Perry Barber @umpireplb.bsky.social · 29/09/2026There's something so genuine and charming about Zohran Mamdani, and then he goes ahead and actually fulfills campaign promises to boot! He's truly a People's Mayor with the spine to both stand up to Trump AND romance him, and his quick wit has endeared him to New Yorkers in just a few short months. 120
Perry Barber @umpireplb.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Farewell to Moe Resner, who enjoyed a stand-up career as Jackie Mason's opening act and became an adult men's baseball lifer until he was in his mid-eighties and couldn't run so well anymore. He made this doc about the NYGiants' final game at the Polo Grounds in 1957: youtu.be/xNIFwY5nb64?...youtu.beNew York Giants End of an Era" (Moe Resner)YouTube video by allendale101 020
Perry Barber @umpireplb.bsky.social · 27/09/2026New York is going down the drain under our muslim sharia-loving commie homo lefty pinko mayor. Kids reading books at age 2! Getting fed nutritious meals at school! Potholes being filled, Second Avenue completely re-paved. DoorDash workers being repaid money they were cheated out of. We are doomed. 020
Perry Barber @umpireplb.bsky.social · 24/09/2026My favorite sports story of the year, guess why sports.yahoo.com/articles/ide...msn.comMSN 110
Perry Barber @umpireplb.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Oh no, our socialist commie muslim mayor is up to no good again, forcing a company to settle a workers' law suit because DoorDash CHEATED a quarter of a million hardworking people out of money they earned but were stiffed for by DD. REAL leadership would have been keeping the money for himself! 072
Perry Barber @umpireplb.bsky.social · 23/09/2026In a stunning display of grit and resilience, Ayami Sato pitched a complete game shutout against the San Francisco Firebells to earn the first WPBL league championship for the LA Queens! What a season, what a way to end a season! It feels like a dream, a recurring dream❤️⚾ www.msn.com/en-us/sports...msn.comMSN 061
Perry Barber @umpireplb.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Curtis Pride is an outstanding human being; he played for the Nashua Pride of the Atlantic League in 1999 when I umpired there. He continues to show his love for baseball, particularly women's baseball, and his wife Lisa is an announcer for a minor league team in Florida. A real baseball lifers duo! 040
Perry Barber @umpireplb.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Can't get much more "A League of Their Own" - or maybe "My Cousin Vinny" - than this 120
Perry Barber @umpireplb.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Women's pro baseball is good for business! www.newschannel20.com/news/local/w...newschannel20.comWPBL Championships bringing the business to Springfield 070
Perry Barber @umpireplb.bsky.social · 16/09/2026"Moral laryngitis" Couldn't have not said it better myself 020
Perry Barber @umpireplb.bsky.social · 14/09/2026He told the unvarnished truth in "Ball Four" and was shunned by his brethren for his honesty, but to many of us he was a hero for it. 160
Perry Barber @umpireplb.bsky.social · 11/09/2026Remembering Mike Brennan, NYFD firefighter out of Engine 54‚ Ladder 4‚ Battalion 9 at 48th St & 8th Avenue in Manhattan, nicknamed "The Pride of Midtown." Mike was only 27 when he died, and was greatly beloved and will be eternally missed by his family and friends. www.firehero.org/fallen-firef...firehero.orgMichael Emmett Brennan - National Fallen Firefighters FoundationMichael was a fun loving guy who always had a smile on his face. From when he was a little boy‚ he wanted to be a fireman. He joined the FDNY at 21. 020
Perry Barber @umpireplb.bsky.social · 05/09/2026Took my friend since 2nd grade Liz Chanler to a Tom Rush concert at the lovely Opera House in Camden, Maine. He played "No Regrets," "Urge for Going," and a stirring "St. James Infirmary Blues" as I was transported back a half century when I taught myself to play guitar listening to Tom Rush albums. 070
Perry Barber @umpireplb.bsky.social · 03/09/2026Anyone in town for the waning days of the WPBL season, Tuesday 9/8 is an off day, so come to the movies instead and learn about some of the women now playing in the league, and some who aren't, in Mark Durand's absorbing film, "Her Game is Hardball." Grab your free tickets now! www.atthelegacy.comatthelegacy.comThe Legacy Theatre – The oldest theatre in town is also the newest. 021
Perry Barber @umpireplb.bsky.social · 02/09/2026There are angels among us, and Chloe, Michael Negrón's granddaughter who died last year of a rare disease, was one of them. In her name, Chloe's Closet was created to help other sick kids access life-enhancing medical equipment and therapies. Like I said, angels among us. 140
Perry Barber @umpireplb.bsky.social · 02/09/2026Curt Flood is one of those players who, when you learn he's not in the Hall of Fame, you go, "Wait, WHAT? How can CURT FLOOD not be in the Hall of Fame? How is that even possible?" 050
Perry Barber @umpireplb.bsky.social · 29/08/2026Katie Phang is a National Treasure and a BadAss, and the two are not mutually exclusive. Ron DeSantis is a MAGA grifter and a Horse's Ass, and the two are often the same 040
Reposted by Perry BarberYaroslava @strategywoman.bsky.social · 29/08/2026This table is reserved for those who fought and died for Ukraine. Today is the Day of Remembrance of the Defenders of Ukraine. Cafes, bookstores, restaurants, you name it, reserve one Memory Table for them. The bookstore I visited today had one, too. 🌻 38833178
Perry Barber @umpireplb.bsky.social · 26/08/2026We were not worthy, but she loved all of us anyway 061
Perry Barber @umpireplb.bsky.social · 20/08/2026In an ultimate, disgusting irony, this is the same Rep. Mike Caruso who voted for House Bill #1297 that makes child molestation a capital felony, meaning eligible for the DEATH PENALTY. Florida gov Ron DeSantis signed the bill into law in 2023, and to his credit, he's saying the law will be followed 212
Reposted by Perry BarberDr. Meredith Wills ⚾️⚾️👀 @bbl-astrophyscs.bsky.social · 19/08/2026You wanna grow the game, MLB? Then take a stand, call out ICE’s heinous behavior, and protect your goddamn people. Fans will flock to a league with a moral compass and the courage to do the right thing. www.chron.com/news/article...chron.comDHS taunts detained Padres coach in fiery social media post"NOBODY is above the law, and he will remain in ICE custody pending removal." 15338241099
Perry Barber @umpireplb.bsky.social · 19/08/2026We knew this would happen eventually What would the FOX, I mean MLB, say? Will Rob Manfred use his influence over Trump to get him to call off the abductions and detentions? Or will he do his usual spineless thing and just pretend it's not happening, or that it's somehow justified? 041
Perry Barber @umpireplb.bsky.social · 19/08/2026Remember Tommy John's three-errors-on-one-play game in 1988? It should never have happened. Brewer Jeff Leonard was so far out of the three-foot running lane advancing to first, he should have been called out for interference. Plate umpire Rick Reed missed the violation, leading to errors #2 and 3. 142
Perry Barber @umpireplb.bsky.social · 19/08/2026one of my favorite people too Marlene Vogelsang RULES! 070
Perry Barber @umpireplb.bsky.social · 16/08/2026joshua Báez is the Kelsie Whitmore of the National League www.cbssports.com/mlb/news/jos...cbssports.comCardinals rookie Joshua Báez makes MLB history by homering in first three big-league at-batsBáez led the minors in home runs before his promotion, and he showed off that power at Wrigley Field 2183
Perry Barber @umpireplb.bsky.social · 15/08/2026Kanter and White are not trans women, and they're not men either; they're children acting out of jealousy and ego, and they should be sent to their rooms without supper and grounded for the next nine months. ⬇️ 030
Perry Barber @umpireplb.bsky.social · 15/08/2026In memory of sweet Chloe, Michael's granddaughter who died very young yet is now saving lives through his advocacy and eternal love for her. 030
Perry Barber @umpireplb.bsky.social · 14/08/2026The two most important men in my life: My big brother Rocky(r) and my accountant Jeff Gold ❤️ 150
Perry Barber @umpireplb.bsky.social · 13/08/2026Justice for Omar Artan! He was denied, but now he's being rewarded for being denied. Call 'em as you see 'em, Omar! 020
Perry Barber @umpireplb.bsky.social · 13/08/2026Happy birthday to my beloved, the one and only, and still the greatest, Christy Mathewson sabr.org/bioproj/pers...sabr.orgChristy Mathewson – Society for American Baseball Research 030
Perry Barber @umpireplb.bsky.social · 09/08/2026One year ago today, umpire Jen Pawol made history when she took the field in uniform during a regular-season game in Atlanta. She spent ten years before that working her way up through the minors, more than the usual span most umpires spend before they get that call. She EARNED her promotion. 191
Reposted by Perry BarberThe Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 09/08/2026The problem for all the people trying to fearmonger about @abdulelsayed.bsky.social is @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social exists. Y’all tried it with him too, and now NYC loves him and he’s delivering — Which is what you were really afraid of. 973868917
Perry Barber @umpireplb.bsky.social · 08/08/2026How lucky am I to have seen him in person with my twin sister and brother, and to have then met him backstage at the Copa. He was warm and welcoming, not fake-nice for appearance's sake, the real deal. Kids can tell. 1144
Perry Barber @umpireplb.bsky.social · 08/08/2026To all the lovely resisters, Slava Ukrainis, never-Trumpers, never-ever-Trumpers, democracy supporters, data center opponents, cat/dog moms and dads, realists, dreamers, activists, fighters, et al. who recently followed me, I promise I won't DM you to tell you I love and am grateful for all of you! 082
Perry Barber @umpireplb.bsky.social · 08/08/2026If there really are rules of engagement about how to wage war "legally," Russia has been violating all of them since it invaded Ukraine. It sends bombs and missiles to destroy civilian targets and kill innocents asleep in their apartments. It wants to evaporate all of Ukranian culture and history. 111
Perry Barber @umpireplb.bsky.social · 08/08/2026The opposite of the Mamdani effect: Knicks won the league title thousands of potholes filled Free day care for families Discount grocery stores Fixed public water fountains that haven't worked for years Removed corrupt politicos from an advisory board Public Interest Technology (PIT) 020
Perry Barber @umpireplb.bsky.social · 08/08/2026Never did I think I would wish our American president were as smart, sensible, perspicacious, and articulate as the Speaker of the Iranian parliament, but here I am 030
Perry Barber @umpireplb.bsky.social · 08/08/2026This is what Russia deliberately did to a soccer stadium in Ukraine. 020
Perry Barber @umpireplb.bsky.social · 08/08/2026Another communist jihadist plot. I mean, what caliph cares about the needs of the lower classes like clean, accessible drinking water? Gotta be a smokescreen for some nefarious sharia-imposing activity. 140
Perry Barber @umpireplb.bsky.social · 08/08/2026Anyone who reads science fiction, or science, could have predicted this. The war In Iran is not a war over oil, it's a war over WATER - the water in the Strait of Hormuz. And what's happening in Puerto Rico, an American protectorate, is criminal neglect and inept planning weather.com/2026/08/06/n...weather.comPuerto Rico water crisis means severe rationing for thousandsNearly 200,000 people on a rotating schedule will be without running water for 48 hours at a time. Drought is likely to continue with little rain forecast. 032
Reposted by Perry BarberChristopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 05/08/2026And instead of handing billions to the black market, invest that tax revenue in Texas communities. I agree with every bit of this… 15469105
Reposted by Perry BarberChristopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 05/08/2026Talarico’s argument is simple: Stop treating marijuana like a crime. Legalize it. Regulate it. Tax it. Stop wasting police resources on low-level marijuana offenses. Clear the records of people whose lives have been derailed by nonviolent marijuana convictions. 600151323636
Perry Barber @umpireplb.bsky.social · 06/08/2026One time during an umpiring clinic at a Baseball For All practice, the instructor told the students to call strikes by raising their right hand above their head. Apgar pipes up, "But I don't have a right hand!" Cracked everyone up. She's always found a way to play the game she loves and excels at. 081
Reposted by Perry BarberCecilia M. Tan @whyilikebaseball.bsky.social · 03/08/2026I wrote about the launch of the WPBL and the #SABR54 watch party of the opening game. whyilikebaseball.com/wpbl-opening... 23311
Perry Barber @umpireplb.bsky.social · 01/08/2026Emma Charlesworth-Seiler, assistant coach for the LA Queens, is one of a small but growing number of women who have umpired professionally. For a while, it looked as if she would be the first female call-up to the big leagues, but she went in another direction while Jen Pawol stayed the course. 1124
