Cup of Coffee: August 17, 2022

The Yankees are punchless, Atlanta locks up another guy to a team-friendly deal, Robert De Niro continues to agree to stunt casting, and I, The World's Foremost Brentford Fan™, have applied for a job

Good morning!

The Yankees continue to be punchless, Atlanta continues to surge at the expense of the Mets, we had a walkoff homer and a walkoff hit-by-pitch last night, and things are getting good and tight in the AL Central.

Elsewhere, Atlanta continues to lock up young players to long, team-friendly deals, San Diego cancels a bobblehead night, Carlos Carrasco is going to miss some time, Major League Baseball imposes some cell phone discipline, I look at a couple of things that happened in the NBA and NFL, respectively, and think of how they’d go in a baseball context, and I hip you to a cool new book and a cool new documentary.

In Other Stuff Bob Odenkirk provides us with some legitimate life wisdom, Robert De Niro continues to believe that stunt casting is the key to happiness in one’s golden years, and I, The World's Foremost Brentford Fan™, have applied for a job.