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Phil Rosenthal @philrosenthal.bsky.social · 16h

Points to the NYT for giving @markjacob.bsky.social the chance on its site to share some of his criticisms of the newspaper's White House coverage in conversation with Patrick Healy. Whether the Times truly hears any of what Mark has to say remains to be seen. Healy's defense arguments suggest no.

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Video: A Reader on What He Thinks We Get Wrong About Trump

In this first installment of “Sound Off,” Patrick Healy, assistant managing editor for The New York Times, speaks with Mark Jacob, former metro editor for The Chicago Tribune, who shares his criticism...

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Phil Rosenthal @philrosenthal.bsky.social · 7h

The last time the Brewers won a pennant I was 19 and helped cover it for The Capital Times of Madison, Wis. My assignment was the Angels’ clubhouse. I felt bad for manager Gene Mauch. Reggie Jackson had a great quote about how he’d planned to drink Champagne, but instead it was just beer.

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April Glick Pulito @aprilglick.bsky.social · 8h

we should be framing the Jake Bauers insurance story as pro-player and anti-lockout these are not all millionaires a lot of them are guys who need healthcare for their families and are tied to a job just like you

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Phil Rosenthal @philrosenthal.bsky.social · 8h

The reason to let John Schriffen go as White Sox TV play-by-play announcer is he remained lousy at the job despite whatever improvements he may have made over three long years. Everything else is tangential. It’s not that complicated.

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Phil Rosenthal @philrosenthal.bsky.social · 8h

If only the Dodgers spent a little money…

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Phil Rosenthal @philrosenthal.bsky.social · 10h

Using a Nick Offermsn knockoff doesn’t inspire confidence in the crap they’re trying to sell.

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Phil Rosenthal @philrosenthal.bsky.social · 11h

John Smoltz just used “concise” as a verb. Not his greatest flaw, but not what anyone wants to hear.

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Phil Rosenthal @philrosenthal.bsky.social · 16h

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Video: A Reader on What He Thinks We Get Wrong About Trump

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Phil Rosenthal @philrosenthal.bsky.social · 15/10/2026

I caught one of Rick Nielsen’s sweaters at Cheap Trick’s NYE 1981 show at Rockford’s Metrocentre. Others grabbed it too. I wound up with a swatch that included the band’s logos from the front, one of the sleeves and part of the other. Years later, I gave it to one of my friends who went with me.

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Phil Rosenthal @philrosenthal.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

Every respectable journalist at CBS News.

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Phil Rosenthal @philrosenthal.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

Her friends think like her. Got it. CBS News has gone necrotic.

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Phil Rosenthal @philrosenthal.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

“In March, the president feted Guilfoyle at a White House event for Greek Independence Day calling her ‘my friend for a long time’ and ‘an inspiration.’ On Tuesday he told reporters: ‘No, she wasn’t a member of my family. She, I guess, dated my son a long time ago.’”

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Inside Kimberly Guilfoyle’s Final Days as Ambassador to Greece

To save her job, she claimed the incriminating texts were AI generated; Trump grew annoyed with the damaging revelations.

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Phil Rosenthal @philrosenthal.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

If the World Series is Milwaukee vs. Cleveland (or Tampa Bay, for that matter), it’s really going to muck up the owners’ propaganda campaign that a salary cap is needed for competitive balance. In case you’re looking for a rooting interest.

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Phil Rosenthal @philrosenthal.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

Listening to Bears-Packers on the drive back from Cleveland was about right.

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Phil Rosenthal @philrosenthal.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

There’s still time to turn it around, but so far in Game 5, the White Sox seem determined to get a jump on the imminent MLB lockout by going out on strikes.

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Phil Rosenthal @philrosenthal.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Hello Cleveland! White Sox and Guardians have found the stage. Game 5 is in less than two hours.

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Phil Rosenthal @philrosenthal.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Yeah. What impressed me was the apparent confidence he had in playing alongside such a great guitarist. (And I love the so g.) It’s like the BB King bit in the doc.

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Phil Rosenthal @philrosenthal.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

As a longtime Martin Mull devotee, I too am glad the Netflix documentary on him exists despite its flaws. I committed this 1975 Soundstage special with Flo & Eddie to memory off a pre-VCR audio recording I made when I was a kid. He was so good. Enjoy.

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Martin Mull 'Soundstage: 60 Minutes to Kill' (1975)

YouTube video by Perry Amberson

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Phil Rosenthal @philrosenthal.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

NYT headlines written by machines or for machines? Or both?

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Phil Rosenthal @philrosenthal.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Today’s the 155th anniversary of the start of the Great Chicago Fire. The White Sox staged a commemoration in the top of the sixth inning.

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Jim Owczarski @jimowczarski.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

No doubt Chicago’s brain trust knew this but the White Sox are discovering in real time that you do need starting pitching to win multiple rounds of the baseball playoffs.

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Phil Rosenthal @philrosenthal.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Beautiful night for baseball on the South Side. White Sox. Guardians. First pitch is in about 90 minutes.

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Alan Sepinwall @sepinwall.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

For The New York Times, I wrote about how Rod Serling create The Twilight Zone in part because it was the only way in the 1950 and 60s for him to comment on the subjects he cared about most, and how that's a good blueprint for contemporary media to deal with our surreal current moment:

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Opinion | ‘The Twilight Zone’ Created a Blueprint for Surviving Our Surreal Moment (Gift Article)

With “The Twilight Zone,” Rod Serling created a durable blueprint for understanding our surreal reality.

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Phil Rosenthal @philrosenthal.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Perfect day for baseball on the South Side.

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Phil Rosenthal @philrosenthal.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Shame there’s no performance -enhancing drug he could take to become an adequate TV analyst because you know he would be all over that.

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Phil Rosenthal @philrosenthal.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Television's digital graffiti of superimposing advertising on surfaces where there is in reality no ad is an unwanted distortion of reality during sports coverage.

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Phil Rosenthal @philrosenthal.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

I can’t be the only person who thinks that buffalo with wings must smell just awful — and I certainly wouldn’t want to eat or drink in an establishment that serves a mutant beast in any case.

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Phil Rosenthal @philrosenthal.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

They might. And we don’t know if it’s having an effect. I’m just saying those are two very specific numbers on a pill.

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J.A. Adande @jadande.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

When the legend becomes fact, print the legend

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Phil Rosenthal @philrosenthal.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

What a relief! I thought I was paying way more for almost everything.

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Mark Harris @markharris.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Seriously: Hate Digger all you want, but [pauses for flow of hate] movies like Digger are why we need studios. A world in which Digger doesn't get made one in which Sinners and One Battle also don't get made. You miss with Heaven's Gate and you still swung. You miss with Paw Patrol and you >

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Phil Rosenthal @philrosenthal.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

AT&T apparently is incapable of airing a decent commercial.

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Phil Rosenthal @philrosenthal.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

A strange place to watch White Sox-Guardians, but so be it.

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Mo Ryan @moryan.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

I don't know what is laying me out more, "no one elected you" or "you're not an AI influencer," in any case, perfection, no notes, pls halp @clairewillett.bsky.social HOW MANY LOCAL MODELS DO U RUN HOLY FATHER 💀

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Phil Rosenthal @philrosenthal.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

First I was wowed by the fact Tom Morello grew up there. Then I learned about his mom. Oh my. Even more impressive.

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