Tyler Kepner
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Tyler Kepner
@TylerKepner
Senior Writer @TheAthleticMLB. Author of "K" (2019) and "The Grandest Stage" (2022). Reporter in quarter-zip in ep. #787 of The Simpsons. Immaculate Grid nerd.
Katılım Haziran 2009
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"It's a bit of a bummer that I didn't stay healthy enough that I could have just had this stretch of time in my career, where all I did was just try to hit HRs."
I asked Joey Votto if he ever dreams about baseball.
I wrote about the answer - & lots more
nytimes.com/athletic/73011…
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@_HaloLife @RealGlenMacnow Wow! I feel like I'm pretty good on Angels (covered them for the Riverside Press Enterprise Sept. 97 to Sept. 98), but I would never have gotten some of those guys.
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@RealGlenMacnow Don't tell that to @TheReliefRoom! Hilgendorf is a God there.
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@TylerKepner I think you made up the name Tommy Hilgendorf.
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@TylerKepner What the heck else is stored in your brain other than baseball man 🤣
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@rcarver777 Ohhhh man I thought of Bob Heise but wasn’t totally sure of his position.
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Why I wrote this story this story this morning for The Athletic about Gerrit Cole's prestart ritual, and why it'll be key to the Yankees' run and Cole continuing his Hall of Fame trajectory.
Brendan Kuty 🧟♂️@BrendanKutyNJ
Gerrit Cole finally returns tonight for the Yankees, and I've always wondered: Why does he crouch a few seconds just before he takes the mound? Inside the psychology of Cole's last few moments of control before his 2nd act begins. READ: nytimes.com/athletic/72957…
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From Bronze Star in Vietnam to All-Star in Baltimore, Al Bumbry to be honored in Cooperstown -- and more Sliders! nytimes.com/athletic/72977…
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Hit by pitches have increased year over year in college baseball. (Free read)
“We teach it. We practice it. There is an art to getting hit.”
"I got yelled at for getting out of the way my freshman year."
nytimes.com/athletic/72921…
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90 years
old @25JulianJavier celebrating the @Cardinals Fans all
the way from hometown of San Francisco Dominican Republic
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This is wild! Former Cardinals 2B Julian Javier, a key part of the 1960s success:
julian j javier@DrJJJavier
90 years old @25JulianJavier celebrating the @Cardinals Fans all the way from hometown of San Francisco Dominican Republic
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The “pothole” commercial, which plays relentlessly on MLB.tv, is a new contender for stupidest commercial of all-time.
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