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Sean Forman @sean-forman.com · 28/09/2026

This is a big one for me.

you can't make everyone happy. You're not a taco.

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Sean Forman @sean-forman.com · 05/09/2026

IBB were not recorded before 1955

31 WALKS IN AUGUST
WERE A FRANCHISE RECORD FOR THE MONTH
AND THE MOST BY A PHILLIES PLAYER WITHOUT AN IBB IN ANY MONTH
SINCE AT LEAST 1955

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Sean Forman @sean-forman.com · 05/09/2026

Just thought about Dustin Hermanson for the first time in 20 years. He had some really good years.

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Sean Forman @sean-forman.com · 04/09/2026

and our internal dialogue

Could you check in with Retrosheet on this one? The play is coded:
play,9,0,keplm001,01, CX,153/L2
The /L2 batted ball trajectory modifier means it is treated as a lineout, though ultimately the play was a groundout (it deflected to the third baseman who threw to first for the out). I'm not sure there's much to be done here to be honest. ****'s comment here says that the play-by-play code is correct but our code generating the description lets the fact that the hit trajectory was Line Drive supersede the fact that it was a ground out play. But I don't know that that there's a way for our code to identify a liner that ends up as a groundout like this.
This code would have been generated by MLBAM originally, but it can't hurt to check in with Retrosheet to see if there's a different way this could be coded.

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Sean Forman @sean-forman.com · 04/09/2026

In case you are wondering what our day in / day out emails from users look like. #thetruthisoutthere

This comment regards:
https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/DET/DET202108300.shtml
comment:
In the ninth inning of this game, there was a line drive back to the mound which hit Miguel Del Pozo in the chin. The ball hit the ground which was then picked up by the third baseman who threw to first for the out. While the ball was hit as a line drive, the play becomes a ground out if I am not mistaken. A 153 lineout would be if the ball ricocheted around and was caught in the air.

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Sean Forman @sean-forman.com · 27/08/2026

Yayoi Kusama. Dammit. I joined the Tate modern for a 2023 spring break trip so I could book a time for her infinity rooms.

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Sean Forman @sean-forman.com · 26/08/2026

Prepping an image for a slide show tomorrow. My team will understand.

Rendered in legos. the scene shows a sepia toned 1920's football game in which the ball carrier is a caiman running upright with the football tucked under his arm.

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Sean Forman @sean-forman.com · 26/08/2026

I’m trying a new keyboard and I’m not sure I can handle this zero placement. That’s fighting 35 years of 10-key data entry experience. Win key is also throwing me. Expect it under the shift key.

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Sean Forman @sean-forman.com · 23/08/2026

Did it without paper but was sure I was going to need a hint halfway thru. But no I prevailed!

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Sean Forman @sean-forman.com · 23/08/2026

*gulp* Not sure I’ve seen a brutal before. Might have to resort to a spreadsheet for this one.

Clues by Sam. Today’s puzzzle is “brutal”

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Sean Forman @sean-forman.com · 21/08/2026

The Coventry City badge doesn't really translate to the score bug very well. At first blush I thought it looked like Bluto wearing gloves with a soccer ball in front of him and a red and white prayer shawl over his head.

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Sean Forman @sean-forman.com · 17/08/2026

I submitted something to Perfect Sentences and @lifewinning.com accepted it. #winning

Many of the photos are of wild pigeons that the Newmarks have fed over the years, including a recently deceased one that Craig named Ghostface Killah.
"Reluctant billionaire: The elusive Craigslist founder is ready to talk", Drew Magary for SFGate

Submitted by Sean.

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Sean Forman @sean-forman.com · 09/08/2026

sita et sarita by Cecilia Beaux in the Musee D'Orsay. I loved the energy of this when I saw and I'm pleased the artist was born in Philly.

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Sean Forman @sean-forman.com · 08/08/2026

Phillies scoreboard joining the FIP table on team ID and not lg ID.

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Sean Forman @sean-forman.com · 08/08/2026

Panorama for your computer.

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Sean Forman @sean-forman.com · 07/08/2026

16th century Old baseball Music critics. Writers 🤝

Treatise written in 1600 about how modern music doesn’t understand the fundamentals.

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Sean Forman @sean-forman.com · 04/08/2026

Back from vacation and I’m so far behind on my podcasts. @doublepivotpodcast.bsky.social @scuffed.bsky.social

Five double pivots and two scuffed podcasts in next ip

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Sean Forman @sean-forman.com · 26/07/2026

Video proof I’d still like to see a mountain stage at some point.

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Sean Forman @sean-forman.com · 26/07/2026

I’m so mad that artists these days have to impose their era onto what are timeless, classical stories. #sticktothetext

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Sean Forman @sean-forman.com · 14/07/2026

You’re prioritizing square mileage over people. Somewhere rural and rich.

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Sean Forman @sean-forman.com · 11/07/2026

Adventures in rounding and scoreboard design at Camden Yards.

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Sean Forman @sean-forman.com · 10/07/2026

Oh Gemini what are you doing.

Jonathan Tarlac: Made history as the first Filipino-born player drafted into the NBA, being selected 30th overall in the 2025 NBA Draft by the Chicago Bulls.

Yeah that’s a video game or ai simulation

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Sean Forman @sean-forman.com · 08/07/2026

So the only thing that differentiates this play from all of the others is that the SS didn't drop the ball?

+--------------+--------+--------------------------------+---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| game_id | inning | event_text | play_desc |
+--------------+--------+--------------------------------+---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| CLE200208100 | 4 | SB2.1X3(65) | O. Vizquel Steals 2B; O. Vizquel out at 3B/SS-3B |
| TBA200605130 | 3 | SB2.1X3(45) | J. Gathright Steals 2B; J. Gathright out at 3B/2B-3B |
| NYA200707060 | 6 | SB2.1X3(45) | C. Figgins Steals 2B; C. Figgins out at 3B/2B-3B |
| ATL200807190 | 2 | SB2.1X3(65) | B. McCann Steals 2B; B. McCann out at 3B/SS-3B |
| TEX201607280 | 3 | SB2.1X3(45) | A. Mondesí Steals 2B; A. Mondesí out at 3B/2B-3B |
| PIT201604150 | 4 | SB2.1X3(65) | S. Marte Steals 2B; S. Marte out at 3B/SS-3B |
| SFN201906140 | 2 | SB2.1X3(45) | K. Pillar Steals 2B; K. Pillar out at 3B/2B-3B |
| PHI202008140 | 8 | SB2.1X3(65) | B. Hamilton Steals 2B; B. Hamilton out at 3B/SS-3B |
| BOS202505180 | 4 | SB2.1X3(65) | D. Hamilton Steals 2B; D. Hamilton out at 3B/SS-3…

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Sean Forman @sean-forman.com · 03/07/2026

I remain committed to the take that having the penalties before Extra Time would be far superior to whatever this is.

two shots for .07 xG in the first half of Extra Time.

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Sean Forman @sean-forman.com · 02/07/2026

This is like the NCAA Final Four Saturdays when Duke, Phi Slamma Jamma, UNC, Georgetown, and/or UNLV were playing.

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Sean Forman @sean-forman.com · 27/06/2026

At least you don’t have a gang of croats loitering in the aisle next to you.

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Sean Forman @sean-forman.com · 17/06/2026

I’m not the only person who sees this? Right?

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Sean Forman @sean-forman.com · 15/06/2026

“Locker room interview”. Im curious what White House room they turned into a locker room. Oh and the last winning fighter ended his imterview shouting “Michelle Obama is a man!”

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Sean Forman @sean-forman.com · 11/06/2026

Are there any aggregators compiling wholesome content of foreign fans' experiences in the US, Canada and Mexico enjoying the WC. Stuff like Freddy from Germany and the Japanese writer in Nashville. That's the WC content I want to see.

American lunch.

The roadside shop was amazing, both the food and the atmosphere!

Dude LMAO THIS IS A GAS STATION.

outside a Buc-ees

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Sean Forman @sean-forman.com · 31/05/2026

I enjoyed this from the Perfect Sentences newsletter today.

If there’s a singular drink of the everyman in today’s United States, it’s stuff that tastes like soda, inebriates like liquor, and (as a thoroughly contemporary invention) evokes exactly zero nostalgia for some imagined, egalitarian past.

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Sean Forman @sean-forman.com · 16/05/2026

Finally there it is. I have similar issues on ucl match days. You’ve got to make this dead simple.

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Sean Forman @sean-forman.com · 16/05/2026

Live tv sports tab. Don’t be silly

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Sean Forman @sean-forman.com · 16/05/2026

CBS paramounts streaming strategy is a disaster Just a complete playbook for how not to do it. I’m traveling and I lterally can’t find anything about how to watch the PGA championship. In the app there is zilch.

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Sean Forman @sean-forman.com · 16/05/2026

I think we can agree that bWAR would look mighty good on this scoreboard.

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Sean Forman @sean-forman.com · 04/05/2026

Hey Peacock Tv. How about adding something like this to your setup. 99% of the time I open your app I'm looking for sports and you never tell me when it's not on Peacock. Just tell me where to watch the game and it would be very helpful. Just create a premier league hub I can go to every day.

Fake Peacock module showing me where the game is when it's not on Peacock.

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Sean Forman @sean-forman.com · 29/04/2026

I think the Phillies let a different intern design each of their in-stadium score bugs.

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Sean Forman @sean-forman.com · 29/04/2026

Back at the ballpark and still no resolution on the scoreboard WAR issue. My ticket rep stopped by the seat and asked if I had any issues to raise. I don't think she expected my concerns about use of out of town WAR.

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