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“I wish it need not have happened in my time,” said Frodo.
“So do I,” said Gandalf, “and so do all who live to see such times. But that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us.” ~Gandalf J.R.R. Tolkien
I watched these playoffs during the early months of COVID and it was pretty entertaining, especially knowing the outcome.
40 years ago tonight, the @Mets won their second World Championship. You know how excruciating that post season was? They never played with a lead at home until Ray Knight’s home run in the 7th game of the World Series. Both wins at Shea against Houston in the NLCS were walk-offs, having not had an earlier lead, as was, of course, their win in World Series game 6 against the Red Sox. Remarkable. Happy Anniversary to the 1986 World Champions.
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More to Come Podcast 730: NYCC 2026 Interviews: Jeffrey Brown, Eso, Jason Aaron, Kimberly Wang, David Peterson, and Peter Kuper at New York Comic Con 2026. buff.ly/MLqr2Te
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If you were waiting for the collected edition of EXPLOIT, my comic about tech billionaires, terrifying grandmas and journalism in the age of late-stage everything, then today is looking up simonandschuster.com/series/…
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This is such a great quote from Christian Yelich to @MLBNetwork.
This is what being a fan is all about.
"We understand what this team means to people. We understand, that when the Brewers are playing well, it directly impacts the happiness of the community, and people's lives. People have grown up with this team. People have made memories with their parents, kids, best friends, and a lot of those common memories are with the Brewers. You don't take that lightly."
Skubal will be great for the Mets after they fix his pitching mechanics a bit.
.@JimBowdenGM predicts top SP free agent Tarik Skubal will sign a contract in the $350-$500 million range.
Bowden also lists the Mets as a “best fit” for the former Dodger.
Should the Mets pay Skubal 🤔⁉️
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「あしたのジョー」で、全漫画家が憧れる究極の最終回を描きあげたちばてつや先生。それは作家にとって栄誉であると同時に重い荷物になるものなのに、その後に「のたり松太郎」や「おれは鉄平」で、緊張した人生を笑い飛ばすような柔らかい生き方を描いた。『真っ白な灰の向こう側』を見せてくれた。
そして晩年の「ひねもすのたり日記」では、満州から引き揚げた家族の物語を、さらに明るく深く。不条理や苦難を知っているからこそ、それを乗り越えた先に豊かな生き方もあるよと漫画で突きつけた。
８歳からずっと憧れ続けていたけれど、こんなすごいものを描く人だから何でもお見通しなんだと怖くて、ずっと近寄れなかった。お話しできるようになってからおよそ20年、優しいお人柄の中に鋭さの片鱗も見せていただいた。宝物の思い出を、先生ありがとうございます。
謹んでご冥福をお祈りいたします。
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Today we lost Walter Koenig.
Some thoughts about a fine actor and an exceptional human being...
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All this shit—minus Conan O’Brien—sucks. I can’t believe this is the stuff that people are spending their lives listening to. Even as entertainment, this is as stupid as you can possibly get.
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1/? - I’m incredibly happy to announce that I’m officially joining the Eisner Award-winning pop culture news publication The Beat @comicsbeat as a bi-weekly columnist with my new series FAKING INTO COMICS 101!
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Changes the Rays made to Freddy Peralta pitching after trading for him, per @jorgecastillo
- Exclusively pitching out of the stretch
- Moved to 3rd base side of rubber
- Widened his stance
- Sped up his delivery
- Gave him a drill package to incorporate into his preparation to generate more strength from his legs
- Instructed him to throw more changeups
Peralta allowed three runs in 34 innings -- good for a 0.79 ERA -- over his final six regular-season starts and he was named the American League Pitcher of the Month for September
(espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/5021…)
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Wow. Freddy Peralta pitches his team into the World Series. Just like David Stearns planned it. Wait