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Jim Watson

@jimboses.bsky.social

Just an engineer in biotechnology looking towards the future. @wpi Ch Eng alum. O’s fan and married a Red Sox fan 🤷 😉 #orioles #redsox

created November 20, 2024

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Profile picture Jim Watson (@jimboses.bsky.social) reply parent

Is “MY” actually “MD” (typo)?

2/9/2025, 12:40:18 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Jim Watson (@jimboses.bsky.social) reply parent

All Hall of Famers.

1/9/2025, 1:02:17 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Jim Watson (@jimboses.bsky.social) reply parent

#accurate

29/8/2025, 11:37:19 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture WHAT A FUCKING RECORD (@whatafuckingrecord.bsky.social) reposted

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JEFF BUCKLEY GRACE
14/8/2025, 11:56:39 PM | 55 5 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Andy P (@arcticreviews.bsky.social) reposted

Released on this date in 1994, Grace by Jeff Buckley #musicsky arcticreviews.co.uk/2021/12/28/1...

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Profile picture Eric Alper (@thatericalper.com) reposted

31 years ago today, Jeff Buckley released his debut and only album, “Grace,” a timeless masterpiece that continues to move hearts with its beauty and spirit.

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23/8/2025, 7:30:00 PM | 19 6 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Jim Watson (@jimboses.bsky.social) reply parent

Exit velocity doesn’t appear to translate into offensive production. Has someone done the regression analysis to look at this?

27/8/2025, 2:46:42 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Jim Watson (@jimboses.bsky.social)

Wow

27/8/2025, 2:42:04 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Jim Watson (@jimboses.bsky.social)

Fuck this shit.

26/8/2025, 12:54:58 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Jim Watson (@jimboses.bsky.social) reply parent

One of two people I’ve seen make a straight steal of home at Fenway Park. The other was Jacoby Ellsbury.

25/8/2025, 6:11:37 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture maya cade (@mayascade.bsky.social) reposted

last week i went to my first dodgers game …and baseball has to be the most romantic sport we have. long live baseball.

24/8/2025, 12:55:38 AM | 72 6 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Codify Baseball (@codifybaseball.bsky.social) reposted

SUN SO BRIGHT IF ONLY WE HAD THE TECHNOLOGY

24/8/2025, 12:02:01 AM | 330 42 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Jim Watson (@jimboses.bsky.social)

Abandoning mRNA vaccine tech is absolutely a disaster simply based on fear and innuendo.

23/8/2025, 5:37:18 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Princess Vimentin PhD | Cancer Biologist (@princess-vimentin.bsky.social) reposted

🧪Cancer can't wait. Richard Schlueter's cancer had spread. A delay in his treatment (due to cuts) was life-threatening. Pulling $ from an ongoing clinical trial DOES NOT save money, it throws away all the effort, investment, $ spent leading up to that point. www.instagram.com/reel/DNqgC-S...

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Profile picture Race Bannon (@racebannon.bsky.social) reposted

"The degree to which a person can grow is directly proportional to the amount of truth he can accept about himself without running away." Leland Val Van De Wall

22/8/2025, 5:19:04 PM | 308 55 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Jim Watson (@jimboses.bsky.social) reply parent

Which draft pick is this?

21/8/2025, 1:29:35 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture The Athletic (@theathletic.com) reposted

The Brewers are an outlier, exploiting a new market inefficiency – knowing how to play baseball. Don't dismiss them because of past playoff struggles, writes @Ken_Rosenthal. Instead, enjoy the beauty of Milwaukee's recent surge. http://dlvr.it/TMYMMh

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18/8/2025, 5:01:34 PM | 56 7 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Jim Watson (@jimboses.bsky.social) reply parent

I did that too but only lasted 2 years. Was a great experience.

20/8/2025, 9:29:20 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture zdubya83.bsky.social (@zdubya83.bsky.social) reposted

Just canceled my #Orioles ticket plan. Had a 13 game plan for 12 years. The absolute absurdity of them pushing larger, more expensive, plans after this season is crazy. We don’t have a manager. We have nobody signed long term and the GM doesn’t do free agency well.

18/8/2025, 7:49:25 PM | 6 1 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Jim Watson (@jimboses.bsky.social)

Yes!! Perfect intro!

18/8/2025, 6:23:45 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Jim Watson (@jimboses.bsky.social) reply parent

He’s been the straw that stirs their drink since he came up.

18/8/2025, 8:51:37 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture San Francisco Chronicle (@sfchronicle.com) reposted

The spirit of the 1919 Black Sox is alive and well if current events are anything to go by, with Little League pleading folks not to bet as MLB players face investigations, Scott Ostler writes.

18/8/2025, 12:00:21 AM | 26 6 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture FST (@fst.bsky.social) reposted

I gave the extremely non-extravagant sum of $10; if you are at least $10 angry about either sweeps in general or the president trying to humiliate DC, specifically, consider doing the same

14/8/2025, 10:32:59 PM | 2 1 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Jason Bailey (@jasondashbailey.com) reposted

AI is for writers who don’t like to write but want to have written, and readers who don’t like to read but want to have read. Into the sea with the whole miserable joyless fucking lot of them.

16/8/2025, 9:45:26 PM | 1397 384 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 (@chanda.bsky.social) reposted

This should get WIDE circulation: MIT stating that it “has no confidence in the provenance, reliability or validity of the data and has no confidence in the veracity of the research contained in the paper.” gizmodo.com/mit-backs-aw...

16/8/2025, 4:42:50 PM | 3578 1714 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Jim Watson (@jimboses.bsky.social) reply parent

With no discussion of crossing the plate??

16/8/2025, 9:38:28 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Jeff in Texas 🥃 (@jts65.bsky.social) reposted

Private equity ruins everything. #Orioles #Birdland

15/8/2025, 1:25:54 AM | 3 1 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Alt National Park Service (@altnps.bsky.social) reposted reply parent

the day of action pushes back against Trump’s attempt to change the rules to shield himself and his allies from accountability. The central rally will be at the Texas State Capitol in Austin. Join us and make your voice heard!

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Profile picture Matthew Hughes (@matthewhughes.bsky.social) reposted

The Internet was once a shining beacon of potential and opportunity. Then it was destroyed. My latest newsletter is over 10,000 words about how it happened, who's responsible, and how we can build a better, fairer Internet. whatwelost.substack.com/p/how-the-in...

14/8/2025, 5:37:41 PM | 722 138 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Pinstripe Alley (@pinstripealley.bsky.social) reposted

Shouts to Adam Ottavino for using his "golden ticket" to go see his old Yankees pals play the other night. Also: lol that he was LITERALLY PITCHING ON THAT MOUND back in April. Wild!

Adam Ottavino's lifetime pass
15/8/2025, 12:09:06 AM | 54 3 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Nicholas Slayton (@nslayton.bsky.social) reposted

Besides the main point (this is equally a show of force and also deeply stupid) how did "shitty khakis, t shirt, baseball cap and bulky bulletproof vest" become the go to anesthetic for a certain type of guy?

13/8/2025, 7:12:01 AM | 20 5 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Jim Watson (@jimboses.bsky.social)

So good

13/8/2025, 1:58:35 AM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Jim Watson (@jimboses.bsky.social)

I mean, he hit a pitchers’ pitch. Just salute.

13/8/2025, 12:29:46 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Jim Watson (@jimboses.bsky.social) reply parent

Agree!

11/8/2025, 1:47:50 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Brandy (@searingunicorn.bsky.social) reposted

Absolute heaven. (Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum)

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19/7/2025, 5:46:22 PM | 8 1 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Jim Watson (@jimboses.bsky.social) reply parent

So, it appears they’ve bobbed and weaved around the question…

9/8/2025, 7:01:58 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Tatiana Prowell, MD (@tmprowell.bsky.social) reposted

#MedSky #OncSky #IDSky #DrugDevelopment #MedEd If you want to get up to speed on the #microbiome in #cancer literature, this review is an excellent summary. jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

13/5/2025, 2:28:30 AM | 45 10 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Tatiana Prowell, MD (@tmprowell.bsky.social) reposted

#MedSky #IDSky 📢 Prospective cohort study (CO-FLOW) of adults hospitalized for #COVID19 finds only 1 in 8 fully recovered at 3m, & only 1 in 4 at 3y. More than half had ⬇️ memory & concentration at 3y. This is #LongCovid. HUGE unmet #DrugDevelopment need. www.thelancet.com/action/showP...

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Profile picture Physicians for a Healthy Democracy (@physiciandemocracy.medsky.social) reposted

@tmprowell.bsky.social #medsky

Did you know more people in the US died of Covid than of breast cancer in 2024? I’m a breast oncologist and think both conditions deserve public attention/ funding for prevention and treatment. COVID-47,522 Breast cancer-42,780
6/8/2025, 2:12:21 AM | 1576 437 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Jim Watson (@jimboses.bsky.social)

C*cksucker

9/8/2025, 2:16:42 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Jim Watson (@jimboses.bsky.social) reply parent

Eh, last man standing? Some guy named Bob is in middle relief. Last week, Bob was changing out the carburetor on my ‘07 Ford…

9/8/2025, 1:41:57 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Jim Watson (@jimboses.bsky.social) reply parent

Maybe Darren Bragg?

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8/8/2025, 9:05:22 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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#baseball hive mind: I am with a friend and we are trying to figure out whose signature this is. It was at an Oakland v. Red Sox game likely up to 2 decades ago…

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8/8/2025, 9:02:27 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Jim Watson (@jimboses.bsky.social) reply parent

Ummmm…did we go back in time?

7/8/2025, 12:26:08 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Jim Watson (@jimboses.bsky.social) reply parent

He’s controlled by The Algorithm and won’t bark back. Which is why they need an outside person who’s not controlled by The Algorithm to come in with a new hitting coach and teach them how to make contact and put the ball in play on an 0-2 pitch.

6/8/2025, 12:54:31 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Lucy 🫠 📷 (@ltotheucy.bsky.social) reposted

Very relatable that the Orioles offense is quiet quitting.

6/8/2025, 1:25:39 AM | 12 2 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Talkin’ Baseball (Bot) (@talkinbaseballbot.bsky.social) reposted

Dodgers fans orchestrated an ovation for Mookie Betts in his first at bat tonight to show their support during his tough season

5/8/2025, 2:36:08 AM | 13 3 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Jim Watson (@jimboses.bsky.social)

Darn tootin. Love Eck.

4/8/2025, 8:43:02 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Infamous

4/8/2025, 1:34:54 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Jim Watson (@jimboses.bsky.social) reply parent

Can you remind us all how old we *think* he was?

3/8/2025, 1:38:11 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Jim Watson (@jimboses.bsky.social) reply parent

Can this be gifted?

3/8/2025, 1:22:35 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Yessss!

1/8/2025, 7:09:34 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Jim Watson (@jimboses.bsky.social) reply parent

Try $20 then maybe

1/8/2025, 2:42:36 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Jim Watson (@jimboses.bsky.social) reply parent

Mariners and Padres won.

1/8/2025, 2:40:17 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Jim Watson (@jimboses.bsky.social) reply parent

And the Padres. Getting 5 more years of Mason Miller??? Holy Schnikees.

1/8/2025, 2:37:57 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Jim Watson (@jimboses.bsky.social) reply parent

Where are the Mariners. They killed it this year. They now have a *deep* lineup.

1/8/2025, 2:37:11 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Jim Watson (@jimboses.bsky.social) reply parent

And Elias looks like a massive dink in this pic.

1/8/2025, 2:35:13 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Jim Watson (@jimboses.bsky.social) reply parent

Eh, they’ve made more than this!

1/8/2025, 2:34:01 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Jim Watson (@jimboses.bsky.social)

Wow.

30/7/2025, 7:00:51 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Codify Baseball (@codifybaseball.bsky.social) reposted

Ichiro Suzuki fired back at the one writer who didn't vote for him. 😂

27/7/2025, 11:01:59 PM | 562 64 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Jim Watson (@jimboses.bsky.social)

Also right on.

28/7/2025, 1:21:38 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Jim Watson (@jimboses.bsky.social)

Right on.

28/7/2025, 1:20:32 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Codify Baseball (@codifybaseball.bsky.social) reposted

Ichiro Suzuki 😬😂

27/7/2025, 1:32:04 PM | 3082 364 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Jim Watson (@jimboses.bsky.social) reply parent

They need to just leave him in and play.

26/7/2025, 12:05:07 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Jim Watson (@jimboses.bsky.social) reply parent

Westberg is still the straw that stirs the drink in Baltimore.

25/7/2025, 11:52:51 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Jim Watson (@jimboses.bsky.social) reply parent

And Pablo Sanchez!! Those are awesome. Favorite all time video game.

25/7/2025, 11:27:47 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Jim Watson (@jimboses.bsky.social) reply parent

Wow! What do they look like??

25/7/2025, 10:38:55 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Bwa hahaha

25/7/2025, 10:37:43 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Jim Watson (@jimboses.bsky.social) reply parent

Least likely: Adley Mountcastle Prospects (unless they’re getting a Mitch Keller or something)

25/7/2025, 10:36:54 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Keith Law (@keithlaw.bsky.social) reposted

colder than wooder ice

19/7/2025, 3:23:51 AM | 108 5 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Clara Jeffery (@clarajeffery.bsky.social) reposted

Whooo boy. Gift link www.nytimes.com/2025/07/19/u...

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Profile picture Riley Fox (@rileyfox.bsky.social) reposted

Just saw an ad for a promotional giveaway for a Baltimore Orioles floppy hat for fans aged 21 and up only. I’m assuming it’s because anyone voluntarily wearing a Baltimore Orioles floppy hat must be drunk.

24/7/2025, 7:11:53 PM | 3 1 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Jim Watson (@jimboses.bsky.social)

Yessssss!

23/7/2025, 10:12:10 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Barney!!!

22/7/2025, 2:47:38 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Jim Watson (@jimboses.bsky.social) reply parent

One of my all time favorites

22/7/2025, 2:47:27 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Jim Watson (@jimboses.bsky.social) reply parent

He’s a product of The Process. The algorithm says it’s good but no results. This is an excellent article on the subject, from mid-May: www.404media.co/the-simulati...

21/7/2025, 6:41:56 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Jim Watson (@jimboses.bsky.social) reply parent

Sorry, 3 things (xBA is not something the orioles care about)

19/7/2025, 12:30:33 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Hahaha

19/7/2025, 12:29:18 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Jim Watson (@jimboses.bsky.social) reply parent

The data is interesting because the 4 things the Orioles care about (in the middle section) are still in the 90’s %-ile but everything else is in the dumper from a metrics perspective. Even his speed and defense are down.

19/7/2025, 12:28:22 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Jim Watson (@jimboses.bsky.social) reply parent

Yikes #ironhorse

19/7/2025, 2:40:24 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Yup.

17/7/2025, 1:47:50 AM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Jim Watson (@jimboses.bsky.social) reply parent

To quote Paul “Fitzy” Fitzgerald: “Good evening dick faces, I’m Joe Fuck.” He’s awful.

16/7/2025, 1:35:36 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Jim Watson (@jimboses.bsky.social) reply parent

Perfect way to couch it.

16/7/2025, 1:32:53 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Clarence Patton (@cpattonnyc.bsky.social) reposted

Youth baseball coach who protected and defended his kids when ICE-is showed up in Riverside Park to round up the Black and Brown kids. His losing it here broke me.

14/7/2025, 9:37:43 PM | 1279 392 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Jim Watson (@jimboses.bsky.social) reply parent

It’s ubiquitous to professional baseball.

15/7/2025, 2:51:52 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Jim Watson (@jimboses.bsky.social) reply parent

Rick Scott looks like a knock-off android from the Star Trek: Picard season 1 And speaks in 8-bit

15/7/2025, 1:40:08 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Jim Watson (@jimboses.bsky.social) reply parent

This is most of the demographic of professional baseball players, I don’t think I could say the Orioles own this. MLB does.

15/7/2025, 1:04:34 AM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Jim Watson (@jimboses.bsky.social) reply parent

They only have 36 on the IL so 🤷. Also didn’t draft any pitching. 🤷🤷

14/7/2025, 12:39:52 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Jim Watson (@jimboses.bsky.social) reply parent

100% Bloodsport.

13/7/2025, 3:51:59 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Gabrielle Starr (@gfstarr1.bsky.social) reposted

"After October 7 I went and talked to a bunch of kids at a synagogue in Houston... I don’t go to temple all the time, but I am proud of being Jewish. And I didn’t realize what kind of impact I could have." This conversation with Alex Bregman means a lot to me: www.bostonherald.com/2025/02/23/r...

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Profile picture Jim Watson (@jimboses.bsky.social) reply parent

And Rollins is not in the HOF…

12/7/2025, 10:29:33 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Jim Watson (@jimboses.bsky.social) reply parent

No reason not to bring up Basalo

10/7/2025, 8:44:14 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Does this correlate to team ERA, k/9 rate, etc?

10/7/2025, 4:07:38 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Baseball by BSmile (@bsmile.bsky.social) reposted

Today In 1951: Great footage from the Major League #AllStarGame in Detroit! NL defeats the AL, 8-3! #MLB #Baseball #AGS #History

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Profile picture Baseball by BSmile (@bsmile.bsky.social) reposted

Today In 1956: Ted Williams & Mickey Mantle hit back-to-back HRs vs. Warren Spahn at the #AllStarGame in Washington, D.C.! #MLB #History

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Profile picture Rob Bryn Taylor (@robbryntaylor.bsky.social) reposted

Carl Sagan and Richard Feynman. Cool dudes. (notice the lack of red baseball caps on these intellectual giants)

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Profile picture Jim Watson (@jimboses.bsky.social) reply parent

Amen!🙏

6/7/2025, 10:21:21 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Nazi computers.

6/7/2025, 1:26:07 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Time to get back to the rotation?? 😊

5/7/2025, 11:07:57 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Awful Announcing (@awfulannouncing.bsky.social) reposted

Orioles play-by-play broadcaster Kevin Brown explaining the Oasis reunion to analyst Ben McDonald went exactly how you'd expect 🎙️🎸🔥

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