Saturday, December 16, 2023

Nederlandse Kooikerhondje

    Can you pronounce this name? How many letters are involved? 24 letters total for 2 words to describe a breed of dog or canine house pet. Hmmmm. And why do we know about these rare animals? Recent publicity. Yes, when odd animals are associated with famous or infamous individuals, these pets become a loci of points, points of interest; points of discussion, and points of finance.

     Let's start at the top. That would mean providing the owner's name: Shohei, as in Shohei Ohtani, the most famous baseball player in the world. Hmmm. He's Japanese and plays his game in the USA. He also commands a significant salary, north of $700 millions. How much is that, really. Well, the figure is a lot closer to 1 billion than 1 million.

This "Decoy"
                   
     The Los Angeles Dodgers are going all in on the future and they are paying the price: $700 millions over the next 20 years. So, Ohtani could retire in a couple of decades and live quite comfortably with a nice cushion.

Play ball, woof, woof.

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