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Data from elections in Texas and Georgia disproves the left's phony narrative that ID requirements 'suppress' voters.Data from elections in Texas and Georgia disproves the left's phony narrative that ID requirements 'suppress' voters.DNC brags about flying anti-Trump banner over Detroit Tigers playoff game at Comerica Park — but apparently no one saw it
The Democratic National Committee said it flew a banner over Comerica Park in Detroit, calling Donald Trump "anti-union," but no recollections of the event have been reported.
The idea, according to the Kamala Harris campaign, was for the DNC to fly a banner over Comerica Park — home of the Detroit Tigers — leading up to the playoff game on Wednesday afternoon between the Tigers and Cleveland Guardians.
A banner reading, "Trump is an anti-union scab! Vote Kamala!" purportedly flew over the stadium from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., right before the first pitch at 3:08 p.m.
However, multiple outlets including Blaze News and the Independent were unable to locate any fan photos or video of the banner actually flying near the stadium. It would be safe to assume that thousands of fans would be in their seats at least eight minutes prior to the start of the game and therefore would see the banner, but anything is possible.
The alleged banner was meant to mimic billboards the DNC erected in Michigan, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin in September. The 19 billboards in total displayed the same anti-Trump, union messaging, according to the Washington Examiner.
In fact, readers would be hard-pressed to find any photos of those billboards on social media or online, either. While other variations of the billboards from the Mad Dog Pac are easy to find, there appears to be only one reference to a DNC-funded billboard of this nature seen in public, posted by the Democrats themselves.
Nevertheless, the language is meant to capitalize on statements made by United Autoworkers Union President Shawn Fain, who wore a shirt that read, "Trump is a scab," to the DNC in August.
The two parties have battled over union support, with the Teamsters union openly criticizing the Democrats.
Speaking to comedian Theo Von on his podcast "This Past Weekend," Sean O'Brien, general president of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters said, "I'll be honest with you, I'm a Democrat, but they have f***ed us over for the last 40 years."
"And for once, and not all of them, but for once, we're standing up as a union, probably the only one right now, saying, 'What the f*** have you done for us?'" O'Brien added.
The Teamsters union did not officially endorse either candidate, the first time it has abstained since 1988.
The Tigers shut out the Guardians 3-0; no banners were seemingly flown after the victory.
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Can We Put Pete Rose In The Baseball Hall Of Fame Now?
Pete Rose’s life has ended. It's time for his lifetime ban to do the same.'Absolute class act': Chicago Cubs player had an awesome surprise for fans who attended the last game of the season
Chicago Cubs player Ian Happ rewarded some attendees at Wrigley Field as part of his ongoing tradition to support the loyal fans.
The Cubs lost their last game of the season 3-0 to the Cincinnati Reds, finishing with an 83-79 record and missing the playoffs for the fourth straight year.
Happ, however, has made it his goal to pay it forward to the typically rowdy Cubs fans who sit behind him in left field.
Per a fan's Instagram post, Happ passed a signed ball into the stands with a note written on it: "Thanks for the support all season! Beers for the left field crew on me!"
The ball was wrapped with three $100 bills.
"[Ian Happ] just tossed this ball to us with some $ to buy our section some drinks for the last game of the year! What a guy! Cheers Ian!" the fan wrote.
"He does this every year, dude is a legend," a fan confirmed online.
He does this every year, dude is a legend
— Jacob Zanolla (@jacobzanolla) September 29, 2024
Indeed Happ has made this his tradition, with Block Club Chicago noting that the outfielder made the same gesture with the signed ball and money in 2023. Luckily for the fans, Happ tripled his budget for 2024 after providing $100 in 2023.
The fan who received the ball both years is a known superfan named Jeff Gorski. He describes himself as "that guy who's always in [left field] at Wrigley."
Gorski said last year that Happ acknowledges him and his crew during games, asks for their opinions on replays, and engages in banter during slow points in the game.
"It's humanizing," Gorski added. "We're all people out here, and we want the same thing: for the Cubs to win."
Gorksi also called Happ an "absolute class act" in a post on X.
Not everyone was impressed with the gesture of the two-time Gold Glove winner, though.
"So nice of him to buy the left field fans 6 beers," a fan mocked.
"$300 bucks will buy what, 25 beers at wrigley?" a second person alleged.
"Secretly showing you he has money," another wrote.
So nice of him to buy the left field fans 6 beers
— AJ (@AJ__2K) September 29, 2024
Despite the mockery, the fans were definitely there for Happ and the Cubs this year. Despite the Cubs' average win-loss record, fans came out in droves to give the team the sixth-highest average attendance in the entire major leagues at 35,922.
Ahead of the Cubs in attendance were the Atlanta Braves, San Diego Padres, Philadelphia Phillies, New York Yankees, and Los Angeles Dodgers. The Dodgers were by far the biggest draw this year at 48,657 fans on average.
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Iconic Yankees pitcher Tommy John says voting for Donald Trump may have kept him out of the Hall of Fame
Former MLB pitcher Tommy John said his support of Donald Trump may have kept him from being voted into the Baseball Hall of Fame.
John was speaking to outlets on the 50th anniversary of the Tommy John surgery, which bares his name after he was the first one to get it in 1974.
At the time, Dr. Frank Jobe reconstructed John’s ulnar collateral ligament in his pitching elbow. Jobe was the Los Angeles Dodgers' team surgeon, John's team at the time.
'Maybe because I voted for Donald Trump.'
Appearing on "The Michael Kay Show," New York Yankees broadcaster Michael Kay asked John why, after all these years and stellar statistics, he is not in the Hall of Fame in Cooperstown.
"You're the first one to have this groundbreaking surgery, you also won 288 games ... why are you not in the Hall of Fame?" Kay asked. "I mean, you're such a big part of baseball history."
"Maybe because I voted for Donald Trump," John responded.
"You think that's it?" Kay replied.
"Probably," John said while laughing, perhaps revealing he isn't as serious about the accusation.
"I don't know, I have no idea. If I knew and I could do something, I would do it, but I can't," John added.
However, John was on the Hall of Fame ballot between 1995-2009, before Trump was in office.
Current voting procedures dictate that a player cannot be on future ballots if they have failed on 10 ballots. Previous rules that applied to John allowed for 15 failed ballots, per Baseball Reference.
John stated on "The Dan Patrick Show," however, that he felt his connection to the surgery has contributed to his exclusion from the great honor.
"I think it hurts it. When you look at 288 [wins], and I had 188 no-decisions, the most in baseball history,” John said. "So if you take 288 wins and 188 no-decisions, there's a lot of wins in those no-decisions," he added.
Since John received the revolutionary procedure in 1974, over 1,200 MLB players have reconstructed their elbow, often giving them a new lease on their career after years of damaging their ligaments from pitching.
John pitched into the latter half of his 40s, retiring as a New York Yankee in 1989. He was rather effective all the way up to his final season, pitching with a winning record at the ages of 44 and 45.
He was a four-time All-Star and played for four teams over 26 seasons.
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Chicago White Sox on the verge of worst MLB season since 1897, when players had names like Klondike and Cornelius
The Chicago White Sox will likely finish the 2024 season with the worst record in modern MLB history.
The MLB ranks its teams by winning percentage, and with a current record of 36-117 — a winning percentage of .235 — they are tied for the worst season since the 1916 Philadelphia Athletics.
The team has been mired in disappointment all season long, whether hitting its own players in the face with the ball or losing the game by forgetting how many outs there were.
A video uploaded to X claimed the White Sox had a combined 98 fans in attendance for a doubleheader in April. Whether that is true or not, the White Sox actually have the fourth-lowest average attendance in the league despite being the worst team by far.
While that accolade may be the lone bright spot for the team this season, the dark cloud has hovered over the franchise so long that even the team's official X account seems to be depressed.
"FINAL: the other team scored more runs than us," the team sadly wrote on X.
— (@)
As mentioned, if the season stopped today, the White Sox would tie the 1916 Athletics for the fewest wins with 36 and worst winning percentage at .235.
Many who are reporting that the White Sox could have the worst record of all time are measuring the modern era as post-WWII, meaning the 1960 New York Mets are the marker for disaster. They finished with a 40-120 record, a .250 winning percentage.
With nine games remaining, the White Sox would need to win six of those to beat out the Mets at 41-121 and squeak past them with a .253 percentage.
With that near-impossible scenario, the White Sox can likely consider themselves the worst modern team already and strive for more historical records.
If they win just two more games and finish 38-124, the White Sox can have the fewest wins in a season since the 1935 Boston Braves.
With just one more win and 37 total victories, the White Sox would have the fewest wins since 1919 and, at a .228 winning percentage, become the worst team to play after 1901.
However, true glory could be achieved if the White Sox lose all their remaining nine games and finish 36-126.
Yes, they would finish with the fewest wins since 1901, but this abysmal record would result in a .222 winning percentage, putting them as the fifth-worst team of all time even when including the 1886-1900 era.
A White Sox team of such caliber would fall just after the 1897 St. Louis Browns, who finished 29-102, a .221 winning percentage.
A look at the Browns' roster and player names gives perspective on truly how long ago this era was.
Leading the team in average was catcher Klondike Douglass. Other stars included Tuck Turner in the outfield and shortstop Montford Montgomery Cross.
Pitchers included Cornelius Lucid, Red Donahue, and Kid Carsey.
Catch the final historic games of the Chicago White Sox, which include three against the San Diego Padres, three against the Los Angeles Angels, and a final three against the Detroit Tigers.
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'This is why taxes suck': The shocking reality of what star athletes pay in blue-state income taxes
Sports fan are taking notice of how much income tax athletes are paying and how it affects their decision of where to play.
After NBA superstar Steph Curry signed a two-year extension worth over $110 million, a sports investment analyst broke down how much money Curry stands to lose under California tax rates.
"This is why taxes suck," analyst Andrew Petcash wrote.
Petcash revealed that in 2023 alone, Curry lost $6.3 million due to California's 12.3% income tax rate. However, if income is over $1 million, both a 1% state mental health services tax and a 1.1% state payroll tax are also applied, according to the Tax Foundation.
'Just another thing you've got to contend with in negotiations.'
According to another graphic, Curry paid $4.1 million in California taxes in 2017-2018.
This means the Golden State Warrior has already paid out $40.2 million in taxes over the course of his career.
California's marginal tax figures mirror high rates in other blue states that are pushing athletes to play for teams in less tax-stringent markets.
Eight-time Super Bowl-winning Coach Bill Belichick recently discussed these factors and how they play into athletes' decisions. Specifically, Belichick was discussing Dallas Cowboys wide receiver CeeDee Lamb.
Lamb recently signed a four-year, $136 million contract extension with the Dallas Cowboys, who of course play in Texas, where there is no state income tax.
Belichick noted that in addition to Massachusetts' 9% state income tax rate, players also typically pay a "millionaire's tax" when they play for his New England Patriots.
Beginning in 2023, the state issued a 4% surtax on taxable income over $1 million, bringing most football players' effective state tax rate to 13%.
"That's Taxachusetts," Belichick stated. "Just another thing you've got to contend with in negotiations up there. It's not like Tennessee or Florida or Nevada. Some of these teams have no state income tax. You get hit pretty hard on that with the agents."
In other highly taxed blue states, it's mind-boggling to calculate how much money the government takes from top-tier athletes.
In D.C., for example, where MLB superstar Bryce Harper played eight years for the Washington Nationals, at a marginal tax rate of 10.75%, Harper paid over $2.3 million in state taxes on his cumulative $21.725 million in salary.
When he signed with the swing-state Philadelphia Phillies in 2019, his state tax rate dropped to 3.07%.
Even though Harper has made a whopping $144.3 million in just six seasons with the Phillies, he has paid just $4.4 million in state taxes. That number would have been $15.5 million if he had stayed in D.C.
A 10.9% state income tax in New York will result in Yankees slugger Aaron Judge paying a total of $39.2 million in state taxes alone by the time he finishes his contract, worth $360 million.
These calculations should serve as evidence of why Los Angeles Dodgers superstar Shohei Ohtani is choosing to accept just $2 million per season for his 10-year, $700 million contract. The Japanese ballplayer will become a free agent in 2034 at the age of 39, when he will more than likely move far away from the talons of California state taxes to collect his $68 million salary until 2043.
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Danny Jansen to be the first MLB player to play for both teams in the same game during Red Sox/Blue Jays doubleheader
An odd set of circumstances has led to Boston Red Sox catcher Danny Jansen becoming the first player in MLB history to play for both teams during the same game.
A June 26 match between the Red Sox and the Toronto Blue Jays was rained out in the second inning with a 0-0 score, to be completed as part of a doubleheader at a later date.
About a month later, on July 27, Jansen was traded to the Red Sox for a string of prospects and added to Boston's active roster the next day.
Now, on August 26 Jansen will face his old team in the continuation of the June 26 game, in a series of odd technicalities that will make him the first player to suit up for both teams in the same game.
In fact, if ball fans were able to catch the MLB Gameday page before the 2:05 p.m. start time, they would see that Jansen was slated to be catching and batting in the same at-bat. Jansen was the hitter at the plate for the Blue Jays when the game was officially suspended on June 26.
On the score sheet, Jansen will change teams mid-at-bat and go from from batting for the Blue Jays to catching for the Red Sox.
'Let's make history.'
It all stems from a COVID-era rule in which the league decided that in order to limit exposure between different players, if a game was suspended due to weather, the same players would be required to play in the makeup game.
"Baseball has been around for so long, there's so many things that's happened in the game. So I was surprised when I found out I was the first," Jansen said, according to ABC News. "Any time you can be a part of this great game’s history, it’s pretty unique."
The decision apparently came after manager Alex Cora started receiving texts from journalists asking if Jansen would be playing.
"You know what? Yeah, he's catching!” Cora said, per CNN. "Let's make history."
"What an oddity, right?" Jansen added.
The makeup game, which acts as an extension of the original game, leads to a series of other oddities.
The roster requirements mean that the Blue Jays will lose several players mid-game: Justin Turner, Isiah Kiner-Falefa, Kevin Kiermaier, and Jansen have all been traded since the game technically started. Bo Bichette will also likely not be finishing the game due to injury.
Players like Joey Loperfido will magically appear on the roster mid-game, and the technicalities of the game will actually change the history of of a Jays rookie. If Leo Jiménez suits up in the makeup game, the 23-year-old will have his MLB debut retroactively changed to June 26, 2024, even though he physically debuted on July 7, 2024.
Interestingly enough, Jansen will be replacing Red Sox catcher Reese McGuire in the lineup. McGuire was sent down to the minors upon Jansen's arrival in the trade. In what will likely be a future trivia question, this means that Jansen will go down in history as changing teams mid-game, to bat while catching, replacing a player who hadn't been sent down to the minors yet (McGuire), and likely facing another player who wasn't actually there on the original game day (Jiménez).
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'We are interested': 6-inning minimum for starting pitchers being considered by MLB commissioner's office
The MLB commissioner's office is reportedly considering a rule change that would require starting pitchers to play at least six innings per game.
MLB officials spoke to ESPN and expressed that the league is looking to both have starting pitchers spend more time in the game and also cut back on injuries. While these two viewpoints seem contradictory, the league also reportedly wants more balance in terms of strikeouts versus hits. A pitcher who knows he has to stay in the game longer may take some velocity off his pitches, making it easier for the batter.
'We all want to go at least six.'
"We are interested in increasing the amount of action in the game, restoring the prominence of the starting pitcher and reducing the prevalence of pitching injuries," an MLB official told ESPN. "There are a whole host of options in addressing those issues."
The alleged objective is to prioritize starting pitching but also avoid leaving in a struggling pitcher simply to meet the six-inning minimum.
To counteract this possibility, some caveats would have to be carved out. Some of the suggested exceptions would allow a pitcher to leave the game after:
- Throwing 100 pitches
- Giving up 4+ earned runs
- An injury followed by mandatory time on the injured list
In regards to the minimum, Kansas City Royals starting pitcher Seth Lugo said "I do that anyway."
"We all want to go at least six," he added.
"It's such a bad idea," baseball analyst Gary Sheffield Jr. told Blaze News. "So bad that it would never be considered by the players."
Sheffield stressed that requiring such a pitch count would be extremely detrimental to young pitchers.
"At the velocities they're throwing these days most young arms would explode."
Arizona Diamondbacks General Manager Mike Hazen suggested pulling back on velocity would be an inevitable result.
"That's a tough thing, because that's where you get outs," Hazen explained.
According to Bleacher Report, MLB starters are averaging 5.25 innings in 2024 while Triple-A starters are averaging 4.3. This appears to reveal that development would be required in the minor leagues to extend the life of a starting pitcher another .75 innings in the majors.
Teams have become much more strict in terms of pitch counts for their starters in recent years, so much so that only 21 pitchers have thrown complete games in 2024. Just three pitchers — Kevin Gausman (TOR), Max Fried (ATL), Cristopher Sanchez (PHI) — have more than one.
Aside from the minimum-innings rule, the league has also reportedly considered limiting the size of pitching staffs and implementing the double-hook DH rule.
Currently being experimented with in the independent Atlantic League, the double-hook DH rule causes a team to lose their designated hitter if they remove their starting pitcher from the game.
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'Our freedoms are trampled upon': New York Mets apologize after woman prevented from wearing MAGA hat at Citi Field in NYC
A New York Republican said she was denied entry to Citi Field while wearing a "Make America Great Again" hat and was told she couldn't have it on her person, either.
Aura Moody and her friend Taisha were both wearing MAGA hats when they arrived at Citi Field, the home of New York Mets in Queens, New York.
After passing a security checkpoint, the duo were told by a City Field staff member they were not allowed inside the stadium with their Trump hats on.
The staffer also reportedly refused to allow the patrons to keep their hats in their bags, forcing Moody, 64, to call the friend they carpooled with to put the hats back in their vehicle.
Moody told the New York Post that she only agreed to take her hat off because she was worried about inconveniencing her group of friends, who are all part of the Queens Village Republican Club.
"The United States of America is no longer the vehicle of freedom and tolerance. I am living under a communist regime where our freedoms are trampled upon ... that was the first thought that came to my mind," Moody remarked.
Moody said that she made attempts to invoke First Amendment rights at the stadium but was told that her hat was "too political."
'If I was wearing a BLM, Biden, Harris hat, they would have let me go through.'
The Mets organization has since said that the employee had misinterpreted the venue's policy on attire.
"A Mets employee was mistaken about our attire policy," the team said in a statement to the Post. "We are reaching out to Aura Moody to apologize and invite her back to the ballpark."
Moody was not shy about expressing how she felt about the incident:
"We are conservative people, we believe in tolerance. If I was wearing a BLM, Biden, Harris hat, they would have let me go through," she claimed.
The New Yorker also claimed that she saw "at least eight" other fans wearing pro-Donald Trump hats once she entered the stadium.
Moody alleged that after the game she attempted to file complaints with multiple staff members but was instead pointed toward an online complaint form.
She has accused the venue of "political discrimination."
"We are on the verge of communism, a system that confiscates private property, a system that is against meritocracy, a system that indoctrinates people," Moody added. "I support President Donald Trump because he's the people's president. He is the only one who can save the United States of America from destruction from within by the Democrats and the radical left."
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