Cup of Coffee: December 12, 2023

Ohtani's deferrals, a trade, broadcast miscellany, a very long answer about what team I root for, the wish-fulfillment of Hallmark Christmas movies, gun buybacks, and 808 lines about 404 movies

Good morning!

Today we discuss Shohei Ohtani’s deferred money. It’s a lot of deferred money. So much deferred money that Bobby Bonilla heard about it and said, “DAMN, that’s a LOT of deferred money!”

Also, we had a minor trade, some broadcast miscellany, and I spend a hell of a lot of time answering a simple question — what team do I root for? — that should be able to be answered in the space of one or two words but which takes me 1,687 words. Of course you know me pretty well and know that I’m not into the whole brevity thing.

In Other Stuff I talk about Hallmark Christmas movies-as-wish-fulfillment, the problem with gun buybacks, and I link a year-end movie review capsule featuring the most Gen-X structure you’ve ever seen.