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Paul Proia

@paulproia.bsky.social

Husband, father, baseball junkie, SABR member, historian, tech professional, musician… I’m not always very good, but I do the best I can with what few skills God gave me.

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Latest posts by paulproia.bsky.social on Bluesky

Cheers!

29.10.2025 22:31 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

We used the same start word; I didn’t try to solve the word at #2 and played an eliminator word there. I’m the Tom Kite of Wordle - play it safe but never get a chance for an eagle.

29.10.2025 12:20 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Having it sit outside the stadium is just weird…

29.10.2025 12:14 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

I was surprised to see Freeman has more resume bullets than Joey Votto AND a postseason storyline.

I think he’s already HOF material…

28.10.2025 21:46 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Love Bit o’ Honey, but dental work prevents me from ever enjoying them again…

27.10.2025 21:46 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

And one of the coolest names in the business. Saw him coming up through the minors in FL and during a couple of spring training games.

Cheers!

27.10.2025 12:52 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Guilty as charged.

24.10.2025 19:52 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Happy Birthday, Hugo Bezdek! The answer to a number of fantastic trivia questions – Hugo Bezdek was a bruising fullback, a successful coach in three different sports at the collegiate and professional levels, and eventua…

New @SFGiants manager Tony Vitello is following in the footsteps of Hugo Bezdek, the football and baseball coach at Oregon, who took over the Pirates from 1917 to 1919.

He’s also the only MLB manager to be a head coach in the NFL.

mightycaseybaseball.com/2017/04/02/h...

23.10.2025 13:40 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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Happy Birthday, Hugo Bezdek! The answer to a number of fantastic trivia questions – Hugo Bezdek was a bruising fullback, a successful coach in three different sports at the collegiate and professional levels, and eventua…

New @SFGiants manager Tony Vitello is following in the footsteps of Hugo Bezdek, the football and baseball coach at Oregon, who took over the Pirates from 1917 to 1919.

He’s also the only MLB manager to be a head coach in the NFL.

mightycaseybaseball.com/2017/04/02/h...

23.10.2025 13:40 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

It’s been in grocery stores for a long while now…

21.10.2025 20:28 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Hohenzollern?

21.10.2025 18:56 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Campy…

16.10.2025 19:40 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Bring back Jason Vargas?

16.10.2025 01:55 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Heck - make it double elimination, too.

02.10.2025 15:59 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

My Target rarely carries packs or boxes, but will carry complete sets.

02.10.2025 15:57 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Hey, @marksimon.bsky.social... Someone I know is interested in SIS as a solution provider. Can you DM me so that I can ask a couple of questions before I turn this over to him?

Thanks!

25.09.2025 20:35 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

I could throw over my age in my 50s. Not sure I could do it now at 60 but I also don’t throw as much as I did five or ten years ago. I’d bet the answer is no, but my brain thinks I could get back over 60 if I worked at it like I used to.

Or my arm would fall off.

One or the other.

19.09.2025 17:07 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Indeed.

Cheers, sir…

16.09.2025 01:05 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

I made the mistake of getting the tetanus shot in my throwing arm. Cost me a chance to play in an all-star game that year…

16.09.2025 01:01 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Funny. I used to kiddingly blame the show “Trading Spaces.” (Loved that show, though.

08.09.2025 00:50 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Boyz II Men Reunite with Rarely Seen Former Member Michael McCary and Tease Reunion: 'It's Coming' (Exclusive) Former Boyz II Men member Michael McCary walked onstage and reunited with the band in Las Vegas on Aug. 30. Although he didn’t sing with the group, McCary, Shawn Stockman, Wanya Morris and Nathan Morr...

MS, back issues, and some band fighting issues…

people.com/boyz-ii-men-...

05.09.2025 00:26 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Gotcha. I’ll accept that. Play on!

(Cheers!)

26.08.2025 10:02 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Lopes and Russell were both outfielders but converted in their early 20s. I guess they don’t count.

26.08.2025 10:01 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

And 1969, too. Expos, Padres, Pilots/Brewers, Senators/Rangers… 20% bump (20 to 24).

26.08.2025 09:57 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 1

Shouldn’t it be 61-62? Each league added two teams. Either way, it’s a 25% increase from 1960 to 1962.

26.08.2025 09:53 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

I rarely use #YouTube - but today I wanted to watch a preview of the KU Football team’s new stadium, “The Booth” - which is awesome, by the way.

The CRAP that was in the queue after I watched the video I chose - all nasty confrontational junk.

And so I return to not using YouTube. Good riddance.

25.08.2025 12:24 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

I grew up in that area, but they didn’t bring a team there until after I moved away.

23.08.2025 16:14 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Saw a game there in late May and rather enjoyed it. Easy to get in and out, nice people working the counters, decent experience…

22.08.2025 07:28 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Rube Waddell. Nobody else like him…

22.08.2025 07:21 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

When will pitchers get the same fines for using a ball as a weapon? Instead too many glorify hitting guys.

20.08.2025 13:35 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

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