Just to note - February was also the month where he did these interviews, where he said the principles of military leadership were brought with him into baseball and that's why he couldn't support them kneeling. So these were a few days apart.
http://www.grahambensinger.com/index.php/episode-guide-2/episode-archive-2/tony-la-russa/
https://www.abc15.com/news/roads/arizona-dui-laws-penalties-for-driving-under-the-influence-in-arizona
Does the out-of-state DUI make this count as his second?
How long were you in close (less than a few feet) contact? Seconds or tens of minutes? If both people are masked and outside, getting a sufficient dose is pretty unlikely unless it’s for several minutes.
After 2004 there were a handful of Democrats who insisted that the election was stolen by voting machines. There was as much evidence as this year. But you can note one big difference- the remainder of the party never joined in on it. The attorney general and the Senate Majority Leader are going along with it right now.
Considering that the secdef was fired today and replaced with a guy who would not pledge to follow the law on using the intelligence agencies to target Americans, prepping for far more serious actions by the White House is a third option.
I feel like we will be having this same conversation next year about how Kopech didn’t show us that much and should be moved if he still has value. Because that’s not unusual for pitchers.
And I'm the opposite, I feel like we've seen an enormous amount of long-term damage done when we've made bets like that, and we've seen other teams repeatedly do a lot of damage to themselves with similar moves.
What do you consider this window? Because if you're giving up Kopech, Madrigal, Cease - you have guys who could be both extremely cheap and moderately effective in 2022-2023, which could really help this window.