Cup of Coffee: August 22, 2022

A retired number, a couple of key injuries, the USA's WBC manager, a baseball owner ruining a newspaper, a bad CEO, an automat report, and a road trip to Vermont

Good morning!

Is Paul O’Neill worthy of a retired number? Can the Rays and Phillies complete their Wild Card pushes without a couple of key players? Does anyone remember who was on old WBC teams? Is Bob Nutting worse at running a baseball team or a newspaper? Is a 60-cent egg sandwich better than a $6.99 Mediterranean bowl? Will I be able to keep it together in Vermont?

I’d like to say that answers to all of those questions are included in today’s Cup of Coffee, but really, is anything ever definitively answered? Can we not live with ambiguities and unknowables? Why don’t we all just chill out, dudes?