The Morning Dispatch: Iran’s Protests Grow

As does the regime's violent response.

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Happy Monday! Even the saltiest and crankiest of Cubs fans have to admit Albert Pujols hitting his 700th home run was a pretty cool moment. Congratulations to the 42-year-old Cardinals slugger on becoming only the fourth player in major league history to reach that milestone.

Quick Hits: Today’s Top Stories

  • In an election with unusually low turnout, voters in Italy have given power to a right-wing coalition led by Giorgia Meloni of the nationalist Brothers of Italy party. Meloni and her coalition partners are strong skeptics of European governance and fierce critics of what they see as accommodationist policies towards migrants and refugees. 

  • Tropical Storm Ian is strengthening in the Caribbean Sea south of Cuba and could become a hurricane as early as today. President Joe Biden declared a preemptive federal state of emergency for multiple Florida counties—and Gov. Ron DeSantis declared one statewide—as Ian is expected to reach Florida later this week. Fiona, meanwhile, made landfall in Atlantic Canada on Saturday as a post-tropical cyclone, downing trees, washing away or damaging dozens of houses, and knocking out power for hundreds of thousands of residents of Newfoundland and Labrador, Nova Scotia, and Prince Edward Island.

  • The Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped 1.6 percent on Friday and hit its lowest level of 2022 as central bank efforts to combat inflation raise global recession concerns. U.S. equity futures are down further this morning.

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  1. George Bascom

    Cy Young’s record of 511 career victories and “Wahoo” Sam Crawford’s record of 309 career triples will never be surpassed, or even approached, unless major league baseball regresses to the dead ball era. Which it won’t.

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  2. B Phillips

    I think Kipchoge's marathon record is pretty amazing - can you imagine running a 4:37 pace for 26 miles??

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    Mkapnick

    Albert hitting #700 was "pretty cool"? Come on Declan! It was magic. Let Bernie Miklasz explain

    https://www.scoopswithdannymac.com/bernie-the-cardinals-are-turning-to-albert-pujols-again-and-its-turning-back-time-beautiful/

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    Rob Jablonski

    I hope no one breaks DiMaggio's consecutive games hit streak.

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    Loganrjudy

    I find it pleasantly surprising to find Jeff Maurer mentioned in The Morning Dispatch - this is a crossover I did not expect.

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    Alec

    QOTD: I have to take the 1980 USA win over the Russians. Many don’t realize that it was the semi final game. They won the gold in the next (final) game over Finland. For the never to be broken record, I’ll take DiMagio’s 56 game hitting streak. Some baseball records such as Cy Young’s are never to be broken because of the way the game was played at that time. But the hitting streak is still very much feasible and achievable in the modern age. A lot of math has been done on the hitting streak, and the odds of it being broken are literally astronomical.

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    PJ

    QOTD: David Pearson's and Darrell Waltrip's career race victories are a couple of my favorites. Loved David's quiet and patient thinking. Loved Darrell's way of psyching out competitors in a world of Bubbas. I don't think Richard Petty's 200 victories or Dale Earnhart's 7 championships will ever be topped.

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  8. Brett.Macalpine

    10: the number of shutout innings pitched by Jack Morris for the Twins in game 7 of the 1991 World Series, setting up a 1-0 victory in the 10th for the Twins and bringing a glorious end to the best World Series ever.

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  9. Jim Drexler

    Wainwright and Molina's number of starts (325 so far) - a record that will not be broken. Molina is a definite Hall of Fame; Wainwright not so sure. Since you featured Pujols today, this is a suitable additional record.

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    Dustin Anglin

    I continue to feel so bad for the people of Iran. They have such a unique, storied, and ancient history, and it feels like they are always on the verge of trying to reclaim the path toward secularism that they once seemed to be on before the Islamic Revolution. More so than most, I feel like Iran could be such a great asset to a modern world if they could only throw off the shackles of tyranny. Keep fighting the good fight!

    QOTD: Easy question! Jerry Rice, the undisputed champion of NFL receivers, and no one even comes *close* to topping him, and honestly, may never. Got to see him, Joe Montana, Steve Young, and other Niners greats at ceremonial flag-football game in honor of the closing of Candlestick park in 2013. They were my sports legends growing up :)

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