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His wearing it during a game increased its value by at least 5x all by itself.

I've never seen this—very cool! I did better than I thought I might.

They weren't all that good before May 1, either—17th in Offense on FanGraphs: https://www.fangraphs.com/leaders.aspx?pos=all&stats=bat&lg=all&qual=0&type=8&season=2023&month=4&season1=2023&ind=0&team=0,ts&rost=0&age=0&filter=&players=0&startdate=2023-01-01&enddate=2023-12-31&sort=20,d

I did not lead this country to Trump with any insistence of any kind. Funny you talk about "poor" people, because no politician cares about people who are actually poor because as far as they're concerned, poor people probably don't vote, definitely don't donate money, and otherwise are not visible to them in everyday life. That's why when politicians talk about helping people do better economically, they talk about the middle class, not the poor. There are few political consequences for hurting the poor with policies designed to gut the welfare system. In fact, the more conservative politicians hurt the poor, the more they get rewarded with lower middle class votes. In any event, white people at all economic strata are socially more advantaged then similarly economically-positioned racial minorities, highly visible exceptions such as sports superstars and black politicians notwithstanding—although they're don't escape the everyday social problems of merely being black, either, as demonstrated here, here, here and, just last month, here.

I was once a proponent of considering that race problems are at their core class problems, since racial minorities have historical been relegated to second-class status, and a lot of the problems that plague black people emanate from their modest economic and educational means. But I've come around more to the idea that using class as a proxy for race is way too reductive, because white people at the same socioeconomic level still have at least social advantages, and in large part employment advantages, over racial minorities who exist at the same educational/wealth level. Affirmative action was in part supposed to address this, but it's also somewhat akin to a lottery, since it applies only to certain circumstances at only certain institutions, and is itself applied unevenly based in part on both discretion and quotas. It's a shame that the most perfect solution, true merit-based applied irrespective of demographics or special circumstance, is unavailable to us, since the acquisition of presumably agreed-upon merits is itself influenced by the social history of this country.

Although a system of just community colleges and mega-universities would be an apt allegory for America.

The best part will be when they start deputizing people.

Like another Yankees perfect game I can think of ...

His base probably isn't very bright, and also, perhaps didn't bother looking at anything beyond her face and the logo.

They're basically telling us what an unleashed Trump administration would do. All they have to do to accomplish it is defenestrate the people to remove all accountability.

You're barking up the wrong tree. Pigsnuggler is from Special Military Operations. You need to speak to someone in Global Malign Influence Operations.

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This is a super cool population map.

It's lonely at the top ...

We can probably figure out why ...

If it were the truth it would have been the very first thing he said, instead of being second after the "I did nothing wrong" trope flopped.

I think we already knew the truth.

I'll never forget the time I left my cellphone in Willie's rent-a-car. Readers of the old board might remember the story.

I agree some won’t, but I think many will. It’s like anything else: not 100% of everybody reacts to sudden change the same way. We see that with the pitch timer right now. I would imagine pitchers trying to make their mark, or trying to hang on to their 13th-pitcher jobs, would continue to try to throw it through the wall to impress management and increase their usage or stay on the team. Guys who are more secure, especially those with long-term contracts, would probably be more likely to figure out how to effectively ease up and save their arms for their future.

I tuned in briefly to the Rangers broadcast on Extra Innings—because I was having momentary trouble with MLB.tv at the time and I will not tune in to Shep et al under any circumstances—and they had David Clyde on the broadcast. You’re too young, but us older guys will remember the big deal that was made when he went directly from high school to the majors at age 18. He was the first guy I remember seeing on a major league field and thinking, man, I’m almost as old as that guy!

This is part of why Ted Williams was such a lousy manager: “God damn it, just do it like I do! How ****ing hard is that, jackass!” The other part is that he hated pitchers and subconsciously wanted even his own to fail.

I don’t know, I think it kind of flows, like, syllabically: ANT-thon-ee Mih-SEH-vich. Not like we’ll have to commit to memory or anything, though …

We already know Brieske’s no good. We needed to give Misiewicz a chance to show us he isn’t, too.