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Dodger Blue Shows Compassion

A player who hasn’t stepped on the field since 2018 gets access to the help he needs. It is an example of empathy that we all should emulate.

“Jesus was a socialist.”

– Oliver Markus Malloy

For the Friday edition of its daily blog, Electoral-Vote.com ends with two ongoing series. The older of the two is entitled “This Week in Schadenfreude,” which is an often snarky look at how someone in the news got their comeuppance during the past week. The other is an attempt to end the week on an up note that they call “This Week in Freudenfreude.” It is a feel-good story for the week that revolves around politics.

In celebration of the start of the baseball season, this week’s Freudenfreude centered on Andrew Toles, who they noted has been a member of the Los Angeles Dodgers organization since 2015 (edited for space):

Toles is an outfielder; he has mostly played left field, but at times he was also asked to man center or right. He was drafted by Florida Marlins in 2010, but didn’t sign. Then he was drafted again in 2012 by the Tampa Bay Rays and spent a few years in their organization before being acquired by the Dodgers. After a…