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People think I'm cynical about this franchise.

Victor Kirfman, a long time listener, wrote to me after yesterday's show,

which was about my conspiracy theories as to why Bubba Chandler and Connor Griffin each just magically got promotions

within the past week.

And Vic writes to me, I just got an email that answered why Chandler and Griffin got promoted.

The renewal invoices for the 2026 season tickets were just sent out with a small percentage increase.

This is almost three weeks later than last year.

Of course, we were actually sniffing the playoffs at the beginning of August last year,

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