typecard.bsky.social · 1h

I mean…it’s not NOT doing something for me

Spike Glidden @number5typecard.bsky.social · 1h

A district judge asked me what kind of actual goals I have for my life back in 1999 and that’s had a lasting impact on my last 27 years of choices

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Spike Glidden @number5typecard.bsky.social · 9h

Willa Cather distills the struggle of making the “better” choice: someone, somewhere should be much happier for it. We want receipts and deets.

Excerpt from My Mortal Enemy by Willa Cather, where the main character observes that the point of a morality tale is that the person who makes a good choice should be much happier than others

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Spike Glidden @number5typecard.bsky.social · 22h

I’m old enough to have also seen him play a charity ballgame in a Pilots jersey, so maybe it’s time to get tested for a few things!

Two pale men wearing baseball uniforms and posing in front of a hamburger stand

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Spike Glidden @number5typecard.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

matching my hairstyle to the palm trees for spring training pack

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Spike Glidden @number5typecard.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Oh yeah, a great take on that one

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Gummy Arts @gummyarts.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Moses Fleetwood Walker, one of the first African American players in the history of major-league baseball, was born on this date in 1856.

Colored-pencil card drawing of Moses Fleetwood Walker

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Spike Glidden @number5typecard.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Let’s not forget the remixes where it sounds like an engineer fell asleep on the soundboard youtu.be/qHhWtU7wQnw?...

youtu.be

Leave It (Hello, Goodbye Mix) - Yes

YouTube video by IMQ

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Spike Glidden @number5typecard.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

George Hendrick is here to deep-six your bad vibes #CardSky

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Spike Glidden @number5typecard.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Casey bridged such an amazing range of card eras

1910s era baseball card of Casey Stengel that shows a black and white portrait from his playing days as a Brooklyn outfielder

1960s era baseball card of Casey Stengel that shows a black and white photo of him as Mets manager standing alongside a business leader in WWII-era barnstorming baseball, who work for the Indianapolis Clowns.

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Spike Glidden @number5typecard.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Tried to gift my dad a 1957 team set sans Covington and he spotted the gap in about two seconds. Tough to get, tough to do without!

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Spike Glidden @number5typecard.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

The hobby is a gift that keeps giving! I’m sure someone collects smiling Smileys

Baseball card of Pittsburgh pitcher John Smiley, autographed in blue pen

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Spike Glidden @number5typecard.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Since "Tipton" means a well-loved card in my crowd, the Tipton Tiptons get extra affection

1952 Topps baseball card of catcher Joe Tipton with a ballpoint update to his team from Philly to Cleveland

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kat, ghost of helenruthsghost @chaoskat.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

We used to be a real country

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PostWarCards @postwarcards.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

A little Canadian Goudey archaeology: this rare 1934 World Wide Gum sheet contains cards #49–72 and helps illustrate exactly how the Canadian set was numbered. www.postwarcards.com/a-look-at-a-...

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Spike Glidden @number5typecard.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

I am thrilled to report this calendar hour went exactly as planned

a Google calendar block labeled "Huh" with a question mark, timed to run 8-9am

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Spike Glidden @number5typecard.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

A pro took some photos of me at the local coffee shop, so I returned the favor

Two people holding photographic gear and looking at the camera through a plate glass window. One of them is giving the viewer a thumbs up.

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Jacob Pomrenke @buckweaver.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Today SABR launched an incredible new book and companion website on Baseball at Manzanar: How We Played the Game, 1942-1945. It’s the story of 120,000 Japanese Americans who were removed from their homes after Pearl Harbor and forced to live at remote incarceration camps: sabr.org/baseball-at-...

Cover image for SABR’s “Baseball at Manzanar: How We Played the Game, 1942-1945,” edited by Russ Speiller and James Forr.

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Spike Glidden @number5typecard.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Invites the question of when "Base Ball" with the space was last used for marketing copy!

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Spike Glidden @number5typecard.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Me: "Anything I can bring on my visit next week?" Folx: "Oh no, we have everything we need to you to fix right here!" (I was asked to "fix" the M's shutting down their Roots Sports Network last time I was there.)

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Spike Glidden @number5typecard.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

dad also knows where all the geocaches are, just ask for tips

a mustachioed man in a tan fishing hat and blue shirt carrying a green box labeled "official geocache"

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Spike Glidden @number5typecard.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

not sure why you all check Google Maps when dad can get you there faster

a pale man in glasses, sitting on a park bench and studying an unfolded map

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Spike Glidden @number5typecard.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

What a quartet of excellence right there

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Spike Glidden @number5typecard.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Happy birthday to my dad, who first brought me to an M's game in 1979, and best wishes to all who knew Dave Niehaus as their baseball dad. #goms

Three pale people posed with the Dave Niehaus broadcast memorial statue at the Seattle baseball park

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Spike Glidden @number5typecard.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

One of my favorite research threads from this year, including the newspaper "wrong Porky Ryan" correction for multiple men known by that name in their town.

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Spike Glidden @number5typecard.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Wow, talk about flying chickens in the barnyard

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Spike Glidden @number5typecard.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

UD Masterpieces, quite an underrated set

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Molly Knight @mollyknight.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Come join us in 25 minutes. I’ll post the link when we go live. It is free. ❤️

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Spike Glidden @number5typecard.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

I still say "OH, COME ON" in that Griffey cadence, thanks to about six months of loooooong nights of testing :-)

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Spike Glidden @number5typecard.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

I was fortunate to test Griffey’s first game for Nintendo back in the day; my name was used for Marlins OF Darrel Whitmore, and hope he doesn’t hold it against me 😜

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Spike Glidden @number5typecard.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

The Washington Nationals in-person service staff was terrific, would do again.

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Spike Glidden @number5typecard.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Shelburne Museum in Vermont includes a rebuilt New York townhouse with the family’s original art, all wrapped inside a Gothic plantation exterior. Quite a mental shift, inside and out.

Fancy wooden bedroom table with an original art painting by Degas of a dance class. The room has dark green walls and various decorative dishes on the table.

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