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Morning all, I REALLY love having to re-write an entire newsletter because Chelsea, who held a meeting at 11am yesterday, decided to wait until 7pm to give Matt Law the news that they had mutually agreed to part ways with head coach Mauricio Pochettino. Cheers lads. I had even signed off the live blog for the day and was helping put Solly to bed!! I then jumped back on the live blog to follow all the reporting, update it all with what EVERY outlet was saying, and added in a lot of my own sourced news on what I was hearing too.

In the first spring of Dodger Thoughts, I wrote about Maury Wills and the Hall of Fame. To be honest, it’s a harsh post, not so much toward him as the people who believed he was among the most important ballplayers in history. There’s a level of snark that wasn’t called for, nor is it really my style. Just about me at my worst. Twenty years later, hopefully in a gentler manner, I’m revisiting the topic because of the announcement that Fernando Valenzuela’s jersey number will be retired, the door is open for a few other Dodger greats, a list that includes Wills.

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Good morning! It’s Tuesday, and we’ve taken to getting up extra early and walking through the streets before anyone else is awake. We greet the ducks in Luxembourg Gardens and then head here, to this square. Ducky sits on one bench, and I sit on another, and together we gaze at the Saint Sulpice fountain and think deep thoughts. Maybe one day he’ll tell m… ncG1vNJzZmickZ65ur7ErKeirJVjwLau0q2YnKNemLyue89opJqxXWx6c3yRbQ%3D%3D

I added another medal to my stack-o-medals that hangs from my mirror, my legs are killing me, yet I am brave enough to sit here and write another installment of your favorite newsletter that you did not ask for: DARE I SAY. We’re back, baby. And dare I say it has been a long month. It seems like forever ago I was writing the April newsletter, but now it is May and then summer and so much is going on.

On opening day, some broadcaster was speculating that we might see the return of the pitchout this year. Pitchers, deprived of unlimited pickoff attempts, could rediscover the pitchout as a way of stopping base stealers. It was logical. It didn’t happen. As Tom Tango tweeted recently, the long, steep decline of the pitchout—they’re down about 98 percent since 1988, and 94 percent just since 2010—has at best “bottomed out.” They haven’t dropped further this year, but neither have a bunch of rules seemingly designed to incentive pitchouts produced any rebound:

Nepo baby (short for nepotism baby): a famous person who has at least one parent (or another close family member) who is a celebrity I am not a nepo baby—unless the family trait that we’re talking about is “good at studying for and taking standardized tests”—but I spend a shocking amount of time trying to become one. No, I don’t mean angling myself for adult adoption by a celeb or marrying into a famous clan.

LILONGWE, Malawi - The Malawi Broadcasting Corporation (MBC) Entertainers of the Year Awards ceremony celebrated the outstanding achievements of Malawi's entertainment industry, honouring talented individuals in various categories, writes Winston Mwale. The event, held on December 30, 2023, brought together artists, performers, and media personalities to recognize their contributions to the arts. Among the winners were renowned poet Robert Chiwamba, who clinched the title of Poet of the Year in the male category, while Beatrice Ligomeka claimed the female Poet of the Year award.