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There is also a big cultural break within the boomers somewhere around 52/53. Maybe driven by the difference between being at higher risk of the draft, and also being more at the cutting cultural edge. If you were born in say '51, your might have been able to be sheltered from Rock'n'Roll and the cultural shifts somewhat - esp if you had conservative parents. By a few years later the older generation had lost the rear-guard action to hold back youth culture primacy. In my experience that older end of the cohort also became more politically conservative than the rest.

this actually all makes perfect sense. The idea that the market would jump right to 100 EV instead of bridging though hybrids and plug-in hybrids was never the most rational concept. But part of what was driving it was that the manufacturers *wanted/hoped* to make the jump because hybrids are more expensive to build, and to maintain capability to service, so Ford and GM - who hadn't yet made really big commitments to hybrids, really wanted to to skip right past them. Buyers have other ideas. The other thing I think is true is that engineering sense finally began to penetrate with the decision makers. Vehicles with huge batteries for long ranges don't make a lot of sense - too much weight penalty. Far better to go with smaller batteries and a better build out of the charging infrastructure. The plug-in hybrid is a really good solution for big slice of the market who commute distances that can be reached without firing up the IC engine. This all reduces the short term demand for battery production.

Interesting. Some composers of TV themes have been fairly well known, but in the cases I can think of it was prior to and not because of their TV theme work - Mike Post, Bob James, Lalo Schifrin...

Nothing wrong with Miller's stuff when he's 'on', he just has this habit of turning 'off' unexpectedly......😱

weather said there was a light breeze in toward home plate tonight and the ball park played big for everyone - luckily for Miller at the end escpeically.

Montero and Miller saved the day? Who had that on their scorecard? ...yeah - you're lyin'!

Geez - he tried to give it away on the 2nd batter instead of the 3rd!

Miller for two outs but I don't let him pitch to the last batter - I go Foley for the last out.

that's one good reason the whole ''replace Joe" thing has nowhere to go, because if Joe is out Harris has to be the presumptive "heir" --and if Harris has to be the answer, there is zero point in doing anything - she's already there.

250 OPS against? Can Riley execute a squeeze? Something only 'Smokes' would try.

If you are a Cleveland fan, all you can say is...."You can't make it up!"

Too bad the Tigers never send the runner from 1st with the man on 3rd. Other teams have done it to us several times.

Cle sets up the DP.

you're kidding me - wasted an out there.

has the league had any games get through 9 at 0-0 this season?

Holton living pretty dangerously....

well that swing was 1/4" from 2-0

be nice if Cleveland feels the same way here....

after 850 ft of out, Riley is due for an infield hit.

they can't possibly get 6 scoreless from Montero against the div leader, but they do.

Although just to play a little Devil's advocate, the Rangers looked pretty silly in '22 after they dropped all that cash on Seager and Semien...but not so much in '23. That said, the pain we know is coming on those two contract will be real.

It was hard to fault the deal based on what everyone thought Austen Meadows was, the frustration here was that they never gave Paredes a puncher's chance to show what he was before they moved him. And they could have used the help on the IF a lot more than in the OF in any case.

On second view, the result in France is not quite all sweetness and light. Le Pen's party still grew substantially and was only prevented from larger gains by an uneasy coalition between the center and left that may end up being unworkable.

Yes - I the 10 day rule is waived if the call-up replaces a player going to the IL

They all collapsed because Howard Dean gasped awkwardly once.