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OSWALDO CABRERA IS BACK!!! After 10 months healing from a brutal, season ending injury at home plate on May 12th, 2025, Oswaldo Cabrera is back at the plate doing what he loves most!! I couldn't be happier!! I love Cabby. I was at the game, in Seattle, when he slid into home plate and destroyed his ankle. I cried in the stands that night. I love this kid!! He's got heart and he's a great guy. The night of his injury, Aaron Judge and Anthony Volpe went to the hospital to keep Oswaldo company and cheer him up. They were so upset and shaken by what had happened that Oswaldo ended up telling them jokes all night long and cheering them up!! That's the kind of guy he is!! He's always a team player and he keeps everyone's spirits up. He's such a Yankee, through and through!! I love Oswaldo and I'm very, very, very, very, very, very, very happy that he's back in the lineup!!

WELCOME BACK, OSWALDO!!!! 🥳🎉🎊⚾️❤️✨️

I missed him so much!!🫂🫂❤️❤️⚾️🥳🎉🎊

Sometimes you may think that only "relevant" experience is important to the job, but everything we go through in life builds knowledge and skills that we carry in our proverbial tool kits, waiting to be pulled out in sometimes seemingly obscure moments. I can't tell you how many times I'm flabbergasted when someone is surprised when I created a file or presentation or exhibit knowledge about something tangentially related to the case we're discussing that sheds new light on what they were looking at.

It seems that in every job I've ever had, my supervisors, bosses, and organizations don't quite know what to do with me. I may be hired for a seemingly-concretely defined position (or simply a warm body to perform needed tasks at the time), but as I open my mouth or somehow let slip some other way that I am capable of other tasks, my roles always seem to evolve around ME instead of staying in a defined space. I inevitably get special projects that may or may not go anywhere as the beauracracy floats around. I get asked to offer opinions in meetings that I wonder how I was even invited to be there in the first place. Sometimes I get asked to onboard or train new people because either a) the higher up who is supposed to do doesn't want to (or is not capable/knowledgeable enough), or b) despite being there less than the average time of everyone else I picked up stuff quicker than expected, or c) I'm really the only one in the office with a modicum of insight on the day the new person starts because everyone else is somewhere else (meetings, vacation, off-sight, etc.).

You would think that, after a 26+ year (and counting) career of this ambiguity, I would embrace it. I mean, I do enjoy the freedom that comes from floating around, between, and within job descriptions while getting paid. And yet, because they don't quite know what to do with me, they don't quite know how to see me, so I am often left out or presumed [something, I don't know what] and the only way I can gather any intel on some of my vaguely spoken tasks and ill-defined expectations is by overhearing coworkers talk to each other and/or reading between the lines of every organization-wide commimunication I come across. I function much better if I can understand where my piece fits into the larger puzzle.

Normally, I'm okay with being left alone in my little corner as I am very good at keeping myself busy. But right now, I'm supposed to be a key player in a major procedural initiative in my workplace and I'm being left out of the loop where I'm supposed to be getting some of my assignments for my parts. And I know this is precisely because my coworkers, who are supposed to be funneling said tasks to me, don't know what to do with me because I also get assignments from other offices throughout the state (part of my personal position, not normal to my job classification) and the local office is so used to having only one person do everything my job class is supposed to do for them. They don't want to, or realize, or know how to use me as THEIR asset. I seem to be the only one in my job class having this issue, too. There is another person with the same position in another office who is state-wide instead of simply local, yet the local office where they are housed has embraced them and treats them as one of the local team. My local office doesn't seem to want to make that leap with me. Oh, I get invited to office parties and what-not, but I'm not seen as part of their team, so I am not given assignments to help with their work like I'm supposed to.

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Name: Matt Frampton Shirt name(s): He doesn’t have a permanent one, but if he did it would probably say ‘Righty Dokey.‘ Pronouns: He/his Age: 21 Position: Utility Role: Mischief Managed Shirt number: 5 (at the last Southern Cup)

Matt is heading into his fourth year at UEA. He’s a Niffler that gets the Quidditch community particularly excited, particularly after Southern Cup 2014, where he was highly commended for putting up a fighting performance against the Chimeras and repeatedly threatening their hoops despite wearing no cleats in slippy conditions, thus he was awarded the title ‘Rookie of the Tournament’. Since then, he’s regularly mentioned in the Quidditch Post as a promising player, adding optimism to our reviews! Here’s more on him...

Keep running, Matt! You’re being chased by someone dressed as a carrot! *Photo credit: Dan Basnett

Matt is a nightmare to try to tackle - and what makes this both frustrating and funny is how, similar to Kieran, he can circle round you in such a casual way! *Photo credit: Amalia Bastos

Mud, sweat and tears: It goes to show how much effort is being put in by how much mud he’s coated in – the same level of muddiness as teammates who have literally thrown mud at each other or slid along their fronts (well, to his credit he is wrestling with a Chimera). *Photo credit: London Unspeakables

‘No, we don’t actually fly... oh.’: Defying physics again. Photo credit: Ajantha Abey Quidditch Photography

When not covered in mud, he’s a snappy dresser!  It is very normal to see him dressed like this.

On the pitch: Matt plays with unique style. The aspect of his playing which literally springs to mind first is his reputed dodging, stemming from his electric-quick reaction speed, which is useful for whichever position he chooses that day.  He avoids bludgers in a variety of ways, but what always amazes other players and spectators is how he ducks and even jumps over them (the bludgers, not the spectators). For a picture, some of these bludgers are aimed at waist-height! Incredibly nimble, playing in nearly unplayable muddy conditions showed his acute sense of balance. Since then, he has demonstrated the capacity for all aspects of the game which require physicality.

Off the pitch: Alarmingly easy to like, unless you’re Andy of course, Matt’s suave manner and excellent social skills make him appealing to many - fitting, as these traits serve him well as a host for the parties he loves to throw. Beware though, he is as mischievous as he is charming, often playing a hand in shenanigans and pranks (not that his prank victims don’t get back at him: a good half of his social media statuses shouldn’t be trusted)! Still, he is often a go-to for a friend in need, for he works hard to help his friends and keep the peace. He makes those around him feel good, which is an asset for everyone!