Robby Incmikoski
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@RobbyInc62
Asked lots of bad questions to baseball players in my time, but I made a lot of friends & wrote a book about it. Hopefully the book is better than my questions!
This 23-year-old Little League umpire, James Farque, has been umpiring since he was 13. He’s never made a penny from it and has volunteered the entire time. Now, he just got the call to umpire at the Little League World Series next month.
Architect Janet Marie Smith has played a part in designing and revitalizing spaces in several major cities, including Boston. Globe photographer Stan Grossfeld captured her critiques on some of the city's essential architecture. trib.al/3dl2poQ
What an incredible day at the Gordie Howe International Bridge ribbon-cutting on Friday. Proud to see Mr. Hockey’s legacy honored in such a lasting way. The Howe family and foundation were honored to be part of it. #GordieHowe #HoweBridge #MrHockey
Earl Weaver had a cigarette pouch sewn into his jersey. This was not a man who showed up at the ballpark to fucking lose.
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Congratulations to Elias Díaz for reaching 10 years of service time!
If this is done early (or even on time!) and safely, can we give some big time props to those who made this happen without attacking anything else? Like, let’s just say thanks to the hardworking employees who reduced the amount of days we’ve been inconvenienced by the Parkway shutdown! Whatever authority is in charge of this should count this as a major win! Thank you for your attention to this matter.
This road, the Parkway East, is expected to be wide open again by this time next week. Maybe even sooner!
Former @whitesox pitcher Mark Buehrle didn’t care about jinxing his perfect game back in 2009: “The two things that come up most often these days when I run into fans are that perfect game I threw eight years ago and the 2005 World Series. The one thing that not a ton of people know about that perfect game against the Rays in 2009 involves how everything went down off the field — in the dugout and back in the clubhouse. What I remember most is not being able to keep my mouth shut between innings during that one. I talked guys’ ears off. I basically did the opposite of everything you always hear about when no-hitters and perfect games are discussed. By the fifth, I was going up to anyone who would listen and just putting it out there. ‘Are you kidding me, right now? What’s happening out there? How do I have a perfect game going?’ I was just having fun and enjoying the moment. But no one knew what to make of it. Between the eighth and ninth, I randomly decided to head up into the clubhouse and see what was going on back there. The first guy I saw was @ajpierzynski12. I could tell he wasn’t looking to talk to me. But I don’t believe in jinxes, so I was having none of it. I sat right down next to him. Are you kidding me, dude? There’s no way I have a perfect game right now. Is this for real?’ He just shook his head and laughed. I kept going. ‘Three outs from a perfect game? This is insane? Only three more outs?’ A.J. could tell I wasn’t going to stop until he said something to me. ‘Quit talking about it, man,’ he finally said. ‘Just go out there and finish it up.’ So, you know, that’s what I did. And then, less than an hour later, I was talking on the phone with Obama. The president joked around with me some, and I remember laughing a bit and just grinning from ear to ear. But I didn’t really talk much. Basically I was just telling myself: Don’t say anything stupid, Mark. Please, dude, don’t be dumb. Don’t mess this up.” playerstribu.ne/Buehrle
