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Cup of Coffee: August 11, 2021

Cup of Coffee: August 11, 2021

Barstool idiocy, robot umpires, gerrymandering, ghost malls, school board revolts, no pity for the unvaccinated, more on Tranmere F.C. and two bad songs.

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Good morning!

Today we follow up on yesterday’s Barstool idiocy, note the latest troubling incident in the world of increasingly entitled sports gamblers, and ask whether robot umpires would fix umpire discrimination. There’s a lot to unpack there, so just read it.

In Other Stuff we talk gerrymandering, ghost malls, revolts against mask mandate bans, ou…

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