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John Manuel
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Greek-American. Baseball person.
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Not sure which players you mean, and I think Beltran is over the line, but it is not unreasonable to have a high bar. Andruw Jones, for me, is extremely borderline with a .337 career OBP. Who else?
November 23, 2025 at 3:45 PM
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Actually this ballot doesn’t have a slam dunk; lots of people have had this take. The BBWAA has done a much better job than vet committees have.
November 22, 2025 at 8:30 PM
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Who among us has not engaged in knife pranks?
November 22, 2025 at 8:19 PM
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That is a deeeeep cut, and yet also my first reference point for Naylor. Stone Garrett remembers…
November 22, 2025 at 8:16 PM
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Still true!
October 9, 2025 at 2:18 AM
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Everything with this administration is 19th century solutions to 21st century problems.
September 30, 2025 at 2:52 AM
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idk if you've seen this south korean editorial that ran a few days ago. google translate version scorched my eyebrows www.hani.co.kr/arti/opinion...
Maga is fundamentally a populist white racism. The slogan "Make America Great Again" is more accurately described as "Make White America Greater." The fact that the tariff policy insisted on a 50% tariff only on steel and aluminum stems from the concentration of these groups in the Rust Belt. The massive crackdown on illegal immigrants at the Hyundai-LG Energy Solutions joint venture plant in Georgia must be understood in this context. The scenes of our workers being chained and escorted away were reminiscent of the dragging of African slaves in the 18th and 19th centuries. The Department of Homeland Security boasted of "the largest single-site raid in history," and Immigration and Customs Enforcement even brazenly released footage of the raid, which was highly violating human rights, as if to boast of their "achievement." Far-right whites may have secretly rejoiced. Even politicians like the Georgia governor and local lawmakers, who had been active in attracting factories, have shifted their stance and sympathized with their grievances. This is likely because it's difficult to ignore the anti-immigrant sentiment of native Americans. Like the McCarthyism that swept through American society in the 1950s, irrational madness dominates American society. The recent visa issue, which could have been resolved diplomatically with advance notice from an ally, is difficult to explain beyond political maneuvering. The fact that they mobilized helicopters and armored vehicles for show, as if they had been caught, is difficult to explain.
September 14, 2025 at 7:04 PM
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Someone in the band should spin-off a new group called Podcast On YouTube
September 12, 2025 at 10:30 AM