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    If inflation isn’t resolved in the near future, Biden and his party are going to have a problem. This isn’t a partisan comment, it’s a fact. Prices and wages are rising for obvious reasons. Unfortunately, prices are more than offsetting wage hikes. And as history has shown, the folks with the lesser means always feel the most pain. The Federal Reserve demonstrated yesterday that they still are intimidated by market moves. Will someone explain to me the reason the Fed sees fit to continue buying bonds for another month and a half with inflation rising as it is! Personally, I believe the markets volatility this month spooked Powell and his comrades to an extent.
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    Is there any word on whether or not they’re meeting today? I haven’t seen anything either way.
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    Although I don’t care much for Biden, how do you not get totally frustrated with that question! Joe has a lot of domestic and geopolitical issues on his plate now. He’s probably missing his senate days right about now.
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    Between Sinema and Chaney, Arizona does politics right. Sinema gets censured at home for having the ‘nads to think for herself and Cheney gets punished and loses a committee position for the same reason. Maverics they are.
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    By the way, we made a road trip last year to Fredericksburg to see a game at the new baseball park-nice! As Jim Price would say, Nice area.
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    Now, that’s the kind of feedback I’m looking for.
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    The North Carolina General Assembly, which has been majority Republican for several years now, has lowered the flat income tax rate here from 5.25% in 2021 to 4.9% in 2022 and will bottom at 3.9% in a couple more years. This rate applies to everyone statewide. They managed to do this with a sitting Democrat in the executive. Cooper signed it but you can take it to the bank, a Democratically controlled legislature would have never taken this initiative and it only moved forward because the GOP had the majority in both chambers. How’s life in VA? I’m too lazy to follow the rates there?
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    Would you like to see the Pope on the end of a rope - do you think he's a fool? After Forever Black Sabbath
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    Per MLB…just for you casimir. “Unlike last week’s meeting, which took place on a Zoom call, Monday’s meeting will be held in person in New York.”
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    At least they’re talking…sort of.
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    I hope you’re right. My optimism meter regarding baseball happening anytime soon is running in the red.
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    The Tigers play the Yankees and Red Sox in Lakeland the last week of spring training. There are plenty of good seats available for purchase for both games. This would not be the case any other season. Clearly the consensus is that they won’t start anytime soon.
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    I’ll not say pitchers were ever equal to everyday players as hitters in MLB. The introduction of the DH into the game is nearly 50 years old now. Pitchers don’t bat in college ball or any level of minor league ball to my knowledge. I’m not aware of high school baseball rules regarding pitchers batting. My point is that pitchers’ skills at the plate, by the time they arrive at the major league level have been diminished as a result of never being a part of the offense through their progression up the chain. So today, pitchers are viewed as a wasted at bat. Well, that’s what the system has created over the years. I prefer having pitchers bat-in both leagues. Hated the DH the day the idea was hatched. It seems that the more the game changes, the more problems surface.
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    Far far away in a land called Lakeland spring training tickets went on sale this morning.
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    “When national Democrats talk to the country they always seem to be talking to themselves. They are of the left, as is their constituency, which wins the popular vote in presidential elections; the mainstream media through which they send their messages is of the left; the academics, historians and professionals they consult are of the left. They get in the habit of talking to themselves, in their language, in a single, looped conversation. They have no idea how they sound to the non-left, so they have no idea when they are damaging themselves.” - Peggy Noonan I am lukewarm on Noonan but I agree with her point here. In fact, I wonder if Peg has been trolling the Motown Politics Forum.
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    That sucks but not surprising. So when are they going to retire the NL and AL identifiers?
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    I’ll plug a book I recently read. Elden Auker (Detroit Tiger 1933-1938) in conjunction with Tom Keegan produced a book titled, ‘Sleeper Cars and Flannel Uniforms.’ For someone that likes Tiger baseball history with a personal touch I highly recommend this book. Auker passed in 2006. He was the last surviving member of the 1935 WS Champions. His stories about players and personalities in his era of the game are treasures. Easy read and very enjoyable.
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    That’s been my thought process and reasoning as well. However, no further meetings are currently planned and the owners didn’t move on any of the players key demands. I’d be very surprised to see any real movement anytime soon.
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    After reading the reports on yesterday’s meeting it’s looking like a delayed start is likely. Not surprising I guess.
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    This is good news.
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    https://www.mlb.com/news/tigers-uniforms-seldom-vary-from-classic
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    The two sides have a meeting scheduled Thursday for negotiations. *yawn*
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    I have no idea what inspired the above comment. Bull Conners!?!? Wow. I’ve never heard of any conversation anywhere regarding suspicions about MLB discouraging black kids from participating in the game.
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    This has been a primary complaint of mine regarding MLB for quite some time now. After their virtue signaling crusade the last couple of years, they aren’t doing crap for black kids. So much hypocrisy it’s a shame. The SF Giants had “Black Lives Matter” front and center on their website for the longest time. All hypocrisy. What have they done to help black kids play ball at a young age-nothing! What is Manfred and his crowd doing specifically to honestly help black kids get interested in the game and pursue a career in it? I am not aware of anything specific. Joe Morgan, years ago was a part of trying to get something like this off the ground but I don’t know that it ever went anywhere. Latin American players put tons of resources back in their home country's for kids interested in baseball. The decline in black participation in baseball at all levels is sad. The reasons aren’t a mystery but it is still a sad situation.
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