Miss Nomer, nothing personal word of the day for Thursday, July 15, 2021.

Miss Nomer is a wrong or inaccurate name or designation. I tried to, if you ever tried

to change something that you can't change because it's always been that way, except you

know that the way it is is wrong, but you still feel as though changing it is right because

you know something other people don't know and they know it too. If you just pointed out

to them and then you do point it out to them, they acknowledge you're right, but they still

don't change it. What is more frustrating than that? Just ask Holly Hunter in the movie

broadcast news. What's it like to always feel like you're the smartest person in the room?

And she looks right in the camera and says, it's awful. I don't think I'm always the smartest

person in the room by any stretch. When I'm in by myself, I'm the smartest person in the

room. But a Miss Nomer is the word of the day because today on Thursday, July 15, the

second half of the baseball season begins. Really? I worked so hard not to have it called

that in my career. I'm going to the standings right now live live right now, the MLB

standings. Let's see, the Mets are 47 and 40. That's 87 games, 87 times two is 174. There's

only 162 games. Wait a minute. Let's check out the Marlins 39 and 50. That's 89. 89 times

two is 178. That must be something wrong. How about the first place to go giants 57 and

32? That's 89 also. The second half is always shorter than the first half in Major League

Baseball. The number of games teams playing the second half, quote unquote, this season

is shorter. It's not called, it shouldn't be called the second half of the season. I

always made a play. I wanted to rename it. I wanted to brand it. I wanted to actually

sell the naming rights to a half of the seasons. And it's pre-all star break and post-all

star break. The pre-all star break part one of the season is brought to you by guacamole.com.

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