That day, the Phillies have set up a Zoom call with Bo Bichette, the first B in MLB's current ice jam. This teleconference could answer an ancient Internet question: Can a blowjob be successfully delivered through Zoom? The Phillies will try. And the notion of them sweet-talking Bichette - the Jays infield linchpin - should rouse the fruited circuitry of Edwin S. Rogers III, the nepo head of Rogers Communications and Canadian Chamber of Commerce 2025 Business Leader of the Year - (I'm not making this up) - who owns 98 percent of the zillion dollar media goliath that runs not just the Blue Jays, but a large chunk of Canada, Trump's would-be 51st state, which seems a bit ornery lately over how it's been treated by its southern neighbor.
However Philly courts Bichette, and whatever they offer, their presence will drop a grenade into the bidding war for one Cody Bellinger - the second B in our gridlock. This will tweak the wires of "Food Stamps" Hal Steinbrenner and Mets owner Stevie Cohen - Juan Soto's skybox lover - who has done nothing this winter but let popular "Amazins" walk out the door. One of these days, Mt. Cohen will erupt, blowing plumes of money across the landscape. It's hard to imagine him sitting this out.
Any movement on Bellinger will instantly rouse the Cubs, Redsocks and the mythical "mystery team" - (San Diego? Texas? Seattle?) - that always haunts free agent bidding wars. The Dodgers might also join the chat. Boston would seem most locked on Alex Bregman - the third B - while the Cubs hone in on Kyle Tucker, (the honorary 4th B.)
Close your eyes, and nine teams could be chasing four free agents, which is why Scott Boras feels no urgency to make a deal. Considering the looming 2027 labor crisis, which could shut down baseball for much of the season, this could be the last blowout contract negotiations of this decade.
Tick, tick, tick...
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i think the answer to "How badly do the Yankees want this?" is clear at this point.
Not badly at all. In fact, not at all even without a badly. They don't care. We're learning not to care, and some of us have already learned.
Hal doesn't care at all. Not a whit. And Boone is a half-whit.
As with all things Yankee, watch what they do, not what they say. Their dumpster diving and general inaction this winter speaks volumes.
Watch what they do and do NOT do. Where is Hal right now? RIGHT NOW? Where is Brian?
If you think Trump has ill treated Canada, just wait 'til all hell breaks loose in Mexico. Trump is threatening to take matters into his own hands against the drug cartels in Mexico. We'd be foolish not to take him seriously.
Great article on yahoo today, via The Huffington Post, about the Trump effect, comparing our present predicament to the infamous novel "Lord of the Flies". https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/trump-hurled-2-word-insult-131703606.html (It's not the crazy leader who is dangerous, it's actually our "collective moral drift".) Supposedly, Trump told a woman to be "Quiet, Piggy". I missed that one, but there've been plenty other similar unhinged sayings by our commander-in-chief.
As Jesus taught, it's not what goes into a man's mouth that makes him unclean, but what comes out of it. Looks like many so-called Christians who support Trump missed that teaching. Trump is starting to look more and more like the Anti-Christ that Nostradamus warned about.
BiTTY....?
Hal and Pal are in my backyard right now doing something we all call "winter weeding". That's where fresh, young plants - already in shock over the sudden drop to freezing temperatures are torn up out of the earth and tossed into bins for later composting/mulching.
Neighborhood kids love it, because as 11 year old neighbor Billy is fond of yelling out, "You can almost hear them screaming!"
Oh, and for what it's worth, Hal and Pal look absolutely darling in their matching floral, Gardening Lined Bib Overalls by Duluth
(Although Hal does appear a bit steamed over the fact that BC refuses to wear a knitted Number 2 Yankees ski cap over his frosty, frigid dome.)
Yankee management is really putting on a master class on how to use the media for public relations. Now they're saying the Yankees are in on Bo Bichette because Bellinger is asking too much. Really? Bo Bichette would probably cost even more, no? Hey, if we're going to give away crazy money, might as do it for the younger player. So if we get Bichette, I'm all right with it. But, methinks this whole thing is nothing but a media dust storm that Cashman ordered up.
Hammer, it's not cost...it's years...they are asking for 7 years, I believe that we offered 5 years...
Brilliant Secret Agent Man parody, Bitty. I used to love McGoohan in that, and also "The Scarecrow of Romney Marsh."
So if the Yankees really wanted Bellinger, they would offer more bucks per year, and go to six years. But they don't.
If they really wanted Bo Bichette, they would have made him a serious offer. But they don't.
If they really wanted a pitching staff next year, they would have sign Imai and at least kept Luke Weave. But they don't.
If Hal Steinbrenner really gave a damn about the game of baseball and the Yankees' fans, he would now be doing everything in his power to insist that his fellow owners reach a reasonable settlement on the next basic agreement.
But he won't.
I think he is more concerned about the impending lockout and how the ceiling will look after than...
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