Sunday, October 05, 2025

Sunday Funday: Jays win Game One! Plus some good posts celebrating Canada, some funny posts from all over, TrumpWatch, and Animal Crackers

One down, two to go:

Let’s go, Blue Jays!

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— J. Kelly Nestruck (@nestruck.bsky.social) October 4, 2025 at 1:58 PM

Vladimir Guerrero Jr. gets the Blue Jays on the board!

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— Carter Blazek (@carterblazek.bsky.social) October 4, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Cathal Kelly says Vladimir Guerrero Jr. doesn’t just want to win, he wants to
 humiliate the opposition:
The Toronto Blue Jays won’t begin paying Vladimir Guerrero Jr. his half-billion dollars until next year, but he started earning it on Saturday. First thing on his to-do list - transform himself from Yankee irritant to “Yankee killer.”
Throughout September, the team’s biggest name was so marginal a figure that you’d have to check his punch card to be sure he’d shown up for work. Only two home runs, and none since the first week of the month.
...When he came to bat in the first inning, the Rogers Centre was in a nervy state. They’d spent the top of the first inning cheering every Yankee out like it was the last.
“It was so loud,” Gausman said. “It was crazy.”
It was a lot of noise, but you didn’t get the sense that it was born of extreme confidence. More the opposite thing.
Then Guerrero, who has spent a month looking like he’s swinging at soap bubbles, planted a ball into the stands behind the left-field bullpen. And that was his second most impressive play to start the game.
Nobody expects Guerrero to be a great first baseman, as long as he’s not a colander. In the second, the Yankees got a hitter on base - the disruptive Jazz Chisholm. The next man up, Ryan McMahon, cracked his bat in half hitting a ropey line drive in Guerrero’s direction.
The barrel of the bat was twirling so unpredictably toward first that the umpire fled his position. Guerrero lasered in on the ball, jumping to his right, catching the fly and then springing up to tag the base. An unassisted double play - you don’t see many of those by men Guerrero’s size.
There was a lot of game to go, but after those two plays, the building relaxed. This wasn’t going to be one of those post-season pile-ups the Jays had become famous for.
In the end, Toronto annihilated New York 10-1. The Yankees are in it up to their chin now....

BLUE JAYS FOR THE WIN A decisive 10-1 opening victory for the Toronto Blue Jays over the New York Yankees. Back at it tomorrow for Game 2 of the ALDS. Full marks to Jays fans. That’s one of the best atmospheres I’ve ever been a part of. And it’s just getting started.

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— Devin Heroux (@devinheroux.bsky.social) October 4, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Celebrating Canada:
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I absolutely love this for Canada!!🍁

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— KittyKatGirlπŸ˜»πŸ™πŸ’žπŸž (@mary1kathy.bsky.social) October 4, 2025 at 11:15 AM
Well, TBH I didn't realise this either: A fascinating painting analysis - The Ambassadors, by Holbein:
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Posting this tweet is really just an excuse for me to post the song: Nice to see that Americans haven't lost their sense of humour
Random funny stuff:

Unfortunately we’re in an unprecedented era of rich people finding out that everyone hates them and making it a problem for all of us

— Kat Tenbarge (@kattenbarge.bsky.social) September 28, 2025 at 8:52 AM

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Good morning

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— Richard Kadrey (@richardkadrey.bsky.social) October 2, 2025 at 8:16 AM

Pedestrians at a Vancouver cross-walk found a way to make sure that drivers will stop for them:
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Most-liked post ever:
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Trump coin?

Breaks the law and reeks of dictatorship defector.com/treasury-dep...

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— Timothy Snyder (@timothysnyder.bsky.social) October 4, 2025 at 1:32 PM

US Treasurer Brandon Beach has confirmed this is happening. This is what Republicans are working on as the government is shut down.

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— Ron Filipkowski (@ronfilipkowski.bsky.social) October 3, 2025 at 3:40 PM
But apparently only dead presidents are supposed to be on US money.

> @radiofreetom.bsky.social

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— Carl Quintanilla (@carlquintanilla.bsky.social) October 4, 2025 at 11:59 AM

That could be arranged.

— catshadow.bsky.social (@catshadow.bsky.social) October 3, 2025 at 3:48 PM
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TrumpWatch - posts about the world's most anticipated event

My drink of choice is rum and Coke. What is the best rum I can get that won't cost me a month's rent? I want to have a bottle on hand for when Donald Trump has a heart attack and I spend the next 48 hours celebrating.

- The Opinionated Ogre

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It is kind of a funny mental image to imagine Vance looming over an unconscious Trump on life support being like come on, fucking DIE already… I killed the pope for this.

— Starfish Who Can’t Think Something Witty (@irhottakes.bsky.social) October 3, 2025 at 6:23 PM

When Trump dies and is buried I hope his epithet reads, "Here Lies Donald Trump For The Very Last Time."

— π•Šπ•¦π•Ÿπ••π•’π•– 𝔾𝕦𝕣𝕝 (@sundaedivine.bsky.social) October 3, 2025 at 6:30 PM

I think we should do Trump-is-dead speculation every time we get a clean chance, it’s clearly great for team morale. If you’re not into it, I dunno, post cat pics or something and enjoy the downstream benefits of other people being in a good mood

— ghost malone ergo propter malone (@proptermalone.bsky.social) October 3, 2025 at 3:45 PM

I was so excited today. I thought this was an obituary — turns out I was very wrong. Thank you for your attention to this matter.

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— Hoodlum πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ (@nothoodlum.bsky.social) October 2, 2025 at 1:12 PM

Animal Crackers:
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Watch until the end:
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"Look Mom, I'm scaring them!"

- James Lucas

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6 comments:

Northern PoV said...

Although it is too soon to actually call it the 'tRump Death Watch' (alas), folks can enjoy themselves and get ready by watching
"The Death of Stalin".
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4686844/

There!
I posted a link to some humour ... to make up for my killjoy comment on all the political jokes you posted. (And to claim I have not lost my sense of humour!)

Cathie from Canada said...

no problemo, NPoV, I always appreciate your comments even when we disagree on Carney!
Yes, I think I saw that movie years ago and will have to rewatch it - thanks.

Purple library guy said...

For the record, it's pronounced "Wooster sauce".

Cap said...

PLG, I think you need to update your record. Some Yanks may say it that way, but the rest of us say "Woostasher sauce." https://dictionary.cambridge.org/us/pronunciation/english/worcestershire-sauce

Purple library guy said...

My family, mostly British descended and fairly traditional, always said "Wooster". I stand by Jeeves, Bertie, and the Code of the Woosters!

Cap said...

Lol! As Frodo said, "I should like to save the Shire, if I could – though there have been times when I thought the inhabitants too stupid and dull for words, and have felt that an earthquake or an invasion of dragons might be good for them."