Cup of Coffee: October 17, 2023

Texas takes a 2-0 lead, Philly strikes first, the Marlins show us who they are, Trevor May retires and rips John Fisher, what Republicans talk about when they talk about "crime," and The Monster

Good morning!

I got home from Detroit mid-afternoon yesterday and proceeded to watch around six straight hours of baseball. It was pretty good baseball, all said, with two games that looked like they’d get out of hand early ending up being much closer than expected.

Elsewhere, the Marlins decided to completely disrespect their general manager who they have now driven away, there was some managerial candidate history made in San Francisco, and Trevor May (a) retires; and (b) proceeds to rip the owner of his last club, the Oakland Athletics, a new butthole. Viva the liberation that comes from not having a boss.

In Other Stuff we discuss what Republicans talk about when they talk about “crime” and we revisit a story from six months ago about the biographer of the King of the Delta Blues.