based ball

this used to be a personal blog but now i want to talk about baseball

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leah, bookseller, texas

i'm a 2026 white sox bandwagon fan. i like the astros because i got a day off of work when they won the world series. i spend a lot of time on baseball-reference.com. ask me about my spreadsheets.

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this has been a very entertaining day of baseball for me, a mostly neutral observer

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fantasy baseball is so hard because on one hand AARON ASHBY WHAT ARE YOU DOING and on the other hand luis arraez 🥰

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so many day games means i have ordered so many books and completed so much data entry

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starting a collection

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the boys are being silly

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the type of game that made me glad i had other plans tonight

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it would be nice if they let sam antonacci play 2B so i can avoid the embarrassment of watching him in LF

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there was a guardians day game and i didn't get to listen to it because i was in meetings. horrible

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first two batters using up both ABS challenges in the first inning... these fucking morons (affectionate)

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my team lost to my other team. i feel neutral about this.

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actually, no, i'm happy! one of my teams won!

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my team lost to my other team. i feel neutral about this.

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most of the white sox lineup is young dudes who are gonna be playing for a long time, but every astros game reminds me that i'm getting ever closer to the last time i'll see some of my favorite old guys in the box score

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teams i like

chicago white sox (they are funny)

arizona diamondbacks (i am from arizona)

houston astros (i am from texas and hate the rangers)

tampa bay rays (in my heart i am from florida)

miami marlins (see "tampa bay rays")

teams i dislike

texas rangers (see "houston astros")

philadelphia phillies

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i think it's fun when corbin carroll runs so fast his helmet falls off

ETA: i think it's fun when the dbacks win

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half listened to the white sox game while working the overnight shift during our first store inventory in 4 years

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i didn't watch the game but here are my coworker's live reactions from the rangers broadcast

"the rangers announcers are astonished by Sam Antonacci and spent abt five minutes discussing what/why he drew something in the dirt behind the umpire"

"I went to a high school baseball camp with Drew Romo on the white sox he went to my rival high school "

"Antonacci just tied the game damn this boy is good "

"This is my first time sitting down and watching the white sox and I totally see why u love them they have so many good at bats and are fundamentally sound without sacrificing being random af"