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YusufToropov

@YusufToropov@toot.community

Managing director, Cara-Wordsmith.com.

Author of #SHAKESPEARE FOR BEGINNERS, the novel JIHADI, and the play AN UNDIVIDED HEART. #Ukraine #baseball #jg20mvp #1947League #mlb #gratefuldead #neurodiversity #beatles #blacklivesmatter #demsabroad #democratsabroad

Hi. I'm ...

a writer,

a US #expat living in #Ireland,

a #baseball addict,

an adult recently diagnosed with #adhd (which, looking back, explains a lot),

a #teampete enthusiast.

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COMMENT OF THE DAY!

"And if Mr Putin and the Russian officials are worried about their troops in Ukraine getting hit with weapons from other countries, then the easiest thing to do is just take your troops and leave"

video/mp4

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@Free_Press That about sums it up. GTFO

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Do you see a pattern?

Russian hit squad assassinates Maksim Kuzminov in Spain.

Leonid Volkov attacked in Lithuania.

Airplanes GPS jammed all over Poland and the Baltics.

Fiber optic cables destroyed in France and Finland.

Underwater listening stations destroyed in Norway.

The Russian vessel Admiral Vladimirsky caught mapping sabotage targets in The North Sea.

Weapons depots blown up in Bulgaria.
…

— And our politicians claim we are certainly not in any way at war with Russia.

Wake up!

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@randahl

This is what people, and particularly independent voters in the US, don't seem to get. It is already on. Ukraine is doing the heavy lifting for us, yes. But it's happening. This is as real as war gets, short of World War III.

Which makes MTG etc. TRAITORS. Not eccentrics. Not even extremists. TRAITORS.

Russia is ALREADY in open war with democracy. It's a little bit easier to notice that when you live in Europe, as I do. NATO is the last firewall.

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nails it, as usual.

From the Republican perspective, this election is not actually about policy or governance. It's about the GOP's project to change the American form of government from democracy to autocracy.

https://youtube.com/shorts/rQUdyV3uxRE?si=yubPoh5p6pykNfZL

@DemocracyMattersALot
@DefendDemocracy
@uspolitics @geopolitics @politicalscience

GottaLaff, to legal
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NEW 🧵 starts HERE. 1/...

Klasfeld:

We're back.

Trump's attorney Susan Necheles hands over "a stack of news articles" by legal commentators like Jonathan Turley, others. She says Trump wants to post them, but she wants to make sure they do not violate the gag order.

"We think that they are perfectly fine."

Prosecutor:

🤔👉🏼"It seems odd that they're asking the court for an advanced ruling" on these sorts of things.

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@GottaLaff so, is at it again, I see.

YusufToropov, to Oakland
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@RuthODay @YakyuNightOwl @tabletopmania @ted_duffield @stlcolorbaseball @cwgrody @cbtryon @sendtherunners @aurelia @BigEarl @baseball @OhhJim @APBAreplay @AlexanderRaine7 @mattmaison @blackvoices @Beatlesandworms

I post this in the aftermath of 's 4th of a possible 155 victories in 2024.

Shea Langeliers drops not one, not two, but 3 HRs against Texas.

objective judgment

selfless action

willing, engaged acceptance of all events

https://youtu.be/5VuLMKZiTMY?si=KyvmvEwTf32g_rBX

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@tabletopmania @ted_duffield @Runyan50 @Beatlesandworms @YakyuNightOwl @RuthODay @stlcolorbaseball @cwgrody @cbtryon @sendtherunners @aurelia @baseball @OhhJim @APBAreplay @AlexanderRaine7 @mattmaison @blackvoices

question:

In what year did Pat Scantlebury make the East All Star Team?

One guess.

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@tabletopmania @ted_duffield @Runyan50 @Beatlesandworms @YakyuNightOwl @RuthODay @stlcolorbaseball @cwgrody @cbtryon @sendtherunners @aurelia @baseball @OhhJim @APBAreplay @AlexanderRaine7 @mattmaison @blackvoices

Got hit with a nasty bug. On the mend. back atcha tomorrow

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@YakyuNightOwl @tabletopmania @ted_duffield @Runyan50 @Beatlesandworms @RuthODay @stlcolorbaseball @cwgrody @cbtryon @sendtherunners @aurelia @baseball @OhhJim @APBAreplay @AlexanderRaine7 @mattmaison @blackvoices

Thanks, Yakyu.

Looking forward to the A's/M's matchups, which may well be (whodathunkit!) relevant to determining the division winner...

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@YakyuNightOwl @tabletopmania @ted_duffield @Runyan50 @Beatlesandworms @RuthODay @stlcolorbaseball @cwgrody @cbtryon @sendtherunners @aurelia @baseball @OhhJim @APBAreplay @AlexanderRaine7 @mattmaison @blackvoices

A's incandescent Mason Miller named AL Reliever of the Month for April.

https://www.mlb.com/news/mlb-monthly-award-winners-march-april-2024?partnerID=mlbapp-android_article-share

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@YakyuNightOwl @tabletopmania @ted_duffield @Runyan50 @Beatlesandworms @RuthODay @stlcolorbaseball @cwgrody @cbtryon @sendtherunners @aurelia @baseball @OhhJim @APBAreplay @AlexanderRaine7 @mattmaison @blackvoices

Yep!

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@tabletopmania @ted_duffield @Runyan50 @Beatlesandworms @YakyuNightOwl @RuthODay @stlcolorbaseball @cwgrody @cbtryon @sendtherunners @aurelia @baseball @OhhJim @APBAreplay @AlexanderRaine7 @mattmaison @blackvoices

A's/Marlins = free game on MLB app today :-)

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@tabletopmania @ted_duffield @Runyan50 @Beatlesandworms @YakyuNightOwl @RuthODay @stlcolorbaseball @cwgrody @cbtryon @sendtherunners @aurelia @baseball @OhhJim @APBAreplay @AlexanderRaine7 @mattmaison @blackvoices

BANKHEAD SHUTS DOWN NY; GIBSON LAUNCHES 33RD HR

Giants have the 2nd-most-productive offense in , behind only Brooklyn. You wouldn't have guessed that today, though: Dan Bankhead K'd 11 and held them to 2 hits. Josh Gibson went long.

NYG (43-41) 120
STLB(51-36) 350

Josh Gibson

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@tabletopmania @ted_duffield @Runyan50 @Beatlesandworms @YakyuNightOwl @RuthODay @stlcolorbaseball @cwgrody @cbtryon @sendtherunners @aurelia @baseball @OhhJim @APBAreplay @AlexanderRaine7 @mattmaison @blackvoices

The other day, I asked you to name the year Pat Scantlebury made the East All-Star Team.

It was 1946; Cliff got it right, which means today's game is brought to you by Cliff and by .

"Lookin' for a pot of gold"

https://youtu.be/ym4HtDQhoRg?si=MiBPav93VLnZUPUS

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@tabletopmania @ted_duffield @Runyan50 @Beatlesandworms @YakyuNightOwl @RuthODay @stlcolorbaseball @cwgrody @cbtryon @sendtherunners @aurelia @baseball @OhhJim @APBAreplay @AlexanderRaine7 @mattmaison @blackvoices

Based on the latest Seamheads statistics, in what year did Josh Gibson post his highest regular-season batting average?

One guess.

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@tabletopmania @ted_duffield @Runyan50 @Beatlesandworms @YakyuNightOwl @RuthODay @stlcolorbaseball @cwgrody @cbtryon @sendtherunners @aurelia @baseball @OhhJim @APBAreplay @AlexanderRaine7 @mattmaison @blackvoices

I chose Seamheads (the one that updates records more regularly, via research of old sources) bcs the top Josh Gibson batting average seemed unreal. I thought surely I'd have heard about this, that it must have been a recent discovery.

Nope. Multiple sources. He hit .466 in 1943!

Josh Gibson stats via seamheads.com

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@tabletopmania @ted_duffield @Runyan50 @Beatlesandworms @YakyuNightOwl @RuthODay @stlcolorbaseball @cwgrody @cbtryon @sendtherunners @aurelia @baseball @OhhJim @APBAreplay @AlexanderRaine7 @mattmaison @blackvoices

Consider the terror and despair opposing pitchers must have felt in attempting to develop some strategy for dealing with Josh Gibson in 1943.

Whatever it was, it didn't work.

BA: .466
OBP: .560
SLG: .867
OPS: 1.427
-> OPS+: 283<-

Yes, this was all against NNL teams.

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@tabletopmania @ted_duffield @Runyan50 @Beatlesandworms @YakyuNightOwl @RuthODay @stlcolorbaseball @cwgrody @cbtryon @sendtherunners @aurelia @baseball @OhhJim @APBAreplay @AlexanderRaine7 @mattmaison @blackvoices

DAYUM SON!

WELL DONE!

Congratulations🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉!

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@tabletopmania @ted_duffield @Runyan50 @Beatlesandworms @YakyuNightOwl @RuthODay @stlcolorbaseball @cwgrody @cbtryon @sendtherunners @aurelia @baseball @OhhJim @APBAreplay @AlexanderRaine7 @mattmaison @blackvoices

made a trip to IKEA today. Back on duty tomorrow...

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@tabletopmania @ted_duffield @Runyan50 @Beatlesandworms @YakyuNightOwl @RuthODay @stlcolorbaseball @cwgrody @cbtryon @sendtherunners @aurelia @baseball @OhhJim @APBAreplay @AlexanderRaine7 @mattmaison @blackvoices

Okay. You have seen a lot of plays at the plate. But I bet you have never seen a play at the plate quite like this:

https://youtube.com/clip/UgkxSlAWBT2Lxq5fg4Z0rwG2vftj2izUu9dR?si=dKeAytxfRK6b2f9y

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@tabletopmania @ted_duffield @Runyan50 @Beatlesandworms @YakyuNightOwl @RuthODay @stlcolorbaseball @cwgrody @cbtryon @sendtherunners @aurelia @baseball @OhhJim @APBAreplay @AlexanderRaine7 @mattmaison @blackvoices

GIANTS TEE OFF ON BROWNS

New York chased St. Louis starter Roy Welmaker early; Joe Hatten got the CG victory. Bob Harvey went 3-5 and scored 3 runs.

NYG (44-41) 891
STLB(51-37)241

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@tabletopmania @ted_duffield @Runyan50 @Beatlesandworms @YakyuNightOwl @RuthODay @stlcolorbaseball @cwgrody @cbtryon @sendtherunners @aurelia @baseball @OhhJim @APBAreplay @AlexanderRaine7 @mattmaison @blackvoices

Levitation? Takeoff?

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@tabletopmania @ted_duffield @Runyan50 @Beatlesandworms @YakyuNightOwl @RuthODay @stlcolorbaseball @cwgrody @cbtryon @sendtherunners @aurelia @baseball @OhhJim @APBAreplay @AlexanderRaine7 @mattmaison @blackvoices

Josh Gibson's .466 season average in 1943 is mind-blowing...but he doesn't hold the record for highest season batting average.

WHO DOES?

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@tabletopmania @ted_duffield @Runyan50 @Beatlesandworms @YakyuNightOwl @RuthODay @stlcolorbaseball @cwgrody @cbtryon @sendtherunners @aurelia @baseball @OhhJim @APBAreplay @AlexanderRaine7 @mattmaison @blackvoices

Yesterday's game brought to you by because oh my God is this album amazing.

https://youtu.be/PrBHXS0zZqo?si=sstWretTRJxxsMNz

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@tabletopmania @ted_duffield @Runyan50 @Beatlesandworms @YakyuNightOwl @RuthODay @stlcolorbaseball @cwgrody @cbtryon @sendtherunners @aurelia @baseball @OhhJim @APBAreplay @AlexanderRaine7 @mattmaison @blackvoices

Well done, WOLVES!

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@tabletopmania @ted_duffield @Runyan50 @Beatlesandworms @YakyuNightOwl @RuthODay @stlcolorbaseball @cwgrody @cbtryon @sendtherunners @aurelia @baseball @OhhJim @APBAreplay @AlexanderRaine7 @mattmaison @blackvoices

ESPN.com apparently didn't get the memo about Black Leagues stats being MLB stats (not sure what's up with that) -- but if you zoom over to baseball-reference.com you'll see that the single-season batting average record belongs to 's very own Tetelo Vargas.

Tetelo Vargas

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@tabletopmania @ted_duffield @Runyan50 @Beatlesandworms @YakyuNightOwl @RuthODay @stlcolorbaseball @cwgrody @cbtryon @sendtherunners @aurelia @baseball @OhhJim @APBAreplay @AlexanderRaine7 @mattmaison @blackvoices

GIANTS TAKE THREE OF FOUR FROM BROWNS

Bob Romby got the win; Bill Rigney's solo homer proved the GWRBI. Ford Smith took the loss.

NYG (45-41) 200100010 491
STLB(51-38)000020000 262

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