Headlines — December 10, 2023

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December 11, 2023: the LA Dodgers' ten-year plan to put Ohtani at the center of the baseball universe. Link here.

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NFL: Philadelphia Eagles at Dallas Cowboys this evening. Mike McCarthy will be on the sidelines coaching the Cowboys having just undergone emergency surgery of acute appendicitis. Speaking of which, how is Stephen Colbert doing -- apparently two weeks convalescence may not be enough.

Shohei "show me the money" Ohtani: aka "Shotime. What drove that $700 million? Television rights in Japan. Before the deal was announced:

Bakken highway: $55 million in federal money to continue work on widening US Highway 85 in McKenzie County. An additional thirteen miles: two lanes to four; widen some shoulders; reduce some roadway curves. 

CIGNA: scraps deal to buy Humana. Someone must have read the FTC tea leaves.

IBD: five tech stocks in buy zones; Tesla setting up for run.

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Shotime

From wiki:

Following an injury-plagued 2019 and 2020, Ohtani would go on to have a 2021 season widely considered to be historic, as he became the first in the history of MLB with 10+ home runs and 20+ stolen bases as a hitter and 100+ strikeouts and 10+ pitching appearances as a pitcher in the same season while also holding at least a share of the major league lead in home runs in 14 starts.

Because of his elite contributions both offensively and as a pitcher, a rarity for two-way players, Ohtani's peak is widely considered among the greatest in baseball history, with some comparing it favorably to the early career of Babe Ruth

For his efforts, he was awarded the 2021 American League Most Valuable Player Award. He followed this in 2022 by becoming the first player in the modern era to qualify for both the hitting and pitching leaderboards in one season, reaching the thresholds of 3.1 plate appearances and one inning pitched per game with 586 at bats and 166 innings pitched.

Ohtani completed yet another historic campaign in 2023, becoming the first player in MLB history with 10 wins and 40 home runs in a season, the first Japanese-born player to win a major league home run title, leading the American League with 44 home runs, the first player in MLB history to be a unanimous MVP twice and the first Japanese player to have the most popular Major League Baseball jersey sales.

What a great country. Imagine the excitement among all the "kids" in LA this year.