Wes Anderson has made commercials

Film director Wes Anderson has made commercials and short films sponsored by businesses.

Julio Franco and the Phillies retro jersey

Julio Franco had a long major league career starting with the Phillies in 1982. His last game was with the Braves in 2008. As I recall (and can’t find this online), near the end of his career, he was playing against the Phillies who were wearing retro jerseys. Franco had been around so long he had worn that jersey for the Phillies when he started out.

On this day in 1982 Julio Franco played his first MLB game. You know he’s playing somewhere tonight as well. pic.twitter.com/fvtKPcnVnQ
— Stirrups Now! (@uniformcritic) April 24, 2022

When Julio Franco played his final game, he was older than Vlad Guerrero Sr. is today.
— Ryan M. Spaeder (@theaceofspaeder) August 23, 2022

Julio Franco, 1982 @Phillies pic.twitter.com/I7QgWlbCSA
— Vintage Jerseys & Hats (@PolyesterUnis) November 21, 2022

This is what greatness looks like, folks.

Julio Franco's career as a professional baseball player spanned 37 years, from 1978 to 2015. During those nearly 4 decades in pro ball, Franco batted .307 while amassing 4410 hits, 682 doubles, 97 triples, 331 homers, 2122 RBI, and 6279… https://t.co/LHHX2GRKXj pic.twitter.com/1s05HflssY
— Not Gaetti (@notgaetti) January 8, 2024

Do you remember Don Adams’ Screen Test?

I don’t. Never heard of it until I saw this tweet.

my new favorite television show pic.twitter.com/WuTNwMGPz5
— Super Black Market Asch (@MarkAschParody) April 22, 2022

Read Robert Christgau on music

He has written the Consumer Guide for decades and also several books. I strongly recommend his website and newsletter.

On and for my birthday Monday, my longtime colleague and sometime editee and even literal student Wayne Robins wrote this reminiscence I'm proud to humbly share with the world. https://t.co/Tz2KdyMqWb
— Robert Christgau (@rxgau) April 20, 2022

I recommend going to his website and subscribing to his newsletter. I've been reading his concise Consumer Guide reviews since the 1970s. He does a great job on a wide variety of music. https://t.co/COI17La29V https://t.co/r7Evdu63oA
— Harris Levy (@HarrisL585) April 18, 2022

For all music obsessives, but especially for fanboize young and old, my list-laden report on Rolling Stone's 500 best albums of all time extravaganza. I said LISTS–three more or less different ones. Have fun!!! https://t.co/JTYVU1X028
— Robert Christgau (@rxgau) September 24, 2020

Happy 80th to the inestimable Robert Christgau. I owe his writing so much. If you're reading this, I'm betting you do too!

Here's a New Yorker piece I wrote about his work a few years ago: The Rock Critic Robert Christgau’s Big-Hearted Theory of Pop https://t.co/y6mJvI2FiG
— The Running Kind: Listening to Merle Haggard (@dlcantwell) April 18, 2022

Here's why you should be reading 'Going Into the City' by Robert Christgau: http://t.co/BTzi2vNGL2 pic.twitter.com/YybfXLAf2U
— Entertainment Weekly (@EW) March 15, 2015

Marijuana should be legal – polls support this

Polls support it. Biden doesn’t. I disagree with him on this one. It could even help his polling numbers.

A majority of registered voters in all 50 states now favor making cannabis legal, according to state-level polling data from Civiqs.

Support ranges from a low of 52% in North Dakota to a high of 81% in Vermont and Washington.

More, via @FiveThirtyEight: https://t.co/OXYqC4py5I pic.twitter.com/UsupxKC8xH
— ABC News Politics (@ABCPolitics) April 22, 2022

.@JoeBiden opposes marijuana legalization and @MattGaetz supports it, so this does appear generational to an extent. Here’s a data point: every age cohort in this 2021 Pew poll favors legal weed except one: 75 and up. https://t.co/ygk7Oedsq9 pic.twitter.com/fl14IHxW54
— Sahil Kapur (@sahilkapur) April 18, 2022

Abbott cost Texas $4.2 billion

Amazing.
Gov. Greg Abbott's "enhanced" truck inspections turned up zero drugs or migrants, but cost Texas consumers and businesses an estimated $4.2 billion.
Delays resulted in $240 million in spoiled produce alone.https://t.co/SRw2ecNsAM
— Catherine Rampell (@crampell) April 23, 2022

I’m sure Putin will help Trump’s campaign in 2024

This is one reason why. Not defending NATO would be great for Putin. It’s amazing how little blowback from Republicans there has been for Trump’s support of Putin. They are afraid of him and his cult.

Casually, Trump happens to mention that he would not necessarily have defended America's NATO allies https://t.co/rVG3K7cz9e
— Anne Applebaum (@anneapplebaum) April 22, 2022

It doesn’t matter that McCarthy lied

Cillizza is wrong. People like me already had a low opinion of him. Republicans don’t care that he lied.

From the New York Times article I linked to (with my bolding):

For Mr. McCarthy, the immediate political problem was not being caught in a lie. In the Republican Party, which has coalesced around Mr. Trump’s claim that the 2020 election was stolen from him, falsehoods have become routine and even accepted.

The greater danger for Mr. McCarthy on Friday was the truth — that, with the disclosure of his negative comments about Mr. Trump, he might invite the ire of the former president, who maintains a stranglehold on his party and on a powerful faction of extremist House members who already pose the greatest risk to his political future.

This is what we now know about McCarthy, the top-ranking Republican in the House:

He flat-out lied about comments he had made about Trump immediately following the January 6 attackshttps://t.co/VYr2c1Y9Fr
— Chris Cillizza (@ChrisCillizza) April 22, 2022

Rep. Kevin McCarthy’s false claim that he never urged Donald Trump to resign after the Capitol riot exposed the hypocrisy of Republicans who have privately scorned Trump while publicly defending him, a phenomenon widely known but seldom seen in Washington. https://t.co/ECO7XJSYGW
— The New York Times (@nytimes) April 22, 2022

We talked to dozens of GOPers today. The consensus is this blows over as long as Trump stays unbothered.

BUT they're bracing for audio of McCarthy saying some Rs shuld have their Twitter taken away. That could be BIG issue for McCarthy, who has faced Qs about Silicon Valley ties https://t.co/js41uie0aj
— Melanie Zanona (@MZanona) April 22, 2022

The McCarthy case demonstrates how in today's Republican Party being caught dissing Trump is perceived to be more politically dangerous than being caught brazenly lying. ⁦@anniekarni⁩ https://t.co/wIYscoq8Ih
— Peter Baker (@peterbakernyt) April 23, 2022

Reuters White House correspondent Jeff Mason on the Kevin McCarthy tapes: “I think in a different political landscape, it would be a bigger deal.”

This does rub me the wrong way. So many mainstream news outlets are passive observers, rather than hammering Republicans for lying. pic.twitter.com/OpvGh1FgxH
— Eric Kleefeld (@EricKleefeld) April 24, 2022

Of course brazen lies haven't cost Kevin McCarthy his job

in today's Republican Party, they're credentials for leadershiphttps://t.co/WkqMoPW9Eh
— John Harwood (@JohnJHarwood) May 1, 2022

The end of Hagerstown’s Municipal Stadium

Hagerstown’s Municipal Stadium was built in 1930 and last used for minor league baseball in 2020. I was there in July 1988 to see the US Olympic Team play the Taiwan team. I recall that it was 102 degrees! It seemed like an old stadium even then.

I posted about it here:

I saw the 1988 USA Olympic baseball team

I attempted to go to a game about 10 years ago. There was a brief rain storm around 5:00 pm but they had to cancel the game. I guess there was no drainage.

Hagerstown Suns fans go home with Municipal Stadium’s seats before demolition: ‘Cheapest I ever got for front-row seats’https://t.co/oftL5YgkV7
— The Baltimore Sun (@baltimoresun) April 18, 2022

The Frederick Keys and Hagerstown Suns were two of the 11 full-season minor league teams that, as of now, have lost their affiliations.

From March, on what those two Maryland teams mean to their communities: https://t.co/gWTPlT3iTR
— Nathan Ruiz (@NathanSRuiz) December 9, 2020

Sadly, the demolition of Municipal Stadium in Hagerstown, MD is underway. The ballpark opened May 8, 1930. Willie Mays played his first professional game here (June 24, 1950) with the Trenton Giants after skipping his senior prom. – Brayden Leather pic.twitter.com/HdHd8LLMVe
— Lost Ballparks (@lost_ballparks) May 9, 2022

Willie Mays played his first pro game there:

On June 24, 1950, at Hagerstown’s Municipal Stadium, Bob Martin worked as the batboy for the Trenton Giants when hall-of-famer Willie Mays played his first professional game.https://t.co/M6j98Rokdg
— Herald-Mail Sports (@HMMediaSports) June 2, 2021

Future MVP Bryce Harper played for the Hagerstown Suns in 2011.

Our #TBT today is to Bryce Harper, back to 2011 when he rocked a mustache—and this Hagerstown Suns uniform. pic.twitter.com/lsb6ZWJ9ng
— Baseball America (@BaseballAmerica) August 20, 2015