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Yeah, there were a lot of mudshark- and occult-related items that did not make the final cut. But it was really entertaining to hear how the whole project came together in the first place and those heady first couple months touring America. What a thrill to hear John Bonham weighing in from the grave.

I just noticed that Joe Jr. was one of the most recent big leaguers to make his debut as an 18-year-old. Of the 358 big leaguers to play at age 18 or younger, only 16 of them debuted after Joe Jr., and in fact, only one in the past 47 years. Kudos to you if you know who that one is without having to look it up.

A baseball nepo baby during an era when that was still pretty rare. RIP, Joe Jr.

Riley must have both the ugliest batting swing and ugliest running gait of any big regular position playing regular. It looks for all the world to me as though neither will age well, although I can provide no evidence or examples to back up my concern.

My favorite part of this post is how you made Lee the highlight of the trade for the best available controllable reliever on the market just hours after Lee disintegrated on the mound. Here’s hoping the Pirates’ front office sees it your way. 🥂

That’s another Apple show with a Freak and Geeks alum, and a pretty high quality one. I wonder what Apple will be doing with Linda Cardellini and Busy Phillips?

The Studio is one of the best shows of the year, although I wish against hope that they would dial down the slapstick, and dial up the absurdity related to professional intrigue. The Ron Howard scene is Exhibit A for this point. The way he eviscerated the Seth Rogen character in the conference room was utterly delicious, so amazingly against type—but once it evolved into a slapsticky physical fight, complete with faceplants into food, that really took the shine off it for me. But hey, it’s Seth Rogan, so I have to accept that as part of the bargain. I would be a nice surprise to see them ratchet down the slapstick for Season 2.

I hope someone asked him whether he would forgive Hunter Biden if he had raped his daughter.

I am familiar with the Profumo affair, just not in much of the details. I should watch the Prime series they have about it to catch me up on those.

Of course, how silly of me. 😉

Minimal Residual Disease? https://www.google.com/search?q=mrd&udm=14

Livvy Dunne >>>>> Kate Upton.

Skenes is also the Golden Goose for that entire franchise.

It's not escaping my notice that the self-proclaimed Worldwide Leader in Sports™ is advocating a far higher price for the flyover team than for the Los Angeles or New York teams.

Yeah, probably, but the difference between Riley and Julio is so great that the Comerica Park left field alone almost certainly couldn't be enough to explain it.

DRS, OAA, FRV, which ever letters you like, Julio is just better. He positions better, he covers more ground, and he has a better arm. That’s OK, Riley is outhitting Julio by a mile, and the Tigers are ten games better than the M’s.

Julio is a premier defender in all facets. Riley is average-ish. Fangraphs has Riley up on Julio 2.9 to 2.4.

Good thing he's too stupid to know what he's doing. 1 big thing: Trump's early Christmas present Photo Illustration: Allie Carl/Axios. Photo: NurPhoto via Getty Images Christmas shoppers got a gift of sorts from the White House this week when President Trump again paused new tariffs, Axios' Emily Peck writes. The shift should give retailers more time to stockpile goods ahead of the holiday season, potentially pushing some tariff-related price increases to next year. 🗓️ Where it stands: If higher rates do go into effect Aug. 1 — the White House's new deadline — it's likely that consumers won't feel a difference until the new year, Paul Donovan, chief economist at UBS Wealth Management, wrote in a note. 🚢 How it works: Goods en route to the U.S. as late as Aug. 1 should be exempt from additional tariffs, Donovan said. Because it can take as many as six weeks to move ships across the Pacific, some items could arrive as late as mid-September and still be tariffed at the lower rate. Retailers stockpile ahead of the Christmas season — and have been doing so earlier than usual this year to avoid higher tariffs. Go deeper.

Vignettes ads on my iPhone appear about once in every three to five or so clicks. On my iPad, though, I can't recall whether I've seen any at all. Strange because they are supposed to be mirror operating systems, or so I would assume.

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Fun fact: Kevin McGonigle is a 37th over all pick.

When I first saw this I thought, i would definitely take Carroll before Riley. Looking at the records side by side they’re a lot closer than on all fronts that I thought, except running. If Riley can stay off the List, they might end up with really similar careers and shots at the Hall.

At least forecasting works for Ted Cruz since he always seems to go on vacation right before weather disasters strike the state he purportedly represents.

He’s done a hell of a job of setting them all up to either do his bidding or else.

There's no question that Flaherty is having a bad year, but there might be a tiny bit of light coming through the cracks. Flaherty's FIP- is kinder to him than his ERA-; and his fWAR is better than his RA9-WAR. That said, his Statcast and PitchingBot Stuff cards are blue as the sea, dramatically different from last season. I do think Hinch is still a long way from bailing on him, although putting some space between Flaherty and Skubal might be a sign. If he continues at this pace, he might end up being the spot starter in October.