Good morning! And welcome to Free Thursday! Or, if you like what you see here, consider gifting Cup of Coffee to a friend: You can write it off on your taxes! I mean, it may not be legal to do that — and honestly, I would not recommend you do that — but you
My family went through Breezewood from NoVA at least twice a year growing up on our way to my grandparents’ place in Massillon, Ohio… with a gazillion fast food places, I thought it was the greatest place I’d ever seen as a kid. (The magic faded considerably as I got older and had to drive through myself.)
Re: Mike Marshall - when JIM BOUTON thinks you’re too full of yourself, it’s time to check up. (At least his elevated sense of self worth was well justified.)
The Nats absolutely STOLE last night’s game. Brad Hand got a questionable 9th inning 3-0 strike call on Acuna Jr. that kept him from bringing Freddie Freeman to the plate as the tying run. Not sorry, though.
Us accountants have a word for when a client doesn't have support for their twelve $6 "cups of coffee" for the year.
"Immaterial."
Don't write off newsletter subscriptions on your taxes, but also, accountants tend to be baseball fans.
Accountants also tend to be middle-aged white guys, so that probably has something to do with it, and the stereotype will be less true as the (mostly female, still very white) younger generation moves up, but even if the profession eventually turns against the sport, you'll have a hell of a time finding someone zealous enough to run down $65 of expenses in the middle of busy season
Ah, Breezewood, where I-70 merges with I-76 (the PA Turnpike) to become one and the same for a while, before splitting into two again near New Stanton, east of Pittsburgh.
You may look at that photo and think, "Well of course a junction of two Interstates would mean that all kinds of commercial outlets would spring up, but I'd just drive on by." And you'd be correct if you were already on the Turnpike. However, if you were on I-70, you'd have no other choice but to try to navigate Hell's Half Mile, because I-70 physically ends at that road there (US 30) before picking up again at that overpass.
“MLB would like to commemorate the passing of Mike Marshall with an NFT of his record-breaking 106th appearance in 1974. After all, what better person to symbolize durability and long-term success than Mike Marshall.”
Everyone keeps mocking the price of food and alcohol on that Vegas receipt, but I’m more struck by the “Venue Fee” of $800.45. Not the $800 part, but the 45 cents part. Everything else is a nice round number, and somehow the table/room fee has an extra 45 cents tacked on. Is there like an hourly price, where they actually break it down to the minute?
Craig, I've been covering the Nationals minors since 2009. Can confirm that treatment like this is SSDY, but only made worse by the banning of host families.
The lack of screwball pitchers has been attributed to that pitch being considered hard on the arm, but Mike Marshall seems to be an argument against that theory. Though Marshall could do other things no one else has been able to do too, so maybe he's just an outlier at everything.
I'm actually surprised Trump's blog was a failure, with the considerable percentage of the population who, inexplicably, think he is great and the huge number of Twitter followers he had. Sure, I'd expect it to go down now that he's no longer president. But if even 1/4 of those Twitter followers had stayed with him, it still would have been a big number.
Regarding reining in pitchers, Baseball Prospectus published something yesterday at Defector that called for limiting the active roster to no more than 12 pitchers. The theory is that fewer pitchers means fewer opportunities for relievers to take a day off meaning less recovery time meaning that they'd have to not go max effort on every pitch:
Speaking of commie credentials being imperfect, couldn't finishing a newsletter and then immediately publishing it be considered "just-in-time" manufacturing?
Good news in MetsLand: Francisco Lindor has been hitting!
Tried to watch the Mets game on YouTube, since lacking cable I never get to see Mets games. Dear lord, those announcers! How can I be expected to go from Gary, Ron, and the 'Stache to that?
My family went through Breezewood from NoVA at least twice a year growing up on our way to my grandparents’ place in Massillon, Ohio… with a gazillion fast food places, I thought it was the greatest place I’d ever seen as a kid. (The magic faded considerably as I got older and had to drive through myself.)
Re: Mike Marshall - when JIM BOUTON thinks you’re too full of yourself, it’s time to check up. (At least his elevated sense of self worth was well justified.)
The Nats absolutely STOLE last night’s game. Brad Hand got a questionable 9th inning 3-0 strike call on Acuna Jr. that kept him from bringing Freddie Freeman to the plate as the tying run. Not sorry, though.
Us accountants have a word for when a client doesn't have support for their twelve $6 "cups of coffee" for the year.
"Immaterial."
Don't write off newsletter subscriptions on your taxes, but also, accountants tend to be baseball fans.
Accountants also tend to be middle-aged white guys, so that probably has something to do with it, and the stereotype will be less true as the (mostly female, still very white) younger generation moves up, but even if the profession eventually turns against the sport, you'll have a hell of a time finding someone zealous enough to run down $65 of expenses in the middle of busy season
Ah, Breezewood, where I-70 merges with I-76 (the PA Turnpike) to become one and the same for a while, before splitting into two again near New Stanton, east of Pittsburgh.
You may look at that photo and think, "Well of course a junction of two Interstates would mean that all kinds of commercial outlets would spring up, but I'd just drive on by." And you'd be correct if you were already on the Turnpike. However, if you were on I-70, you'd have no other choice but to try to navigate Hell's Half Mile, because I-70 physically ends at that road there (US 30) before picking up again at that overpass.
A true marvel of modern American design, that...
From the Desk of Rob Manfred:
“MLB would like to commemorate the passing of Mike Marshall with an NFT of his record-breaking 106th appearance in 1974. After all, what better person to symbolize durability and long-term success than Mike Marshall.”
Everyone keeps mocking the price of food and alcohol on that Vegas receipt, but I’m more struck by the “Venue Fee” of $800.45. Not the $800 part, but the 45 cents part. Everything else is a nice round number, and somehow the table/room fee has an extra 45 cents tacked on. Is there like an hourly price, where they actually break it down to the minute?
Craig, I've been covering the Nationals minors since 2009. Can confirm that treatment like this is SSDY, but only made worse by the banning of host families.
The lack of screwball pitchers has been attributed to that pitch being considered hard on the arm, but Mike Marshall seems to be an argument against that theory. Though Marshall could do other things no one else has been able to do too, so maybe he's just an outlier at everything.
I'm actually surprised Trump's blog was a failure, with the considerable percentage of the population who, inexplicably, think he is great and the huge number of Twitter followers he had. Sure, I'd expect it to go down now that he's no longer president. But if even 1/4 of those Twitter followers had stayed with him, it still would have been a big number.
Regarding reining in pitchers, Baseball Prospectus published something yesterday at Defector that called for limiting the active roster to no more than 12 pitchers. The theory is that fewer pitchers means fewer opportunities for relievers to take a day off meaning less recovery time meaning that they'd have to not go max effort on every pitch:
https://defector.com/we-need-a-restrictor-plate-for-pitchers/
Worth a read, if it's not behind a paywall for you. It's also published at BBPro, I believe.
Speaking of commie credentials being imperfect, couldn't finishing a newsletter and then immediately publishing it be considered "just-in-time" manufacturing?
$60 "street" tacos! Let me dig out my wallet and pay the street vendor..
Our planet is also low on sand to create concrete and glass. There are mafia-types around the world which are making huge profits.
Link of the day: The relationship between the Nats and MASN is awful, which is why FP Santagelo hasn't been fired yet.
https://awfulannouncing.com/mlb/fp-santangelo-future-booth-nationals-masn-sexual-misconduct-allegations.html
Good news in MetsLand: Francisco Lindor has been hitting!
Tried to watch the Mets game on YouTube, since lacking cable I never get to see Mets games. Dear lord, those announcers! How can I be expected to go from Gary, Ron, and the 'Stache to that?
I saw my commie credentials open for Industrial Shithouse at Wembley.