Joy, Bad Choices, Alonso, Bregman, Kiermaier & Science Fiction baseball

BaseballBiz On Deck

• Pitcher and Catcher Report
• HAIL TO THE CHIEF
• Mark’s bad date, No Uber, Grand Funk Railroad, Little Eva,
• Friends sacrificed an evening with Grand Funk
• Regrets for making the wrong decision and it’s impact on other
• Voices skewed – what about Jim Acosta
• Getting the Truth out v Corporate scripted & misleaded
• GroundNews points out the bias
• Gaggle of Oligarchs
• New Administration providing free reign for corporations
• AI genie out of the bottle
• People who are as nice as gold individually – as a group not so nice
• Stepping back from the group
• Hiring a bad employee, sometimes you have to cut them loose when their having a bad impact on people
• Bad choices in the cabinet
• Extricating ourselves from bad decisions
• God save us all if we don't speak up
• Work to be done, Healthcare and homelessness in United States
• Discussions on helping others, Healing needs to begin
• Mike Trout example with the Angels
• Free Trade Agreements
• Trade barriers have been systematically brought down by generation and generation.
• Learn the Lessons of history
• Monopolistic systems that have gone belly up
• Access to libraries, shutting out books, what is being deleted off the records
• Hold on to your print books
• Stand up and Step up
• Find some compassion, find some heart, find some joy
• Baseball shift to Spring Training
• Where will Pete Alonso go
• Alex Bregman a 6 or 7 year deal? – Another Carlos Correa
• Aging 2nd baseman Jose Altuve – move to outfield?
• Bregman replace Alex Bohm with the Phillies – Dombrowski makes late moves
• Max Schwerzer – now a Blue Jay - 6 Man Rotation avoid injuries and health issues
• Scherzer expectations - 4.5 ERA and 150 plus innings
• Kevin Kiermaier – will the Tampa Bay Rays ever retire his number
• Kiermaier’s confidence & commitment as an outfielder to be the best
• KK’s stretch of dominance as a defensive centerfielder was longer than Andruw Jones
• The joy of grandparents
• Caribbean League – Mexico is leading – Japan is currently last – are A Players playing
• Japan teams have very strict regimen on when they play through the year
• Science Fiction baseball – AI and Analytics
• Robotic Arms, Neuralink chips to better see the ball, new bat and ball enhancements
• New world baseball could bring moving fences to the Orioles Camden Yards
• MLB should rule that these intelligent fields could perform “Waves” and flip
• Expansion teams should have adaptabitlity so that their field can automatically adapt to each visiting teams field
• Cyborg baseball – playing and cheating at 150 years of age
• Tim Anderson with Ron Washington and the Angels
• Finding Joy
• Spring Training what will be the mood in the midst of world events
• Why did NFL remove “End Racism” from the end zones?
• Joy of a young Mat going to see the Montreal Expos on Opening Day tradition.
• Living & Protecting all Free Speech
• Booing AFTER the US Anthem in Canada at an NHL game
• Canadians do not want to become part of a new country
• Strength of both countries working together and being separate
• TV packages

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