Leander Pomfritt

De gustibus non est disputandum

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"You shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you odd."

-Flannery O'Connor

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Ron Hunt is still among the all-time hit by pitch leaders. RIP

[New York Mets @Mets]

We are saddened to share the news of the passing of Ron Hunt.

Hunt, a Met from 1963 through 1966, was the first player to start an All-Star game in franchise history. We send our condolences to his friends and family.

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@FrankMalfitano I thought of her just the other day when I overheard "Lotta Love." She sadly left us far too soon.

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@adamdigital I remember as a kid seeing her in those Scooby-Doo cartoons too (along with the Harlem Globetrotters and Don Knotts).

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The young man behind the counter at the Parisian-themed café is actually French.

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There's a documentary about an amateur historian who claims to have found the bones of Odysseus.

The quest for the historical Odysseus.

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A fitting song for this evening.

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@NicolasGold1 Yes, unity in any meaningful sense is ultimately eschatological.

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I doubt that the ESPN announcers will ask Bryce Harper about that Cameo video.

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I just learned of Pat Oliphant's death. His cartoons occasionally transgressed the boundaries of good taste, but he was an equal opportunity offender, his pen savagely puncturing the conceits of the powerful. https://t.co/Q0wGoS7qEf

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@FrankMalfitano Orville really did make the best popcorn.

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For the Mass on the feast of St. Dominic at the parish staffed by the Dominicans, a Franciscan will be the homilist.🤔

[Johnny Bench @JohnnyBench_5]

The telegram Yogi Berra sent me when I broke his home run record.

“I ALWAYS THOUGHT THE RECORD WOULD STAND UNTIL IT WAS BROKEN.”

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I'm old enough that reference to AI still occasionally conjures memories of Allen Iverson.

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@kevin_ahern Eternal rest.

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Speak softly and ride with the Phanatic.

[Washington Nationals @Nationals]

ALL-STAR PRESIDENTS RACE

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Fred Thompson, who was serving as counsel to the committee, asked Butterfield the question.

[Michael Beschloss @BeschlossDC]

Today 1973, Senate Watergate Committee investigating President Richard Nixon:
Q: Mr. Butterfield, are you aware of the installation of any listening devices in the Oval Office of the President? ALEXANDER BUTTERFIELD: I was aware of listening devices -- yes, sir.

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I can't say that I find an exhibition of hitters mashing batting practice fastballs that compelling.

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@adamdigital Nate Silver has identified lower response rates as one of the big problems pollsters face today. (And AI models can't compensate since they rely on the data collected through polling.)

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"Baseball is defined by its Homeric circuit of four safe havens (bays or bases), with a perilous journey home." https://t.co/EwQ0x8ySwn

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Fear the Squirrel