Nicoletta Penguin

@nicoguin

I do not live in Brooklyn. I am not writing a memoir. I did not attend high kindergarten. Founder, Sam Antonacci Fan Club/NYC Chapter.

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Nicoletta Penguin@nicoguin· 6h

I read this bowl differently than I did when I was a kid (mostly I was confused about what I saw as the mixing of eras), but I'd love your take.

A white enamel mixing bowl from my childhood with brown and black figures on it, surrounded by flowers. As a kid, I called the people who are visible in this picture: the knight, the pilgrim lady, Cleopatra (in a caftan?), and the lute playing guy. All the figures I assumed were male are wearing skirts.

Nicoletta Penguin@nicoguin· 1d

Today is my 3 month White Sox anniversary, and like some who came before me, I did not expect to be here but I love it. I've hear more salty language from players and broadcast team media in 3 months (complimentary, mostly Ozzie) than in 25+ years of the Yankees!

In their first meeting as former teammates, forever besties Jerry Remy and Pudge Fisk laugh together at Fenway, opening day 1981. Both are rocking 80s finery - Pudge in the breathtaking 81 uniforms with the huge collars, Remy in what must be a Members Only jacket and big shades.

Nicoletta Penguin@nicoguin· 3d

I work in dog rescue and spend way too much time lobbying (unsuccessfully) to name dogs after players on this list. But it's a useful tab to have open when one of them gets called up and we need to know more. www.mlb.com/milb/news/be...

Guardians
Tugboat: Matt Wilkinson, LHP, High-A Lake County
The 6-foot-1, 250-pound southpaw's iconic nickname dates back to when he was 12 and representing Team Canada at the Little League World Series. His dad's best friend, Phil McNeil, called him "Tugboat" because Wilkinson was running so slowly around the bases that the only comp was to a slow-moving craft designed to pull larger ships.

Nicoletta Penguin@nicoguin· 11d

Rain delay rabbit hole! Sam Antonacci's 2023 Cape Cod summer league team, the Chatham Anglers, included Benge, Gibson, and Wetherholt. Chris Getz was an Angler 2003-2004.

2023 Chatham Anglers (Cape Cod summer league) who are 2026 MLB rookies: Sam Antonacci, Heartland CC/CWS; Carson Benge, Oklahoma St/NYM; Trey Gibson, Liberty/BAL; JJ Wetherholt, West Virginia/STL

Nicoletta Penguin@nicoguin· 17d

Here's a picture of Sam as a kid to cheer you up. www.mlb.com/phillies/new...

Sam Antonacci as an actual kid sitting on his mom's lap.

Nicoletta Penguin@nicoguin· 18d

I saw Winston-Salem's last Roch Cholowsky-free game vs. the Brooklyn Cyclones this afternoon. Trying not to be annoyed either the assignment or the schedule didn't work out. Cyclones won 6-5.

The Winston-Salem Dash on the field at the Brooklyn Cyclones, with the Coney Island roller coaster in the distance over the left field wall.

End of 8th inning scoreboard, Cyclones 6, Dash 5. The pictur of the Dash batter, Javier Mogollon, is a red, muppet-like creature.

Nicoletta Penguin@nicoguin· Jul 18

Newly minted White Sox fan here (broke up with the Yanks a few years ago). This team is more fun and likable than you can imagine - welcome aboard. I love Antonacci best, but pretty much everyone else is tied for #2. My Mets people mock me but I'm the one who is loving baseball this year.

Screengrab from a reddit video (I think it's @cjlowewsx.bsky.social's) "The White Sox All-Stars, Munetaka Murakami, Miguel Vargas, and Tristan Peters walked down the field and Philadelphia arm in arm."

Nicoletta Penguin@nicoguin· Jul 10

@chrystalok.bsky.social Just making sure that you saw the Athletic has Sam Antonacci as #4 on their mid-season AL Rookie top 5 list. www.nytimes.com/athletic/743...

(Screenshot from the Athletic MLB midseason awards 2026)
MY AL ROOKIE TOP FIVE: McGonigle, Parker Messick, Kazuma Okamoto, Sam Antonacci, Munetaka Murakami

Nicoletta Penguin@nicoguin· Jun 23

My NYC baseball people are snoozing on how much fun this team is, and it's their loss. To be fair, they are all either traumatized Mets fans or recently baseball-divorced from the Yankee fans who are lost at sea (me, before WBC). I proudly bandwagon, thank you for welcoming me on board.

Whatsapp screenshot from 6/11/26
"The White Sox are in first place and I have squeaked under the annoying bandwagon line by acquiring a specific rookie shirt 10 days ago"
"Amy. No one is a bandwagon white sox fan. I'm sorry."
"You are incorrect." [Aside: this incorrect person splits his loyalties between the Mets and Twins]

Nicoletta Penguin@nicoguin· Jun 17

Photo of Sam on the scoreboard but with Game of Thrones (?) eye patch and black shirt that makes him look like a cater waiter.

"Batting 1 Number 17 Sam Antonacci" on the Yankees Stadium scoreboard showing a photo of Sam with an eye patch because it's Game of Thrones (?) night.

Nicoletta Penguin@nicoguin· Jun 17

It's June in NYC so it's time to watch talented youngsters with big dreams roll into town and get their asses handed to them on their first night out. Scrap it out, boys. Tomorrow's another day.

Nicoletta Penguin@nicoguin· Jun 14

Screenshot of my calendar reminding me to cancel YoutubeTV

Nicoletta Penguin@nicoguin· Jun 12

@chrystalok.bsky.social The Sam Antonacci Fan Club-NYC (so far, just me, but I'm working on it) is ready to welcome him to Yankees Stadium next week.

The back of a black tshirt with ANTONACCI and 17 on it.

Nicoletta Penguin@nicoguin· May 16

Sometimes it's even more confusing - the trains themselves transition.

NYC Subway service notice alerting riders of F and M train service changes/swaps/replacements with "SWAP" at the top of the sign.

Nicoletta Penguin@nicoguin· Mar 28

The other side.

A 20" round silver sign with a blue and black Minnesota Rebel Loon collage in the center, including a plastic red gem for the eye.

Nicoletta Penguin@nicoguin· Mar 28

Thanks for today's sign inspiration, @djinnandtonic.bsky.social.

A 20" neon green circle/protest sign with the diagram from the Boston Anti-Man-Hunting League diagram of how to disrupt a slave hunter/kidnapper, but with ICE at the center instead of "SH".

Nicoletta Penguin@nicoguin· Mar 25

I have chalked for Louis (Loeb) Rosen since 2018, when a friend connected me with his great-great grandson. Sometimes the family joins me. It's one of my favorite NYC events.

Chalked on a NYC sidewalk, in memory of one of the 146 people killed in the Triangle Factory Fire. Line 1/red: Louis (Loeb) Rosen Line 2/green: Lived here (174 Attorney) Line 3/blue: He died March 25, 1911 Line 4 in orange: In the Triangle Factory Fire Line 5/yellow: He was 33 years old

Nicoletta Penguin@nicoguin· Jan 25

Knitters of Bluesky and the people you love: this is for you.

A dark red handknit hat with 5 stacked rows of blue writing, staggered so that the words read vertically as well as horizontally:
FUCK ICE (3 repeats)
FUCK CBP (3 repeats)
FUCK ICE (3 repeats)
FUCK CBP (3 repeats)
FUCK ICE (3 repeats)

Knitting chart for the FUCK ICE FUCK CBP hat in the skeet's other photo. The pattern is based on the Exasperation Hat pattern (Ravelry, free download). Increase the main body of the hat to 111 stitches for 3 x 37 stitch repeat.

Nicoletta Penguin@nicoguin· Nov 2

Screenshot of the transcript from Mamdani’s live Hell Gate podcast

Because it also brings me to ways of living in the city, parts of the city that I would not have been to otherwise.

You're talking about disguises?

Yeah, disguises.

It is funny, when I don't wear my suit, it's like, it's just another brown guy with a beard.
I was at the Mets game, and I was like, nobody cares, great.
Nobody cares.

Nicoletta Penguin@nicoguin· Oct 31

A glowing oval jack o lantern with ICE OUT OF NYC in block letters carved in it, sitting on a red brick East Village stoop. A fake owl aka a FUCK OFF PIGEONS owl, appears to be peeking out from behind it.

Nicoletta Penguin@nicoguin· Oct 11

My pre-ordered copy arrived today. Thank you for this gem of a book.

The cover of pre-ordered and delivered before publication date Read This When Things Fall Apart: Letters to Activists in Crisis edited by Kelly Hayes.

Nicoletta Penguin@nicoguin· Aug 25

Clues 5-6 (2/2)

Clue 5 of 6: I often quote this former mayor who said "If you agree with me 9 on out of 12 issues, vote for me." If you rearrange 12 out of 12 letters of this location adjacent to a bridge named for him, you get A RAP MAY WALTZ (and yes, you get to see a psychiatrist).

Clue 6 of the Mamdani scavenger hunt (special guest appearance by Max the dog below the sign): One of my favorite cafes shares the nickname of my favorite mayor of all time. And don't worry, they always remember to bloom their coffee. Travel to another borough to this cafe to end the hunt!

Nicoletta Penguin@nicoguin· Aug 25

Clues 1-4 (1/2)

First Clue from the Mamdani scavenger hunt: "He was fresh and everyone else was tired" - whether from running against him or running on this track named after him, who's to say.

Clue 2 of the Mamdani scavenger hunt: We disagree with this former mayor on mos things, but we're happy to be in the same boat with him on free public transit. Meet us outside this Manhattan terminal where you'll find the City's shining example of free transit.

Clue 3 of the Mamdani Scavenger hunt: I am a member of NYC-DSA, but I would not be the first member to be elected mayor. Find your next clude at the building named after the man who was. You'll be doing us a really big favor.

Clue 4 of the Mamdani scavenger hunt: Eric Adams isn't the first scandal-ridden guy to fancy himself a "nightlife mayor." Find your next clue in the park named for the mayor who led this city as it was roaring, before it all came crashing down.

Nicoletta Penguin@nicoguin· Jan 2

Nicoletta Penguin@nicoguin· Nov 15

How about a picture of you meeting my late dog while campaigning?

Nicoletta (RIP) expresses her sadness that dogs can’t vote in NY10. She is being comforted by her chosen candidate.

Nicoletta Penguin@nicoguin· Nov 4

#Didthistoday Multitasking! Arizona GOTV textbanking and adopting this croissant. Meet Halloween Jack. He’s a real cool cat.

Either a small orange cat curled up on a green sofa or a croissant on a green napkin. It’s unclear.

Nicoletta Penguin@nicoguin· Jul 26

Also, this is Chicken Pie. She is not a dog. She is the ghost of John Belushi in Animal House wearing a dog costume. Here she is at her “specialized” daycare for dogs who are too bonkers to go to regular daycare.