Cup of Coffee: May 22, 2024

Dingers, torn pants, Bonds to the hall of fame, Babe Ruth, dubious Columbus news, a teenage terror plot, OpenAI and ScarJo, and Star Trek opinions

Good morning!

We had a full slate of games yesterday which featured a lot of dudes hitting two homers, multiple shutouts, and multiple extra inning affairs. The Guardians lost a pitcher to the IL, the Cubs sent a pitcher to the pen, Barry Bonds is probably never making the Hall of Fame but he is being inducted into a hall of fame, Babe Ruth’s “called-shot” jersey is up for auction, and an obscure old baseball song has been unearthed.

In Other Stuff, Columbus has made the news again for a not-great reason, we look inside the terror plot of a radicalized teenager, OpenAI steals from a lot of people but this time they stole from the wrong person, and I have some Star Trek opinions.

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