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@ron.bsky.social

Sports Business Professor, vinyl record collector, occasional music writer/critic and 90s alternative music fan. Contributing author of the books “The 501 Essential Albums of the 90s” and The 501 Essential Albums of the 80s”

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THIS GAME!!!

11.10.2025 04:09 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

2009 Game 163 all over again…..

11.10.2025 04:06 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Having flashbacks to the Inge HBP that wasn’t called in Game 163 in 2009…..

11.10.2025 04:06 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

This game is aging me in dog years. (Go Tigers!)

11.10.2025 03:59 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Ok, Seattle. There is only one Señor Smoke and it’s this guy:

11.10.2025 02:31 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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a man is sweating while wearing headphones on a plane . ALT: a man is sweating while wearing headphones on a plane .
11.10.2025 02:23 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Got it off the pregame show 😂😂😂

11.10.2025 00:22 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

How’s this for an omen: Hal Newhouser and Mickey Lolich are the only two Tigers leftys to win a "winner-take-all" postseason game. BOTH did it on October 10th. Skubal would become the third if the Tigers win. #mlbpostseason @jaysonst.bsky.social

11.10.2025 00:14 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Ray Boone & Bob Boone then.

09.10.2025 00:29 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Bonds, Griffeys, Fielders, Boones (three generations)….

09.10.2025 00:27 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 1

Who is that?!?😂

04.10.2025 19:44 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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An unintended consequence of the death of cursive writing is the fact that there are dedicated people on the internet that have to decode signatures because people can’t read them. If I were a celebrity I’d make sure to sign every letter of my name legibly so future generations would know.

20.07.2025 13:59 — 👍 2    🔁 1    💬 2    📌 0
Photo of Detroit Tigers batter at home plate with ads from Progressive and GEICO behind him

Photo of Detroit Tigers batter at home plate with ads from Progressive and GEICO behind him

Wonder if Progressive or GEICO is pleased with this setup. #mlb #SportsBiz

02.10.2025 21:11 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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"This expansion is unrealistic, unaffordable, and fiscally irresponsible" Katy Yaroslavsky's words are about the city's convention center — but they are really about the city

I had a whole story ready to publish about this convention center vote, but Yaroslavsky's speech — one of the most powerful I’ve ever seen on the council floor — said it better than I ever could. It's a must-read, and I also included a link to the video

20.09.2025 14:36 — 👍 45    🔁 13    💬 1    📌 7

At this point it's not that he doesn't get the fact that we're in an existential battle for the survival of American democracy. It's that he doesn't give a shit. bsky.app/profile/atru...

21.09.2025 13:38 — 👍 725    🔁 139    💬 40    📌 13

Did anyone else catch the “flag” thrown on the field in the Cincy game?
We are living in the stupidest timeline.

14.09.2025 18:53 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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07.09.2025 19:35 — 👍 13    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

I miss the days when every other ad during football wasn't a gambling ad. I hate it so much.

07.09.2025 18:52 — 👍 983    🔁 56    💬 49    📌 14

We are in the stupidest timeline.

07.09.2025 18:56 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Has anyone invented an app that blocks all gambling/betting ads? It’s so damn hard to just watch a football game. I’d almost prefer prescription drug ads.

07.09.2025 18:19 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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This is the sort of thing the Internet is supposed to be used for. bsky.app/profile/davi...

14.08.2025 23:17 — 👍 114    🔁 24    💬 8    📌 0

If you're still on substack, you are letting techbro dildos use your left-leaning journalism to launder right-wing extremism and it's just a terrible idea. You should stop doing that

07.08.2025 17:30 — 👍 595    🔁 194    💬 14    📌 8
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The NFL having an ownership stake in the leading sports journalism outlet isn't alarming at all

06.08.2025 00:21 — 👍 360    🔁 35    💬 18    📌 17

I took a group of 40 people to this game. We paid for $50 worth of concessions 6 months ago. We are not crossing the picket line. We confirmed with the striking workers that the team store is not staffed by them, so we brought in food and will be spending our credits there without scabbing. ✊✊✊

26.07.2025 23:15 — 👍 613    🔁 40    💬 11    📌 2
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How Detroit is playing a small role in the Oasis reunion The band is currently on tour in the United Kingdom.

The band is currently on tour in the United Kingdom.

26.07.2025 16:10 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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This dude has been gone almost a century, but you can still read his name.

20.07.2025 14:01 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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An unintended consequence of the death of cursive writing is the fact that there are dedicated people on the internet that have to decode signatures because people can’t read them. If I were a celebrity I’d make sure to sign every letter of my name legibly so future generations would know.

20.07.2025 13:59 — 👍 2    🔁 1    💬 2    📌 0
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Are Sports Too Expensive For Fans? Podcast Episode · The Valenti Show · 07/08/2025 · 11m

podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...

10.07.2025 08:51 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

I wonder why….🤔
It’s almost like gambling is being incessantly pushed by leagues, teams and media companies. Too bad the text in locker rooms warning players about gambling isn’t in a font as big as the signs on the Jumbotron, outfield walls, suite levels and highlight clips….

03.07.2025 16:31 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

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