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Andrew Forbes @utilityofboredom.bsky.social · 10h

You crazy for this one Pontifex

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Andrew Forbes @utilityofboredom.bsky.social · 14h

Absolutely insane sequence of events in this Phils-Atlanta game

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Andrew Forbes @utilityofboredom.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Eldest, wearing noise-canceling headphones while consulting a recipe: How much feta? Me: Measure with your heart. Eldest: Measurements ARE hard!

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Andrew Forbes @utilityofboredom.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Received copies of the anniversary edition of my first baseball book, The Utility of Boredom. Long in the tooth but looking trim and spry in a new outfit (redesigned cover) and fresh haircut (new intro by me). Also: French flaps! Available from @invisibooks.bsky.social wherever you get books.

The cover of a book entitled THE UTILITY OF BOREDOM: BASEBALL ESSAYS (Tenth Anniversary Edition), by Andrew Forbes. The cover is a bright yellowy gold and features an illustration of a baseball player in a green uniform.

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Andrew Forbes @utilityofboredom.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

On this day, the 100th anniversary of John Coltrane's birth, I've listened to the following albums: A Love Supreme Giant Steps Africa/Brass The Complete Village Vanguard Recordings Blue Train Meditations I have 90 more mins and I think I'll likely spend it listening to the big Classic Quartet box.

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Andrew Forbes @utilityofboredom.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Pete Alonso: dashing Blue Jays' hopes since 2019.

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Gummy Arts @gummyarts.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Ayami Sato, LA Queens, 2026 WPBL Championship Series MVP

Colored-pencil card drawing of Ayami Sato

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Andrew Forbes @utilityofboredom.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Queens! What a series for the WPBL title. Ayami Sato pitched the game of her life. Really looking forward to watching this league grow.

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Andrew Forbes @utilityofboredom.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Brutal night for the Jays capped by Pete Alonso finding another way to inflict pain on them. Stumbling to the finish line now. What a long, strange season.

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Andrew Forbes @utilityofboredom.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Last (in person) game of the year for me. Roof open, sun blazing, Max on the bump, Jays up heading into the late innings. Here with my dad. Not a bad afternoon.

The field at the Rogers Centre in bright sunshine.

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Andrew Forbes @utilityofboredom.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

My wife is spending the weekend with friends and last night she texted 'what is our song' and my immediate sense was that I was being tested. I passed, friends. I passed. www.youtube.com/watch?v=_1Dw...

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Sugarcube

YouTube video by Yo La Tengo - Topic

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Andrew Forbes @utilityofboredom.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Joey Votto is such a Canadian boy and I love it so much.

An instagram post from former National League MVP and Torontonian Joey Votto showing a McCain Deep'n Delicious chocolate cake with a single candle in it, which our boy enjoyed on his 43rd birthday.

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Andrew Forbes @utilityofboredom.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

I continue to enjoy Okamoto's "rookie" season a great deal.

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Andrew Forbes @utilityofboredom.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Returned one more (last?) time to Halfway Lake PP, reunited with the eldest, enjoyed a fire, then a spectacular starry night, slept like a baby through the cool, still night in a new tent, woke early to see the mist rising off the placid water, packed up and drove back to the Kawarthas.

A line of trees is reflected in the calm water of Raven Lake in Halfway Lake Provincial Park near Cartier, Ontario. The sky is soft and dim, barely lit by the rising sun, while a skim of mist floats atop the water.

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Andrew Forbes @utilityofboredom.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Pour one out for the mighty Open Book, a vital source of legitimacy and eyeballs for many authors, myself included. OB publicized events, ran interviews and reviews, and paid authors as virtual writers-in-residence. It was often the first (and sometimes only) place indie books received notice. 1/2

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Andrew Forbes @utilityofboredom.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

The Odyssey (2026), dir. Christopher Nolan.

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Andrew Forbes @utilityofboredom.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

More from yesterday’s wild one at Nat Bailey in Van. C’s were up 13-4 after 4 innings, but Spokane kept chipping away. Tied it in the 8th and plated 1 in the 10th. Van tied it in B10, and with winning run on 3rd the Spokane RP balked. Walk! Off! Balk! Amazing afternoon. Baseball is so ridiculous.

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Andrew Forbes @utilityofboredom.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Hello from Nat Bailey Stadium in beautiful Vancouver, British Columbia, where the Canadians are entertaining Spokane. What a gorgeous park.

The exterior of the home plate grandstand at Nat Bailey Stadium in Vancouver.

The field at Nat Bailey as seen from the covered grandstand.

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Andrew Forbes @utilityofboredom.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Royal Athletic Park in Victoria, home of the HarbourCats of the West Coast League. Also hosts soccer, football, etc. Season's wrapped up so I still haven't seen a game here, but I'll rectify that one day. Current structure completed in 1967 but they've been playing ball on the site since ~1908.

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Andrew Forbes @utilityofboredom.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Ah yes, how pleasant it is to take the wee tots to Ye Olde Tyme Candy Shoppe for some delectable treats

The Olde Tyme Candy Shoppe in Victoria, BC, with graffiti on the wall that reads FUCK YOU MISERY PEOPLE

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Canadian Paintings @canadianpaintings.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Bears Foraging at Sunset Cornelius Krieghoff 1866

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Andrew Forbes @utilityofboredom.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

The Oscar Peterson Trio recorded live in Stratford, Ontario. youtu.be/wDnfyHQgeig?...

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Daisy's Dream (Live/1956)

YouTube video by Oscar Peterson - Topic

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Andrew Forbes @utilityofboredom.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

I'm in Victoria, BC, to see my kid off as he embarks on a ten-day voyage aboard a 111-foot square rigged schooner. While I'm here I'm visiting my brother, and my sister came in from Calgary with her family, too, so we're having a big, fun, messy, chaotic time. Love and adventure. Life is good!

Me and my son standing in front of a tall ship in bright sunshine.

The tall ship in question: the Pacific Swift. It's moored alongside a wooden dock, masts bare.

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Andrew Forbes @utilityofboredom.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

Friends, there's a little bit of magic going on down there at 1 Blue Jays Way.

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Andrew Forbes @utilityofboredom.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

Annus horribilis for the Jays, but the overall weakness of the AL means they're only a game out of a WC?! Gonna be a weird, wild finish to the season.

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Andrew Forbes @utilityofboredom.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

Nothing but joy at the ballpark this week.

Fans raise their hands and cheer while singing "Take Me Out to the Ballgame" at the SkyDome in Toronto.

Me and my dad smile for the camera while sporting Toronto Blue Jays gear.

Blue Jays catcher Alejandro Kirk tosses a baseball while warming up in the outfield before a game against the New York Yankees.

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Andrew Forbes @utilityofboredom.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

I have never seen a first baseman lose the ball and his glove the way Luis Garcia, Jr just did. Wild play.

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Andrew Forbes @utilityofboredom.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Back in the saddle (sticky plastic seat)

Interior shot of the Rogers Centre in Toronto ahead of tonight's Blue Jays-Red Sox game.

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JoyousPanther @joyouspanther.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

"Wanna have a three team parlay?"

Kevin Costner looking a goober in Field of Dreams

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Andrew Forbes @utilityofboredom.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

I turned 50 last week (awesome, highly recommend) and I'm fortunate to have people in my life who want to celebrate. My peerless partner and our 2 sons made me delicious dinner of steak & pepper tacos and a St. Louis butter cake. Next night I had a beer with a good friend, went to a book launch. 1/X

A geyser of sparks shoot from a tube stuck into warm, gooey, delicious pretzel bites drizzled with salted caramel and white frosting, all contained in a fun little paper cup with colourful diamond decorations printed on it. A pair of gold candles, one in the shape of a 5, the other a 0, are also stuck in there, burning with little happy flames. This is all sitting on a table strewn with colourful decorations, little paper discs, etc. It's a party!

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Andrew Forbes @utilityofboredom.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

My kid jokes that I've become an old man when it comes to -- well, everything. But specifically when it comes to my phone. Opening the wrong app, backwards facing camera when I want the other one, whatever. This won't help. THIS is the photo I *meant* to post from the Rog last night.

Vladimir Guerrero, Jr. takes a pitch in the first inning of a game between the Toronto Blue Jays and the Boston Red Sox played at the Rogers Centre in Toronto. The stands are full, and a salmon colored sky as well as some high-rise buildings are visible above the rim of the stadium.

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Andrew Forbes @utilityofboredom.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Hello from the Rogers Centre in Toronto.

Vladimir Guerrero Jr bats in a game between the Toronto Blue Jays and the Boston Red Sox.

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Andrew Forbes @utilityofboredom.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

I've never been so close to throwing a television

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Andrew Forbes @utilityofboredom.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

Enjoying The Blue Jays Way doc series on Sportsnet, I just wish they didn't use what looks an awful lot like AI slop. Correct me if I'm wrong, @sportsnetpr.bsky.social

A seemingly AI-generated cartoon image of seven baseball players in a courtroom being presided over by Dave Winfield in a judge's robe.

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Andrew Forbes @utilityofboredom.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

Thought I'd watch a bit of Koshien tournament action while sipping my coffee.

A screen ddisplays the crowd at a high school baseball game in Japan. Fans dressed in matching white baseball uniforms cheer and wave green plastic cones. The screen is 1/3 obscured by the silhouette of a cat.

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Andrew Forbes @utilityofboredom.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

Going to the bank with my jar full of pennies to get a money order to put in an envelope to send away to Tualatin, Oregon to get me the one and only Authentic Major League Baseball Cap for twelve dollars and ninety-five cents American.

An ad in the October 25, 1980 issue of The Sporting News says "Now you can wear the on and only authentic Major League Baseball cap / All 26 teams available / $12.95 / Allow 6 weeks for delivery," and includes an address in Oregon for the New Era Western company, an affiliate of New Era Cap Co.

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Andrew Forbes @utilityofboredom.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

Lakeside, looking over proofs of the 10th anniversary edition of The Utility of Boredom. I've written a new introduction and we've done a bit of tidying on the original text. New cover, too. It'll be available from @invisibooks.bsky.social wherever you get books October 13th.

A laptop on a table next to a beer can and a sweating cup. Visible on the laptop's screen is the title page of The Utility of Boredom: Baseball Essays by Andrew Forbes. A thick screen of trees behind the table obscures a lake.

Said title page, made bigger and clearer.

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Andrew Forbes @utilityofboredom.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

I don't hate PCA for this. He's powerless, more symptom than cause. But the solution to all this seems clear to me: we must ban the manufacture and sale of all microphones, starting immediately. Seize the ones already in circulation. Let all these talking heads speak their truths into TP tubes.

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Andrew Forbes @utilityofboredom.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

Cape Breton is not amazing and the views are unspectacular and the hikes aren't magical and the food isn't delicious and the beaches aren't gorgeous and the people aren't friendly and we didn't have the best time and you definitely should not go there.

God-rays spill out of clouds and onto the surface of the ocean.

A waterfall on a hike... somewhere in Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada.

Two teenage boys (my sons), me (a middle-aged man), and a lovely woman (my wife) smile into the camera in a selfie taken on the Cabot Trail in Cape Breton.

A moody photo taken at dusk of a saltbox house and a flagpole flying the Acadian flag at Cape Breton Highlands National Park.

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