Greg Principato

🇺🇦🇪🇺 Kallas calling it out directly, no sugarcoating anymore "Russia is trying to get those territories they haven't been able to conquer militarily in 12 years around the negotiation table. It's the Russian playbook of negotiations: they are demanding something that has never been theirs. This is a trap we should not fall into." - Kaja Kallas 🇪🇪 That hits HARD because it spells out exactly what’s been happening, failing on the battlefield, then trying to lock in gains through talks And with Ukraine holding the line the way it has, that strategy just looks weaker every time it gets exposed like this

"Hey man, the days of slavery are over." Deion Sanders. "I don’t care whether you are black or blue or pink or red. If you don’t start playing this game right, I’m going to kick your ass right here in Yankee Stadium." Carlton Fisk. "I just told Deion Sanders, I thought that there was a right way and a wrong way to play the game, and he was playing it wrong, because it offended guys like me. And if he didn't care to play it right, let's go at it, right here at home plate." Carlton Fisk. Deion Sanders declined to run to first base after grounding out, which is traditionally viewed as a somewhat egregious violation of baseball’s unwritten rules. Deion Sanders was 22 years old at the time. Carlton Fisk, who’d been playing in the MLB for 21 seasons, took exception to that lack of hustle, which he viewed as disrespectful, especially because Sanders was largely unproven at the major league level and his presence on the Yankees roster was undeniably a bit of a publicity stunt. Deion Sanders later apologized.

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Rubio and Kallas clashed at the G7 over Russia. Kallas confronted Rubio, asking when the U.S. would get tougher on Moscow. Rubio snapped back, saying the U.S. is already doing everything it can and telling her to “go ahead” if Europe thinks it can do better - Axios. 1/

Dwight Eisenhower died today 1969:

BREAKING: Iran confirms it has no interest in a reciprocal assassination against Trump because no weapon it could possibly build, not even nukes, could do more harm to the US than the current president. Iran actually sees Trump as a major asset 👀

Proud dad moment for 15-year MLB veteran Carl Crawford after his son Justin's Major League debut 🫶

This man has absolute, dripping contempt for the Constitution he is sworn to defend and for the very concept of law itself. Elevating him to the White House, twice, was a tremendously reckless thing for a people who value law and liberty to do.

Trump: “NATO NATIONS HAVE DONE ABSOLUTELY NOTHING TO HELP WITH THE LUNATIC NATION, NOW MILITARILY DECIMATED, OF IRAN. THE U.S.A. NEEDS NOTHING FROM NATO, BUT ‘NEVER FORGET’ THIS VERY IMPORTANT POINT IN TIME! President DONALD J. TRUMP”

Not enough people talk about Fred Dunlap • .292/.340/.406 (.745 OPS), 134 OPS+ • 37.1 WAR, 1159 H, 318 XBH, 759 RS • 1887 WS Champion with Detroit • 1884: .412 BA, 160 RS, 7.9 WAR • (FEASTED on the inferior UA) • The 1884 team went 94-19 • Greatest 2B of the 1800s • Epic nickname: "Sure Shot" • (Derived from his great arm) • Had a career-ending leg injury • Dropped out of school at age 10 • Remained illiterate for his entire life • Was the highest-paid player for a time • Made a fortune, but gambled it all away • Top B-R Similarity Score: Fernando Viña • Died penniless in a Philly boarding house • Great defensive 2B, but could only hit in UA • Among the 16 player-seasons in MLB history with at least 160 runs scored, Fred Dunlap’s fabled 1884 campaign with the Union Association’s St. Louis Maroons required by far the fewest games played to do so (101)

All-Time Catchers (minimum 80% career games at C) 275+ HR and .840+ OPS (two players) • Mike Piazza • Jorge Posada 275+ HR and .800+ OPS (four players) • Mike Piazza • Jorge Posada • Johnny Bench • Yogi Berra 250+ HR and .800+ OPS (six players) • Mike Piazza • Jorge Posada • Johnny Bench • Yogi Berra • Roy Campanella • Javy Lopez These are very short lists, folks. We really need to reframe the way we think about catcher excellence. Jorge Posada deserves Cooperstown.

Trump is once again trying to prop up Viktor Orban ahead of the April 12 election, claiming the Kremlin-backed kleptocrat has “a proven track record of delivering phenomenal results.” Nothing could be further from the truth. Hungary under Orban is among the poorer EU countries and the most corrupt in the bloc.