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And 2016.

Well, you can’t say he didn’t warn us in his projecting way.

I don’t get that. What’s the idea behind it? Do they think overtly outlawing abortion is a bridge too far, but 15 days, that’s OK and will get them votes from pro-choice people? Or is this more an in-your-face gesture to tweak Democratic lawmakers for a goof? You know, like, “You want your dead babies, you Demon-rat socialist terrorists, here you go, have fun, ha ha ha”?

Not true. Benedict Arnold was a master military strategist and a battle hero in the Revolutionary War.

I have April 26 circled on my calendar. It’ll be interesting to see the fan reaction when Ohtani steps to the plate at Rogers Centre.

Why do you hate the Mariners and the Blue Jays so much?

The money is very nice, but I also believe a key reason Ohtani went with the Dodgers is that they are a winning organization who will give him a great chance to win a ring.

Remember when shoplifting was out of control and connected to organized crime and terrorist groups and, worst of all, BLM and Antifa? Well …

I agree Juan Soto won't get 700 million, but he probably will get more than he would have had Ohtani signed for "only" four-something. He might even get six-something now, which I don't think anyone would have suggested before the Ohtani signing.

Ohtani will have better players around him with the Dodgers than he would have with the Blue Jays or Mariners, so their chances of making the playoffs and winning a ring will be higher. I don't doubt at all that he chose Dodgers because they are more of a winner, in addition to getting the highest offer. Elite athletes are hard-wired to want to win. They were also in the best position to offer him the most money since they generate the most revenue. I don't think the Mariners were in a position to offer 650 million. Even so, is there really a substantial marginal difference between 650 million and 700 million such that a player would choose to lose with a team to get that difference? I don't think so. I certainly wouldn't want to work at a terrible company because they offered me marginally more money. Hell, I did something like that during my own career and really regretted it!

And the tickets are probably the least of it.

Neither of those teams, in my opinion, are as likely to make the playoffs, and to win the World Series, as the Dodgers. If putting himself in the best position to win was his #1 priority, then he probably made the best choice.

Angels should have offered 700.1 million.

I'm thinking Ohtani is tired of not winning, and none of those teams are as likely to win a World Series as Los Angeles is in the near future.

They must be calculating that they will still make all their money back on him off the field as well as on. And they might.

Really, was it ever going to be any other team? They're the #1 team on the west coast, and arguably in all of baseball, over the last decade. Pacific time zone, closer to home, big Asian community, favorable weather year round, center of the entertainment and media community on the west coast. In retrospect, a no-brainer.

Holy mary mother of god

You can never have too much catching.

I think that's true of many of them, but I also think many others are true believers which, in my own opinion, makes them even more dangerous. I blame the schools.

If you could, would you prevent or ban people from believing what they want to believe, even if it's not the thing you yourself believes?

But see, I've already qualified my statement with "as long as". So I'm covered. In your scenario, someone ending up in Congress and governing from specific religious beliefs do pick my pocket, at the very least, so you're right, that's not OK. But if my neighbor down the street wants to believe whatever he wants to believe, that is fine—so long he doesn't use it to pick my pocket or break my leg.

Well, then, that would be a problem. Removing that problem in specific cases removes my concern.

Which is fine, let them believe what they want, as long as it neither picks my pocket nor breaks my leg.

It's not for nothing that the story is that Eve offered Adam fruit not from an apple tree, but rather, from the tree of knowledge of good and evil. They were not supposed to know things, and when the sought knowledge, they lost their immortality. Therefore, you can save your own soul by not knowing things.