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I received the book, Detroit Tigers 1984, yesterday. I didn’t even realize this book existed until I was searching for books to read related to the Tigers. Glad I found it-enjoyable read.

They may be but that’s pretty cool.

He played Murray Burnes. The show was at Duke University.

Many many moons ago Selleck came to Durham for a play. The title of the play was, A Thousand Clowns. My wife has always been a huge Selleck fan. We attended one of the shows there and it was great. This was several years after the Magnum television series ended.

Actually, Sparky’s father really was a house painter. Bill James should have been more creative on this one.

For me, it isn’t about checking the records or checking the standings before deciding if I’m going to wear my Tiger t-shirt or Tiger hat. In fact, I probably wouldn’t, and haven’t in the past bought playoff apparel because I don’t want to be confused with the bandwagon club. But hey, that’s just me I guess.

So, suppose in situations that, after being “informed about abortion” a majority of women, we’re talking international here, wanted to give their child up for adoption as opposed to abortion. Would you also approve of your tax dollars supporting international adoptions?

Tanking is not trying to win. It starts at the top.

US President Joe Biden has reversed a ban on federal funds going to international aid groups that perform or inform about abortions. The above subtitle is from an article from the BBC on January 28th of this year. I don’t think I need to post the entire article. I know Joe “is a good Catholic,” but what is your take on the above?

This is the answer I was fishing for earlier today when I asked what was different now as opposed to 75 years ago with the black families in America. It’s the lack of two parent families! Currently, and for some time now, the number of single parent homes for black Americans is around 70%. Of course, the single parent is most always the mother. It is an ongoing tragedy in this country.

Root cause? People aren’t killing each other just because Al Gore invented the internet. What has changed?

Could we not make the same comment about black Americans 75 years ago? Particularly in the south? Yet, black funeral directors weren’t being overwhelmed with the slaughter of the local youth due to gang violence and killings.

“A big part of the reason we have poor, decayed inner cities is because they are mostly black, and when whites moved away they took their political power and economic development resources with them.” I am not going to oppose your point at all but I’d like to pose a question that I have asked myself at times. To my knowledge there was nothing like the black on black crime that we see today prior to integration. Black Americans were amazingly resilient in light of the hate toward them and the concerted effort by racist whites to keep them in their places and do whatever possible to make their lives miserable. So going back your point I quoted above, aren’t inner city blacks today without “political power and economic development resources” today, as as they were before. Yet, prior to full integration, blacks didn’t destroy themselves by killing each other and the like. Yes, I agree that economics is a contributor here but 60-70 years ago blacks were battling the institutional racism across this country and they were very economically depressed then, very! But, there was not the ongoing violence toward each other that we see today. I find it difficult to point solely to economic disadvantages alone. And no, my conversation has nothing to do with other gun topics and events being discussed on this thread.

We’re all aware of the human carnage of black youths in Chicago. Last week the Cook County Medical Office recorded its 1,000th murder of 2021. There is a month left in the year. Of these victims, an estimated 80% were black. This is so wrong on so many levels. I have a question that is simple and straightforward. How do we stop this ongoing madness? It is beyond epidemic. I have read, true or not, that Chicago has some of the toughest gun laws out there. I confess, I don’t know their laws related to this topic. So what is the answer?

As frequently as his name comes up in conversations pertaining to signings, I don’t believe his issues are as understood as you’d think they would be with all the media attention these guys get. There is no way I’d sign him at this point.

Oh, Manfred and his minions are more than happy to play politics. Case in point, the 2021 All Star Game relocation.

So he and Andrew can hang out now. Cool. Mario would be disappointed.

You are doing a fantastic job with your investing/saving plan, fantastic! That’s what it is going to take to retire comfortably. Stay the course. In this current market environment I have been moving some cash into my funds. Not a lot, but a little here and there on the more red days. Sounds odd I know, but I ‘d like to see a market pullback of 10%. Funds are a little pricey right now. One huge component in investing is having a plan. This includes how to, or how not to, deal with a volatile market BEFORE you encounter one. I don’t know your age or when you plan to retire. But as a general principle I would say do not sell your funds. The biggest problem investors make is trying to time the market. It is futile and there are tons of articles supporting my position on this. In fact, market downturns are the best time to BUY! When the market turned down in February-March 2020, I was buying incrementally. I am a long term guy. As a closer, I’ll quote the late founder of Vanguard, John Bogle, when he offered advice on what to do when the market is going crazy. He said, “Don’t just do something, stand there!” Ignore the market and the noise and stay with your contribution rate. If you continue to invest as you are doing and the market pulls back you’ll be getting more for your money on your purchases.

Pitchers and catchers generally report during the second week of February. If they miss that date I think everything starts getting pushed out. ST tickets always go on sale at 10:00 AM on the 2nd Saturday of January.

I would think an agreement around first week in February would be good. For this reason, I don’t expect anything but BS from either side for awhile.

Objection Your Honor Baseball will survive these self serving pigs in one form or another. Manfred & Company are very poor stewards of this game. Things need to change. Que: James Earl Jones

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Rob Manfred has made me a big fan of the players.

And Avila got an extension.

How will rewarding teams financially keep the fans more engaged? I understand the players may have a heightened interest in this. Apologies if I’m missing your point.