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A Few Would If’s
“Under Fisher, the term Moneyball is no longer a novel idea based on analytics and underdog achievement. It instead has become the cynical ploy of a billionaire doing whatever he can to suck the profits out of his team, without even trying to put a competitive product on the field.” Read more
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Old Man Walking
How often do you walk or run? Every day I go for a morning walk to one of two different coffee shops and order an Americano and listen to a podcast or whatever audiobook I am currently on. Since the pandemic I have tried to ride my bike or walk around my neighborhood. When the… Read more
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MLB versus Oakland
Check out CBS Sports commentator Damon Amendolara’s short but brutal comment on the state of the Athletics organization and MLB . I love how Brodie (in his usual polite manner) criticizes Fisher on the contradictions in his third and final interview with ESPN. Finally, here Brazil again pointing out MLB’s Commissioner’s Rob Manfred’s disingenuous comments… Read more
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Two Angry A’s Fans and One Polite Brodie Brazil
I used to waste my time on YouTube watching baseball clips from Jomboy and other podcasters with a YouTube channel. These days, I hunt YouTube for the video that makes me hate John Fisher the most. Not good for this old man’s health. If the A’s do move, maybe I will give up and never… Read more
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Another Reason Why Billionaires Shouldn’t Exist: Their Bagmen
As a rule I hate billionaires. Like AOC and Bernie says, I believe they “should not exist.” But like flies and mosquitos I guess they have their place. On second thought, we definitely could live without billionaires, though professional sports would look very different. I also question the existence of certain people who do billionaires’… Read more
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Bob Dylan and Catfish Hunter
In my 65-year life, two of the most important things to me have been rock music and baseball. Drilling down, one of my all-time favorite rockers was Bob Dylan, and my favorite baseball team is the Oakland Athletics. And I have a prominent place in my heart for the early electric Dylan and the early… Read more
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