Insurance Company: "Your annual premium is $7,200."
You: "I've paid it every year for nineteen years. That's $136,800."
Insurance Company: "Correct."
You: "The storm took my roof. I'm filing my first claim."
Insurance Company: "Adjuster will be out Thursday."
You: "He was here. Photographed everything. What's the determination?"
Insurance Company: "Denied. Pre-existing wear and deterioration."
You: "The roof was six years old."
Insurance Company: "Our assessment differs from yours."
You: "So what did $136,800 buy me?"
Insurance Company: "Continuous coverage."
You: "Coverage for what?"
Insurance Company: "You're welcome to appeal. Or sue. We have four hundred attorneys and no deadline."
You didn't buy protection.
You bought the right to be told no by a company that already spent your money.
In New Jersey grocery stores:
The cheese is in plastic bags
The meat is wrapped in plastic containers
The milk is in plastic jugs
But you need to spend extra money on canvas bags at checkout because plastic bags are outlawed by the state legislature.
Peak mental illness.
The best records in MLB since May 1:
Brewers: 64-35
Phillies: 59-39
Rays: 58-40
Dodgers 57-40
Red Sox 57-40
Cubs 55-42
Braves 53-44
Yankees 53-44
White Sox 53-44
Astros 53-44
Absolutely incredible…
Mark Cuban: "California is run terribly. The taxes are insane. That’s why people keep moving to Texas."
Mark Cuban (10 minutes later): "Vote for James Talarico. Turn Texas blue. What have Republicans ever done for the state."
Jesus Luzardo over the last two seasons fWAR rank:
1. Cristopher Sanchez (11.6)
2. Paul Skenes (10.2)
T-3. LUZARDO (9.9)
T-3. Tarik Skubal (9.9)
Yep, Jesus Luzardo has been as valuable as Tarik Skubal since joining the Phillies.
Black activists rallying around Karmelo Anthony. Leftists celebrating Charlie Kirk’s murder. Women forming fan clubs for Lindsay Clancy. The last 12 months have been the darkest I can remember. Something has been revealed about our society. These people have showed us who they really are, and we can never unsee it. “Radicalized” doesn’t really even begin to describe the effect all of this has had on some of us.
Phillies Starting Pitching ERA since the All-Star Break:
2.10- Cristopher Sanchez
2.48- Jesus Luzardo
3.60- Aaron Nola
4.43- Andrew Painter
5.60- Zack Wheeler
The #Phillies are 13-5 in August.
Their 6-game winning streak is the highest of the season.
They are a season-high 12 games over .500.
61-39 since April 28. The .610 win percentage trails only the Brewers.
They’ve been good for a while folks.
Aaron Nola’s Last 5 Starts:
5.2 IP, 5 H, 1 ER, 3 BB, 4 K
6 IP, 6 H, 3 ER, 2 BB, 5 K
5 IP, 6 H, 2 ER, 2 BB, 8 K
5 IP, 5 H, 1 ER, 3 BB, 9 K
7 IP, 5 H, 1 ER, 0 BB, 8 K
2.51 ERA. The Phillies needed this, and so did Nola.
Bryson Stott in August:
.360 AVG | .508 OBP | 1.008 OPS | 185 wRC+
Alec Bohm in August:
.377 AVG (1st in NL) | .952 OPS | 157 wRC+
Philadelphia has a .777 OPS with an MLB-leading .362 OBP this month 🔔