Since pitches were first tracked in 1988, Mitch Bratt is the only rookie lefty in MLB to have an outing where he:
tossed 7.0+ innings
allowed no more than 1 hit
struck out 9+ batters
threw under 100 pitches
earned the win
blue collar labor has long been fetishized as the spiritual base of both parties even as factory work was long ago overtaken by email jobs, but it does feel like this election cycle might finally allow left wing riveter iconography to fade away and be replaced by something closer to reality, the great lefty millennial t-shirt class spanning PMC keyboard warriors, unionized service and government work, and the precariat
If a month ago someone came from the future and said Abdul would win, McKinney would win, and Lawrence would win, that would have been seen as an unbelievable sweep. Twitter commentary is affecting news coverage in a big way right now