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learning that the director for the Mets' broadcasts is a huge film nerd is so cool. guy will just put random shots that look like this mid-game because he's a DePalma fan. dudes rock so hard. pic.twitter.com/u5ByDjI5Bl
— balta (@BGarcN2) May 12, 2025

Woke up to thousands of new followers. Here's a crash course on the things we do here for the new folks #Baseballiscinema pic.twitter.com/LzsPb8UcUW
— John DeMarsico (@JohnDeMarsico) May 12, 2025

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