Pablo Torre's MVP: The alternative to JD Vance. JD Scholten - a true populist

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I can only find this clip on JD's ticktok

https://www.tiktok.com/@scholtenforiowa/video/7399302010991889707

From MSNBC 11th hour.

The other JD is my MVP Steph. JD Scholten is a 44 year old state Rep in Iowa, who got a call over Independence Day weekend about a month ago now, to pitch for his old baseball team that he had not pitched for in over 17 years. They needed him in a couple hours. He showed up. He won the game and since then - including last night - he has been undefeated (4 and 0). Sub three ERA. He might be the best pitcher in this league in Iowa - a minor league team. And if you need an alternative to JD Vance - a true populist - JD Scholten I think is the JD America needs to hear more from.

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1. Oh...and the Sioux City Explorers bus caught on fire a few days ago

A charter bus caught fire early Friday as it was transporting a professional baseball team from Iowa to a game in a Chicago suburb.

Members of the Sioux City Explorers made it off the bus safely, although several lost their gloves when the overhead bins melted.

The fire started as the bus approached the 1,400-person town of Earlham, Iowa, about a third of the way into its 490-mile drive to Geneva, Illinois, where the game was being played. Earlham Fire & Rescue blamed a mechanical issue for sparking the fire, which rapidly spread from the engine to the passenger area, where many of the players were sound asleep.

“I was woken up to guys walking past me saying, ‘Hey, we’ve got to get off the bus. There’s smoke back here,’” said J.D. Scholten, a 44-year-old pitcher who also serves in the Iowa Legislature.


...https://apnews.com/article/baseball-team-bus-crash-iowa-7a04acc361ded58d88125fbc57b1d86a


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