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Richard Hsu

@rockcreek.bsky.social

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Productive Member of Society. PA Announcer, DC Breeze, others. Alumnus, Da Vinci's Notebook.

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Ken Jennings @kenjennings.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

I saw yesterday that some right-wing outlets were running stories about me, which I’m used to. But this time I’m going to say something about it, because these were framed to imply that I was aligned with their own transphobia. ⬇️

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Richard Hsu @rockcreek.bsky.social · 30/05/2026

I'm apparently magic: just tuned in to Miguel Vargas: walk off dinger. MJ Melendez: walk off dinger. I'm just saying

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Richard Hsu @rockcreek.bsky.social · 02/04/2026

is one of these "get them to play better"

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Craig Calcaterra @craigcalcaterra.bsky.social · 03/03/2026

Yesterday the Texas Rangers erected a statue of a segregationist cop at Globe Life Field. A statue that was removed from public property in 2020 because of its racist history. @mlb.com has refused to comment. www.cupofcoffeenews.com/cup-of-coffe...

That statue, which was cast back in 1961, was modeled on 1950s Texas Rangers – as in the law enforcement Texas Rangers – Captain Jay Banks. Since it's unveiling 65 years ago it has spent most of its life at Love Field in Dallas. But then in 2020 it was removed and placed in storage. Why? Because Captain Jay Banks was a racist cop who made it his mission to stop schools from integrating.

This is an excerpt from the 2020 book, Cult of Glory: The Bold and Brutal History of the Texas Rangers by Doug Swanson, which describes' Banks' role in efforts to keep schools in Texas racially segregated in defiance of the United States Supreme Court's 1954 decision, Brown v. Board of Education:

Then there is the form and face of the statue itself. This dates to 1956, when the NAACP, backed with a court order, attempted to integrate the high school in Mansfield, about 30 miles southwest of Dallas. White residents erupted in fury, so Gov. Allan Shivers dispatched the Rangers. But unlike state police in other Southern racial hotspots, the Rangers in Mansfield did not escort black students past howling mobs of white supremacists. They had been sent instead to keep the black children out of a white school.

The statue was removed from public view in 2020 in the wake of that book about the Rangers being published. This occurred at the same time that statues of Confederates, Klansmen, racists, and segregationists were removed all over the country following the murder of George Floyd. But now the Texas Rangers Baseball Club, knowing full well the history of the statue, its subject, and its removal, and knowing that multiple municipal institutions decided it was inappropriate for public display, is happy to put that statue up in a public concourse at a major league baseball stadium.

When I learned of this yesterday afternoon I contacted Major League Baseball and asked the following questions:

Is Major League Baseball aware of the history of the "One Riot, One Ranger" statue and its subject, Jay Banks?
Is Major League Baseball aware that Love Field and the City of Dallas removed the statue and put it in storage in 2020 after Banks' involvement in attempting to keep schools segregated in the 1950s came to light?
Does Major League Baseball condone one of its Clubs erecting a previously-removed statue of a staunch segregationist at its ballpark?; and
Does Major League Baseball have any comment regarding the discomfort that will be felt by Black fans when confronted with the statue of a segregationist at Globe Life Field?
I did not receive a response. I'm going to assume that the league's silence on this means that it wholly condones the Rangers putting up the "One Riot, One Ranger" statue despite its sordid and extraordinarily well-reported history.

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Richard Hsu @rockcreek.bsky.social · 26/04/2025

Important content: @temple.edu Men's Crew has returned the Bergen Cup to its best Feng Shui, north of City Hall. 🙃

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Richard Hsu @rockcreek.bsky.social · 03/04/2025

@joshrobbins.bsky.social help me out here. The NBA launched Gil Arenas into the sun for (checks notes) making the same gesture in the huddle, literally making jokes with his teammates. Cool.

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Richard Hsu @rockcreek.bsky.social · 15/11/2024

The kids told me I need to change my handle because "Dad says it's funny" isn't gonna cut it on social media.

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