The WBC, damaged pinstriped goods, Great Moments in Public Subsidies, a NIMBY Blue update, me hawking another book, appliances, steering wheels that fly off, gun nuts, and C*H*A*T*G*P*T
Hi all. Big day for me, as I am actually going into my office. This is a one time thing for now since once the three month window after having covid is closed, I am going from cautious to way more cautious. But today, it is off to the big city.
The question for the Yankees is not, what did they know about Montas? It's, why did they trade Montgomery and replace him with Montas?
My 6 years as Chief Civility Officer at Twitter were some of the best years of my life. Almost as good as my 4 years in high school as calculator salesman at the Tysons Corner, VA Circuit City.
PS The Nats’ Victor Robles ran into the CF wall in Lakeland yesterday, banged his knee on a pipe behind the padding and had to be helped off. His replacement, former 2nd round pick Daylen Lile, went 3-4 with a SB and some sparkling defense. After the game, Robles said he was feeling better. That’s what I’d say too, Wally Pipp.
PPS Thanks for the book update; now I know what to say I want for my birthday!
A banger today… the Asheville story made me wonder if (1) Ohio’s failed commerce campaign had significant signage on the outfield wall (2) there’s a concession stand called “Frans Favorite Treats” and (3) why no Ohio media ever pick up on the full family enterprise? (I know the answer to #3…)
“Apparently he is unaware of the fact that 91 of Ohio’s 132 state legislators, the governor and every single statewide office holder, a majority of the state Supreme Court, both U.S. Senators, and ten of the 15 Members of Congress from this state are Republicans…”
Sorry to nitpick but Sherrod Brown is still our Senator.
Oh boy, the appliance bit hit hard. I bought my house shortly after I started in my current job (the one I'm planning on early retirement from in 36 months) and the appliances are all from when I bought it. The refrigerator in particular makes a death rattle from time to time (it's a Hotpoint) so I've decided to replace that this summer before it dies and I lose all my food. The washing machine and dryer are Maytag and Kenmore Elite so they're probably on their last legs too. Then again they might have another five years left, hard to say. Them, I'm going to wait until they decide to keel over though because it will be less inconvenient to deal with a short time sans laundry facilities than sans refrigerator.
My youngest nephew turns 9 soon, and he plays baseball, so I might have an idea for him for Christmas. Thanks, Craig!
Thanks for calling out the rank hypocrisy of fat-cat capitalists “job-creators” who have installed their adult children in sports teams, clubs and facilities, making them instant “job-creators”.
Now, please support the local community by pumping tax dollars into these facilities, or you’ll lose your beloved team.
We visited Asheville some years ago. Loved it! Didn’t even know there was a minor league park there. That’s a destination that doesn’t really need a MiLB facility.
We just had to replace an apartment-sized combo W/D for the third time for my daughters apartment. The first two lasted 4 years each. This time I spent long hours trying to find a different model, but was stuck getting the very same GE 24” space saver once again because of, well, space considerations, and also all the latest dryers are ventless and her building doesn’t allow that. Plus the lint drawer in the only two other possible machines (Frigidaire and Whirlpool, I think) were pretty inaccessible. They also no longer seem to offer an extended warranty. Oh, and I was willing to pay any amount less than the cost of a new machine to repair the old one, but GE no longer manufactures the part that we needed. Frustrating as hell.
As someone who has been to Asheville numerous times and who loves baseball, I had NO idea they had a minor league team. They can't possibly be that major of a tourism driver.
Minor appliance issue but my Keurig finally broke this morning. I managed to get one cup out of it before it shit the bed. I’m not going to say anything to my wife or Dad who are both coffee junkies and use it frequently. Gonna see who snaps first and springs for the new coffee machine. I think I can hold off in the mornings until I get to work.
As someone who used to walk through the printing press area of the newspaper I worked at when I needed a break (we printed several papers in the area so it was usually running all the time, at least all the times I went back there), I enjoy the thought of Craig firing up the presses to get this newsletter out.
Hi all. Big day for me, as I am actually going into my office. This is a one time thing for now since once the three month window after having covid is closed, I am going from cautious to way more cautious. But today, it is off to the big city.
The question for the Yankees is not, what did they know about Montas? It's, why did they trade Montgomery and replace him with Montas?
My 6 years as Chief Civility Officer at Twitter were some of the best years of my life. Almost as good as my 4 years in high school as calculator salesman at the Tysons Corner, VA Circuit City.
PS The Nats’ Victor Robles ran into the CF wall in Lakeland yesterday, banged his knee on a pipe behind the padding and had to be helped off. His replacement, former 2nd round pick Daylen Lile, went 3-4 with a SB and some sparkling defense. After the game, Robles said he was feeling better. That’s what I’d say too, Wally Pipp.
PPS Thanks for the book update; now I know what to say I want for my birthday!
A banger today… the Asheville story made me wonder if (1) Ohio’s failed commerce campaign had significant signage on the outfield wall (2) there’s a concession stand called “Frans Favorite Treats” and (3) why no Ohio media ever pick up on the full family enterprise? (I know the answer to #3…)
let he among us who "designed" a car whose steering wheel *doesn't* randomly fly off cast the first stone.
Too bad, McCormick is probably my favorite minor league ballpark--and they filmed Bull Durham there.
“Apparently he is unaware of the fact that 91 of Ohio’s 132 state legislators, the governor and every single statewide office holder, a majority of the state Supreme Court, both U.S. Senators, and ten of the 15 Members of Congress from this state are Republicans…”
Sorry to nitpick but Sherrod Brown is still our Senator.
Oh boy, the appliance bit hit hard. I bought my house shortly after I started in my current job (the one I'm planning on early retirement from in 36 months) and the appliances are all from when I bought it. The refrigerator in particular makes a death rattle from time to time (it's a Hotpoint) so I've decided to replace that this summer before it dies and I lose all my food. The washing machine and dryer are Maytag and Kenmore Elite so they're probably on their last legs too. Then again they might have another five years left, hard to say. Them, I'm going to wait until they decide to keel over though because it will be less inconvenient to deal with a short time sans laundry facilities than sans refrigerator.
My youngest nephew turns 9 soon, and he plays baseball, so I might have an idea for him for Christmas. Thanks, Craig!
Thanks for calling out the rank hypocrisy of fat-cat capitalists “job-creators” who have installed their adult children in sports teams, clubs and facilities, making them instant “job-creators”.
Now, please support the local community by pumping tax dollars into these facilities, or you’ll lose your beloved team.
I don’t think Sherrod Brown is a Republican and a I think he’s one of your two senators.
"As the newsletter goes to press this morning, Shohei Ohtani and Japan are leading China and Italy and Cuba"
Dang. I knew Ohtani was good, but didn't think he and Japan would be able to take on three teams at once! He and his new best friend, Noot, are unstoppable! https://twitter.com/TheGameDayMLB/status/1633508333423403028?s=20
We visited Asheville some years ago. Loved it! Didn’t even know there was a minor league park there. That’s a destination that doesn’t really need a MiLB facility.
We just had to replace an apartment-sized combo W/D for the third time for my daughters apartment. The first two lasted 4 years each. This time I spent long hours trying to find a different model, but was stuck getting the very same GE 24” space saver once again because of, well, space considerations, and also all the latest dryers are ventless and her building doesn’t allow that. Plus the lint drawer in the only two other possible machines (Frigidaire and Whirlpool, I think) were pretty inaccessible. They also no longer seem to offer an extended warranty. Oh, and I was willing to pay any amount less than the cost of a new machine to repair the old one, but GE no longer manufactures the part that we needed. Frustrating as hell.
RE: Asheville
As someone who has been to Asheville numerous times and who loves baseball, I had NO idea they had a minor league team. They can't possibly be that major of a tourism driver.
Minor appliance issue but my Keurig finally broke this morning. I managed to get one cup out of it before it shit the bed. I’m not going to say anything to my wife or Dad who are both coffee junkies and use it frequently. Gonna see who snaps first and springs for the new coffee machine. I think I can hold off in the mornings until I get to work.
As someone who used to walk through the printing press area of the newspaper I worked at when I needed a break (we printed several papers in the area so it was usually running all the time, at least all the times I went back there), I enjoy the thought of Craig firing up the presses to get this newsletter out.