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Michael Baumann
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Wheelysports cycling newsletter // Right-handed bench bat @FanGraphs // Gamecock. Piney. (he/him) // Tips/Inquiries: baumannwrites at gmail dot com
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    Michael Baumann
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    Jul 2, 2023
    Fine I guess I'll get on the goddamn lifeboat
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    Michael Baumann
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    Jan 3, 2024
    Saying "whoa whoa it was just a joke" when it seems like asshole actions might result in real consequences is the ultimate chickenshit move
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    Awful Announcing
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    Jan 3, 2024
    "I can see exactly why Jimmy Kimmel felt the way he felt, especially with his position. But I think Aaron was just trying to talk shit." Pat McAfee opens his show by responding to the fallout and threats of legal action coming out of his Tuesday interview with Aaron Rodgers
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    Michael Baumann
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    Sep 1, 2021
    The big story here is we've found two 90s ballplayers who *won't* get an injection
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    Andrew Marchand
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    Sep 1, 2021
    Replying to @AndrewMarchand
    NEWS: John Smoltz & Al Leiter will not appear in-studio for MLBN after refusing to receive COVID-19 vaccine, The Post has learned. nypost.com/2021/08/31/al-…
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    Michael Baumann
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    Jun 7, 2024
    As long as you're not on public roads it should be legal to shoot fireworks at a Lamborghini
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    Michael Baumann
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    Feb 13, 2024
    I'm mad about the Fanatics MLB jerseys because it's the lowest-stakes example of the thing that's sending me over the edge: An everyday thing is getting worse. Everyone knows it and hates it. It's one guy's fault and we know who it is, but there's nothing we can do to stop it.
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    Michael Baumann
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    Sep 27, 2023
    I agree that there are only six jokes being made about Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce, but the one about Swifties learning and solving football in less than a week is nowhere close to played out imo. That joke has legs like you wouldn't believe.
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    Michael Baumann
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    Jan 12, 2018
    The wildest thing to me is that in 55 years of covering the Mets the New York Times had never broken out the word "shithole" until now.
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    Michael Baumann
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    Jul 7, 2019
    Ways to do sports, ranked: 1) Win and talk shit the entire time 2) Win and don't talk shit 3) Lose and don't talk shit 4) Lose and talk shit.
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    Michael Baumann
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    Aug 12, 2022
    Why would Tatis risk taking Clostebol when he was so closte*playing*bol
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    Michael Baumann
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    Jan 9, 2021
    It's a shame hockey isn't more popular because Tony DeAngelo rage quitting Twitter and moving to Parler because of the Trump ban is so funny I can't handle it.
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    Michael Baumann
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    Nov 2, 2022
    Ranger Suárez pitches like he's got a flight to catch and fields like he's at the beach.
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    Michael Baumann
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    Oct 26, 2024
    Great call. Scully tribute into a pithy line that invoked the historical antecedent we were all thinking of, then immediately hitting Smoltz with a chloroform rag so he couldn't talk over the moment.
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    Awful Announcing
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    Oct 26, 2024
    FREDDIE FREEMAN WALK-OFF GRAND SLAM IN GAME 1 OF THE WORLD SERIES! Joe Davis on the call for Fox. ⚾️💣🔥🔥🔥🎙️ #MLB
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    Michael Baumann
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    Oct 3, 2021
    So if you're a baseball fan with a soul you're rooting for the Yankees and Red Sox to lose, Mariners and Blue Jays to win. Which should be easy to remember because if you have a soul that's probably what you root for every day.
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    Michael Baumann
    @MichaelBaumann
    Dec 19, 2017
    Don't revive The Office. Make the next The Office.

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