Cup of Coffee: August 7, 2024

Speedway baseball, Billy Bean, Tim Walz, the blurb, buzzy Chicago, and all hail short kings

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Craig Calcaterra
August 07, 2024

Good morning!

They’re gonna be doing documentaries about the summer of 2024 one day. It’s been nuts. But, finally, the White Sox did win last night, ending their losing streak at 21.

Today we talk about last night’s games and reports of a new gimmick game in a gimmick location that, I presume, makes sense to someone. We also mark the passing of former player and MLB Vice President Billy Bean.

In Other Stuff I talk about the Tim Walz selection, about the mainstream media finally catching on to a troublesome book blurb, an adjective I’d never think would be applied to Chicago, and we hail our short kings.

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