Reporter: Do you think it's time for baseball to have a salary cap?Ā
Trump: Donāt they sort of have one?Ā
Reporter: It's a luxury tax threshold, but the teams that have the money are willing to spend it.
Trump: You don't have a salary cap, you don't have a sport⦠I know so much about sports.
Altering a player's authentic emotion after reaching the pinnacle of their sport for a phony AI image that doesn't even look like that player, is the exact opposite reason why we watch and love sports. We love the raw emotion that it produces. Such a disservice for no reason.
If heās in the lineup today, thereās zero accountability on this team. But we already knew that when he wasnāt pulled for blowing through a stop sign earlier this season.
"I've got to give myself a little bit of props because last month just a lot of bad luck. The inconsistency is not something that I want. Trying my best to be the best version of myself right now. It's not happening, but I'm working for it for sure"
- Mark Vientos
The emergence of Mark Vientos as a star this season ā and especially this postseason ā has been vital for the Metsā present and future. Heās going to hit in the middle of this lineup for a long time. Huge player-development win. And a tie game in Queens.
You just canāt keep playing Vientos and hoping something clicks, heās literally one of the least valuable players in the league with few signs of life
Wright Thompson opens up on a number of subjects.
- Why he didn't write the sequel to his most famous story.
- Why sports and sportswriting matter.
- Becoming a student with new media.
- Saying no to Michael Jordan and the difference between selling merch and journalism.