What’s up people. The past three days have been an absolute emotional rollercoaster for me. The Tampa Bay Rays are my guys, and whenever they’re up in Boston I’m stupidly locked in. Sadly - the Rays lost the last two games, Dirty Water played, and 30k Bostonians hopped on the Mass Pike happy (a rare sight!). As much as I love the Rays and despise when we lose to the Sox, I will admit that this city is truly unbelievable when they’re playing well. I don’t think there’s another City/Team relationship like it in the United States. I’ve probably ranted about this before, but I’ll never forget when the Sox started rolling in 2021. I was living down Cape at the time, and it felt like every person in the world was locked in. Game days were spent deciding where the watch that night’s matchup, and off days were for arguing about the lineup. Everyone had an opinion, if you mentioned Kyle Schwarber in public that season, you’d have people coming from 2 aisles down at the grocery store to tell you that he’s the truth. I love baseball so much. I digress.
WHO IS COMING WITH ME: Pirate Cruise
I’m not a big fan of cruises, but I think I’d make an exception for this one. The only thing the (probably fake) headline I saw on Twitter is missing is a mention of a JBL. Having aux on a pirate ship would be all time. I realize this is most definitely fake, but I’m gonna just choose to believe that this exists and if I meet the right person they will be able to connect me with whatever company is offering the pirate cruise. Be nice to everyone you meet! They could be the owner of the pirate cruise company! You never know! I can hear it now: “Yeah my buddy met this dude in line at Stop & Shop and he’s the head of marketing for the pirate cruise company, they hooked us up and we’re going in Summer ‘27.” Chills.
WHO IS DRINKING THIS: Sprite Tea
I mean this just looks terrible. I’m a big fan of both tea & Sprite, but IN MY LIFE I HAVE NEVER CRAVED BOTH AT THE SAME TIME. What are we doing. I would kill to be a fly on the wall of the Sprite team meeting at Coca-Cola HQ. “Yeah Greg got up in front of the CEO and pitched Sprite + Tea, he got a huge raise.” This is gonna be a flop, and I hope “Greg” feels the pressure.
WHO THINKS THIS IS A GOOD IDEA: Waymo
If you doubted that this Substack had serious pull, check this out. Just a few short days after I challenged Waymo to navigate the confusing streets of Boston, they decided they needed to get on their grind. There’s something hilarious about seeing someone drive the “driverless taxi”. I hope the last person to physically operate the vehicle has total control over the following for the rest of that car’s service life:
A/C temp & vent position
Drivers seat positioning
Radio station
I almost tapped on the window and told the guy that Waymos would never make it in this town, but I decided that would be a little much for 7am on a Tuesday.
SONG OF THE WEEK: Hip 2 Da Game by Lord Finesse
This is a banger. Take a walk today and flip this on.
Will I be able to sue for more or less if Waymo hits me vs a real driver?
Rays Up!