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Jasper Kogod Sternburg
December 3, 2010 - December 29, 2023
The sweetest little boy in the world.
December 3, 2010 - December 29, 2023
The sweetest little boy in the world.
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Fred Sternburg retweeted
“Staffed by c-list podcasters, QAnon-adjacent influencers, weirdo cable-news gadflies, and the kinds of friendless indoor boys who try to choose their own nicknames, the Justice Department has at last been emptied out and deconsecrated” theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/11/…
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Fred Sternburg retweeted
Buck O’Neil served in the @USNavy from 1943-45 and was stationed at Subic Bay in the Philippines.
In memory of Buck and in recognition of Veterans Day, all Veterans will receive FREE ADMISSION to the NLBM on Wednesday, Nov. 11. We’re open 10 am-5 pm.
@KCTV5 @sn_mlb @fox4kc
In memory of Buck and in recognition of Veterans Day, all Veterans will receive FREE ADMISSION to the NLBM on Wednesday, Nov. 11. We’re open 10 am-5 pm.
@KCTV5 @sn_mlb @fox4kc
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Fred Sternburg retweeted
This gorgeous Willie Mays stamp will be released in the near future by the United States Postal Service. It was a privilege to assist the USPS with this amazing project. Willie is celebrated with the 50th stamp in the Black Heritage series, and it’s a beaut. @SayHeyFdn
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Fred Sternburg retweeted
NEW: Another day, yet another new no true bill in Washington for DOJ prosecutors.
This one was again on voter fraud allegations.
In the past two weeks alone, prosecutors in Washington have failed to secure indictments in at least three cases.
This is an extraordinary acceleration of the troubles that the Justice Department, and the U.S. attorney’s office in Washington in particular, has had with grand juries for nearly two years.
w/@alanfeuer
nytimes.com/2026/11/09/us/…
This one was again on voter fraud allegations.
In the past two weeks alone, prosecutors in Washington have failed to secure indictments in at least three cases.
This is an extraordinary acceleration of the troubles that the Justice Department, and the U.S. attorney’s office in Washington in particular, has had with grand juries for nearly two years.
w/@alanfeuer
nytimes.com/2026/11/09/us/…
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Hoping @DannyBrener can get me a backstage pass.
Fall Out Boy is bringing the Twilight Of The Punks Stadium Tour with special guests The Offspring, Good Charlotte and The Story So Far. Sign up now for presale access! 🤘
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Fred Sternburg retweeted
"In 1950 when Yogi Berra finished third in MVP voting behind teammate Phil Rizzuto and Boston’s Billy Goodman, Yogi Berra may have had his best year.
Despite all that hard work behind the plate, only missing three games all season, Yogi batted .322 with 28 home runs and 124 RBIs, TWELVE times in 656 plate appearances.
Few hitters could see the ball like Yogi could.
A notorious as a bad ball hitter, he seemed able to make contact with pitches at will, whether in our out of the strike zone.
There was almost no way he could be pitched to.
Yogi Berra never struck out more than 38 times in a season.
In 1950, the Yankees played 22 doubleheaders and Yogi caught both ends in 19 of them, even after the pennant was clinched.
That same pattern followed year after year, peaking at 20-of-21 in 1952.
And all the while, the Yankees kept winning World Championships.
Berra played in 14 World Series, won ten of them, and then managed both the Yankees and the Mets to the seventh game of World Series losses, nine years apart."
"Yogi Berra was more valuable to his teams, over the course of his career, than any other catcher.
Yogi Berra was never as great a catcher at any moment as Johnny Bench was in his best years, or as Mickey Cochrane was or Roy Campanella, his contemporary.
But Yogi’s record of sustained excellence over a period of a decade is without parallel by any catcher in the history of baseball."
Bill James.
"Yogi"
Art by Jessica Gandolf.
"Never answer an anonymous letter."
Despite all that hard work behind the plate, only missing three games all season, Yogi batted .322 with 28 home runs and 124 RBIs, TWELVE times in 656 plate appearances.
Few hitters could see the ball like Yogi could.
A notorious as a bad ball hitter, he seemed able to make contact with pitches at will, whether in our out of the strike zone.
There was almost no way he could be pitched to.
Yogi Berra never struck out more than 38 times in a season.
In 1950, the Yankees played 22 doubleheaders and Yogi caught both ends in 19 of them, even after the pennant was clinched.
That same pattern followed year after year, peaking at 20-of-21 in 1952.
And all the while, the Yankees kept winning World Championships.
Berra played in 14 World Series, won ten of them, and then managed both the Yankees and the Mets to the seventh game of World Series losses, nine years apart."
"Yogi Berra was more valuable to his teams, over the course of his career, than any other catcher.
Yogi Berra was never as great a catcher at any moment as Johnny Bench was in his best years, or as Mickey Cochrane was or Roy Campanella, his contemporary.
But Yogi’s record of sustained excellence over a period of a decade is without parallel by any catcher in the history of baseball."
Bill James.
"Yogi"
Art by Jessica Gandolf.
"Never answer an anonymous letter."
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Fred Sternburg retweeted
Harlem Globetrotters legend Hubert "Geese" Ausbie has died at age 88, the team announced.
One of the most influential players in franchise history, Ausbie spent more than two decades with the team and was honored with a Globetrotters Legends ring.
One of the most influential players in franchise history, Ausbie spent more than two decades with the team and was honored with a Globetrotters Legends ring.
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.@kaitlancollins owns this fat slob.
Trump: Hegseth won two wars.
Collins: Massie says—
Trump: He’s a loser just like you’re a loser at CNN!
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Fred Sternburg retweeted
GOP Rep. Lauren Boebert will lose reelection to Democrat Eileen Laubacher, CNN projects, ending the conservative firebrand's tenure in Congress and flipping Colorado's 4th District. cnn.it/3VgTevp
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Amazing year.
This month in 1967, The Monkees released PISCES, AQUARIUS, CAPRICORN & JONES LTD.
It was our fourth consecutive No. 1 album in the U.S., spending five weeks at the top of the Billboard album chart. That also made us the first act to score four No. 1 albums in a single calendar yearally, we were stretching out quite a bit. There was my good friend Harry Nilsson’s “Cuddly Toy,” Boyce and Hart’s “Words,” Goffin and King’s “Pleasant Valley Sunday” and “Star Collector,” Mike’s “Daily Nightly” and “Don’t Call On Me,” and “What Am I Doing Hangin’ ’Round?” bringing a little country into the mix.
And then there was the Moog.
I had gotten one of the earliest Moog synthesizers sold, and we put it to work on “Daily Nightly” and “Star Collector,” helping make the album one of the earliest rock records to feature the instrument.
So there was pop, country, psychedelia, electric banjo, a brand-new synthesizer, and even Peter reciting “Peter Percival Patterson’s Pet Pig Porky.”
I'd say we were keeping busy!
Which track from PISCES, AQUARIUS, CAPRICORN & JONES LTD. gets you moving today?
#TheMonkees #MickyDolenz
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Fred Sternburg retweeted
"I looked down and saw this little fellow with his shin guards up to here and his chest protector down to there, and I said:
"What the hell is this!?"
And then I came to see what a diamond in the rough this was;
Someone who was going to go all the way to the Hall of Fame."
Ted the first time he batted with Yogi Berra behind the plate."
Tony Kubek was witness to a conversation between Ted Williams and Kubek’s teammate, Yogi Berra.
This would have been in 1958.
Ted Williams had won the batting Championship with an astounding .388 average in 1957;
He was on his way to winning it again in 1958, but with an average that was 60 points lower.
The defences were shifting on him, loading up the right side of the infield and daring him to hit to left field.
Yogi Berra was a left-handed hitter like Williams, but, unlike Williams he could hit effectively to left field.
So Williams asked Berra for at tip on going the other way.
As Kubek related it, Berra said:
"You have to throw the top hand over.
Make a throwing motion with the top hand as you swing to hit line drives.
Otherwise you’ll pop the ball up.
Yogi Berra taught Ted Williams to hit to left field Exactly, said Kubek."
"It ain't the heat; it's the humility."
Yogi Berra talking to Ted Williams as Williams steps up to the plate.
"What the hell is this!?"
And then I came to see what a diamond in the rough this was;
Someone who was going to go all the way to the Hall of Fame."
Ted the first time he batted with Yogi Berra behind the plate."
Tony Kubek was witness to a conversation between Ted Williams and Kubek’s teammate, Yogi Berra.
This would have been in 1958.
Ted Williams had won the batting Championship with an astounding .388 average in 1957;
He was on his way to winning it again in 1958, but with an average that was 60 points lower.
The defences were shifting on him, loading up the right side of the infield and daring him to hit to left field.
Yogi Berra was a left-handed hitter like Williams, but, unlike Williams he could hit effectively to left field.
So Williams asked Berra for at tip on going the other way.
As Kubek related it, Berra said:
"You have to throw the top hand over.
Make a throwing motion with the top hand as you swing to hit line drives.
Otherwise you’ll pop the ball up.
Yogi Berra taught Ted Williams to hit to left field Exactly, said Kubek."
"It ain't the heat; it's the humility."
Yogi Berra talking to Ted Williams as Williams steps up to the plate.
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Russell Brand Sentenced to 10 and a Half Years in Prison for Rape nytimes.com/2026/11/09/art…
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Fred Sternburg retweeted
Great reporting by @nytimes. The US Commerce Dept was approving sales of Nvidia chips to companies in China which either did not exist, were on the sanctions list, and/or had ties to China's military. A brief visit by journalists in China found that two of the offices were just empty shells.
Was Jensen Huang a "victim" of a honey trap or was he just trying to make as much money as possible? Was his $25 million donation to Trump's ballroom the price of pay to play? In the US - China tech competition, has the Commerce Dept been co-opted by other interests? Here is a gift article which raises deeply troubling questions.
Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. nytimes.com/2026/11/07/bus…
Was Jensen Huang a "victim" of a honey trap or was he just trying to make as much money as possible? Was his $25 million donation to Trump's ballroom the price of pay to play? In the US - China tech competition, has the Commerce Dept been co-opted by other interests? Here is a gift article which raises deeply troubling questions.
Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. nytimes.com/2026/11/07/bus…
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Fred Sternburg retweeted
Trump’s picked Miller because he wants somebody who “will crack skulls” - and that he “doesn’t want to be reined in.”
There is no need for a chief of staff who could work the Hill because nothing is getting done. “The next two years are going to be nonstop political warfare theatlantic.com/politics/2026/…
There is no need for a chief of staff who could work the Hill because nothing is getting done. “The next two years are going to be nonstop political warfare theatlantic.com/politics/2026/…
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