Tuesday, May 23, 2017

A sort-of rampage

The Tribe has certainly had an interesting few days; one wants to give them up for dead, and then they sweep the Astros.  Monday's loss was depressing -- Tomlin certainly pitched better than the final line -- and tonight...well, quite the nailbiter.  Juan Gone AND Gomes are both hot, if you will, which is nice to see, given the investment we have in them, if you get my drift.  Two other notes:

Seeing Andrew Miller hit for himself was nerve-wracking...  God forbid he breaks a pinkie/wrist/something else.  But, it was dumb to pitch to Robertson; I know the idea is to get him and leave the P spot up to lead off...but after Miller worked the 8th, he wasn't going to do so in the 9th, which means you'd see a real hitter there.  I know the thought of Roberto Perez does not strike awe, but...

Twice this week -- Clevinger and Tomlin -- the games got out of hand due to pitcher errors on throws -- namely, they should NOT have been made.  I know they are competitors and all, but...one would think a significant chunk of PFP would entail when NOT to throw the ball.

https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2017-05-23/how-to-make-the-service-economy-really-deliver

I think a good bunch of the chatter about the gap in wages/economy is that, in addition to the large number of people, is that many of these people are in competition for the same low-wage jobs.  This does seem to create a reverse-multiplier effect in terms of wages and thus wage growth -- everyone fighting for $10 an hour jobs makes the rate closer to $9.  Add in minimum wage increases (especially the high ones) and the ACA effect... 

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