#joey votto facts

[joeyvottofacts]

joey votto has been commissioned to crochet the toronto blue jays city connect uniforms for the entire roster

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joey votto facts brainstorming is going great

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Joey votto fact: joey votto has considered this situation while waiting in the on-deck circle

[ldlingsomewhere]

joey votto fact: he staged 9/11 to distract from his affair with bill clinton

[greinkeephus]

The fact that Joey Votto is still unsigned is so puzzling I have to resort to believing that he is being blackballed for being too much of a righteous homosexual icon

[ohnostalgia]

♧ hiiiii

You’re my: baseball

How I met you: discord many eons ago

Why I follow you: bc you're my buddy

Your blog is: fascinating

Your URL is: intothetr33s

Your icon is: . i dont know. is that a cake at the bottom

A random fact I know about you: your job has something to do with putting little balls in tubes in a lab or something

General opinion: you are so fun to hang out with and I love that I know things about joey votto and others now

A random thought I have: i like the canadian music you play

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Joey votto fact: Joey threw one of those once

[bumblebeebichette]

fun fact: joey votto and i have the same birthday :))

[empyrean11]

5. ok but why they gotta start with Cam Eden 😭😭 I don't care if he wasn't a good hitter. I will never forgive this front office for getting rid of him. And the fact that he got on the list for a big hit, I like to think is the Bisons admin making a tiny little comment too.

4. Spencer!! Can!! Hit!! Who knew?! With a Stewy cameo, just walking on home because why run if you don't have to 😉

3. I'm not sure why this guy is such a big deal? I mean, great for him!! But why single him out? Anyway, good job guy. I would have to think about what else I'd put here... probably Payton henry coming back? And there were a few very exciting walk-offs.

2. JOEY VOTTO 😁😁

1. in a year with generally very bad pitching, 19 strikeouts in one game was stupid fun. Highly recommend!

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Beef- S/T (Feel It Records)

If I have my facts straight, Takoda Hortenberry (now there’s a classic rawk name) and his wife Ally formed this band in Richmond, VA a few years back and then decided that Cincy, OH was their true spirit animal home (due to a love of Joey Votto’s batting stance) and high-tailed it there and set down roots.

There they were joined by some other local miscreants (John Hoffmann and Sam Richardson) and the new Beef was born!

These 8 songs are over in 15 minutes and you’ll be getting pummelled by Joe Frazier-like punches, but you’ll be loving every minute of it. Cuts like “D.N.A.”,  “Backlash, “New Man” and “Gimme More” are buzzworthy songs for a new generation. While the songs are decidedly rock music there’s a new wave buzz sliding underneath it all. It reminded me a little of early N. Raygun (ie: the early, weird stuff) and some of The Spits too.

If you feel the urge to yell out “Where’s the Beef?!” at one of their shows you’ll…well, just don’t. Just don’t.

www.feelitrecords.bandcamp.com

www.beef.bandcamp.com

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Joey Votto Fact: this is why joey votto has been unable to play in the 2024 MLB season

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joey votto is afraid to google the acronym "rpf"

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YOURE JOEY VOTTO FACTS?

joey votto facts fact: yes... but there are more... find us all to unlock the next clue

[oldtimefamilybaseball]

I’ve become very good at playing pretend recently. I always thought that I was good at it, but I realize now I was merely pretending to, uh, pretend. I wasn’t fully embracing a reality of my own creation.

Sure, that paragraph reads like a new age manifesto, or like someone whose quarantine has pushed him a little too far. And sure, there’s probably something to that, too. 

But no, I’ve become very good at tricking my brain into thinking it’s 2017, or 2011 or 1982. 

I was never someone that would go and watch classic games, or even past favorites of mine. In the offseason, I might pull up a random game from the past simply because I like the sounds or maybe I’d see something funny that everyone had forgotten about, but really, I didn’t see the point. Sports were of the moment, they are these communal things that bring us together and the action rises and falls across a single game and across a season. How could one simply just go back? 

Turns out, during a global pandemic, you can. 

Over the last few years, I’ve become a huge Boston Bruins fan and I was looking forward to them mounting a Stanley Cup run this spring. Since that’s not happening, I’m now watching every game from the 2011 playoffs (which I did not watch as it happened). Sure, I know the final, final outcome, but every night I’ll put on my Bruins jersey and sit down and watch as if it’s happening all at once. Sometimes, for just a few minutes maybe, my mind will forget this was in the past and life feels good again. 

It’s the same for the daily MLB.com game. Friday featured Rich Hill’s no-hitter that was spoiled by Josh Harrison’s 10th-inning home run. I had even watched this one live as it was happening, but at some point in the middle innings, I found myself so frustrated that the team wasn’t hitting I had to catch myself and realize: This is all pre-ordained. 

I even found myself incredibly invested in a dice baseball game I played with a friend online. (It’s super simple and super fun: You can thank Pirates beat writer Stephen Nesbitt and his father for this one. You’ll need an Athletic account, but it’s worth it.) 

Playing as the Reds, this pen-and-paper version of Nick Senzel became a lifelong favorite when I (he?) cracked a two-run home run while I was predicting that he (me?) would simply ground out. 

And when Joey Votto hit a three-run homer to take the lead, I whooped and hollered more than I had in weeks. My wife had to come in from the other room to remind me that we had neighbors.

But for a few minutes, playing make believe made up for ... all of this (gestures wildly.) 

Anyway, here are a few things I wrote this week about baseball that will hopefully give you something fun to read for a few minutes: 

Ken Griffey Jr. was nearly traded to the Mets in 2000. I traced all the insane things that would have happened if the trade went through. (Griffey himself may actually have the smallest impact.) 

If you’ve been here for a while, you may know that I love Toad Ramsey. Well, I wrote about the man who invented the knuckleball and the pint of whiskey in a pitcher of beer. 

Who will be the best players in baseball in a decade? It’s almost impossible to know. So, I asked a baby and a guy named Ken Rosenthal to answer the question. The art Jenny Goldstick made for the post also makes me laugh a lot. 

Oh and here’s one weird fact for every big league team. 

Here are also a few things I didn’t write, but that I demand you read: 

Grant Brisbee has the investigation you need to see: Barry Zito is on the Masked Singer. 

Andrew Simon remembers the great friendship between Adrián Beltré and Félix Hernández. It’s the kind of feel-good article we could all use right now. 

Friend and amazing writer Eric Nusbaum has a new book out called “Stealing Home,” that you should all go purchase. It’s about the building of Dodger Stadium and the people who were displaced because of it. He was set to go on a nice little tour for the book when all this went down, so maybe go buy a copy for yourself to read in quarantine? 

Stay safe and healthy. 

(art by Tom Forget) 

[intothetr33s]

Almost accidentally posted this to joey votto facts btw. Like I'm sure he would agree with me but wrong format!

2 ibuprofen you are my friend my lover you will always be famous and beautiful

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joey votto fact: he has thought about menstruation more than the average man