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Aaron Cameron @thatbootlegguy.bsky.social · 39m

Earl Weaver was ahead of his time in so many ways, but never more than when he (apocryphally?) said, “Momentum is the next day’s starting pitcher.” Hell is John Smoltz talking about with this “offensive momentum can carry over to the next game.” No the fuck it can’t, man

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Aaron Cameron @thatbootlegguy.bsky.social · 49m

Is Smoltz obligated to reference his love of golf as many times as possible during these broadcasts? Dude made his MLB debut before I entered high school. He’s got decades of not-golf to draw on!

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Aaron Cameron @thatbootlegguy.bsky.social · 1h

I…don’t think Megan Fox’s hair is really THAT long?

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Aaron Cameron @thatbootlegguy.bsky.social · 1h

Consecutive games streak of in-game player interview yielding nothing of note has officially lapped Cal Ripken’s

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Aaron Cameron @thatbootlegguy.bsky.social · 1h

It shouldn’t, but some of southern California’s hottest days of the year are in October when those infernal (inferno?) Santa Ana winds blow in from the desert. Sucks, be we used to it. 68°F (20°C) winter is right around the corner 🫡

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Aaron Cameron @thatbootlegguy.bsky.social · 1h

Okay, but #athletics Max Muncy is more handsome and at the end of the day…

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Aaron Cameron @thatbootlegguy.bsky.social · 1h

Was rooting for Braves today until that shot of dude in the bleachers doing stupid and racist tomahawk chop after Sean Murphy’s home run

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Kakapo, Winterball Knowing @omgbaseball.net · 2h

Smoltzy was my childhood and I wish he stayed there

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Aaron Cameron @thatbootlegguy.bsky.social · 3h

John Smoltz *praising* Mookie Betts for NOT challenging strike three, that should have been ball four (followed by a Shohei single) and I'm begging this network to hire literally any of the hundreds of more qualified color commentators out there.

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Aaron Cameron @thatbootlegguy.bsky.social · 3h

How hot is it in Los Angeles? Fox doing the “thermometer on the field” opening shot which, heretofore, had only been seen during August games on astroturf in the 1980s

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Aaron Cameron @thatbootlegguy.bsky.social · 4h

“What a great send by the White Sox third base coach!” BRUH, WHAT lol

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Aaron Cameron @thatbootlegguy.bsky.social · 4h

Kelly Stafford and naked Sydney Sweeney commercials back-to-back during this White Sox v. Guardians ALDS game lol. MLB always on some “all money is green” shit lol

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Aaron Cameron @thatbootlegguy.bsky.social · 4h

I’m sorry, Megs. Whole city’s drunk

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Aaron Cameron @thatbootlegguy.bsky.social · 5h

Steven Kwan (on second base) sure seemed to be signaling to the batter in that at-bat that just ended the inning lol

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Rodger Sherman @rodger.bsky.social · 7h

crazy that they got her to do this, considering she's the greatest women's basketball player of all time and therefore presumably participating in the currently ongoing WNBA Playoffs

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Aaron Cameron @thatbootlegguy.bsky.social · 5h

So inexplicably dumb that MLB has the technology to get every ball/strike call correct, but outsources the responsibility to the *players* in an intense playoff game and ONLY a couple of times here and there lol

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Aaron Cameron @thatbootlegguy.bsky.social · 5h

Shame on everyone who accepted these anti-trans ads airing during this White Sox v Guardians game and agreed to air state-specific election hatred on a national scale

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Aaron Cameron @thatbootlegguy.bsky.social · 6h

Supposed to be 104°F (40°C) today, so I'm trying to knock out errands early. Was first in line at the smog place, second in line at the post office (both spots only ever have one person working there) and now I'm about play/win Powerball since the gods are obviously smiling upon me

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Aaron Cameron @thatbootlegguy.bsky.social · 7h

Aside from the players who've overtly bought into the Yankees' silly reverential "mystique", they're not *totally* unlikeable!

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Aaron Cameron @thatbootlegguy.bsky.social · 8h

I, too, was at this game. Phil’s descriptions are spot on. Equal parts excruciating and interminable. Quick thread if you’ve ever wondered what 21st century #athletics fandom is like 👇🏾

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Aaron Cameron @thatbootlegguy.bsky.social · 8h

It brings me no pleasure to boo Ruth. She’s as kind and selfless as anyone I’ve ever known. That said? Boo, Ruth. Boo.

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Aaron Cameron @thatbootlegguy.bsky.social · 8h

👋🏾Hey, guys! I know one or two of you think I’m obnoxiously vain, but take it from the most handsome A’s fan you know: I’ve been to 100°F (38°C) games in Sacramento and Las Vegas. That damp small towel is great advice, even over your head and obscuring your face. If *I* can do it, you can, too! 🙏🏾

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Philip Michaels @philipmichaels.bsky.social · 11h

I was at a Sony press conference at CES where Tom Holland appeared. And it was there I learned he does not sound like stammering teen Peter Parker It’s also why I annoy my daughter by saying “Tickety boo, I’m Spider-Man, I is,” in a Cockney accent.

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Aaron Cameron @thatbootlegguy.bsky.social · 12h

Algorithm has been pumping a lot of “Lanterns” in my feed. I don’t follow Hollywood at all these days, so let me tell you how jarring some of the actors’ natural accents are. I’ve gasped more than once lol

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Aaron Cameron @thatbootlegguy.bsky.social · 12h

Genuinely excited for the proposed feral possum exhibit/habitat in #athletics new Las Vegas ballpark

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Heavy J Studios #CardSky @heavyjstudios.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Got a little behind on my listening but as they say I’d rather be a little behind than a big ass. 😉 Really fun episode, guys.

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Jane Doe @lightlyredacted.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Fuck 'em both.

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Aaron Cameron @thatbootlegguy.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

This book is excellent and I'll be posting a Fancestor podcast episode featuring @jaywigley.bsky.social and discussing his book later this month!

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Aaron Cameron @thatbootlegguy.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Have told this story a million times: Orioles in San Diego to play Padres. After game, Palmer & Eddie Murray outside Petco Park waiting for cops to let us cross the street. Dude in full Os garb walked up and politely let the two know how much they meant to him, how he grew up watching them, etc.

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Philip Michaels @philipmichaels.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Having just read a book cowritten by Jim Palmer, I have learned that the person most convinced by Jim Palmer’s expertise is Jim Palmer.

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Joe Sheehan @sheehannewsletter.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

My Guardians/White Sox preview is posted free for all. Read, love, subscribe. www.joesheehan.com

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Aaron Cameron @thatbootlegguy.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

I eat at McDonald's maybe once every few years and it seemed to greatly confuse and inconvenience the kids working back there because I don't have the app? Between this and the new touchscreens at my pharmacy, I'm beginning to think society wishes I would just get the F out of their way already lol

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Aaron Cameron @thatbootlegguy.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

I knew before I opened this that “Bryce Harper to (his hometown) #athletics” would be floated lol

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Aaron Cameron @thatbootlegguy.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Remember when MLB Network launched & debuted their “30 Teams in 30 Days” Spring Training preview? Then, a year later, I stole the idea for my lightly-read blog, but called it “30 A’s in 30 Days”? And, then, #athletics TV stole it from me & used the title for THEIR season preview? Let’s dust it off!

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Aaron Cameron @thatbootlegguy.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Good explainer for those wondering about the differences between Kalshi and the Draft Kings/FanDuel model. Also, the spokesperson quotes will make you wanna punch a wall. So fucking infuriating

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Aaron Cameron @thatbootlegguy.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Was trying to find Dave Parker in dog pile, but he was probably flipping off the Angels from the dugout IYKYK

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Craig Calcaterra @craigcalcaterra.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Today I wrote about the botched execution of Christina Pike and how the death penalty must end, in all situations, with absolutely no exceptions. www.cupofcoffeenews.com/cup-of-coffe...

Tennessee attempted to kill Christa Gail Pike on Wednesday night but they botched it. They gave her a dose of phenobarbital, it did not kill her, so they gave her a second dose of phenobarbital which also did not kill her. Witnesses said that Pike was kicking her feet, knocking off sheets, and showing signs of obvious pain. Eventually she fell into a state of semi-consciousness and at various points was heard snoring by witnesses. The botched execution spanned more than two hours from the beginning of the lethal injection protocol to the time it was halted and Pike was transported to the hospital.

Pike is said to be in critical condition in the hospital. There is a good chance that she sustained severe brain injuries by virtue of her respiratory and cardiovascular systems being subjected to massive doses phenobarbital for over two hours which likely led to prolonged oxygen deprivation to her brain.

How did this happen? There are any number of theories. One possibility is that the people conducting the attempted execution failed to properly tap a vein, which may have been more likely due to a condition Pike has called thrombocytosis. If so, they probably just pumped the phenobarbital into her muscles and surrounding tissue. It's also possible that the phenobarbital used by Tennessee was degraded or substandard due to pharmaceutical companies' refusal to sell such drugs and drug administration equipment to death penalty state prison authorities, which leads them to pursue questionable substitutes from compounding pharmacies and suppliers. Those are just theories, of course. There will be an investigation into all of this and we'll find out more eventually.

But the specifics of this don't matter much to me. All of it just underscores how wrong and evil and depraved capital punishment is and how it should be abolished everywhere immediately. With absolutely no exceptions.

I’ve long opposed capital punishment in any and all cases. There is nothing — no fact, no argument, no sufficiently depraved or horrifying a criminal or crime, hypothetical or otherwise — that will ever change my mind about that. I’d oppose the death penalty even if it was not discriminatory and arbitrary, which it absolutely is. I'd oppose it even if our system was incapable of legal or factual error, which it obviously is not. Indeed, it makes errors all the time, and there have been several cases in recent years in which states have killed innocent people. While legal errors can cause extreme hardship in cases that don’t involve the death penalty, once you’ve killed someone there are no take-backs. Utah just released a man who spent 37 years on death row after they discovered that he was innocent.

But like I said: I oppose it in all cases. Even when guilt is not in question, as is the case with Christa Pike, who admitted what she did long ago. I simply think that it is illegitimate to give humans the legal right to end the lives of other human beings. That's especially true given the manner of political power, how it is obtained, and how it is employed in this country.

I do not think that the purpose of our criminal justice system should be retribution or the satisfaction of blood lust. We can and should incapacitate criminals by locking them up. We can and should rehabilitate criminals who are capable of being rehabilitated while they are locked up. We should do what we can to deter future crime, but in so doing we must acknowledge that the death penalty does nothing to deter crime. We should not, as a society, be in the revenge business, which is what the death penalty is really about.

The State of Tennessee tortured a human being for two hours on Wednesday night and quite possibly inflicted traumatic brain injuries upon her. There is nothing that justifies that. There is nothing that justifies the state from taking the life of a human being.

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Aaron Cameron @thatbootlegguy.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Phillies turned always-jovial Jayson Stark into the Skinner meme!

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Aaron Cameron @thatbootlegguy.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Excited to see the Phillies, Astros, Cubs, and Red Sox raise their “PLAYED 2 OR 3 MORE GAMES THAN THE 2026 HOMELESS ATHLETICS” banners next Opening Day 🫡

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Aaron Cameron @thatbootlegguy.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Threw an 11-inning complete game shutout in 1990 nbd #athletics

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Mina Kimes @minakimes.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Straight up: As a woman in football, this sucks to listen to. This week in particular.

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Aaron Cameron @thatbootlegguy.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Phillies with one of those familiar #athletics no-shows in a wildcard elimination game. Us real ones know

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Aaron Cameron @thatbootlegguy.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Just looked at his 2026 stat line and YIKES

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