We get letters

Well, we actually didn't get letters, although should enough of you want to send them, I'm sure that we could accommodate a post filled with them.

However, I do have some various thoughts to fill a column that's different from a Cleaning out the Inbox and might be enough to fill out a post.

I know that I've been critical of the President and I'll choose not to waste your time with my opinion on what he is trying to accomplish with this war on the USPS, but allow me to ask this- If the USPS goes out of business, how do you propose you receive your everyday mail and if you don't have the time or ability to get to a mailbox somewhere, do you really believe that your service will improve by the elimination of USPS?
For all the flaws and issues with USPS and there are plenty of those, it is a free service that brings mail and packages to your home six days a week.
Enjoy paying 25-30 bucks a month for a service to bring your mail to your house a few times a week.
The crowd that screams about waste (and isn't it funny, how many of that bunch has gone silent over the last three and a half years?) will be begging for the USPS once they realize the alternative is to start paying to receive their mail as well as send it...

I'm not a fan of Kamala Harris.
She comes off as insincere and she wouldn't have been in my top few Vice Presidental candidates, considering Joe Biden's commitment to a woman on the ticket.
However, the President's tired act of claiming that an opponent isn't a "Real American" isn't just stale, it's ridiculous.
Harris was born in Oakland, she's qualified legally to be on the ticket and any statements otherwise only makes the person stating the false claim look desperate.

For all of the chat about sports being back among the return to "normal", remember this- Basketball and Hockey will start much later with their new seasons, closer to winter than fall and with college football off the table, we aren't anywhere near being "normal".
I have a funny feeling come October, we'll be fortunate to have the NFL on Sundays and maybe the niche' sports such as boxing, UFC, golf, etc.
You think the public handled this poorly the first time?
Wait until they go through with colder weather and nothing to do outside!

The behavior of Mike Clevinger and Zach Plesac in ignoring the MLB protocol and leaving the restricted area earlier in the week was irresponsible and endangered the season.
I know the life of a player in the baseball world right now is very dull and I might prefer the bubble of other sports if it was my choice.
However, Plesac's firing back at the local media for reporting on his violations are a very bad look and strikes me as immature.
Clevinger's screw-up though was even worse as he avoided the public relations mistakes, but he covered up his role, attended team meetings, and flew back to Cleveland with the team- all of which could have blown up the team and put the Indians in the same spot as the Cardinals in missing games, falling behind in the standings with games that will never be made back up completely.
The point isn't what they did, which by all accounts seems tame, it's that they left at all and betrayed teammates at a time when trust is everything.
Both Clevinger and Plesac were demoted to the minor camp in Eastlake and it'll be interesting to see if a team attempts to buy low on Clevinger after all this.
Clevinger won't be a free agent until after 2022, so he'll have value should the Indians decide to listen to offers.