11/04/25 Afternoon CommStock Report – Everyone Eventually Learns to be Careful of Poking the Bear

I am not a big baseball fan but I did follow the World Series. It was not only the Dodgers against the Blue Jays or LA versus Toronto but it was Canada versus the US. I have never noted that President Trump has paid any attention to the game of baseball either (until LA won being invited to the WH) but many Canadians thought that they were playing the Series against him. That made them want to win very badly. I checked the odds ahead of the series and pundits gave LA a 4 to 1 advantage to win over Toronto. The Dodgers are in first place for players’ salaries at $350 mln versus the Blue Jays which are in 5th place for players’ salaries at $255 mln. The Blue Jays had them until they didn’t. The Series went through game 7 and had two games with extra innings including the final, until the Dodgers eked out the win. That was how it was likely going to end but Canada rallied to make it a seriously contested Series. They were not intimidated by the Dodgers and played to win. I did not note any evidence of disrespect by the Dodgers…

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