Category Archives: 2TG Favorites

Is Double-A the New Triple-A?

If you were once a position player with a MLB team and find yourself in Triple-A, unless it’s a rehab assignment, be afraid, be very afraid. The odds are high that you are not in your team’s future plans. In … Continue reading

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Cuba’s WBC loss in San Diego alters urban planning in Santiago de Cuba

Japan knocked Cuba out of the World Baseball Classic yesterday in San Diego and its effects were felt as far away as Santiago de Cuba. A major infrastructure project, the first in the city since 1967–largely due to Soviet largess … Continue reading

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Yankee Stadium vs Marlins Stadium

The most comprehensive coverage of stadium financing that has appeared in the Miami Herald was on Feb 11th–the Herald links expire, so I copied the article at the end of this post–and it was a good example of the power … Continue reading

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Game Theory and the Pirate Puzzle game

I found an interesting blog about game theory, named Mind Your Decisions. As a way of getting you in game theory mode–the mode in which nothing is as it appears–here’s a joke: The dumbest kid in the world A young … Continue reading

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A Great Day to Citizen Watch and Listen

I took some surefire ideological neutralizing medication yesterday for lunch. I first tried the drug treatment back in November, with great effects. It involves meeting people–regular people, not the type of people who inhabit cable political shows which even mild-mannered … Continue reading

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Plutarchians for a Planet Pluto

Plutarch was a bright dude. If he was around today, I know he would be championing Pluto’s cause, if for nothing other than the plentiful alliterations which it plovides us to play with. Since this blog is positively starving for … Continue reading

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If a Planet is dropped, will anyone notice?

By taking Pluto off the planetary map, Neil Degrasse Tyson has put himself on the astronomer map. But it took a while. Do you remember the mnemonic about the planets? My Very Educated Mother Just Served Us Nine Pizzas. Mercury, … Continue reading

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Friday Night Boxing

Since today is *Boxing Day … I wanted to follow up on an earlier post which described my introduction to the local boxing scene. This post is about the actual night of the fights, Friday, December 5th at Miccosukee. I … Continue reading

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Multi-Cinema Civil Disobedience [MCCD]

Multi-Cinema Civil Disobedience [MCCD] = Watching one movie, while having purchased a ticket for another. I have conservative political views and love movies. This used to mean that I would end up voting with my entertainment dollars for people whose … Continue reading

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The Local Boxing Scene is Non-antiseptic

Definition of an·ti·sep·tic: a: coldly impersonal b: of, relating to, or being warfare conducted with cold precision from a safe distance with few or no casualties on one’s side That is exactly what the local boxing scene is not. Its … Continue reading

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