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Yeah, but even if everybody shares equally rather than Dodgers getting extra, the hierarchy of sales appeal still applies and drives the decision for Baseball in general.

I don't think there's much doubt that in terms of sales appeal among Japanese baseball fans, Dodgers Homes >>> Dodgers Roads >>> Cubs Homes >>> Cubs Roads.

If you didn't know about this strategy before, you know about it now.

Is this a guess or do you have a link to a source? Honest question, not trying to be a smartass here. I want to see what you're seeing on it.

True, but believe it or not, not everyone saw that as all that different. Or, if they did, they saw him as a possible solution to the problem they have been told for 40-plus years Washington fundamentally is.

I don't think there's much difference between #4 and #5, honestly. Only #1 really counts for anything for vast majority of teams, including us—unless we get a very nice surprise somehow.

This sounds reasonable on paper, but I find it difficult to lay the blame at the feet of an entire population of people who, as with generations of people before them stretching back millennia, are only responding to the incentives and attainable alternatives being presented to them.

ftfy AS OF NOW is not as far as it's ever going to go.

Owners will either get them backed unfixed, or never get them back at all.

And when the tolerance level to the high of merely hurting people kicks in and it no longer works, what's the next logical step to get that same high?

Relevant part bold-faced for your consideration. Electrek’s Take I have some experience in financial accounting, having learned the basics from the excellent Brian Bushee at Wharton, but I never felt that I was knowledgeable enough to make such an accusation against Tesla. Shady accounting at Tesla is something people have been pointing out for years, but it’s the first time I’ve seen it getting traction from a major financial outlet like the Financial Times. This is likely going to put pressure on Tesla and its auditors. However, for those hoping for Tesla to get in hot water for cooking the books, I would remain careful. Not only could there be explanations for this, but with Trump and Musk kneecapping the SEC, repercussions are unlikely.

In the meantime, a cabinet official speaking in his official government capacity is showing how it's OK for this particular government to pick winners and losers. Hopefully this is one instance which I hope the magazine with the hubris to call itself "Reason" gets right.

Does this mean you believe it makes more logical sense that Democrats are actually naive like children about the nature of their Republican adversaries who have been showing everyone their fascist cred for the last decade-plus, than that they can actually see what practically everyone else can but were just banking on the electorate rejecting them on that basis? You think the former is more logical than the latter? Or is there something else you see me "selling" up there that you're referring to?

Maybe once MAGA sees pretty white ladies are victimized, they will tweak the system to avoid that specific outcome. As for ICE detention being a business, John Oliver discussed this a couple weeks ago.

When people feel desperate, they will try anything to change their situation—even voting.

Yes, I believe Casey has solidified the #5 slot in the rotation, which is praise as faint as can be given a former 1/1 entering his eighth season as a professional.

Perhaps having all of their rights gutted for the next four years will interest them.

This probably makes more sense in 1996 than it does today.

Translation: she turned out to be a bitch anyway. 😉

They must still think AIDS is a f****t disease, and since God Hates F**s™, more AIDS will make America greater faster. I guess.

I think it's possible the Democrats calculated that even though the knew their opponents were unprincipled, the electorate would see how bad the Republicans are on this measure and would reject them on that basis. So I think it might be less that they're naive about the nature of their opponents than they are about the nature of what the electorate will and will not accept. If that's the case, with any luck, the realization is landing hard with them and they are developing effective strategies to counter the fascists without selling out their own philosophical souls. That will be a delicate dance for them.

He did that for a Class C team, after which he was rewarded with a promotion to a Class B team the following season, during which he walked 196 and struck out 150 in 103 innings, after which he received a promotion to Class A!

I always put Dan on the audio feed over the MLB.tv video. Problem solved. Although I will miss Andy being on the radio with him. I thought it worked well because Dan is all business, which led Andy to moderate his propensity for clubhouse-like joking. When Andy is on with Jason there are no guardrails, so it can get to be really too much between the two of them as they start competing to top each other.

Ball's in the stands. Guy had a right to it. Here's what I'm not 100% certain of: if the Cubs were the home team for both games, why did they wear their roads while the Dodgers wore their homes? Is it as simple as Dodger merch sales in Japan? Occam's Razor applies here?