Cup of Coffee: August 13, 2024

Good morning!

Grady Sizemore gets his first win as Chicago’s manager, the Dodgers got Mookie Betts back, there was a hell of a pitcher’s duel in San Francisco, Jarren Duran is getting an involuntary two-day unpaid vacation, Victor Robles got an extension, and Rod Carew did something that a lot of people thought he had already done years ago.

In Other Stuff, the more people know about J.D. Vance, the less people like him, Project 2025 is making how-to-turn-your-country-into-an-autocracy videos, the biggest news in Ohio this week is, apparently, about vampires and ferrets, and someone makes a hash out of a top-100 movies list.

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