@LukeEpplin

Author of MOSES AND THE DOCTOR (USA Today bestseller) and OUR TEAM (on Larry Doby, Satchel Paige, Bob Feller) Contact: [email protected]

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Joined January 2013
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Now that "Moses and the Doctor" is available everywhere books are sold, here's how you can get a signed copy: Order through Astoria Bookshop (link below), or send me a request for a signed bookplate (my email is in my bio). I'll mail you one free. It's that simple.
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I watched "Pineapple Express" for the first time last night, and it's a fascinating time capsule. It's about an adult stoner who is dating a high schooler, the seeming definition of toxic masculinity, but he's good natured and kind and ultimately finds salvation in male bonding.
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It's been a while since I've watched an Apatow movie from that era, and there's a sweetness and an innocence about them, a sentiment that would later curdle into rage and conspiracy. They already feel like they're from a distant, pre-social media time.
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My wife is on her way home from a week in Europe and I'm just about braindead. I don't know how single parents do it. The days are very long.
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I can't foresee any game being better than this one in my lifetime. As a diehard St. Louis Cardinals fan, this was the apex.
St. Louis Cardinals
@Cardinals6h
“We will see you…tomorrow night!” 15 years ago today, David Freese led an incredible comeback in Game 6 of the 2011 World Series!
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My second book, New Kings: Africa's Hoop Dreams and the Future of the NBA, drops in 3 weeks! You can pre-order here: amazon.com/New-Kings-Africas…

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All right, assuming that the Brewers sweep to the title, and assuming that Christian Yelich plays a few more seasons and gets, say, 2,000 hits, 275 homers, 1,000 RBIs, and 50 WAR, is Yelich a Hall of Famer?
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For the record, according to how the Baseball HOF assesses candidates, he's out. But I've always been an advocate for a larger HOF. I prefer the way that the Basketball HOF operates--put in more guys who had a large impact in a short window or who were key to title teams.e
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Milwaukee Brewers got that Moses Malone "Fo' Fo' Fo'" energy going on....
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Received a lovely letter today from Billy Cunningham, the head coach of the 1983 Philadelphia 76ers. I’m thrilled that he enjoyed “Moses and the Doctor.”
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It's the second nice letter I've gotten from someone on that team. Here's what Bobby Jones, the great defensive forward, wrote to me the week the book was published.
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Went to the Whitney over lunch to see the Roy Lichtenstein exhibit and it goes without saying that fellow lovers of newspaper comic strips should make time for it.
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Brazil continues to evade the mistakes that this country blunders into with glee.
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The teacher at my daughter's music class handed out Cheez-Its for Halloween, and it blew her frickin' mind. Imagine tasting a Cheez-It for the first time....
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One last time: I wrote a story about how I came to NYC from the rural Midwest and how I find myself still here a quarter century later: substack.com/home/post/p-221…
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This whole Cheesecake Factory rhetoric is yet another example of how so-called “wokeness” has shifted from the left to the right.
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One party’s persistent stance against universal healthcare is baffling to me.
Aaron Rupar
@atruparOct 25
Trump: "We have the best healthcare plans in the world. Now it doesn't cover everybody, but it covers a lot of people."
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Sunday morning music class.
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I watched the Norm Macdonald and Maria Bamford documentaries this weekend and they're both wonderful in separate and interesting ways. At this point I'd be happy for Judd Apatow to dedicate himself solely to documentaries on offbeat comedians.
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For the evening crowd, I wrote about how I came to NYC and the distance I now feel from that person.
Luke Epplin@LukeEpplinOct 24
I finally wrote about coming to New York City a quarter century ago with no plans, nowhere to stay, and no leads. This is a personal one for me. I think that I found what I was looking for all those years ago, but as time goes by, I'm less and less sure. Link below.
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I finally wrote about coming to New York City a quarter century ago with no plans, nowhere to stay, and no leads. This is a personal one for me. I think that I found what I was looking for all those years ago, but as time goes by, I'm less and less sure. Link below.
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Read and subscribe here: substack.com/home/post/p-221…
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