Cup of Coffee: August 31, 2022

Death, taxes, and Framber Valdez, tasteless jokes, the Yankees 415th soccer deal, transparent corruption, cringeworthy cultural insensitivity, The Monkees, and 1980s Cold War paranoia.

Good morning!

Today we talk about death, taxes, and Framber Valdez, I make a truly tasteless joke in the Pirates-Brewers recap, but I figure that once something is 60+ years in the past it’s fair game, and we behold the glory of umpires on open mics. Elsewhere, we talk about the minor league unionization effort, a manager who got his option picked up, a Cy Young candidate who hit the injured list, and the Yankees enter into their (approximately) 415th soccer deal.

In Other Stuff, we behold transparent corruption, cringeworthy cultural insensitivity, and, because I’m all about staying on the cultural cutting edge, I talk about The Monkees and 1980s Cold War paranoia.