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mike, @ssmanque.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
The top Royals highlight of this game so far is the pitcher struck a guy out. Unfortunately that guy is batting again and it’s still the second inning
Screenshot of White Sox/Royals game state from MLB app
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mike, @ssmanque.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Seattle weather is TOO nice right now. We cannot afford to take any chances
Large open field playground under a clear blue sky. In the foreground a sign reads “field closed due to weather”
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mike, @ssmanque.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Props to Prime for adaptating Denny Neagle’s surprisingly wild Wikipedia bio
Prime Original
Neagle
New series
September 16
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mike, @ssmanque.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
It’s my first time at the K since 8/29/16. I do NOT go ten full years between visits
Kauffman Stadium from the first base side seating bowl
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mike, @ssmanque.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
ooh la la
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mike, @ssmanque.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
The DeBarges, all four of them are on the telephone
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mike, @ssmanque.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
Contemplating a reality where two people could be rendered in such differing degrees of cartoonishness, with horror
Single-slice pizza box with artwork of two Italian pizza chefs, one with realistic facial features and the other looking like a character from Spy vs. Spy
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mike, @ssmanque.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
Similar angle, 2026 version
3-D aerial image of St. Louis, with very detailed and realistically textured structures and surfaces
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mike, @ssmanque.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
Remember when Google Earth looked like this
3-D aerial image of St. Louis from Google Earth from about 2005. Lots of blocky gray masses representing skyscrapers. The Arch is a huge skinny rectangle.
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mike, @ssmanque.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
kansas city royals baseball….don’t mind if i don’t
@TheRichardKarn: I’ve thought long and hard about [edited to say “watching the Royals”] and I’ve decided it’s not something I need to do 🙏💕

Photo of smiling Richard Karn
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mike, @ssmanque.bsky.social · 30/05/2026
Buddy Bell
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mike, @ssmanque.bsky.social · 23/05/2026
Starship Enterprise in flight with the title “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles” above it
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mike, @ssmanque.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
KEXP tour is really cool, they let you go through their library of CDs and LPs which all have notes from DJs scribbled on the front
Racks and racks of CDsElliott Smith Either/Or CD with notation stickers
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mike, @ssmanque.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
Found another Gage Workman ancestor
album cover for Nimrod Workman's I Want To Go Where Things Are Beautiful
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mike, @ssmanque.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
Here's the career bWAR and fWAR totals for SPs who have met the playing time requirements for the team Hall of Fame. Gold bars are in the hall, blue bars are not. Gray bars are not yet eligible. That's Leibrandt in the top spot among non-HOFers, and ahead of Splittorff (bWAR only), Gura, and Busby.
Bar charts showing Royals starting pitchers career Baseball Reference WAR and Fangraphs WAR. Charlie Leibrandt has the highest value in both among players who are eligible for but enshrined in the Royals team hall of fame, and in both cases higher than a couple who are.
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mike, @ssmanque.bsky.social · 03/05/2026
…and good afternoon
T Mobile Park from the upper deck above third base
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mike, @ssmanque.bsky.social · 03/05/2026
Good evening again
T Mobile Park from the left field bleachers
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mike, @ssmanque.bsky.social · 02/05/2026
Good evening
Bryan Woo pitching to Jac Caglianone
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mike, @ssmanque.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
/to the tune of I Am Woman (Hear Me Roar)
Yuniesky Betancourt
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mike, @ssmanque.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
Again!
Alcides Escobar crosses home plate after a leadoff inside-the-park home run in game 1 of the 2015 World Series. From the MLBGuessr game
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mike, @ssmanque.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
Lapel pin commemorating Opening Day 2020 at Comerica Park. Includes the phrase “I was there!”
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mike, @ssmanque.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
Triple checking the scoreboard
Tim Robinson I don’t know if you’re allowed to do that
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mike, @ssmanque.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
This was the best thing I picked up at the Comerica gift shop when I visited in 2024
Lapel pin commemorating Opening Day 2020 at Comerica Park
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mike, @ssmanque.bsky.social · 19/04/2026
Ian Malcolm in Jurassic Park saying “boy, do I hate being right all the time”
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mike, @ssmanque.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
MLBGuessr has asked me to identify my exact whereabouts on a specific date
Screenshot of MLBGuessr, photo is of Felix Hernandez celebrating the final strike of his perfect game
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mike, @ssmanque.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
Incredible triptych
Two women in fancy dresses sitting on dirty English pavementTwo women in fancy dresses sitting on dirty English pavementTwo women in fancy dresses sitting on dirty English pavement as a worker picks trash off the ground behind them
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mike, @ssmanque.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
The “hooo” he lets out after the breakdown here is so good and perfectly placed that it makes me emotional literally every time
Marvin Gaye - Ain’t That Peculiar 2:04
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mike, @ssmanque.bsky.social · 11/04/2026
I’m still waiting for a set that incorporates a 1969 Hallmark artist’s concept of a psychedelic cow that was unfortunately rejected
Black and white art of a large cow with splotchy pattern on its side and speech bubble saying “K.C. Royals”
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mike, @ssmanque.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
Hopefully this game won't derail my life
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mike, @ssmanque.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
You know it, brother
Sidewalk chalk art of a cat giving two thumbs up and saying “Enjoy the day”
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mike, @ssmanque.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
Cast list from Wikipedia:
Walter Cronkite as Capt. Neweyes, an inventor who brings the dinosaurs to the present
Jay Leno as Vorb, an alien that works for Capt. Neweyes.Cast list from Wikipedia:
Jay Leno as himself
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mike, @ssmanque.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
Sorry kid
Child playing on the floor, Talking Heads’ Remain In Light LP mounted on the wall behind them
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mike, @ssmanque.bsky.social · 08/03/2026
Real milk, no discomfort
Cartoon cow, humanoid enough to land in the uncanny valley, above banner that reads “Real Milk, No Discomfort!”
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mike, @ssmanque.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
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mike, @ssmanque.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
Looked up this Royals pitcher who I’d never heard of and would like to thank Google for the information
Google search results for Brandon Johnson with three photos, one of a mustachioed Bobby Valentine in the dugout, one of Steven Kwan throwing a baseball, and one of Bob Melvin (I think) resting on a batting cage
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mike, @ssmanque.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
putting these up all over the stadium
keep honking i'm reloading
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mike, @ssmanque.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
Here's an album whose title was forever ruined by a single meme about a decade later
Tonic - Lemon Parade (1996)
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mike, @ssmanque.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
Beltrán really should go into the Hall as a Met. There is still only one choice as biggest Royals cap snub in Cooperstown
Portrait of Hall of Fame reliever Lee Smith in a Kansas City Royals uniform. Smith was in spring camp with the Royals in 1998 but refused a minor league assignment before the season began.
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mike, @ssmanque.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
There’s a real “5 blades” situation developing in children’s visual entertainment. I gotta find out what these new dimensions are
Posters at a family fun center advertising theater shows for children in 6-D
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mike, @ssmanque.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
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mike, @ssmanque.bsky.social · 02/01/2026
Nourished By Tim
Taylor family from Home Improvement
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mike, @ssmanque.bsky.social · 02/01/2026
Doing some daily @themountaingoats.bsky.social reading in 2026 along with Leon Durham
Open copy of John Darnielle’s book This Year with a Leon Durham baseball card acting as bookmark
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mike, @ssmanque.bsky.social · 10/12/2025
“Don’t tread on me” in Papyrus font
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mike, @ssmanque.bsky.social · 03/12/2025
Young Modest Mussorgsky looked more like a Nate
Portrait of composer Modest Mussorgsky, looks like a guy named Nate
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mike, @ssmanque.bsky.social · 17/10/2025
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mike, @ssmanque.bsky.social · 17/10/2025
Woman peering over her eye glasses saying "soon-to-be published author, you mean?"dril tweet: oh nothin, i was just buying some ear medication for my sick uncle... *LOWERS SHADES TO LOOK YOU DEAD IN THE EYE* who's a Model by the way,
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mike, @ssmanque.bsky.social · 17/10/2025
Ha, today's Athletic newsletter included this tidbit
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mike, @ssmanque.bsky.social · 17/10/2025
KILROY WAS FUCKIN HERE, FUCK
Dichromatic Max Scherzer peering over the dugout rail
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mike, @ssmanque.bsky.social · 16/10/2025
And yet, he hardly knew Jacke
Vladimir Guerrero Jr. wearing a sport coat with “HE BLUE JACKE” in bright white letters in the left sleeve (the stylized T at each end is difficult to see)
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mike, @ssmanque.bsky.social · 10/10/2025
Has the False Marlins Man in LA been discussed?
Home plate view at Dodger Stadium, one member of the crowd is wearing a bright orange Miami Marlins jersey and visor but it's not the guy who usually see wearing that outfit in that location
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