Braves Chatter

 This year....I've watched highlights of all 65 games....watching four entire games (streaming).

This is not a normal year, or a normal team.....it's some fantasy group of characters like a DC-Marvel 'team'.

Presently at 41-24?  At the current pace, yeah....they will easily pass 100 wins (probably around game 140).  Yeah, it's possible they might even pass the 120 win threshold.  If you were wondering....the record was the 1906 Cubs....116 wins in a season.

So....what are the odd five factors?

First, if you ask about a 'ace'.....they have only one. They have six starters....who can hold earned-runs to a minimum.  Sale at the end of season?  Likely to be near 25 wins.

Behind Sale?  Elder, Holmes, Strider, and Perez.  The four are likely to have 15-plus wins each.

If you knocked out any of these five early?  They've got five guys ready to go and save the game.

Second, Olsen will have a 100-RBI season, but they've got five additional players who are likely to produce 80-plus RBIs.  

Third, Jurickson Profar was worthless for 2025....disqualified for drugs for 2026, and questionable for 2027.  Hasn't affected the team whatsoever.

Fourth....there's probably ten players who've been injured for 2026 so far....yet the team has not suffered.

Fifth and final....there's probably 10 players on the bench who could step up...start....and deliver.  

Yeah, they might be better than even the 1927 Yankees (I'll say it).

Four Opinions

 1.  Bears Leaving Chicago?

I'll just say it....it was about $$$$ in the end.  Chicago and the state of Illinois went through a process where they could not play in a capitalistic 'game'.  

But I'll also say this....there's at least twenty sports 'teams' (baseball, NBA, NFL)....that will review how this was done, and over the next decade....they probably will exit from states like Washington, California, Minnesota, and Illinois.

I believe it's possible that both the White Sox and Bulls....might entertain leaving Illinois as well.

2.  I see a long 2027 baseball strike coming....consuming most all of the season.

3. It'll reach a point in the 2030s....where California colleges are restructured, and mostly set at the 9th-grade level upon entry,  and 12th-grade level upon graduation....with no major companies in the US hiring their college graduates.   No one from California will seem to grasp this, and know what to do with 1-million college dimwits.

4.  By the end of 2027....several mental health clinics in the US (I Believe)....will offer a one-month rehab.....where they transit you from TDS.....to accepting Trump.  Cost?  $8,000. 

How The 'Bubble-People' Will Evolve?

 By 'bubble-people'....I mean the people who only read WaPo/NY Times, or watch CNN/MSNBC.

At some point....around July/August....a subpoena will be handed several folks (to include former President Obama)....to appear before a Florida grand  jury within two weeks. A couple of folks will appear to exit the US within 24 hours (particularly former President Obama).  He flees into London, and is given some type of protected status.

The grand jury project continues.

CNN and CBS....unhooked from former ownership/management....lay out tons of criminal behavior problems, and coup-like actions.

The bubble-people start to collapse....realizing they lived in a faked-up-world, and were deceived for almost 20 years.

President Trump orders massive 'controls' for the November election....voter ID is mandated.  

In the UK....questions now arise over how long Starmer knew the whole story and who else is involved.  Quietly, someone notices about three weeks into this mess....that both Hillary and Bill Clinton are residing in some estate.....hidden from public view.

By the end of 2026....half of the bubble-people are seeking mental health care...not able to handle reality.

The 'Grooming' Problem

I sat this AM...watching about 15 minutes of Fox News.  It was mostly over this Maine situation with Platner.....the Democratic candidate. 

Graham Cunningham Platner....for those not following the state contest....is an American oyster farmer and former Marine Corps member....who is a candidate for the Democratic nomination in the 2026 U.S. Senate election in Maine, to replace Republican senator Susan Collins.

It apparently got noticed that he has a Nazi tatto on his chest, and some former girlfriends have come out to say he's a bit weird.

So Fox folks went to Maine voters, and asked one guy to explain things.  His comment: "If we want folks that are representing us from the working class, they're not necessarily going to have a groomed and perfect political record."

Being from Alabama....I can understand this  belief.  You want a guy who might binge-drink once in a while....who is on his 3rd marriage....did six months of duty in the National Guard before being discharged for rage-issues....is a on-and-off member of the Klan....has six non-felony charges in Fort Lauderdale for bad-boy behavior.....fakes some Baptist religion commitment but has been baptized eight different times by eight different churches, and claims to have Bigfoot evidence.

The problem....if you think about it....working-class people have a unlimited amount of 'FUN'....without worrying about being  a candidate for something. Then one day, you cross the line....coming off a binge-drinking episode....realizing you announced you are running for mayor or senator.  

Four Observations

 1.  If you asked a hundred democratic-voters.....to name a agenda on the list to accomplish...other than opposing Trump....most have some dazed-look, and a majority can't list anything much.

2.  All this BS/wasting of time/crap chatter of fixing the reflective pool by the Lincoln Memorial.....for fifteen-odd years.....finally done.  It looks great.

3.  Some chatter out of Russia....shortage of manpower.  Discussion going on....to bring the work-age down to 12.

4.  I have this gut-feeling.....three out of five Seattle adults....enjoy watching chaos with the city and the mayor.

The End Of MLB (Major League Baseball)?

 Around December of this year....the current players/owners contract ends.

The owners....over the past decade....have come to a reality....around a dozen clubs are anchored down  and not in a position to get quality players.  At the top level....there's around ten clubs who have the cash flow to hire top-level players. In the middle....around eight clubs have enough cash flow....to occasionally challenge top clubs.

The owners have wised-up....they want a pay-cap. The players? They refuse to consider the idea.

So I'll just say it....by early 2027....a strike is likely to occur, and I  doubt that any games are played in 2027.

By the summer of 2027.....with no 'rescue' in sight....some folks start talking of a rival-league....eight teams....mostly in the south.  

How To Fix The California Count-The-Votes Problem?

 Two fixes:

1.  Mandate all non-voting (absentee/mail-in) ballots to be done and dropped off four weeks prior to election day....guarded and protected by Nat'l Guardsmen with machine-guns.

2.  Bring in Florida vote-counters....to count the California ballots.