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Since Aaron Boone continues to insist his real Yankees are going to start showing up any day now (even though we’re into June and that still hasn’t transpired), every succeeding series is becoming a referendum for Hal Steinbrenner’s $204 million juggernaut. It is happening this weekend with Alex Cora’s somewhat surprising second-place Red Sox making their first trip to the Bronx this season. ...

Old baseball scouts is really not fair to old baseball scouts. because i think that at some level, they always had a sense that this was a matter, that they knew they had been wrong enough to be guarded when they made their assessments and they needed the deniability at the end of it. and trump doesnt seem to have any sense of that. so were in a very peculiar situation. the person who is the decider doesnt have the equipment to make good decisions. >> another defense of the old baseball scouts, ...

This whole other mountain of it that massive statistical analysis could help with. michael, we have to squeeze in a quick break here and well be right back. donald trump as an old baseball scout is the best model weve seen yet on how he is working the white house. well be right back. internet dial up sound hi, im the internet. youve got mail! what did you think id look like? im wire-y. uh, i love stuff. give me more stuff. (singing) were no strangers to love

They knew they had been wrong enough to be guarded when they made their assessments. and they needed a kind of deniability at the end of it. and trump doesnt seem to have any sense of that. so were in a very peculiar situation where the person who is the decider really doesnt have the equipment to make intelligent decisions. >> and in defense of the old baseball scouts, they brought as much fact-based analysis to it as they could. they didnt realize there was this whole other mountain of it that...

Ill talk to him in coming weeks about this book, but hes first and foremost a great observer of politics, and i wanted to get his take on the burgeoning 2016 presidential field. david, pleasure to have you on. >> good to be on fareed. >> it feel like for bush theres an inevitable status to be able to raise money. he has so much name recognition. but theres a potential for a candidate other than bush. and will that be, im guessing, to the right of bush? because bush, on immigration and on educati...

Propel our careers versus what makes for a life well lived. ill talk to him in coming weeks about this book. but hes first and foremost a great observer of politics and i wanted to get his take on the burgeoning 2016 presidential field. david, pleasure to have you on. >> good to be on fareed. >> it feels like bush has an inevitable status because hes going to be able to raise money, he has so much name recognition. but there is a potential for a candidate other than bush. and will that be im gue...

From actual voting beginning in a republican caucus, about the state of the party? >> yeah, its a pretty conseative party. but its not -- theyont want dog mattists. and think santorum helped himself today. his problem is not that he compromises too much. his problem is people can show hes too rich and that he can show hes a practical politician thats a plus for him. iowa has supported candidates who hve not gonen to great success, i dont think rick santorum is one of them. in part becausees got ...

A republican caucus, about the state of the party? >> yeah, its a pretty conseative party. but its not -- theyont want dog mattists. and think santorum helped himself today. his problem is not that he compromises too much. his problem is people can show hes too rich and that he can show hes a practical politician thats a plus for him. iowa has supported candidates who hve not gonen to great success, i dont think rick santorum is one of them. in part becausees got some working class credentials a...

A republican caucus, about the state of the party? >> yeah, its a pretty conseative party. but its not -- theyont want dog mattists. and think santorum helped himself today. his problem is not that he compromises too much. his problem is people can show hes too rich and that he can show hes a practical politician thats a plus for him. iowa has supported candidates who hve not gonen to great success, i dont think rick santorum is one of them. in part becausees got some working class credentials a...

From actual voting beginning in a republican caucus, about the state of the party? >> yeah, its a pretty conseative party. but its not -- theyont want dog mattists. and think santorum helped himself today. his problem is not that he compromises too much. his problem is people can show hes too rich and that he can show hes a practical politician thats a plus for him. iowa has supported candidates who hve not gonen to great success, i dont think rick santorum is one of them. in part becausees got ...