Baseball Author, Craig Calcaterra of Cup of Coffee visits the show
- Past interview on CBA & Ohtani
- Pete Rose to be pardoned
- Jackie Robinson – What is the way forward
- MLB, does what power wants
- Example of Rob Manfred & decision to pull the MLB All-Star game from Atlanta due to how the wind was blowing at the time
- How will the wind blow from Washington, DC
- Will teams cancel Pride Night & rework other promotions?
- Could Jackie Robinson Day be downplayed, Would Trump unretire Robinson’s number
- Buffalo Blue Jays & how will we see fandom react at the Atlanta / Toronto game
- Canada is standing their ground
- Whitewater rafting – leaning into the wave – counter intuitive but successful strategy
- Canadian military general rule – don't talk politics in the war room.
- Mat feels the need to speak-up during these times & reflects on when growing up his family would discuss timely topics at the dinner table with perspectives from hippie-ish to the hard line right wing
- US folks find discussing politics taboo
- Information Ecosystem has been hit with a perfect storm
- Social Media can be poison
- Google reflecting - 'reinforces what it thinks you like or what it thinks you know.'
- Bluesky may be a small part of getting out of it. Reflections on The Athletic
- Educating people & making them aware of what's actually going on, presenting facts in a logical way without being antagonistic
- Create a trust that funds media outlet
- Small Local News outlets like Columbus Ohio, Matter News, can make a difference
- Could Bluesky be shut down?
- Community – there are less places where people have to come together
- GOP Speaker instructs party members to not hold in-person town halls
- How Trump has impacted the separatist movement in Quebec
- One country threatening another country’s sovereignty
- Republicans bad behavior & talk veiled as a joke, only to later become a planned reality
- No nation or combination of nations could face a Russia / USA alliance
- Craig’s Pandemic Diary & Music
- MLB Spring Training – Media Training for players on how to answer questions that could get you in trouble
- Tommy Pham
- Humor as Self-Defense in serious situations - Laugh in the face of Horrors
- AI Robotics & manual labor being replaced
- Tim Hortons, Hot Dogs & Canadian Ash Bats
- Will laid off Federal Employees be able to afford to go to game
- Mar-a-Lago – Unfrosted Marjorie Post, Jerry Seinfeld & EF Hutton
- Sponsorships across the border - Kubota, Molson
- Ky Bourbon & Crown Royal
- Eggs are less expensive in Canada
- Freedom Fries – will Poutine be renamed Freedom Kurds
- Americanos v Canadianos coffee
- the 11th province
- Spring Training games feel like practice
- Columbus Clippers & robo-ump – will it be in MLB by 2026
- The Human Element - Robo doesn’t recognize Max Scherzer
- AI Politicians
Craig Calcaterra's Cup of Coffee, newsletter is definitely a must read
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Special thanks to XTaKeRuX for the music “Rocking Forward