Writer/editor. Occasional sportswriter/MiLB official scorer. @Cubs spectator. @NorthwesternU & @Parkrose alum. Former Chicago & Brooklyn resident.

Portland, OR
Joined May 2011
this hits a little different if you saw a certain movie this weekend
Abbott & Costello - Who's on First Pure comedic genius
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Really sad to see this. Jason covered the @pdxwinterhawks when I did. Always enjoyed seeing him at games and getting to talk. Condolences to his family and friends.
Veteran journalist and former Portland Tribune reporter and editor Jason Vondersmith passed away of an apparent heart attack on Sunday, Oct. 4, just three days short of his 61st birthday. Read more at the link in our bio.
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Covering the Thorns tonight and if you're wondering how it's going Sophia Wilson got a red card for a hair pull and 14th-place Boston is up 2-0 including a shot that was going way wide getting deflected in for an own goal. Thorns headed toward 4th straight winless home game.
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This is probably the most I've seen a crowd turn on a referee since the Winterhawks crowd in the 2011 WHL final.
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Officiating has been suspect overall, but the red card was legit and a Boston goal the crowd thought was offside was clearly onside
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That was an all-time terrible timeout by Montana State
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BUILT FOR THIS.
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My alma mater blowing Penn State out of an $800 million stadium with Chip Kelly running the wing T is not something I ever thought I was going to see #Northwestern
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Scott Sepich retweeted
Colorado players talking trash about Northwestern’s temporary stadium ahead of this evening’s game: “This place f*cking sucks” “Sh*t sounds like a f*cking library.”
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Northwestern DESTROYS Colorado 41-7 to improve to 2-0 🟣⚪️ The Wildcats make a statement 👀
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They have no support, exiled in a stadium that’s not theirs, haven’t been over .500 in 11 years. I don’t fault the players who are trying to compete, it just doesn’t seem like there’s ever a real foundation for success there.
Too much is being made of Oregon scoring a bunch and not enough is being made of Portland State’s inability to be even the slightest bit competitive. It’s tough to figure out what PSU is trying to accomplish with their program right now.
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Too much is being made of Oregon scoring a bunch and not enough is being made of Portland State’s inability to be even the slightest bit competitive. It’s tough to figure out what PSU is trying to accomplish with their program right now.
Wait ... ppl are upset Oregon kept running an offense w/a 4th string QB? What are they supposed to do... just not play anymore. You got these young guys who are itching to see the field. Portland State knew what this game was about.
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If there's a separate clock somewhere that's more official than the one we see on TV a lot of people owe soccer an apology
Terry McAulay: "The ball isn't even close to touching a player when it goes to zero... Their Hawk-Eye system apparently had a different sync... I don't see how that happened, assuming our clock is correct... The ball is clearly still in the air when the clock goes to zero..."
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Love this place. Spent a lot of time there in the '00s.
I love when businesses near an airport tip their hat to aviation in some way. The all-timer is the Air Line Diner sign at the Jackson Hole a few minutes from LaGuardia (better known as the Goodfellas diner!)...🧵
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Or, the rules are fine and Olson can throw the ball to where his teammate’s glove was and not directly into the runner’s head.
Yo @MLB you might wanna take a look at your rules in the off-season and reevaluate things like this. This is common sense interference
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I love how the catcher doesn't even attempt to frame this as a strike and still gets the call anyway
Iowa completes the combined no-hitter! 🔥 Anthony Johnson Jr. finishes the job after Cooper Thissen struck out 15 in less than 6 innings 👏
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I was doing stats at Shea Stadium that night. The Mets also got shut out so most of the entertainment that night was watching the scoreboard in right field to see how high the number next to CLE would go.
The only other time this century that a MLB team won 22-0: Indians vs Yankees in 2004
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Scorers often get criticized for correct decisions by people who don't understand the rules and the rationale for how we follow them. Decisions like this that are pretty obviously wrong just fuel the conspiracy theories that MLB is manipulating scoring for more hits to be given.
Apparently this is a base hit in a Major League Baseball game, according to the official scorer. 75 mph grounder hit right at the second baseman. Just insane to not rule this an error.
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