With his team 12 games out of first and seven back in the Wild Card standings, yet still highly talented, Orioles GM Mike Elias faces a tough decision during this trade deadline. Will he buy, sell—or do a bit of both?

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Since the firing of field manager Brandon Hyde, Orioles fans and national media have been calling for the firing of O's top exec Mike Elias. Why this represents a new level of absurdity, and what makes Elias, despite the recent struggles of the team, one of the best GM's in the game. 

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Jason La Canforna's reckless comments on Foul Territory: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y5m37k9BRWI&list=PL84SPahB55MVtqigbT0CkufwE3zy0-HNc&index=5&t=2504s

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What Major League Baseball's most recent decision on Pete Rose might tell us about ourselves. 

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A managerial change for Baltimore Orioles, plus what's likely plaguing this team. 

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ESPN's coverage of Draymond Green's latest on-court outburst and Pat Riley's desire for a humble alpha in Miami reveal a culture of denial at the network. 

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Kendrick Perkins's comments on Pat Riley: https://youtu.be/pqtkpeL-GN8?si=Nb-bchaywscYv2MP

Draymond Green's latest drama: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N1pZtJxS3Y0

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A lifelong love for the game of baseball began young, when my mother took my twin and I to Orioles games in Baltimore. This Mother's Day, it turns out, was a perfect time to return the favor. 

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After the first 100 days of Trump's second term, his fulsome supporters, much like the woke, reflect a pathological splitting within our national psyche.

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The election between Kamala Harris and Donald Trump wasn't so much a competition as it was a drubbing. And while much attention, and even hysteria,  shift to Trump, this belies a deepening crisis within the American Left. The problem is there's been an almost pathological resistance to looking within and asking the hard questions of what's gone wrong. Here are some places to start. 

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The Baltimore Orioles, a talent-laden World Series contender at pre-season, were swept out of the playoffs for the second year running. What went wrong? And what's likely to come? A quick but deep dive on the future World Series champs. 

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Jordan Peterson's endorsement of Donald Trump raises questions about the media commentator, not because he endorsed Trump per se, but because of how his reasoning seems so obviously to have left him in the process. It's fair to ask: Has the Jordan Peterson bubble burst? .... Plus, what does the Sean Combs saga tell us about us, hip-hop and our dissociations?

LINKS:
Peterson's viral interview with a hostile Cathy Newman
Peterson "psychoanalyzes" candidates on Piers Morgan.
Trump's PA grocery store visit. 
New York Times piece on Sean Combs, the music industry its #MeToo moment.

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