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Aaron Harang was inducted into the Reds Hall of Fame tonight. He was 75-80 with a 4.28 ERA, a 103 ERA+, zero postseason appearances, and one fourth-place Cy Young vote in eight seasons with the team. No further comment.

Tigers radio off by several seconds from the video yet again. I have been assured, though, that the Tigers radio technical team have no way of controlling this. The Reds radio technical team have managed to figure it out, though.

Christ Almighty. Do I have to root for the Cubs tonight??

Is that Dirks on the call for Fox? Sounds like him.

Aw, Jack Flaherty is mad at himself. I got news for you, Jack …

Northwoods might have, too. 😏 I do appreciate the layering in your own post.

Really? Democrats to blame? How? For losing the 2024 election so they could not be in power to stop it? Is that how? 7. 😡 Who's getting blamed for prices

Happy now, Supreme Court? Getting what you wanted? 5. 🚔 Prediction market hammers drop A trio of headlines captures the rapid-fire crackdown on prediction market insider trading after a series of controversial trades: An Army special forces soldier, who was part of the Nicolás Maduro raid, was charged with making $400,000 by betting on the leader's downfall. The 38-year-old, stationed at Fort Bragg, was involved in planning and executing the Jan. 3 raid, beginning Dec. 8. The indictment says the soldier made 13 bets related to Maduro being toppled by Jan. 31. Read the indictment. Kalshi fined and suspended three political candidates for trading related to their own election races. Go deeper. "State employees are the latest targets of prediction market insider trading bans." — Business Insider 💬 President Trump lamented yesterday that "the whole world, unfortunately, has become somewhat of a casino." 🎬 Go deeper: Kalshi founders told "The Axios Show" they expect the feds to probe bad actors on their platform. Watch the clip.

You can probably guess why.

California’s Population Split Into 4 Parts

Map of International Telephone Country Codes By Country Just Europe

Forgot it? I never even knew it! Canada’s Forgotten Prohibition Plebiscite of 1898 Read all about it if you're interested: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1898_Canadian_prohibition_plebiscite

The most surprising this here is how close England is to Spain, given the Moorish invasion and 700-plus-year occupation of the latter.

@oblong Map of the Moon If Its “Seas” Were Really Seas

Final Map Of The Republics of the Soviet Union Published By The CIA In 1991

These are all the states that have voted the same way for the last nine elections: Push it back to the last eleven elections, and something has changed. I think that something is Newt Gingrich.

And Louisiana's was in 1872!

Too bad for those guys that land doesn't vote.

This is fun!

Which version of Germany existed when each US state became a state:

Reigning British Monarch when each US state became a state: