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I work with the great Bob Ryan, the great Charley Steiner, the esteemed Dan Shaughnessy. Writer, author, researcher, fact checker for baseball and comedy.

Sleepy Hollow, NY
Joined March 2008
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@joncoopertweets If Texas wants to secedes, I would say, “If you wouldn’t mind, please take Florida with you.”
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The Padres and Dodgers each have 25 losses. They have each lost their last two games They are each 4-6 in their last 10 games They are each 12-8 in their last 20 games. They each have 476 hits this season
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We just finished After Life on Netflix. It was brilliant. I love and respect @rickygervais so much. I admire him. He makes me laugh and he makes me cry. Ricky, I doubt you will even see this, but if you do, “Cheers.”
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Hank Aaron, in 23 seasons in the majors, never struck out 100 times in a season. He only had five seasons in which he struck out 65+ times. Hank had ten seasons of 30+ homers and fewer than 65 whiffs, the most in big league history.
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THE DODGERS ARE 58 GAMES OVER .500 The Royals have won 58 games all season The Tigers have won 56 games all season The Pirates have won 55 games all season The A’s have won 53 games all season The Nationals have won 51 games all season
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Then there's this: Giancarlo Stanton and Aaron Judge combined for 371 strikeouts last season; Joe DiMaggio struck out 369 times in this career.
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The debate this country deserves can be seen in Season 7 Episode 7 of @thewestwingTV brilliantly written by @Lawrence
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THE DODGERS ARE NOW 59 GAMES OVER .500 The Reds have won 58 games all season The Royals have won 58 games all season The Tigers have won 56 games all season The Pirates have won 55 games all season The A’s have won 53 games all season The Nationals have won 51 games all season
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On this date in 1982, Tony Gwynn made his MLB debut and had two hits (of course) including a double. In his career, Gwynn played 2440 games and had 2+ hits in 951 of them. Gwynn only struck out twice in a game 34 times. He never struck out more than twice in a game
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Prior to the #Yankees acquiring Giancarlo Stanton, the last time a team that led the majors in home runs added the individual home run leader was on December 26, 1919 when Babe Ruth was purchased by the New York Yankees from the Boston Red Sox for $100,000.
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Don Sutton had 20 seasons with 30+ starts, the most in baseball history.
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MLB beer prices - courtesy of @businessinsider These make you need a drink http://t.co/ynIACAqLbj
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Last night, was my first night being fever free, below 99°, since I came down with the virus over three weeks ago. Today, I’m celebrating that and my daughter’s birthday, @echuckles .
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San Diego (78-79) wakes up this morning under .500 for the first time all season
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@matthewjdowd , I don’t want to embarrass you but you were brilliant today on @ThisWeekABC . Your controlled anger was representative of how much of what the country is feeling. Thank you for your independent thought and honesty.
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Baseball is deliciously cruel. The Dodgers/Cubs game ended when Jason Heyward smashed a line drive that Nico Hoerner dove for and caught. It had an exit velocity of 99.6 mph and went 180 feet. David Peralta’s perfect game-breaking hit had an exit velo of 32.9 mph and went 3 feet.
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In my very humble opinion, @DonOrsillo belongs in the Red Sox Hall of Fame. They also owe him a huge apology. Padres fans are so lucky to have him.
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Today begins my 24th MLB Season, 34th Professionally! 91-92 Pittsfield Mets (A) 92-95 Binghamton Mets (AA) 96-00 Pawtucket Red Sox (AAA) 01-15 Boston Red Sox 16- San Diego Padres
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NL East has 444 more strikeouts than hits NL Central has 424 more strikeouts than hits NL West has 353 more strikeouts than hits AL Central has 324 more strikeouts than hits AL East has 296 more strikeouts than hits AL West has 275 more strikeouts than hits
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This season, the Yankees have hit 94 homers and allowed 47, a margin of +47. Let that sink in: they have hit twice as many homers as they have allowed.
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Just 75 years ago today, on October 23, 1945, the Montreal Royals announced that Jackie Robinson had joined the organization for $600 a month with a $3,500 signing bonus.
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The Dodgers since September 1 are 21-7 (.750), going 12-0 at home The Giants since September 1 are 22-7 (.759), going 11-6 at home One of them on Wednesday will face: The Cardinals since September 1 are 23-8 (.742), going 13-3 on the road
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In June: The Diamondbacks are 1-14 with a 6.94 ERA and have a -44 run differential
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Has Kellyanne Conjob started tweeting that POTUS' Patriots are really winning at the half? #fakenews
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Phil Niekro was one of seven pitchers all-time with 300+ wins and 20+ saves
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•Last night, the Yankees hit 6 (six!) solo homers and now have 54, the Braves have 52 •Nine teams in the majors don’t have a total of 54 homers of any kind and 8 don’t have more than 50. •Aaron Judge now has 24 HR. The entire Tigers team has 30.
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In August, the #Dodgers hit .236, 24th in the majors. In August, the #Dodgers and the #Rays went 21-6 (.778) tops in the majors. In August, the #Dodgers had a 2.25 ERA, the lowest in the majors. Great pitching and timely hitting = winning baseball.
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Aaron Judge now has 124 runs scored. No one else in the AL has more than 92.
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James Outman is the first #Dodgers to ever hit two grand slams in his rookie season.
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Nov 3 1928: Voters in Cleveland approve bond issue to build a giant municipal stadium near the lakefront to attract events for 1932 Olympics
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No matter what happens on Tuesday, I will feel better knowing that @matthewjdowd will tweet each day.
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The #Guardians have 535 hits and 440 strikeouts, an MLB-leading +95 hit-to-strikeout ratio
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@JohnKasich your future will be a lot brighter if you listen to @matthewjdowd .
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It just took me under three minutes to clip my fingernails. Three weeks ago when I was so sick with the coronavirus it took me over 10 minutes because I just didn’t have the strength to use the nail clipper. I’m telling you, COVID-19 is awful. Stay home. Wear a mask. Be safe.
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Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters star Shohei Otani made history when he was named to the Pacific League’s Best Nine team as both pitcher and DH
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@robreiner The nightmare won’t end until January 21. The damage that Trump can and will do after he loses in November terrifies me and should scare you as well.
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@Dodgers must go 4-8 to reach the 100-victory mark. @Phillies must go 4-8 to avoid the 100-loss mark.
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Steve Sack of the Minneapolis Star Tribune reminds you to have a Super Sunday
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The Rays were 65-18 (.783) when scoring first this season.
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June 15, 1923, in a 10-0 win over the Browns, @Yankees Lou Gehrig made his MLB debut coming in for defensive purposes replacing Wally Pipp.
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Eleven lefties have over 2500 strikeouts. Only one has an ERA under 3.00. Ladies and gentlemen... Clayton Kershaw
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@BradleyWhitford Bradley after Biden wins
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@JoJoFromJerz I have two very unpopular musical opinions: I really dislike the music of James Taylor and the Eagles
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When Mookie Betts leads off, the @Dodgers are 10-2. He is hitting .353 when batting in the #1 slot in the order. He is 18-51 with 9 singles and 9 XBH. He has a .431 OBP, slugging .765, and has an OPS of 1.196. He has hit six homers and scored 14 runs and driven in 14 runs.
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Yesterday marked 100 years since Ray Chapman died after he was beaned. Today is 53 years since Tony Conigliaro was hit in the face by a fastball. If pitchers want hit the Astros with a pitch, aim for their ass, where their brains are.
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Today, Art Schallock is 99 years and 1 day old and is baseball's oldest living ballplayer. When the Yankees brought him up to the majors in 1951, they sent down Mickey Mantle. Schallock was a pitcher who roomed with Yogi Berra on the road that season.
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The Dowd abides. Words from @matthewjdowd
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@LucasLuetge @Yankees You are a class act. I only wish you success and happiness for you and your family.
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Again, wisdom from Matthew
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@RedSox Rich Hill has 11 strikeouts today. The last pitcher age 42 or older with 11+ strikeouts was Randy Johnson, on August 22, 2008 who at age 44 whiffed 13 Marlins for Arizona.
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Since June 29, the #Dodgers are 10-1. The Dodgers starters are 7-0 and have an ERA of 1.82 and a WHIP of 0.88. They have made 7 Quality Starts and have a .202 BAA
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Sean McDonough may have his equal in certain sports, and I emphasize “may,” but there is no better all-around play-by-play announcer in sports. He may be the GOAT. He was brilliant throughout the Stanley Cup. Re-tweet to thank him.
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A beautiful page from the @denverpost . The specifics matter less than this is a page of baseball, something so rarely seen in newspapers these days.
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@DocBrownLloyd Sometimes, I think about the cast of Taxi. You and the rest of the gang were so terrific. One of the greatest half-hour shows in television history. I don’t choose to refer to it as a sitcom,, because it was so much more than that.
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@robneyer Rob, I respect you so much, but a man who desecrated baseball history can never be regarded as the greatest living ballplayer. I don’t know who is, but Barry Bonds should never be considered a paragon of excellence.
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The @Brewers starters led MLB in July with a 2.40 ERA. The AL should take note that second in starter ERA in July were the @Yankees with a 2.85 ERA. Third in the majors, were the @Dodgers with 2.93 ERA.
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The @Brewers are the only team to not issue a bases-loaded walk this season.
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Bobby Bonilla wants a raise.
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Happy 67th birthday David @Letterman and thank you for all that you have brought to late night comedy. You are our Johnny Carson.
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It's Women's History Month which means it's time to remind all of you that @SmithJanetmarie needs to be honored with a spot in the Baseball Hall of Fame...and then, be hired to redesign it.
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•In June, the Giants are 10-6 (.625) scoring 69 runs, allowing 47, +22 •In June, the Padres are 11-7 (.611) scoring 112 runs, allowing 68, +44 •In June, the Dodgers are 7-8 (.467) scoring 53 runs, allowing 53, +/-0
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•The #Dodgers : 30-13, have the best home record in the NL •The Dodgers: 27-17, have the best road record in the NL
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@greenfield64 @nytimes He knew so much about Donald, he simply lost the will to live
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@DodgersNation With a victory handshake?
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@reedgalen @BillStepien As a presentation coach, I would be fired if one of my clients produced this garbage
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My son-in-law is a wonderful husband. My son-in-law is a wonderful father. My son-in-law is a wonderful professional. My son-in-law is a wonderful friend. My son-in-law is a wonderful son-in-law. My son-in-law is a Haitian-American. This President is a disgrace.
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Fox Sports should have rule: Joe Buck is allowed one football reference per game, $5000 penalty for each additional.
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@LZGranderson @matthewjdowd How are athletes playing in an empty stadium helping this country? They’re risking the lives of many people because home viewers can’t find something new on Netflix? This doesn’t track.
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@DanRather Today is Walter Cronkite's birthday. In re-watching his final sign-off, I was reminded how he indicated that he would be on assignment and you would be sitting in for the next several years. I think he would be incredibly impressed with your Twitter feed.
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Like the @Yankees , @ktsharp is a champion
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Yankees get their 100th win in their 154th game. Last time they reached 100 wins in 154 games or fewer was 1998 (138th game).
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I was driving last evening and I absolutely got hooked listening to @AndrewFreed33 and @davewills34 do the Rays/Guardians game last night. They are really good.
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The Dodgers have had 16 wins each month this season In April, the Dodgers were 16-11 In May, the Dodgers were 16-11 In June, they are: 16-9
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There are only two cookbooks I would ever give as gifts, or I want to own. Happy birthday to Playground 10's @bittman
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Bottom of the seventh, time for a potassium boost
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@nut_history Is Mickey Mantle the all-time HR leader if he doesn’t suffer all those injuries
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The Reds are 0-6 when they don't homer, the only team in the majors without a win.
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@dog_rates Here's Casey
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@BeschlossDC Was this his inspiration?
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Since 2014, no batter has hit more homers against @RedSox than new @Yankees Edwin Encarnación who has gone deep 22 times
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@CBSNews don't worry we will forget she ever existed
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Great call back from the great @Travon
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@realDonaldTrump You should take out an ad in the Times to make sure everyone knows he should get the death penalty too.
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@ericarhodes Great appearance on Veep last night!
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@matthewjdowd Today is Festivus, the radish of holidays.
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Sept 23 1956 - Mickey Dolenz began his television career in NBC's "Circus Boy" series. He later became a member of the Monkees.
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Mickey Mantle 1967 - 500th Home Run as aired on WPIX-TV, 5/14/1967: http://t.co/ne40TUIYRJ via @YouTube The Mick gimping around the bases
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GOAT
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Dwayne Hickman was the great star of Dobie Gillis, a launching pad for many well-known personalities. I loved this show
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On August 6, 1993, his mom's birthday, Tony Gwynn picked up the 2000th hit of his career. And because he was the great Tony Gwynn... On August 6, 1999, Tony picked up the 3000th hit of his career. His mom celebrated with him at the ballpark on both occasions.
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@UmpireAuditor @Kimbrel46 Actually, while the call was bad, the following bad pitch from Kimbrel is what cost the Phillies the game.
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Two feet of snow here.
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@IBWAA have unanimously named @Dodgers ’ Cody Bellinger 2017 IBWAA NL Rookie of the Year, and @Yankees Aaron Judge 2017 IBWAA AL ROY. Bellinger received 146 first-place votes. Judge received 143 first-place votes; Andrew Benintendi (2 votes) and Jordan Montgomery (1 vote)
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@pgammo Thank you, Peter. I had the coronavirus and went through 23 straight days of running a fever. You know how much I love baseball, but keeping people healthy is paramount. Your voice carries so much weight, please make sure people hear the risk that MLB takes by opening too soon
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I hope there is a place for Lt. Col. Vindman in the Biden administration.
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"Yankees suck" chant at Fenway Park. Led by Aaron Boone?
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Oct 20 1979 - @EricIdle , Bob Dylan, Andy Kaufman, Bob Zmuda, Lorne Michaels, Michael O'Donoghue and Buck Henry were guests @nbcsnl
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The last time #RedSox were in last place 98 games into the season was July 25, 2015. John Farrell was their manager, Mookie Betts was in CF, Xander Bogaerts was SS, Hanley Ramirez was 3B, Mike Napoli was 1B, and their DH was HOFer David Ortiz
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This is way better than the NBA All-Star mess.
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This video of seventh-grader JJ Franks making four straight shots to win $10,000 during a halftime challenge is ELECTRIC. He had to make a layup, free throw, 3-pointer and half-court shot in 25 seconds. 📍 Bishop Ryan Catholic School (Minot, ND)
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I haven’t read every story about the amazing game G1 win by the Phillies. However, I am confident that no article will top this one by the incomparable ⁦⁦ @jaysonst ⁩ Here’s your must read. World Series Game 1 Weird & Wild via @TheAthletic
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The great @RealGilbert making America great again
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The @RedSox are 58-48 - the same as in 1967 Miracle Season, in 1990 Div Champ season, and in the "Break the Curse" Season of 2004
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