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I watched a post game interview with Riley Greene after last nights game. The guy comes off as very mature and level headed at his age. And then…there’s Hinch…

Sen. Joe Manchin (D., W.Va.), the pivotal vote in Democrats’ efforts to pass a bill aimed at fighting climate change, told Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer that he wouldn’t support an economic packagethat raises taxes or includes climate provisions, according to people familiar with the matter. Instead, Mr. Manchin told Mr. Schumer on Thursday that he would only support a bill that includes provisions aimed at lowering the price of prescription drugs and a two-year extension of Affordable Care Act subsidies, according to one of the people. WSJ

Listed pitchers are Hutchison vs. Plesac.

I find it hard to believe he could win another national election. I know he has his army of minions but on a national scale I don’t think he could pull it off. I sure hope I’m right about this. If your comment was specific to the GOP nomination itself, that would be very interesting.

Are they tuning him out or does he just not have the answers?

The REAL ERod will be on the hump today.

Crypto lender Celsius Network LLC has filed for bankruptcy protection a month after halting withdrawals, in the wake of a collapse in digital currency prices that stretched the crypto lending platform’s business model past the breaking point. WSJ

“Now, futures markets are suggesting the Fed could raise rates by a full percentage point in July. The Fed has not raised rates by that amount since it began using the fed- funds rate as a target when setting monetary policy under Alan Greenspan in the late 1980s, economists say. Morningstar July 13 I think this is an early reaction to today’s news. I’m thinking 75 bps.

He appeared to be short and ready to move on like he had somewhere to be. Does he play ping pong as well I wonder….

Yes. We’re seeing a decline in prices here. I’ve seen as low as $4.20 a gallon in the past day or two.

We’re #1 😉 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾 https://www.cnbc.com/2022/07/13/north-carolina-is-no-1-in-americas-top-states-for-business.html

Is there another person on this team that would have had the balls to do what Cabrera did yesterday? I know he’s been in the league forever and has seen it all, but that was a sweet take of third base. He probably has the oldest legs on the team. Why don’t younger players have this kind of mindset? The Tigers clearly don’t teach this and most likely don’t encourage it. Miggie forced an error by doing what he did. This is baseball.

I would think this cements a 75 bps hike this month. The next question is, would they go a full 100 bps? The 10 yr benchmark jumped from 2.954 to 3.057 on the news.

Inflation up 9.1% as reported this morning.

As a friend of mine used to say to his opponent just before sinking the eight ball to end the game, “It’s all over but the crying.”

Dividend payouts set another record in the second quarter, a reassuring sign to investors who have flocked to steady, income-generating stocks during the market downturn this year. The companies in the S&P 500 paid out a record $140.6 billion in dividends in the most recent quarter, according to S&P Dow Jones Indices. That’s up from $137.6 billion in the first three months of the year and $123.4 billion in the same quarter last year. WSJ keep’em coming

That may well be the case, clearly something is. He may be sitting at home watching Flintstone re-runs. All good. My issue is with the fact (provided AA is telling the truth) there is no communication. If Al Avila is being truthful in his message to the media, the problem lies with ERod and his agent. As a freakin’ common courtesy at least just notify the Tigers, the employer, that he isn’t coming back, no details needed. Problem solved. The team plugged this guy in as the #1 starter and he leaves the team early in the season. If we weren’t talking about the Tigers I probably wouldn’t believe it.

If there is a dead horse to beat, this is it. This more than anything else is what should be discussed front and center. The guy gets a five year deal and you can’t even communicate with him less than three months into the first year first year of the contract. What a cluster. If Al says he knows details but can’t discuss, fine. However, when your GM sits there and publicly states he doesn’t know shit about the guys whereabouts….bad.

In 2018 NC had several proposed amendments up for vote during the mid-term elections. The Voter ID was one of them. It passed with a large majority. One legal challenge after another has prevented the amendment from becoming law here. A book could be written on all the legal moves and challenges this has seen since 2018.

It keeps the day moving along. Assumptions make the world go ‘round.

I just watched Hinch’s post game presser from last nights game. I do believe the man was pissed. At least he isn’t still saying, we’re going to fix this or that. I guess reality has finally set in. You can’t fix this team as it is.

I’m going to bet it probably surprised him as well as others. This is a shitty way to reward effort. He has gotten acclimated to this level and is holding his own for the most part. I have changed my mind on Tork, he needs to spend some time in Toledo. Earlier I was believing the light would come on for him but it ain’t happening. He is not progressing with the bat at all. I’m not down on the guy but you just have to see the obvious.

This is what I said the other day. This team needs, in a bad way, to find speed at the top of the lineup. If Baddoo can maintain a decent consistency with his offensive productivity it would be great. This team is so out of sync with what good teams do. Greene and Baddoo at the top would be worth trying.

For a team that’s been around for 120 years and has only won the WS four times, you may be on to something. At 67 years ‘mature’ I pretty much gave up on any hope of seeing this clown act win another W.S. I’d just like to see a winning season again, someday…

I’d take that option right now. I believe that would be the best case scenario at this point.