Cup of Coffee: March 18, 2024

Good morning!

Today we have the latest on Gerrit Cole and Blake Snell. One Cardinal agreed to a key contract extension and another Cardinal decided to engage in some misguided baseball class war. The Pirates signed a couple of guys, one of whom is a jerk and the other of whom sounds like a nice guy. A guy who could’ve been a star but squandered it is still plugging away down in Mexico, a guy who was unexpectedly released last week signed this past weekend, and a solid if unspectacular big league veteran has hung ‘em up.

In Other Stuff the worst AI “innovation” to come down the pike so far is making news. An iceberg has a chance to do the funniest thing ever in a couple of years. They keep making the same movies yet I still (mostly) keep watching them. And, finally, we have some royal news. No, it’s not about Princess Kate. It’s much, much bigger. At least assuming reality is as creative as my imagination is.

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