Cup of Coffee: February 13, 2024

Alonso and the Mets, a couple of signings, some hope for an umpiring breakthrough, rock and roll, dipshit billionaires, and when realism is defeatism

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Craig Calcaterra
February 13, 2024

Good morning!

There wasn’t a lot of baseball news yesterday, but we learned that Pete Alonso and the Mets aren’t likely to reach a long term deal, the Pirates signed a guy, the Padres signed a guy, and we may soon have a woman umpire in Major League Baseball. It’s about damn time.

In Other Stuff we talk about rock and roll, the danger of not telling dipshit billionaires no, and we talk about how people who claim to be realists are often defeatist enablers for whom I have absolutely no time.

Let’s get at ‘er.

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