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Line Score - Game Over 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB KC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 6 0 7 SEA 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 2 6 11 2 6 Box Score SEA AB R H RBI BB SO BA 2B Rojas, J 4 0 1 0 0 1 .343 CF Rodríguez, J 4 1 1 0 0 1 .255 2B Polanco 2 1 1 0 1 1 .192 3B Urías, L 1 0 0 0 0 1 .172 C Raleigh 4 1 2 1 0 0 .224 RF Haniger 4 0 0 0 0 1 .197 LF Raley, L 4 2 3 3 0 1 .266 DH Garver 4 0 0 0 0 3 .174 1B France, T 4 1 2 2 0 1 .243 SS Moore, D 4 0 1 0 0 0 .223 SEA IP H R ER BB SO P-S ERA Kirby 7.0 3 0 0 0 6 101-68 3.58 Stanek 0.2 3 2 2 0 1 15-12 4.73 Muñoz, A 1.1 0 0 0 0 3 17-11 1.62 KC AB R H RBI BB SO BA 3B Garcia, M 4 0 1 0 0 1 .238 SS Witt Jr. 4 1 1 0 0 0 .304 1B Pasquantino 3 1 1 0 0 1 .250 C Perez, S 3 0 0 0 0 1 .322 2B Massey 4 0 1 2 0 2 .247 RF Velázquez 4 0 1 0 0 1 .226 LF Melendez 4 0 0 0 0 1 .187 DH Frazier 4 0 0 0 0 2 .179 CF Blanco 3 0 1 0 0 1 .293 KC IP H R ER BB SO P-S ERA Singer 5.0 9 4 4 1 6 108-69 2.84 Duffey 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 11-9 3.52 Zerpa 1.0 0 0 0 0 2 16-9 1.59 Stratton, C 1.0 2 2 2 0 1 22-14 5.60 Scoring Plays Inning Event Score B2 Luke Raley homers (2) on a fly ball to center field. Cal Raleigh scores. 2-0 B3 Cal Raleigh singles on a sharp fly ball to center fielder Dairon Blanco. Julio Rodríguez scores. Jorge Polanco to 2nd. 3-0 B3 Luke Raley singles on a ground ball to right fielder Nelson Velázquez. Jorge Polanco scores. Cal Raleigh to 2nd. 4-0 T8 Michael Massey doubles (4) on a line drive to center fielder Julio Rodríguez. Bobby Witt Jr. scores. Vinnie Pasquantino scores. 4-2 B8 Ty France homers (3) on a fly ball to left field. Luke Raley scores. 6-2 Highlights Description Length George Kirby against the Royals 0:07 Brady Singer against the Mariners 0:09 Bullpen availability for Seattle, May 13 vs Royals 0:07 Bullpen availability for Kansas City, May 13 vs Mariners 0:07 Bench availability for Seattle, May 13 vs Royals 0:07 Fielding alignment for Seattle, May 13 vs Royals 0:11 Bench availability for Kansas City, May 13 vs Mariners 0:07 Fielding alignment for Kansas City, May 13 vs Mariners 0:11 Starting lineups for Royals at Mariners - May 13, 2024 0:09 Luke Raley: Home Run Statcast Analysis 0:10 Breaking down Brady Singer's pitches 0:04 Brady Singer's outing against the Mariners 0:20 Breaking down George Kirby's pitches 0:04 George Kirby's outing against the Royals 0:25 Visualizing Ty France's swing using bat tracking technology 0:11 Ty France: Home Run Statcast Analysis 0:13 George Kirby K's Michael Massey 0:06 Brady Singer K's Jorge Polanco 0:06 Fan catches two foul balls 0:42 Luke Raley's two-run homer (2) 0:23 Cal Raleigh's RBI single 0:26 Luke Raley's RBI single 0:20 Jorge Polanco nabs Dairon Blanco after review 0:45 Brady Singer K's six 1:28 Maikel Garcia nabs Ty France after review 0:59 George Kirby K's six 1:37 Michael Massey's two-run double 0:26 Ty France's two-run homer (3) 0:23 Dairon Blanco strikes out swinging. 0:05 Decisions Winning Pitcher Losing Pitcher Save Kirby (4-3, 3.58 ERA) Singer (3-2, 2.84 ERA) Muñoz, A (6 SV, 1.62 ERA) Attendance Weather Wind 61°F, Cloudy 1 mph, Calm HP 1B 2B 3B Sean Barber Edwin Jimenez Jim Wolf Ryan Blakney

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On August 18, 2015 the Boston Red Sox hired the late General Manager of the Detroit Tigers, Dave Dombrowski, to run the team, replacing Ben Cherrington. The development focused Cherrington had failed to follow up the Red Sox miracle 2013 season with even winning records in the two years since, though the farm system ranked among the very best in baseball and a wave of prospects had just hit the majors (among them, Xander Bogaerts, Jackie Bradley Jr., Mookie Betts, and Blake Swihart). Thus, the swapping of Cherington for Dombrowski was rightly interpreted as the Red Sox moving to a more assertive phase, to win now even at the expense of the player development system.

Ironically Dombrowski had been fired by the Tigers because of his belief that the organization’s competitive window had closed and that the team needed to rebuild; the Tigers gave the job to his former assistant who got one more winning season out of their aging core before the inevitabilities became insurmountable. By that time the Red Sox were in the midst of their second straight division crown of three, which climaxed with the single greatest season in franchise history. This is how Dombrowski built that team, as well as the fiscal panic that cost the Red Sox the greatest all around player in franchise history following it:

~2015~

November 13, 2015: Traded Logan Allen, Carlos Asuaje, Javy Guerra and Manuel Margot to the San Diego Padres. Received Craig Kimbrel.

The first major transaction of the Dave Dombrowski era set the pace for the next four years; trading four prospects for a relief pitcher constitutes the classic win-now move. In this case the Red Sox won the deal in both the long and short terms, as only Manuel Margot developed in regular at the major league level, and that at a position where the Red Sox were not in need (center field). Meanwhile Craig Kimbrel made the all-star team in each of his three seasons in Boston, the second of which was one of the greatest relief performances in the game’s history.

December 4, 2015: Signed David Price as a free agent, 217 million dollars over seven years.

At once the most maligned and most underrated move of the Dombrowski era as well as being the biggest, the David Price signing saw the Red Sox for the first time handout a nine figure contract to a free agent pitcher. This was all the more dramatic as they had alienated and traded away their own homegrown southpaw ace (Jon Lester) less than eighteen months before. This was also the first time with the Red Sox that Dave Dombrowski acquired a player he was he previously familiar with, perhaps slightly overpaying for that familiarity. Did we mention that this was largest contract ever given to a pitcher at time, too?

Price had a solid first season in Boston, leading the league in innings pitched with 230 and striking out nearly a man per inning. Nonetheless the first three years of his tenure were marked with mutual hostility towards the ever-ravenous Boston sports media, only alleviated after his fantastic 2018 postseason run. Aging and injuries limited both the quantity and quality of his performance in 2017 and 2019; this trend as well as his 31 million annum salary contributed to owner John Henry’s decision to offload Price even at the cost of Mookie Betts. If only for that last reason alone the David Price signing is one the Red Sox would likely not repeat in hindsight.

December 7, 2015: Traded Jonathan Aro and Wade Miley to the Seattle Mariners. Received Roenis Elías and Carson Smith.

The first of many times Dombrowski would be burned in pursuit of bullpen arms, this deal with Seattle comes down to Wade Miley for Carson Smith. Miley had been signed as a reclamation project by Cherrington before 2015 in the hopes that Miley could serve as a solid mid-rotation option, which he more or less fulfilled with just short of 200 league average innings. Smith on the other hand was coming off his first full season in the majors where he gave the Mariners seventy brilliant innings of high leverage relief pitching (2.31 ERA, 11.8 K/9, and only two home runs allowed).

In a twist of fate, this trade hurt both teams as Smith immediately got injured and only pitched 24 innings in the rest of his career while Miley bombed in Seattle en route to a midseason jettisoning. Yet he rebounded with Baltimore in 2017 and remains an effective if oft-injured starting pitcher to this day, currently with the Milwaukee Brewers.

~2016~

June 10, 2016: Drafted Bobby Dalbec in the 4th round of the 2016 amateur draft.

The once and future Red Sox, Quad A superstar Bobby Dalbec!

July 7, 2016: Traded Wendell Rijo and Aaron Wilkerson to the Milwaukee Brewers. Received Aaron Hill and cash.

With Pablo Sandoval well into his career of eating his way out of Boston, the Red Sox carried a gaping hole at third base from August 2012 to July 2017. One of the short term attempts at a fix featured the acquisition of infielder Aaron Hill, hoping that he and Travis Shaw could platoon for the rest of the 2016 season. The thirty four year old Hill had been decent in Milwaukee in the first half after two bad seasons, but he reverted to that form as soon as he put on a Red Sox uniform, posting a 54 OPS+ in 137 plate appearances. After another terrible eighty plate appearances for the Giants in 2017 Hill was done. On the bright side, the two players Dombrowski gave up for him never amounted to anything.

July 9, 2016: Traded Jose Almonte and Luis Alejandro Basabe to the Arizona Diamondbacks. Received Brad Ziegler.

Ziegler was an accomplished submarine righty who the Red Sox acquired for basically free to get same-sided batters out, a role which he fulfilled to perfection (1.52 ERA in 30 innings). Another clearly won trade for DD.

July 14, 2016: Traded Anderson Espinoza to the San Diego Padres. Received Drew Pomeranz.

At the time, Anderson Espinoza was a teenager in Single A while Drew Pomeranz had appeared to finally unlock his long-salivated over potential with an all-star appearance. Ideally the Padres were hoping Espinoza could eventually develop to that same quality while the Red Sox expected Pomeranz to fill the fourth spot in the rotation. Neither team got what they wanted, at least in 2016 or for most of thereafter; Espinoza immediately went down with a major arm injury which kept him from pitching professionally for five years. Pomeranz himself reverted to his pre-breakout level for the rest of the season, bounced back with a big 2017 (17-6, 3.32 ERA, a strikeout per inning across 174 frames) and then finally was the forgotten man on the 2018 pitching staff due to injuries and ineffectiveness (6.08 ERA in 74 innings, 66 strikeouts to 44 walks). At this point the thirty year old southpaw looked like the quintessential example of TNSTAAPP (There’s No Such Thing As A Pitching Prospect), another electric arm who would never match his potential due to injuries and command woes. Anyways, Pomeranz then seemed to resuscitate his career out of the bullpen for the 2019 Brewers and 2020-21 Padres with a sub-2 ERA across 70 innings in those three seasons…before injuries again struck. Though he has not pitched in the majors in three years he remains in the Dodgers minor league system, currently (where else) on the injured list.

December 6, 2016: Traded Victor Diaz, Luis Alexander Basabe, Michael Kopech and Yoán Moncada to the Chicago White Sox. Received Chris Sale.

It’s easy to forget now, but Moncada was not only a can’t miss prospect but one of the three best in all of baseball at the time, and Kopech was another Top 100 type. I’ve covered Kopech in my previous article on Red Sox pitching prospect busts but Moncada’s own failure to reach his ceiling was due more to injuries and a passive approach at the plate. Thus far into his career, Moncada has had two good seasons out of seven and played in at least 130 games in only three. With a strikeout rate of thirty percent, a declining walk rate, little power and less defense, he’s become a fourteen million dollar albatross even when on the field for the White Sox.

Sale, of course, had two Cy Young Award worthy campaigns before injuries and an ill-advised extension soured his final five seasons as a Red Sox. That extension will be discussed further when we come to it, but the trade on its own was inarguably a major victory.

Traded a player to be named later, Josh Pennington, Mauricio Dubón and Travis Shaw to the Milwaukee Brewers. Received Tyler Thornburg. The Boston Red Sox sent Yeison Coca (June 5, 2017) to the Milwaukee Brewers to complete the trade.

Yet another ill-fated trade for a relief pitcher, this time costing the Red Sox heavily in terms of value lost; Shaw went to become an all-star power bat at second and third base for the next two seasons in Milwaukee before his career petered out. Thornburg on the other hand contracted thoracic outlet syndrome from which he never recovered. Even if he had pitched well, the Red Sox could have used Shaw more than any setup man due to Dustin Pedroia’s career ending knee injury.

December 8, 2016: Signed Mitch Moreland as a free agent.

Mitch Moreland was a decent first baseman, but could Dave really not find someone better to play first over the next three years? Even if they cost more than $18.5 million?

December 20, 2016: Traded Clay Buchholz to the Philadelphia Phillies. Received Josh Tobias.

This was more of a psychic relief to Red Sox Nation than anything else, finally alleviating them of the constant confusion over which Bucholz would show up on the mound—the oft-injured and easy to hit version, or the dominating ace? Fittingly Clay’s last three seasons in the majors featured two horrid starts for Philly, sixteen dominating starts in Arizona, and then finally split the difference with a final dozen poor performances as a Blue Jay.

~2017~

June 12, 2017: Drafted Tanner Houck in the 1st round (24th pick) of the 2017 amateur draft.

Houck’s selection constitutes one-third of the total number of draft picks by Dombrowski that made which helped the Red Sox at the major league level (the other two being fourteenth round pick Kutter Crawford in 2016 and fellow first rounder Triston Casas in 2018); inability to find even depth pieces in the draft left the Red Sox farm system utterly void of impact talent by 2018.

June 23, 2017: Selected Doug Fister off waivers from the Los Angeles Angels.

As alluded to in my previous article, veteran GMs tend to reacquire players they were familiar with from previous stops. Fister had been an excellent fourth starter for the Tigers early in the 2010s but by 2017 the end was clearly staring him in the face; a 4.88 ERA in eighteen appearances (fifteen starts) just underlined this inevitable and unenviable conclusion.

July 26, 2017: Traded Shaun Anderson and Gregory Santos to the San Francisco Giants. Received Eduardo Núñez.

Nunez was the short-term solution to Pedroia’s knee injury. He turned out to be the medium-term solution too, as the degenerate condition of the incumbent’s affliction led DD to resign Nunez that winter. While fantastic down the stretch in 2017 this was a stretch of the infielder’s capabilities; Nunez suffered his own knee injuries and posted a remarkable -2.3 WAR as Boston’s primary keystone occupant over the 2018 and 2019 seasons.

July 31, 2017: Traded Gerson Bautista, Jamie Callahan and Stephen Nogosek to the New York Mets. Received Addison Reed.

Another deadline, another deal to reinforce the bullpen. Reed was inconsistent for the Red Sox during his two month stay, which turned out to be the penultimate chapter for his career—a poor 2018 in Minnesota marked the end of his major league career, an astonishingly quick demise even for a reliever.

~2018~

February 26, 2018: Signed J.D. Martinez as a free agent, five years and 110 million dollars.

The best free agent signing of the Dombrowski era, JD provided the power bat the Red Sox sorely lacked after Big Papi’s retirement. In his first and best season in Boston Martinez led the majors in both runs batted in and total bases, placed third in MVP voting, and earned Silver Sluggers at two different positions! He declined linearly from there, but remains a productive member of any team’s lineup to this day; he has spent the last two seasons as the Dodgers and now Mets’ DH, attempting to compensate for declining bat speed by sacrificing contact for power.

March 4, 2018: Signed Ryan Brasier as a free agent.

The quality of Brasier’s pitching is inversely proportional to the quality of the expectations laid upon him. Thus he alternates excellent if limited seasons with ostensibly healthier but more erratic contributions.

March 24, 2018: Traded Deven Marrero to the Arizona Diamondbacks. Received a player to be named later. The Arizona Diamondbacks sent Josh Taylor (May 15, 2018) to the Boston Red Sox to complete the trade.

Deven Marrero was the prototypical good-field/no-hit infielder. Taylor is yet another oft-injured reliever, though he at least gave the Red Sox two solid seasons as the primary southpaw in 2019 and 2021. After missing all of 2022, he was traded to the Royals for Adalberto Mondesi and a teenage infielder named Angel Pierre; while Mondesi knee injuries seem to have ended his career Pierre posted a .415 OBP in rookie ball last year. Keep an eye and ear out for him as he climbs through the minor league ranks.

June 4, 2018: Drafted Triston Casas in the 1st round (26th pick) of the 2018 amateur draft.

Get well soon. There’s only so much Bobby Dalbec a fan can take.

June 28, 2018: Traded Santiago Espinal to the Toronto Blue Jays. Received Steve Pearce and cash.

Moreland had never and would never hit southpaws, but it took until the middle of his second season in Boston for the Red Sox to provide him with a platoon partner. When they finally did so at least they chose one of the very best platoon players in the major leagues in Steve Pearce; Pearce of course would win the World Series MVP that should have gone to Price later that year.

July 25, 2018: Traded Jalen Beeks to the Tampa Bay Rays. Received Nathan Eovaldi.

Even had he not resigned with the team during the offseason, Eovaldi would have earned his place in Red Sox lore for his heroic six inning relief appearance in the World Series. We’ll discuss the extension later, but also note that Beeks is perhaps the only pitcher who the Rays failed to turn into a Cy Young contender. What’s the opposite of adding insult to injury?

July 30, 2018: Traded Ty Buttrey and Williams Jerez to the Los Angeles Angels. Received Ian Kinsler and cash.

With Nunez playing well below replacement level, the Red Sox needed a replacement for the replacement. Kinsler in his penultimate season at least provided a solid glove; just in case the Red Sox also picked up Brandon Phillips.

November 16, 2018: Signed Steve Pearce as a free agent. AND, December 6, 2018: Signed Nathan Eovaldi as a free agent.

These were covertly two of the worst transactions of the Dave Dombrowski era. Refusing to say goodbye to midseason rentals is risky enough, but the amount of money given to Pearce and Eovaldi also baffled reasonable explanations; a thirty-six-year-old platoon hitter at first base is replaceable enough, even when he’s not the weak side of the arrangement. Had Pearce played well and been healthy in 2019, perhaps the six and quarter million would have seemed mostly worth it; instead, he “hit” .180 in twenty nine games before retiring.

Meanwhile, Eovaldi’s lengthy injury history made it a minor miracle that he was healthy enough for the Red Sox during his three months in Boston—bringing him back for four years and sixty-eight million dollars can only be explained as a sentimental move, an excessive reward for that World Series performance. As could have been reasonably expected in December 2018, Nitro Nate only proved worthy of that contract in one out of four seasons; in the other three he was either injured for most of the season, ineffective, or both.

~2019~

March 23, 2019: Extended Chris Sale for five years, 145 million dollars.

It wasn’t the David Price contract that caused the fiscal panic that cost the Red Sox their best player since at least Carl Yastrzemski, not really. The Red Sox could have eaten that sunken cost, had it been the sole albatross on their pitching staff. But, of course, it was only one of three unnecessary contracts that Dave Dombrowski issued to injury-prone starting pitchers on the wrong side of thirty. Sale had already shown long term red flags in 2018, which argued for letting him play out his walk year in 2019 before possibly ponying up the cash to keep him. After all, the Red Sox also had to extend Xander Bogaerts as well as the inestimable Betts; those two would cost at least sixty million a year to retain. Since they were coming off the most dominant single season in franchise history, perhaps now was the best time to let go some of the chief contributors, before the Red Sox tricked themselves into trying to recapture lightning in a bottle…Well, you know what happened in reality.

Between them, Eovaldi, Sale, and Price cost the Red Sox $52 million in 2019 alone, then $67 million in 2020; accounting for other contracts (JBJ’s arbitration rang up $11 million, Bogey was extended for $20 million, and JD was on the books for about $24 million) that was at least $122 million dollars already assigned to six players entering 2020. Assuming a payroll of effectively $200 million, this would have left about thirty million to spend on the other twenty-odd players required to field a team after giving Mookie his presumed megadeal. Turning back to 2019, just like with the Tigers in 2015, Dave couldn’t even make his customary July trade for pitching; the acquisition of Andrew Cashner from the Orioles felt like a low-budget parody of his previous deadline splashes, which of course it was.

There’s the real reason Dave Dombrowski was fired—just as in Detroit his full throttle commitment to a win-now mandate from ownership eventually led to a top-heavy roster and barren farm system. Have fun while you can, Phillies Phans.

Final Note/Small Self Promotion I forget to add: You could have read this post ten days earlier if you follow my blog

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See: https://ultimatecitizens.com/

I attended a screening of Ultimate Citizens on Sunday, which included the director and the man subjects of the film, Jamshid Khajavi (teacher, coach, and counselor) and two students from the Ultimate team at Hazel Wolf Elementary.

I live in less than a mile from the school in Seattle, and Greenlake where they practice in the film. My sons also play Ultimate, so I have a local perspective.

I'm not going to comment too much on the major topics of the documentary, which are about the immigrant experience, getting by as refugees in America, and issues in the family. Nor in particular about the coach who has his own immigrant story and an interesting background in long distance endurance events, such as swimming the Straits of Gibraltar, etc.

I think I want to ask the question: Is this a film about Ultimate and how so?

Coach Jamshid explains before he knew Ultimate he thought Soccer was the best sport in the world.

The reasons that Ultimate is uniquely regarded are presented as: 1) It brings boys and girls together on the same team and forces them to work together. In 5th grade girls are often taller and have advantage over boys. 2) It requires that players know the rules themselves and can settle disputes themselves. Rather than get angry and argue with a referee, decisions need to be made by both sides.

Since most the kids presented on this team have both parents working, they are only able to practice during lunch and after school. The coach offers to drive the kids home, and he considers it part of his duty to support the program.

The kids don't play in leagues or do games on weekends, mostly because (again) parents are busy working and transportation is hard. But they often play each other.

Coach Jamshid does make a bid for the weekend "biggest in the world" youth ultimate tournament, Spring Reign, and the team is accepted. (Not all teams are accepted due to space limitations.)

Since many in the audience likely didn't know the rules of Ultimate, the director presented just two rules: 1) How to score: By catching the disc in the end zone. 2) There are no referees, thus disputes are settled by both teams. I'm not sure more really needed to be explained, but I think the audience laughed about how short the list was. (Maybe mention, once you catch the disc you can't run with it?)

The movie goes briefly into the tournament bracket and how the Hazel Wolf team (spoiler) took first place. Though, since they were said to practice every day, sometimes twice a day, it wasn't too much of a surprise. Most youth teams in elementary school practice and play only 2 hours a week.

What are my thoughts? This is a great movie to sell Ultimate to parents, and I hope it encourages the development of the sport at more schools. It really highlighted how Ultimate brings people together, how it teaches children to make decisions, cooperate, grow by themselves, and for the most part keeps adults off the field.

The rest of it was touching and it was great to see Seattle on the screen, especially places my kids go all the time.

Other things to mention:

The film was shot 2014-2017–so the movie took about 10 years to finish. (That seemed excessive but I hear not uncommon for documentary movie makers to take a long time to finish and release.)

Hazel Wolf elementary is now a STEM/magnet school. At the time of shooting, Hazel Wolf's new school building was being built, so the students were located at John Marshal "Alternative" High. (Since then I don't know if Hazel Wolf still has a large under-served/minority student body or not.)

Since ~2020, a separate event Spring Jam has spun off of Spring Reign, which is just for elementary school students.

The screening of Ultimate Citizens was preceded by a short documentary about Quiddich in Uganda, which was humorous and touching in a similar way.

Ultimate is still a non-traditional sport but documentaries like this show that it has its place over youth favorites like soccer and baseball.

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It's mid-May, and I know that we've still got the final of the 2024 Concacaf Champions Cup upcoming, but let's take another (way too early) look at the qualification for the 2025 Concacaf Champions Cup.

Some notes on conventions:

• I use trigrams for clubs on first reference, even when we all know who we're talking about.
• I'm assuming the rules for qualification in 2025 will be the same as in 2024.
• If you see the term "named berth", this means any berth that is not simply given to the next best club in the standings that isn't already qualified.
• Bold indicates a club qualified for Champions Cup; italics indicates a club qualified for one of the regional competitions (Central America Cup, Caribbean Cup.)

COMPETITIONS THAT HAVE STARTED LigaMX Qualification Rules

• Six clubs qualify for Champions Cup through LigaMX.
• Both the 2023 Apertura and 2024 Clausura champions qualify; of these two clubs, the one with the most points between the two tournaments qualifies directly to the Round of 16. The other qualifies for the First Round.
  • Note that if either champion wins Leagues Cup, then both champions qualify for the Round of 16.
• Both the 2023 Apertura and 2024 Clausura runners-up qualify for the First Round.
• In addition, the two clubs with the most points between the two tournaments, not already qualified, will qualify for the First Round.
  • If any club qualifies through two or more named berths, then an additional club will qualify through points for each excess named berth so held.

Results

• América [MEX] won the 2023 Apertura tournament, defeating Tigres [MEX] in the final, 4-1 on aggregate. Both clubs are qualified.
• Note that after the conclusion of the 2024 Clausura regular season, América is on top of the aggregate table. Since they must end up the champion with the best record, they'll be receiving the bye into the Round of 16.
• Monterrey [MEX] and Chivas [MEX] were the next two best clubs in the aggregate table, so they're guaranteed a berth in the First Round.
• The semifinals of the Liguilla are set, with both finalists earning a berth.
  • América plays Chivas in one semifinal; as they've both earned a berth already, this assures Pumas [MEX] will be in the 2025 Champions Cup.
  • The other semifinal sees Monterrey play Cruz Azul [MEX]; should Monterrey advance, this would qualify Toluca [MEX].

Major League Soccer Qualification Rules

• Five clubs qualify for Champions Cup through MLS.
• The 2024 MLS Cup champion qualifies directly to the Round of 16.
  • Note that if the MLS Cup champion also wins Leagues Cup, the MLS Cup runner-up qualifies directly to the Round of 16.
• Both regular season conference champions qualify for the First Round.
• In addition, the two clubs with the most points in the regular season, not already qualified, shall qualify for the First Round.
  • If a club qualifies for Champions Cup through two or more named berths (other than Open Cup champion or Canadian Championship winner), then an additional club with the most points in the regular season, not already qualified, shall qualify for the First Round.
  • Note that ties for points are broken by goal difference and then goals scored for the purposes of Champions Cup. Wins, which is the tiebreaker for the MLS Cup playoffs, is not used by Concacaf.
• Note that these berths are not country-locked; this is a relatively new policy starting with qualification for the 2024 tournament.

Canadian Premier League Qualification Rules

• Two clubs qualify for Champions Cup through the CPL.
• The 2024 CPL champion qualifies for the First Round.
• The 2024 CPL shield winner qualifies for the First Round.
• Should a club win both named berths, the second-place club in the table will take a berth instead.

Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup Qualification Rules

• One club qualifies for Champions Cup through the Open Cup.
• This berth goes to the club that wins the Open Cup.
  • Should the Open Cup champion already qualify for Champions Cup by other means, the Open Cup runner-up qualifies for Champions Cup.
  • If both the Open Cup champion and runner-up qualify for Champions Cup by other means, then this berth reverts to the club with the most points in the 2024 MLS season, not already qualified.
  • Concacaf reserves the right to accept or reject this berth; I suspect that if one of the remaining MLS reserve clubs wins MLS Cup, their senior club will advance to Champions Cup in their stead.

Canadian Championship Qualification Rules

• One club qualifies for Champions Cup through the Canadian Championship.
• This berth goes to the club that wins the Canadian Championship.
  • Should the Canadian Championship winner already qualify for Champions Cup by other means, the Canadian Championship runner-up qualifies for Champions Cup.
  • If both the Canadian Championship winner and runner-up qualify for Champions Cup by other means, then this berth goes to the Canadian Championship semifinalist with the most points in their respective league, not already qualified.

COMPETITIONS YET TO START Caribbean Cup Qualification Rules

• Three clubs qualify for Champions Cup through the Caribbean Cup.
• The champion of Caribbean Cup qualifies directly to the Round of 16.
• The runner-up and third place club qualify for the First Round.

Seeding

• Eight berths are reserved for clubs from Dominican Republic, Haiti, Jamaica, and Trinidad and Tobago (two clubs each.)
• Two berths are awarded to the winner and runner-up of the Caribbean Shield, which contains the champions of all other nations in the Caribbean, as well as the next best clubs in the fully-professional countries.

Dominican Republic

• The 2023 champions, Cibao FC [DOM], and 2023 runner-up, Moca FC [DOM], qualify.

Haiti

• The two championship group winners will qualify.
• The groups are as follows:
  • Group A: Cavaly [HAI], Real Hope [HAI], Tempete [HAI]
  • Group B: América des Cayes [HAI], Baltimore [HAI], Ouanaminthe [HAI]

Jamaica

• The two finalists, Cavalier [JAM] and Mount Pleasant [JAM], qualify.

Trinidad and Tobago

• The top two finishers will qualify.
  • Note that Port of Spain [TRI] will be one of the two; the other will be either Police [TRI] or Defence Force [TRI].

Central American Cup Qualification Rules

• Six clubs qualify for Champions Cup through the Central American Cup.
• The champion of Central American Cup qualifies directly to the Round of 16.
• The three remaining semifinalists all qualify for the First Round.
• In addition, two play-in winners (amongst losing quarterfinalists) qualify for the First Round.

Seeding

• Each of the seven Central American nations are awarded berths in the Central American Cup as follows:
  • Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Panama - 3 berths each
  • Nicaragua - 2 berths
  • Belize - 1 berth
• In addition, two berths are to be awarded based on sporting merit from last year's competition. Precedent dictates that they go to the countries of the two finalists in last year's Central American Cup (which is what they did for last year's tournament - using the 2022 Concacaf League as the basis). This would mean Costa Rica would get a fourth berth and Nicaragua would get a third berth.
• All countries with multiple berths issue their first two berths to the clubs that win each of their biennial tournaments; any additional berths go to the combined table.
  • Usually this is Apertura and Clausura, in that order; Panama does a calendar year schedule, so they run Clausura and then the following Apertura.

Costa Rica

• Costa Rica receives four berths.
• Saprissa [CRC] won the 2023 Apertura tournament, so they're guaranteed a berth.
• Herediano [CRC] and Alajuelense [CRC] are guaranteed to be, at worst, the two best clubs that are not champions.
• The 2024 Clausura semifinals are set and all three of the above clubs are qualified. The fourth berth will either go to San Carlos [CRC] if they win the league, or Guanacasteca [CRC] if they don't.

El Salvador

• El Salvador receives three berths.
• Águila [SLV] won the 2023 Apertura tournament, so they're guaranteed a berth.
• Luis Ángel Firpo [SLV] was the best club that isn't a champion, so they're in too.
• The 2024 Clausura semifinals are set; none of the above clubs are involved, so the last berth goes to the winner.
  • The matchups are:
    • Alianza [SLV] v FAS [SLV]
    • Municipal Limeño [SLV] v Isidro Metapán [SLV]

Guatemala

• Guatemala receives three berths.
• Comunicaciones [GUA] won the 2023 Apertura tournament, so they're guaranteed a berth.
• Municipal [GUA] was the best club in the combined table - by goal difference - so they will advance.
• The 2024 Clausura final is set; the last berth will go to either Mixco [GUA] if they win, or to Antigua GFC [GUA] if Municipal wins.

Honduras

• Honduras receives three berths.
• Olimpia [HON] won the 2023 Apertura tournament, so they're guaranteed a berth.
• Marathón [HON] was the next best club in the combined table, so they're safely in.
• Olimpia and Marathón will face each other in the 2024 Clausura final; this ensures that Motagua [HON] will qualify.

Nicaragua

• Nicaragua receives three berths.
• Diriangén [NCA] won the 2023 Apertura tournament, so they're guaranteed a berth.
• Real Estelí [NCA] was the next best club in the combined table, so they're safely in.
• Diriangén and Real Estelí will face each other in the 2024 Clausura final; this ensures that Managua [NCA] will qualify.

Panama

• Panama receives three berths.
• Independiente [PAN] won the 2023 Clausura tournament, so they're guaranteed a berth.
• Tauro [PAN] was the next best club in the combined table, so they're safely in.
• The 2024 Apertura semifinals are set, with the matchups being:
  • San Francisco [PAN] v Tauro [PAN]
  • Costa del Este [PAN] v Plaza Amador [PAN]
• If Tauro wins Apertura, San Francisco gets the last berth; otherwise it's whoever wins the tournament. (Yes, San Francisco has a double chance here, so to speak.)

Belize

• Belize receives one berth.
• Since there's only one berth to be given out, it goes to the tournament champion that finished higher in the combined table.
• Altitude [BLZ] won the Opening tournament, but unfortunately for them, finished lower in the combined table than either of the Closing tournament finalists.
• Therefore, the winner of the Closing final between Verdes [BLZ] and Port Layola [BLZ] qualifies for the Central American Cup.

Leagues Cup Qualification Rules

• Three clubs qualify for Champions Cup through the Leagues Cup.
• The 2024 Leagues Cup champion qualifies directly to the Round of 16.
• The runner-up and third place club qualifies for the First Round.

Seeding

• América [MEX] and Columbus [USA] have been given byes to the knockout stage.
• The rest of the clubs in both LigaMX and MLS are placed in groups of three, and those groups are:
  • Monterrey [MEX], Pumas [MEX], and Austin FC [USA]
  • Cincinnati [USA], NYCFC [USA], and Querétaro [MEX]
  • Orlando [USA], Atlético San Luis [MEX], and CF Montréal [CAN]
  • Chivas [MEX], San Jose [USA], and LA Galaxy [USA]
  • St. Louis [USA], Dallas [USA], and Juárez [MEX]
  • Tigres [MEX], Puebla [MEX], and Inter Miami [USA]
  • Philadelphia [USA], Charlotte [USA], and Cruz Azul [MEX]
  • New England [USA], Nashville [USA], and Mazatlán [MEX]
  • Toluca [MEX], Sporting KC [USA], and Chicago [USA]
  • León [MEX], Portland [USA], and Colorado [USA]
  • Seattle [USA], Minnesota [USA], and Necaxa [MEX]
  • Pachuca [MEX], NY Red Bulls [USA], and Toronto [CAN]
  • Los Angeles FC [USA], Vancouver [CAN], and Tijuana [MEX]
  • Houston [USA], Real Salt Lake [USA], and Atlas [MEX]
  • Atlanta [USA], Santos Laguna [MEX], and DC United [USA]

The probable next update will be after June 6, when the Central American Cup and Caribbean Cup draw will be held. By that point, LigaMX will also be finished; we'll have the quarterfinals of the Canadian Championship and the Round of 16 of the US Open Cup in the books.

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TLDR: The Atlanta Braves baseball team is the only publicly traded baseball team. DFV just posted a picture that was already tweeted by Gamestop, difference being he drew some Red Socks on the image. The Braves played the Red Sox last Tuesday and Wednesday, which led me down an incredible rabbit hole.

I am not a smart man. Just a man, who thinks too much. Even now, I should be getting my last minute Mother’s day gifts together but this won’t leave my brain. Neil Gaiman’s “American God’s” sits unfinished on my dresser but weighs heavily on my mind. This movement feels like the New God’s fighting the Old Gods. Operating software being forcefully updated to keep up with growing technology. It’s still big business and time is money.

Wednesday, Odin’s day of magic, The Braves played the Boston Red Sox and won 5-0 but there was an ill feeling in the air as the message above was broadcast on all the tv’s in the stadium including the big screen over centerfield and for those of us watching from home. Feels like a message was being sent but something caught my eye in the very first sentence. “Bankruptcy”, Cohencidence #1. I started asking myself questions and the most important was, “Who, own’s Bally network?”. The Sinclair Group and Allen Media Group.

The Sinclair Group wasn’t really eye catching for me until I saw Dr. Ben Carson is on the board of directors. Cohencidence #2 as he’s close to Trump, who’s potentially part of this new entity being created. I could taste the tin foil slowly twisting my brain like a hamster named Algernon running non-stop on a hamster wheel, while high thinking “why am I running?”. I click on the about page and see this:

Our Values

Love What You Do

Be inspirational

Be communicative

Be part of something important

Make a difference

Live What You Do

Be a person of integrity

Be customer focused

Be transparent

Drive results

Embrace What You Do

Be forward thinking

Be adaptive

Be a strategic thinker

Challenge the status quo

This really opened my eyes as it reminded me of GameStop’s motto:

Power to the Players (Love What You Do)

Power to the Creators (Live What You Do)

Power to the Collectors (Embrace What You Do)

I click on Interactivity and see that they have a NFT Marketplace. This message pops up:

“Through Sinclair’s OWNMINE store, NFTs and physical goods can be purchased on Shopify, with no digital currency required.”

Shopify? They work very closely with Flexport, who’s potentially handling the new companies shipping. Shopify also has a commercial that has a neon rocket blasting off on the wall and ice cream. Cohencidences #3.

Allen Media Group is owned by Byron Allen. Yes, the owner of The Weather Channel. Byron, successfully sued AT&T, Comcast and Charter Communications seperately in a Racial Discrimination Lawsuit that went all the way to the Supreme Court for the Comcast case.

I overheard a Braves Fan say “the owner’s of Bally Sports Network don’t like CNN”. Why? Who own’s CNN?

Warner Bros. Discovery and they own all the good entertainment shows. HBO, Cartoon Network, TNT, TBS, etc.

Here’s an article from January 25, 2024 talking about Comcast potentially merging with Warner Brother’s Discovery. The CEO of Comcast denies of course but the owners of Warner have made it known that everything is up for sale. America’s for sale. The way this country has been run economically has got everybody’s money “fucked up” and people are pissed. Which is hard to fathom, when it comes to people who have way more money than the combined generational wealth accumulated by your family.

One such man is Ted Turner. Like Ryan Cohen, he learned lessons from his father, who built a successful billboard company. He started off with CNN before turning into a media mogul and then he bought, The Atlanta Braves. He managed the team for one day May 11, 1977. He owned all of Atlanta’s sports teams at one time. Time Warner would eventually sell off the teams. He’s been through economic downturn before as he watched the company he built be sold off after making decisions to merge with Time Warner in the 90’s and AOL-Time Warner in 2001. It’s estimated the deals cost him 7 Billion dollars. I wonder who advised him.

Ted is a philanthropist. At one time Ted was the largest private landowner in the United States until John C. Malone surpassed him in 2011. Ted brought Buffalo back from dwindling numbers. What once was 30k now boasts numbers well over 400k. He knows how to take things, create something new and make them grow. He’s a 2013 recipient of the Lone Sailor Award, given to Sea Service veterans, who have excelled with distinction in their respective careers during or after their service. Another recipient of this award, President Theodore Roosevelt at the turn of the millennia in 2000. Cohencidence # 4

My acting teacher often said “There are two types of people. Creators and takers.” There has to be balance otherwise there’s not enough to go around.

Still, the question remains, who would buy Warner Bros?

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/nbcuniversal-plus-warner-bros-discovery-comcast-ceo-1235806791/amp/

I wonder who would be interested? Jeff Bezos, nope he has a “small” position in Diamond Media Group, a subsidiary of the previously mentioned Sinclair Group, who runs Bally Sports. Is he hedging a Bet on a company going through bankruptcy?

What does Comcast have to do with this? Comcast/NBC Universal has headquarters at The Battery, where the Braves Play. A friend, of my friend, is my friend. Right?

Lets zoom out:

Well, that’s weird. These two neighbors can’t get along. In fact Comcast responded to Bally Sport’s message with their own:

"Bally Sports chose not to exercise a right to extend their contract and they declined multiple offers so now we no longer have the rights to their programming," Comcast said in a statement to the News earlier this week”- Per the Detroit press.

That statement sounds an awful lot like someone chose to turn the buy button off. Like they’re making a point. But why point to Comcast? What do they own?

Comcast owns NewsCorp and so much more.

It doesn’t get interesting until you scroll down to “Former Assets-Divested” under Warner Brothers Discovery.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_assets_owned_by_Warner_Bros._Discovery

Five bullet points down you’ll see the Atlanta Braves:

WTF?!

With renewed vigor, I keep going.

Who the hell is Liberty Media? Why were the Braves transferred and not sold?

John C. Malone started Liberty media and he’s been dubbed “Darth Vader” in business dealings, allegedly by Al Gore. Makes that Dumb Storm Troopers line hit differently from RC. Malone and Ted Turner are really good friends with similar ideals. Malone has said “I would never step on his toes” for the sake of business. Both have a contentious relationship with media mogul Rupert Murdoch, founder of News Corp. Ted and Rupert have beef from a boating incident and of course John has his good friends back. So, much so, that he starts buying up shares of News Corp. I keep searching until I find these two paragraphs on Liberty’s Wiki page:

[“In June 2002, Liberty Media acquired Wink Communications, a maker of set-top boxes founded by Brian P. Dougherty (of GEOS) fame), for $100 million.[33] Liberty Media subsequently spent $5 billion on nine German regional cable networks. Apart from television distribution it held major interests in other groups. For example, it was the largest shareholder in News Corporation (though the founding Murdoch family owns more voting shares), and had a 4% stake in Time Warner. In June 2005, Liberty Media International combined with UnitedGlobalCom, creating Liberty Global. In May 2006, Time Warner acquired Liberty Media's 50% stake in Court TV, for $735 million.[34] On May 16, 2006, IDT sold its IDT Entertainment division to Liberty Media "for all of Liberty Media's interests in IDT, $186 million in cash and the assumption of existing indebtedness". IDT Entertainment's assets and Starz Entertainment Group's line of premium television channels combined to produce content for all distribution platforms, and IDT Entertainment was later renamed as Starz Media.[35][36]

Liberty negotiated an asset swap with News Corp. and Time Warner that would give it control of DirecTV and the Atlanta Braves baseball team.[37] On February 12, 2007, the deal was completed with Time Warner wherein Liberty would receive the Atlanta Braves and a group of craft magazines, along with $1 billion in cash in exchange for 60 million shares of Time Warner stock (valued at $1.27 billion as of market close on February 12, 2007).[38] The deal was approved by Major League Baseballand then completed on May 16, 2007.[39] On February 20, 2008, the Federal Communications Commission approved the exchange of 16.3% of News Corp. for 38.4% of DirecTV, an $11 billion deal that also gave Liberty sports networks in Denver, Pittsburgh and Seattle plus $550 million in cash.[40]”]

Did you catch that Honey Nut Cheerio??

February 12, 2007 The deal was done for the Braves but wasn’t completed until May 16, 2007, once approved by the MLB.

This article published April 3, 2007 talks about the asset swap but makes no mention of the Braves as an asset but it does talk about Murdoch:

https://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/03/technology/03iht-liberty.4.5133859.html

Why did it take MLB so long to approve the sale?

https://www.savannahnow.com/story/sports/2007/05/17/mlb-approves-sale-braves/13801856007/

You know who else has a problem with Comcast other than Allen Media Group?

https://www.cnn.com/videos/business/2020/03/01/trump-attacks-comcast-vows-to-destroy-their-image.cnn

Thanks to Edwin Barnes it all begins to make sense. He was the first to mention the connection to Trump and $DJT, which allowed me to question everything. He often says MGGA=MAGA, which does nothing to reinforce what I’m trying to drive home until I realize, The Atlanta Braves were once, The Boston Braves.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boston_Braves

“The Boston Braves were a Major League Baseball club that originated in Boston, Massachusetts, and played from 1871 to 1952. Afterwards they moved to Milwaukee (and became the Milwaukee Braves). Then in 1966 they were relocated to Atlanta, where they were renamed the Atlanta Braves.\5])

During its 82-year stay in Massachusetts, the franchise was known by various nicknames, including the Red Stockings, Red Caps, Rustlers, Bees, and "Braves”.”

Red Stockings, Red Caps. What about Red Coats? Thus sparking a whole new dig.

“The Boston Tea Party was an American political and mercantile protest on December 16, 1773, by the Sons of Liberty in Boston in colonial Massachusetts. The target was the Tea Act of May 10, 1773, which allowed the British East India Company to sell tea from China in American colonies without paying taxes apart from those imposed by the Townshend Acts. The Sons of Liberty strongly opposed the taxes in the Townshend Act as a violation of their rights. In response, the Sons of Liberty, some disguised as Native Americans, destroyed an entire shipment of tea sent by the East India Company.

“Foley, sees the Tea Party as a movement of principles over politics. She identifies three “core principles” of American constitutional law that bind the decentralized, wide-ranging movement: limited government, unapologetic U. S. Sovereignty, and constitutional originalism.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boston_Tea_Party

Liberty Media Group makes more sense now. But why? What are they up to?

This:

https://www.libertymedia.com/news/detail/502/liberty-media-corporation-completes-split-off-of-atlanta

ENGLEWOOD, Colo.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Liberty Media Corporation (“Liberty Media”) (Nasdaq: LSXMA, LSXMB, LSXMK, FWONA, FWONK) announced that it completed the split-off (the “Split-Off”) of Atlanta Braves Holdings, Inc. (“Atlanta Braves Holdings”) (Nasdaq: BATRA, BATRK) at 5:00 p.m., New York City time, today. As a result, Liberty Media and Atlanta Braves Holdings are now separate publicly traded companies. Atlanta Braves Holdings Series A common stock and Series C common stock will begin trading on Wednesday, July 19, 2023 on the Nasdaq Stock Market, under the symbols “BATRA” and “BATRK”, respectively. Atlanta Braves Holdings Series B common stock will be quoted on the OTC Markets under the symbol “BATRB.”

Liberty Media’s Liberty SiriusXM common stock and Liberty Formula One common stock will continue trading following the Split-Off until the completion of its previously announced reclassification of its existing common stock and the creation of the new Liberty Live common stock on August 3, 2023 after market close (the “Reclassification”). For additional details regarding the Reclassification, please see the press release issued by Liberty Media earlier today, July 18, 2023.

IS RC REALLY TRYING TO BUY ALL THE STOCKS, I MEAN GOT DAMN THE YOUNGEST HOTTEST TEAM IN BASEBALL….YEAH I’LL TAKE A COUPLE THOUSAND SCOOPS PLEASE!!!!

Once you start down this path you can’t unsee it. I feel like Charlie from It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia pointing to the map meme. Once again, Why Atlanta? It’s the same thing I thought when the PP seeds show came to town. The same thing I thought when I saw Trump on TV at my local gym while walking thoughtlessly on the treadmill for a nice warmup. The tv next to him is showing an image from the Atlanta Botanical Garden’s, whose theme this year is “Alice In Wonderland”. Follow the white rabbit indeed. The exhibit is from May 11- September 15.

Yes, Atlanta is the busiest airport in the world. Yes, Atlanta Is becoming the Hollywood of the South. But Why Atlanta? The answer comes to me as I turn around:

Remember 84 years ago when GameStop was shipping Diet Coke along with packages. I’m reminded of Quincy, Florida, a small town that at one time had the most millionaires per capita because of Coca-Cola. Whose home is Atlanta, Georgia. Also, founded in Atlanta on May 8, Odin’s Day 1886.

But why did they choose The Braves? I mean I’m sure the Yankees are worth more. I look on Fidelity and I can’t find them. What about the Los Angeles Dodgers? Can’t find them either. I google how many baseball teams are publicly traded? The Braves. Just the Braves. It’s the WuTang Album dividend all over again. We did it!!!!

I truly know what it means to be a “GMErican”. I look forward to doing my part in making this country great again.

Last question: Why the bread crumbs? Because the people are needed. Yes, you and me. Progressive thinkers who can make shit happen and aren’t afraid to take a chance on something new. Whether, your ancestors were born here, immigrated here or forcefully brought here, were all here and have the opportunity to take advantage of this once in a generational opportunity.

The Braves won 5-0. The number 5 represents the center point which unifies these four extremes.

1 - Unity

2 - Dualism and multiplicity

3 - The unity between two extremes

4 - Multiplicity in two directions, like the cardinal directions.

Someone asked “What song would you play when you knew it was done?” Here’s another cohencidence for you, on May 8, Odin’s day, 1970 the Beatles released the album “Let it Be”. From Wiki:

“Concerned about recent friction within the band, Paul McCartney had conceived the project as an attempt to reinvigorate the group by returning to simpler rock ’n’ roll configurations.” Sounds a lot like trying to make something great again.

I think I’ll do the same while vibing to the albums single “Let It Be”.

Happy Mother’s Day!!!!

Updates as I edit: https://www.cnbc.com/amp/2024/05/09/sinclair-explores-selling-30percent-of-broadcast-stations.html

This was published the morning after the Braves game and you know what they say, once it hits the news it’s already too late.

Allen Media Group has made several bids to purchase Paramount, which means they’re for sale: https://www.cnbc.com/amp/2024/05/09/sinclair-explores-selling-30percent-of-broadcast-stations.html

Another cohencidence, I stopped counting LOL. I wouldn’t be surprised if there are a bunch of companies going through bankruptcy that will soon emerge better for us all.

P.S. - If I made you smile and you want to make a donation to this struggling artist please DM me because rent is past due and if you think I need to pull myself up by the boot straps ill be slanging drinks all day Monday and Tuesday for Burn By Rocky Patel, at the Battery, where the Atlanta Braves play.

P.P.S. I think we go this week. No way I find this without them being ready.

Thank You For Reading.

Thank You to my loved ones, who put up with me wile I worked through this.

Links:

Sinclair Group: https://sbgi.net/who-we-are/

Sinclair Group Sale: https://www.cnbc.com/amp/2024/05/09/sinclair-explores-selling-30percent-of-broadcast-stations.html

Ownmine NFT Marketplace: https://shopownmine.com/collections/john-cole-baseball-nostalgia-collection/Nostalgia

Allen Media Group Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allen_Media_Group

Own Mine https://shopownmine.com/collections/nfts

Liberty Wiki: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liberty_Media

Liberty: https://www.libertymedia.com/about/company-history

Liberty asset swap: https://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/03/technology/03iht-liberty.4.5133859.html

Boston Tea Party: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boston_Tea_Party

Boston Braves: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boston_Braves

Warner Bros: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_assets_owned_by_Warner_Bros._Discovery

Hollywood Reporter: https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/nbcuniversal-plus-warner-bros-discovery-comcast-ceo-1235806791/amp/

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Hello darkness my old friend, here’s the media round up of the Timbers Sounders match…but yay Tillamook?

PORTLAND:

Sam Svilar / Stumptown Footy: Portland Timbers 1, Seattle Sounders 2 - Instant Reaction

“The Portland Timbers fell 2-1 to the Seattle Sounders under the sun in a heated rivalry game in Providence Park. Felipe Mora opened the scoring, but Seattle scored two unanswered through Cristian Roldan and Raul Ruidiaz to send Portland to their third straight defeat, and extended the winless run to nine games.

…

A week after a result that felt like rock bottom for this team, Portland hit a new low — both in the season and in the standings. Portland is winless in nine straight games, and sit dead last in the Western Conference.

Any semblance of hope that was generated earlier this season feels fully dead and gone. With the time for moral victories long gone, if this team wants to even get close to the playoff line it feels like there is quite a mountain to climb.”

Shane Hoffmann / Oregonian: Portland Timbers drop rivalry game to Seattle Sounders as winless streak continues: ‘We’re in trouble’

“A 1,001-day stretch of derby dominance died on the field at Providence Park on Sunday afternoon.

…

“I feel as if we’ve let our supporters down with that result,” coach Phil Neville said. “Today was our bounce-back game. Today was the game where we had to show something different than what we’ve done over the last eight games. And there’s been positives in the last eight games. Today, at this moment in time, I can’t feel positive because of the result.”

…

“Any criticism that comes our way, it’s got to be aimed at me,” Neville said. “I select the team, I pick the system, I pick the tactics and the last nine games, we’ve got to be better, I’ve got to be better. But the one thing I’m absolutely convinced of is that we will get this right. I’m more convinced today than I’ve ever been.”

• "Massively disappointed...there's no time for sulking" | Phil Neville discusses loss to Seattle

Bonus: Joel Odom / Oregonian: Portland Timbers debut new jersey sponsor

“The Portland Timbers debuted a new sponsor on their jerseys Sunday after agreeing to a multiyear deal with Tillamook…”

KOIN: Tillamook new Portland Timbers jersey sponsor

…Tillamook VP of Marketing Kate Boltin said they are excited to expand their relationship with the Timbers.

“It will always be important to us to support our home state of Oregon,” she said. “And the time felt right to further invest in our longstanding partnership with the Timbers, do some good for the community and show appreciation to the fans.”

KATU: Portland Timbers sport Tillamook as new jersey sponsor in multi-year deal

NATIONAL:

Matt Doyle / Armchair Analyst MLS: Atlanta's regression, Cincinnati fill their biggest need & more from Matchday 13

“2. The Sounders were due for a break and they finally got one. Portland had taken a 1-0 lead through Felipe Mora in the 15th minute of Sunday’s Cascadia Cup clash, but four minutes later Cristian Roldan’s deflected 28-yarder wrong-footed Portland’s Maxime Crépeau to make it 1-1. Half an hour after that Raúl Ruidíaz found a bit of magic in his boots to make it 2-1.

A batten-down-the-hatches performance for the final 40 minutes kept that as the final scoreline. The result broke a six-game winless run against the Timbers for Seattle and pushed them up to 10th in the West, three points beneath the play-in spots.

Portland’s misery continues as they’ve now gone nine winless, and drop into the Western Conference basement.”

Anne Peterson (a human!)/ AP: Ruidiaz Scores Go-Ahead Goal And The Sounders Secure A 2-1 Cascadia Cup Win Over Portland“…Portland Timbers coach Phil Neville said he was “massively disappointed” by the loss and took full responsibility for it.

“The results have to change very very quickly, if I was a supporter I wouldn’t be happy today,” said Neville, in his first season with Portland.”

• Field Level Media: Sounders defeat Timbers for first time since '21

SEATTLE: Not in the mood to quote any of this, but here are some links:

• Jayda Evan / Seattle Times: Raul Ruidiaz leads Sounders past Timbers for rivalry win
• TIM OSTLUND-FOSS / Sounder at Hear: Jingle Bells, Portland smells

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As always, if you know of an event that's not listed here, feel free to share it (with a link) in the comments. Feedback on events you've attended or plan to attend is welcome.

*Free (or no admission/cover)

--Recurring Event

Noteworthy: May 13-19 is American Craft Beer Week. May 16 is National Barbecue Day.

Weekend & Multi-Day Events

May 13-19 | Dallas is Lit (Literary Festival) at multiple Oak Cliff venues

May 16-19 | DSO: Rachmaninoff Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini at the Meyerson

May 17-18 | Dallas Black Dance Theatre Spring Celebration at Wyly Theatre

May 17-19 | Wildflower! Music and Arts Festival at Galatyn Park Urban Center, Richardson

May 17-19 | Main Street Fest - A Craft Brew Experience at Historic Downtown Grapevine

May 17-25 | Now THAT’s What I Call TV Improv 90s Sitcom at Stomping Ground Comedy

May 18-19 | Black Heritage Celebration at the Dallas Arboretum

Through May 27 | Scarborough Renaissance Festival, Waxahachie

Through May 18 | Fannie: The Music and Life of Fannie Lou Hamer at Bishop Arts Theater Ctr

Through May 25 | Echo Theatre: Beyond the Yellow Wallpaper at the Bath House Cultural Center

Through Jun 9 | Hamilton at Winspear Opera House

May 17-June 1 | Teatro Dallas: Cloud Tectonics at the Latino Cultural Center

*May 11- May 24 | Women in Art – A Joyful Journey Exhibition at Art on Main

*Through May 19 | The Art of Embroidery from India to the World at NorthPark Center

*Through June 28| Central Library Staff Art Exhibit at Dallas Public Library Central Branch

Monday, May 13

Dallas Mavericks vs. OKC Thunder: Playoffs Round 2 Game 4 at AAC

Dallas Stars vs. Colorado Avalanche Watch Party at Shark Club Sports Bar and Grill

Texas Rangers vs. vs. Cleveland Guardians at Globe Life Field, Arlington

British Film Institute Book Club Presents: Mean Streets at Texas Theatre

“Spider Mondays” The Amazing Spider-Man 2 on 35MM at Texas Theatre

Augustana: Something Beautiful Tour with Valley Boy at Club Dada

*Ryan Glenn at Truck Yard Dallas

*Music Bingo at Guitars and Growlers, Richardson

*Songwriter's Open Mic Hosted by Justin Collins at Dan's Silverleaf, Denton

*Poor David’s Pub Virtual Open Mic on Facebook Live

Tuesday, May 14

Texas Rangers vs. vs. Cleveland Guardians at Globe Life Field, Arlington

*10-Year Destination Master Plan Community Town Hall - West/South Dallas at West Dallas Multipurpose Center

Dallas Winds Concert: In This Circle at the Meyerson Symphony Center

*--Free Rooftop Movie: Easy A at Sundown at Granada

The Variety Show with The Lost Boy Presents at Arts Mission Oak Cliff

Jimmy Gnecco of Ours at Opening Bell Coffee

Qveen Herby at House of Blues

*Book Presentation: An Evening with Andrés Neuman at The Wild Detectives

*Book Signing and Discussion - Jannese Torres: Financially Lit at Interabang Books

*--W.O.W. (Words Over Wine) Poetry Open Mic at Chocolate Secrets

*Just Dance Series - Salsa Lessons at Harwood Park

*Indian Cultural Heritage Foundation Dance performance at Pleasant Grove Branch Library

Wednesday, May 15

Dallas Stars vs. Colorado Avalanche: Round 2 Game 5 At American Airlines Center

Texas Rangers vs. vs. Cleveland Guardians at Globe Life Field, Arlington

Dallas Wings vs. Chicago Sky at College Park Center, Arlington

10-Year Destination Master Plan Community Town Hall - North Dallas at Prism Center

Dallas Architecture Forum Presents: Brian MacKay-Lyons at Dallas Museum of Art

*--Salsa Night/Beginner’s Lessons at Vidorra Dallas

Transformers: 40th Anniversary Event at Texas Theatre

*Nerd Night: Old School Video Games at Celestial Beerworks

*Pat Peterson at The Kitchen Cafe

Swingin' at the Sons at Sons of Hermann Hall

Piano Men: An Elton John & Billy Joel Tribute at Sky Blu Rooftop

Daniel Sloss: Can't at The Majestic

*--Improv Jam at Dallas Comedy Club

Part One Tribe - A $7.77 Show at Deep Ellum Art Co.

3-course Beer Pairing Dinner at Windmills, The Colony

Thursday, May 16

10-Year Destination Master Plan Community Town Hall - East Dallas at Harry Stone Rec Center

Dallas Zoo After Dark Wild Canvas at the Dallas Zoo

*Bombshell Dance Project Performance at Dallas Museum of Art

*Kaleta Doolin in Conversation on Feminist Art History at Dallas Museum of Art

Maifest at the Brewery at Community Beer Co.

Analog Art Show at Flea the Scene

Sip & Paint at Aloft Dallas Downtown

Murder Mystery 3-Course Dinner at Bourbon and Banter

*PNC Patio Sessions - Pretty Boy Aaron at Sammons Park

*Books Signing and Discussion - Noah Gittel, Baseball: The Movie at Interabang Books

The Rhinestone Teardrops Tour at Three Links

Michelle Wolf: It's Great to Be Here at House of Blues

David Slater and Veronica Williams at Sammons Center for the Arts

*Adult Coloring at Mountain Creek Branch Library

HipHop & Healing at Highland Hills Branch Library

Master Gardeners: Taking the Mystery Out of Plant Propagation at Lakewood Branch Library

59th Academy of Country Music Awards at Ford Center at The Star, Frisco

Friday, May 17

Texas Rangers vs. Los Angeles Angels at Globe Life Field

*‘til Midnight at the Nasher Sculpture Center

*--DJ Binosaur at Vector Brewing

Backyard Concert: Meridian Brothers and Elkin Pautt at The Wild Detectives

*Booker T. Washington HSPVA Singer-Songwriters at Opening Bell Coffee

Cinéwilde Presents: The Matrix at Texas Theatre

Larry g(ee) EP Release with Dezi 5 and Cozy Campos at The Kessler

Girls' Night Out Stand-up Comedy Showcase at Dallas Comedy Club

Nimesh Patel: Fast and Loose Tour at the Majestic Theatre

The Reverent Few / Joe Blow / The Brandon Callies Band at The Double Wide

Chap Stick (Cheap Trick Tribute) at Sundown at Granada

*Trey Gonzalez at The Rustic

Dallas Poetry Slam 30th Anniversary Showcase at Oak Cliff Assembly

Aaron Aryanpur Live at the Oak Cliff Cultural Center

Saturday, May 18

Texas Rangers vs. Los Angeles Angels at Globe Life Field

Dallas Wings vs. Chicago Sky at College Park Center, Arlington

Ultimate Frisbee Dallas Legion vs. Houston HAVOC at Jesuit Dallas

*Cycling: Group Ride at Community Beer Co.

Morning Bird Walk at Trinity River Audubon Center

*AAPI Heritage & Dragon Boat Festival at the Bath House Cultural Center

Art Talk: Laure de Margerie at the Nasher Sculpture Center

Discover Downtown Dallas Movie Series: Sweet Home Alabama at Harwood Park

9th Anniversary Brewery Fest at Texas Ale Project

*Pawty on the Patio with Golden Retriever Rescue at On Rotation

*Asian Am., Native Hawaiian, & Pacific Islander Heritage Celebration at AT&T Discovery District

*AAPI Family Weekend at Sammons Park (Dallas Arts District)

Hope Starts Here 5K at Klyde Warren Park

Deep Ellum Wine Walk: Rosé Olé at Discover Deep Ellum

*Conversation and Party: Colombe Schneck and Merrit Tierce at The Wild Detectives

*Art Exhibitions Opening Event at Ro2 Art

*Analog Art Show at Flea the Scene

6th Annual Adult Science Fair at Celestial Beerworks

Andrea Gonzalez Caballero Spanish Guitar Concert at Kalita Humphreys Theater

Pepe Aguilar at American Airlines Center

Sunday, May 19

Texas Rangers vs. Los Angeles Angels at Globe Life Field

Dallas Jackals vs. Seattle Seawolves at Choctaw Stadium, Arlington

State Fair Records: Songwriters Round on The Green at The Kessler

*En Plein Air Painting Demonstration at the Dallas Museum of Art

Dilbeck Architecture Conservancy Homes Tour at University Park

K Pop Music Bingo Brunch at the Sweet Tooth Hotel

Abducted By The 80's at House of Blues

Paint and Sip at Peticolas Brewing

Turtle Creek Chorale: Pages at Northaven United Methodist Church

*Cars for CASA Car Show at Rockwall Courthouse, Rockwall

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Line Score - Game Over 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E LOB OAK 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 4 8 1 4 SEA 1 4 0 0 2 1 0 0 8 8 1 3 Box Score SEA AB R H RBI BB SO BA SS Moore, D 3 1 1 1 0 0 .222 CF Rodríguez, J 3 2 2 2 1 0 .255 RF Haniger 4 0 0 0 0 1 .203 DH Garver 3 1 2 3 1 1 .179 2B Polanco 4 0 1 0 0 1 .188 1B France, T 4 1 0 0 0 1 .235 3B Urías, L 2 1 0 0 2 1 .175 C Zavala 3 1 1 1 0 1 .200 LF Haggerty 3 1 1 1 0 1 .083 SEA IP H R ER BB SO P-S ERA Castillo, L 6.0 7 2 2 0 8 100-64 3.31 Voth 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 14-9 2.65 Bolton 1.0 1 2 2 1 1 17-9 4.05 Muñoz, A 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 9-5 1.76 OAK AB R H RBI BB SO BA 2B Toro 4 1 2 1 0 0 .299 1B Nevin 3 0 0 0 1 1 .252 CF Bleday 4 1 2 0 0 0 .248 LF Rooker 4 1 2 2 0 1 .292 C Langeliers 4 0 1 0 0 3 .213 DH Davis, J 4 0 0 0 0 2 .205 RF Butler, L 4 0 0 0 0 1 .176 SS Schuemann 4 1 1 1 0 0 .204 3B Harris, B 3 0 0 0 0 1 .156 OAK IP H R ER BB SO P-S ERA Wood 2.0 4 5 1 1 1 60-36 5.26 Muller 4.0 4 3 3 0 5 51-36 3.90 Ferguson, T 1.0 0 0 0 2 1 19-10 0.00 McFarland 1.0 0 0 0 1 0 14-7 5.06 Scoring Plays Inning Event Score B1 Mitch Garver singles on a sharp line drive to center fielder JJ Bleday. Dylan Moore scores. 1-0 B2 Sam Haggerty singles on a ground ball to center fielder JJ Bleday. Ty France scores. Luis Urías to 3rd. 2-0 B2 Dylan Moore out on a sacrifice fly to center fielder JJ Bleday. Luis Urías scores. 3-0 B2 Julio Rodríguez homers (2) on a fly ball to center field. Sam Haggerty scores. 5-0 T5 Max Schuemann homers (2) on a fly ball to left field. 5-1 B5 Mitch Garver homers (5) on a fly ball to center field. Julio Rodríguez scores. 7-1 T6 Abraham Toro homers (4) on a fly ball to right field. 7-2 B6 Seby Zavala homers (1) on a fly ball to left field. 8-2 T8 Brent Rooker homers (10) on a fly ball to left field. JJ Bleday scores. 8-4 Highlights Description Length Luis Castillo against the Athletics 0:09 Bullpen availability for Oakland, May 12 vs Mariners 0:07 Bench availability for Seattle, May 12 vs Athletics 0:07 Fielding alignment for Seattle, May 12 vs Athletics 0:11 Fielding alignment for Oakland, May 12 vs Mariners 0:11 Bench availability for Oakland, May 12 vs Mariners 0:07 Starting lineups for Athletics at Mariners - May 12, 2024 0:09 Measuring the stats on Julio Rodríguez's home run 0:06 Breaking down Alex Wood's pitches 0:04 Breaking down Max Schuemann's home run 0:12 The distance behind Mitch Garver's home run 0:13 Breaking down Kyle Muller's pitches 0:04 Luis Castillo's outing against the Athletics 0:23 Breaking down Luis Castillo's pitches 0:04 Brent Rooker: Home Run Statcast Analysis 0:13 Seby Zavala: Home Run Statcast Analysis 0:12 The distance behind Abraham Toro's home run 0:11 Mitch Garver's RBI single 0:14 Sam Haggerty's RBI single 0:15 Dylan Moore's sac fly 0:16 Julio Rodríguez's two-run home run (2) 0:28 Max Schuemann's solo home run (2) 0:27 Mitch Garver's two-run home run (5) 0:27 Abraham Toro's solo home run (4) 0:26 Seby Zavala's solo home run (1) 0:27 Nevin's nice play after a review 1:30 Luis Urías' snags line dive 0:24 Brent Rooker's two-run home run (10) 0:29 Decisions Winning Pitcher Losing Pitcher Save Castillo, L (4-5, 3.31 ERA) Wood (1-3, 5.26 ERA) Attendance Weather Wind 65°F, Sunny 1 mph, In From LF HP 1B 2B 3B Alex MacKay Alfonso Márquez Lance Barrett Roberto Ortiz

Game ended at 3:30 PM.

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TLDR: The Atlanta Braves baseball team is the only publicly traded baseball team.

I am not a smart man. Just a man, who thinks too much. Even now, I should be getting my last minute Mother’s day gifts together but this won’t leave my brain. Neil Gaiman’s “American God’s” sits unfinished on my dresser but weighs heavily on my mind. This movement feels like the New God’s fighting the Old Gods. Operating software being forcefully updated to keep up with growing technology. It’s still big business and time is money.

Wednesday, Odin’s day of magic, The Braves played the Boston Red Sox and won 5-0 but there was an ill feeling in the air as this message was broadcast on all the tv’s in the stadium including the big screen over centerfield and for those of us watching from home:

" Bally Sport is no longer available. The owner of Bally Sports is in bankruptcy proceedings and we have offered them multiple options to continue carrying their networks. They have declined each one and we no longer have the rights to continue carrying their content. As a result, we'll be issuing proactive monthly credits to customers for the loss of this network."

That statement sounds an awful lot like someone chose to turn the buy button off. Feels like a message was being sent but something caught my eye in the very first sentence. “Bankruptcy”, Cohencidence #1. I started asking myself questions and the most important was, “Who, own’s Bally network?”. The Sinclair Group and Allen Media Group.

The Sinclair Group wasn’t really eye catching for me until I saw Dr. Ben Carson is on the board of directors. Cohencidence #2 as he’s close to Trump, who’s potentially part of this new entity being created. I could taste the tin foil slowly twisting my brain like a hamster named Algernon running non-stop on a hamster wheel, while high thinking “why am I running?”. I click on the about page and see this:

Our Values

Love What You Do

Be inspirational

Be communicative

Be part of something important

Make a difference

Live What You Do

Be a person of integrity

Be customer focused

Be transparent

Drive results

Embrace What You Do

Be forward thinking

Be adaptive

Be a strategic thinker

Challenge the status quo

This really opened my eyes as it reminded me of GameStop’s motto:

Power to the Players (Love What You Do)

Power to the Creators (Live What You Do)

Power to the Collectors (Embrace What You Do)

I click on Interactivity and see that they have a NFT Marketplace. This message pops up:

“Through Sinclair’s OWNMINE store, NFTs and physical goods can be purchased on Shopify, with no digital currency required.”

Shopify? They work very closely with Flexport, who’s potentially handling the new companies shipping (Teddy). Shopify also has a commercial that has a neon rocket blasting off on the wall and ice cream. Cohencidences #3.

Allen Media Group is owned by Byron Allen. Yes, the owner of The Weather Channel. Byron, successfully sued AT&T, Comcast and Charter Communications seperately in a Racial Discrimination Lawsuit that went all the way to the Supreme Court for the Comcast case.

I overheard a Braves Fan say “the owner’s of Bally Sports Network don’t like CNN”. Why? Who own’s CNN?

Warner Bros. Discovery and they own all the good entertainment shows. HBO, Cartoon Network, TNT, TBS, etc.

Here’s an article from January 25, 2024 talking about Comcast potentially merging with Warner Brother’s Discovery. The CEO of Comcast denies of course but the owners of Warner have made it known that everything is up for sale. America’s for sale. The way this country has been run economically has got everybody’s money “fucked up” and people are pissed. Which is hard to fathom, when it comes to people who have way more money than the combined generational wealth accumulated by your entire family.

One such man is Ted Turner. Like Ryan Cohen, he learned lessons from his father, who built a successful billboard company. He started off with CNN before turning into a media mogul and then he bought, The Atlanta Braves. He managed the team for one day, May 11, 1977. He owned all of Atlanta’s sports teams at one time. Time Warner would eventually sell off the teams. He’s been through economic downturn before as he watched the company he built be sold off after making decisions to merge with Time Warner in the 90’s and AOL-Time Warner in 2001, which resulted in him losing the majority vote to the board. It’s estimated the deals cost him 7 Billion dollars. I wonder who advised him.

Ted is a philanthropist. At one time Ted was the largest private landowner in the United States until John C. Malone surpassed him in 2011. Ted brought Buffalo back from dwindling numbers. What once was 30k now boasts numbers well over 400k. He knows how to take things, create something new and make them grow. He’s a 2013 recipient of the Lone Sailor Award, given to Sea Service veterans, who have excelled with distinction in their respective careers during or after their service. Another recipient of this award, President Theodore Roosevelt at the turn of the millennia in 2000. Cohencidence # 4

My acting teacher often said “There are two types of people. Creators and takers.” There has to be balance otherwise there’s not enough to go around.

Still, the question remains, who would buy Warner Bros?

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/nbcuniversal-plus-warner-bros-discovery-comcast-ceo-1235806791/amp/

I wonder who would be interested? Jeff Bezos, nope he has a “small” position in Diamond Media Group, a subsidiary of the previously mentioned Sinclair Group, who runs Bally Sports. Is he hedging a Bet on a company going through bankruptcy?

What does Comcast have to do with this? Comcast/NBC Universal/xfinity has headquarters at The Battery, where the Braves Play. A friend, of my friend, is my friend. Right? Well, that’s weird because these friends can’t get along.

But why point to Comcast? What do they own?

Comcast owns NewsCorp and so much more.

I started looking through the investments of Warner Bros and Comcast. It doesn’t get interesting until you scroll down to “Former Assets-Divested” under Warner Brothers Discovery.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_assets_owned_by_Warner_Bros._Discovery

Five bullet points down you’ll see the Atlanta Braves.

WTF?!

With renewed vigor, I keep going. Who the hell is Liberty Media? Why were the Braves transferred and not sold?

John C. Malone started Liberty media and he’s been dubbed “Darth Vader” in business dealings, allegedly by Al Gore. Makes that Dumb Storm Troopers line hit differently from RC. Malone and Ted Turner are really good friends with similar ideals. Malone has said “I would never step on his toes” for the sake of business. Both have a contentious relationship with media mogul Rupert Murdoch, founder of News Corp. Ted and Rupert have beef from a boating incident and of course John has his good friends back. So, much so, that he starts buying up shares of News Corp. I keep searching until I find these two paragraphs on Liberty’s Wiki page:

[“In June 2002, Liberty Media acquired Wink Communications, a maker of set-top boxes founded by Brian P. Dougherty (of GEOS) fame), for $100 million.[33] Liberty Media subsequently spent $5 billion on nine German regional cable networks. Apart from television distribution it held major interests in other groups. For example, it was the largest shareholder in News Corporation (though the founding Murdoch family owns more voting shares), and had a 4% stake in Time Warner. In June 2005, Liberty Media International combined with UnitedGlobalCom, creating Liberty Global. In May 2006, Time Warner acquired Liberty Media's 50% stake in Court TV, for $735 million.[34] On May 16, 2006, IDT sold its IDT Entertainment division to Liberty Media "for all of Liberty Media's interests in IDT, $186 million in cash and the assumption of existing indebtedness". IDT Entertainment's assets and Starz Entertainment Group's line of premium television channels combined to produce content for all distribution platforms, and IDT Entertainment was later renamed as Starz Media.[35][36]

Liberty negotiated an asset swap with News Corp. and Time Warner that would give it control of DirecTV and the Atlanta Braves baseball team.[37] On February 12, 2007, the deal was completed with Time Warner wherein Liberty would receive the Atlanta Braves and a group of craft magazines, along with $1 billion in cash in exchange for 60 million shares of Time Warner stock (valued at $1.27 billion as of market close on February 12, 2007).[38] The deal was approved by Major League Baseball and then completed on May 16, 2007.[39] On February 20, 2008, the Federal Communications Commission approved the exchange of 16.3% of News Corp. for 38.4% of DirecTV, an $11 billion deal that also gave Liberty sports networks in Denver, Pittsburgh and Seattle plus $550 million in cash.[40]”]

Did you catch that Honey Nut Cheerio??

February 12, 2007 The deal was done for the Braves but wasn’t completed until May 16, 2007, once approved by the MLB.

This article published April 3, 2007 talks about the asset swap but makes no mention of the Braves as an asset but it does talk about Murdoch:

https://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/03/technology/03iht-liberty.4.5133859.html

Why did it take MLB so long to approve the sale?

https://www.savannahnow.com/story/sports/2007/05/17/mlb-approves-sale-braves/13801856007/

You know who else has a problem with Comcast other than Allen Media Group?

https://www.cnn.com/videos/business/2020/03/01/trump-attacks-comcast-vows-to-destroy-their-image.cnn

Thanks to Edwin Barnes it all begins to make sense. He was the first to mention the connection to Trump and $DJT, which allowed me to question everything. He often says MGGA=MAGA, which does nothing to reinforce what I’m trying to drive home until I realize, The Atlanta Braves were once, The Boston Braves.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boston_Braves

“The Boston Braves were a Major League Baseball club that originated in Boston, Massachusetts, and played from 1871 to 1952. Afterwards they moved to Milwaukee (and became the Milwaukee Braves). Then in 1966 they were relocated to Atlanta, where they were renamed the Atlanta Braves.\5])

During its 82-year stay in Massachusetts, the franchise was known by various nicknames, including the Red Stockings, Red Caps, Rustlers, Bees, and "Braves”.”

Red Stockings, Red Caps. What about Red Coats? Thus sparking a whole new dig.

“The Boston Tea Party was an American political and mercantile protest on December 16, 1773, by the Sons of Liberty in Boston in colonial Massachusetts. The target was the Tea Act of May 10, 1773, which allowed the British East India Company to sell tea from China in American colonies without paying taxes apart from those imposed by the Townshend Acts. The Sons of Liberty strongly opposed the taxes in the Townshend Act as a violation of their rights. In response, the Sons of Liberty, some disguised as Native Americans, destroyed an entire shipment of tea sent by the East India Company.

“Foley, sees the Tea Party as a movement of principles over politics. She identifies three “core principles” of American constitutional law that bind the decentralized, wide-ranging movement: limited government, unapologetic U. S. Sovereignty, and constitutional originalism.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boston_Tea_Party

Liberty Media Group makes more sense now. But why? What are they up to?

This:

https://www.libertymedia.com/news/detail/502/liberty-media-corporation-completes-split-off-of-atlanta

ENGLEWOOD, Colo.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Liberty Media Corporation (“Liberty Media”) (Nasdaq: LSXMA, LSXMB, LSXMK, FWONA, FWONK) announced that it completed the split-off (the “Split-Off”) of Atlanta Braves Holdings, Inc. (“Atlanta Braves Holdings”) (Nasdaq: BATRA, BATRK) at 5:00 p.m., New York City time, today. As a result, Liberty Media and Atlanta Braves Holdings are now separate publicly traded companies. Atlanta Braves Holdings Series A common stock and Series C common stock will begin trading on Wednesday, July 19, 2023 on the Nasdaq Stock Market, under the symbols “BATRA” and “BATRK”, respectively. Atlanta Braves Holdings Series B common stock will be quoted on the OTC Markets under the symbol “BATRB.”

Liberty Media’s Liberty SiriusXM common stock and Liberty Formula One common stock will continue trading following the Split-Off until the completion of its previously announced reclassification of its existing common stock and the creation of the new Liberty Live common stock on August 3, 2023 after market close (the “Reclassification”). For additional details regarding the Reclassification, please see the press release issued by Liberty Media earlier today, July 18, 2023.

IS RC REALLY TRYING TO BUY ALL THE STOCKS, I MEAN GOT DAMN THE YOUNGEST HOTTEST TEAM IN BASEBALL….YEAH I’LL TAKE A COUPLE THOUSAND SCOOPS PLEASE!!!!

Once you start down this path you can’t unsee it. I feel like Charlie from It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia pointing to the map meme. Once again, Why Atlanta? It’s the same thing I thought when the PP seeds show came to town. The same thing I thought when I saw Trump on TV at my local gym while walking thoughtlessly on the treadmill for a nice warmup. The tv next to him is showing an image from the Atlanta Botanical Garden’s, whose theme this year is “Alice In Wonderland”. Follow the white rabbit indeed. The exhibit is from May 11- September 15.

Yes, Atlanta is the busiest airport in the world. Yes, Atlanta Is becoming the Hollywood of the South. But Why Atlanta? The answer comes to me as I turn around:

Remember 84 years ago when GameStop was shipping Diet Coke along with packages. I’m reminded of Quincy, Florida, a small town that at one time had the most millionaires per capita because of Coca-Cola. Whose home is Atlanta, Georgia. Also, founded in Atlanta on May 8, Odin’s Day 1886.

But why did they choose The Braves? I mean I’m sure the Yankees are worth more. I look on Fidelity and I can’t find them. What about the Los Angeles Dodgers? Can’t find them either. I google how many baseball teams are publicly traded? The Braves. Just the Braves. It’s the WuTang Album dividend all over again. We did it!!!!

I truly know what it means to be a “GMErican”. I look forward to doing my part in making this country great again.

Last question: Why the bread crumbs? Because the people are needed. Yes, you and me. Progressive thinkers who can make shit happen and aren’t afraid to take a chance on something new. Whether, your ancestors were born here, immigrated here or forcefully brought here, were all here and have the opportunity to take advantage of this once in a generational opportunity.

The Braves won 5-0. The number 5 represents the center point which unifies these four extremes.

1 - Unity

2 - Dualism and multiplicity

3 - The unity between two extremes

4 - Multiplicity in two directions, like the cardinal directions.

Someone asked “What song would you play when you knew it was done?” Here’s another cohencidence for you, on May 8, Odin’s day, 1970 the Beatles released the album “Let it Be”. From Wiki:

“Concerned about recent friction within the band, Paul McCartney had conceived the project as an attempt to reinvigorate the group by returning to simpler rock ’n’ roll configurations.” Sounds a lot like trying to make something great again.

I think I’ll do the same while vibing to the albums single “Let It Be”.

Happy Mother’s Day!!!!

Updates as I edit: https://www.cnbc.com/amp/2024/05/09/sinclair-explores-selling-30percent-of-broadcast-stations.html

This was published the morning after the Braves game and you know what they say, once it hits the news it’s already too late.

Allen Media Group has made several bids to purchase Paramount, which means they’re for sale: https://www.cnbc.com/amp/2024/05/09/sinclair-explores-selling-30percent-of-broadcast-stations.html

Another cohencidence, I stopped counting LOL. I wouldn’t be surprised if there are a bunch of companies going through bankruptcy that will soon emerge better for us all.

P.P.S. I think we go this week. No way I find this without them being ready.

Thank You For Reading.

Thank You to my loved ones, who put up with me wile I worked through this.

Links:

Sinclair Group: https://sbgi.net/who-we-are/

Sinclair Group Sale: https://www.cnbc.com/amp/2024/05/09/sinclair-explores-selling-30percent-of-broadcast-stations.html

Ownmine NFT Marketplace: https://shopownmine.com/collections/john-cole-baseball-nostalgia-collection/Nostalgia

Allen Media Group Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allen_Media_Group

Own Mine https://shopownmine.com/collections/nfts

Liberty Wiki: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liberty_Media

Liberty: https://www.libertymedia.com/about/company-history

Liberty asset swap: https://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/03/technology/03iht-liberty.4.5133859.html

Boston Tea Party: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boston_Tea_Party

Boston Braves: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boston_Braves

Warner Bros: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_assets_owned_by_Warner_Bros._Discovery

Hollywood Reporter: https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/nbcuniversal-plus-warner-bros-discovery-comcast-ceo-1235806791/amp/

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$200 - This was Seattle’s NBA franchise before they unceremoniously jetted to Oklahoma City in 2008.

$400 - Before moving to Nashville, this Houston NFL team had some slick powder blue uniforms.

$600 - This NHL club was the only major pro sports team to call Connecticut home until they sailed off to Raleigh.

$800 - The Bulldogs, a founding franchise of the NFL, called this Ohio town home, now the location of the Pro Football Hall of Fame

$1000 - This ABA franchise flew into history when that league merged with the NBA and left their owners with quite the golden parachute.

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I’m visiting Seattle this week and will be attending the Seattle Storm game on Tuesday. I was wondering if anyone here could recommend a sports bar/restaurant near Climate Pledge Arena that I could walk to after the game and catch the end of Tuesday’s NBA Playoff coverage?

I’ll have people with me so I’m hoping there’s a spot nearby.. maybe a 5 minute walk?

Thank you!

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