“Some people prefer regular checkers, but Chinese checkers is more interesting and more and more people are realizing that.“

“Mamie swears that the Chinese laundry does the best job on my shirts.” - Eisenhower to Chiang Kai-shek at the UN, 1956.

Dumbest motherfucker alive.

Read @howardbryantbooks.bsky.social Pawns and Kings recently (great!) so needed to watch Robeson movies. Saw Emperor Jones on @criterion.bsky.social last night. He’s amazing, charismatic, big. Best scene is when he keeps looking at himself in the mirror and grins.

Open donor advised funds at your local Community Foundation.

I’m almost 64 and I have never felt I needed to be honored. And I was a Mayor!

Could this team beat today’s team?

“Well, basically I just copied the plant we have now. Then, I added some fins to lower wind resistance. And this racing stripe here I feel is pretty sharp.” Trump coming up with ship idea that led to firing of a Secretary of the Navy.

At the happiest place on Earth.

Padres sell for $3.9 billion. If it wasn’t for those damn players, the owners could’ve gotten over $4 billion! That’s why we need a lockout.

J.P. Graziano - divine.

Did not know until today’s @immaculategrid.com that Phil Hennigan and Max Alvis were both born in Jasper, TX.

My least favorite @immaculategrid.com screw up is when I read the category wrong. It’s 2000 strikeouts, not 2000 hits!

This reminds me of a politician I knew who told me he believed in collaboration. Then he told me that collaboration meant he would tell people what he wanted them to do and they would have to agree.

#cardsky people! I’m working my way through selling lots of doubles from the 70s. Let me know if you’re interested. Some current listings which I can sell cheaper off eBay. 1973 football ebay.us/m/KkbyMy 1976 baseball ebay.us/m/yCgYKx Cool 1990s Parkhurst missing link hockey ebay.us/m/v4kZHf

How many decades did the Republicans spend saying that teenagers shouldn’t have sex?

I remember when he started appearing in the newspapers in his rookie year and I assumed his name was pronounced Lopez.

On a giveaway table @baseballhall.org Split Season artifact!

The President of the United States speaks in the same way as Osama bin Laden.

Page 1 of local paper, above the fold: UNDOCUMENTED MAN!!!!!! Page 8 of local paper localmayorarrestedonsecondrapecharge

Saw him in Glengarry Glen Ross on Broadway. Very memorable.

Neal Walker and Doug Glanville sound alike.

I went to tons of baseball games before I went to my first opening day. It’s not like opening day is the easiest ticket to get if you’re a member of the buying public.

There are enough problems with Rob Manfred that we don’t have to make up that he didn’t get his 1968 game facts right. He did. It’s all over social media that he didn’t. www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/NYA/NY...

Volpe didn’t make the team?

I’m sure that robot is a pedophile.

I believe he was the one who said “Ishtar ish tarrible.” He was dead wrong, but it’s still memorable.

Very much enjoyed Bugonia, but a terrible message for our times. Reminds me of Forrest Gump and its awful message (though I hated Gump!).

And all along I thought Stephen Miller was not funny

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A Hot Stove Weekend highlight!

He really had No Neck.

Amazing outing last night by this guy, especially considering he died in 2009.

Team USA understands that a commitment to the military is a huge sacrifice. For example, Paul Skenes sacrificed a career in the Air Force to transfer to LSU to focus on baseball and a major league career.

White House trying to figure how to invade Loan Depot Park, kidnap Eduardo Rodriguez, and replace him with a pitcher of their choosing.

Oh no! What about the troops?

He also should’ve won the “FIFA least self-aware prize.”

I haven’t been on Twitter for years, but there used to be a guy who was a big Rickey Henderson collector. Anyone know who he is and how to contact him?

This is what happens when you've never read a book in your life.

Any 1970’s football card buyers? I’ve got some big lots I’d like to move. #cardsky

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Hitting the spot today.

I thought no one was allowed to transition anymore.

Geez Train Dreams, you really got to me.

Smug smirking psychopaths are the theme of this administration.

Yes, the American Dream has always been about killing people.

Not sure if it’s true, but I heard the original working title of Pretty Woman was

Legolas and his father Thranduil, the Ent Treebeard, and Tom Bombadil are some of Tolkien’s

Chicago pols are always on the take. Everyone of them seems to be a