@Philokalia

I included a post that showed an abridged list of items that either include 88
in their name (Oldsmobile 88 is one more I thought of) or had 88 in the
price tag. the items listed were from a broad range of consumer items.

I came to the conclusion that "88" is a desirable number in the retail industry because,
for some reason or another, consumers like that number, 88!

So since the baseball in question is a consumer product, it should not be a
surprise to see that price, $88, as opposed to $85 or $90.

So just cause for the price of the baseball at $88 is given. There are two theories,
then. therefor, it is clearly incumbent on the accusers to demonstrate that it is
the intention to price the baseball at $88 - not because of it's attractive price,
but so as to send a dog whistle to white supremacists.

In other words, Phil, forgedd'aboud'it. Put the fork in them they're all done.

So is this thread. I'm out.

@philokalia said
Wait, how am I possibly minimizing"Nazi persecution of political opponents?"

@philokalia said
There doesn't even need to be an obvious explanation because we aren't even at some point where it is logical to conclude that somebody in DHS is a Nazi ... trying to... uhhh... ????? ... by throwing out the number 88 in some report.

What's to defend? What's to explain away?

You are simply advancing a numerological conspiracy theory.

@kazetnagorra said
So you can't explain why someone would use "less than 13 out of 88" then? Is it something you've found rather typically in other contexts, or maybe with other random numbers?

@earl-of-trumps said
Are you saying that if Phil can't explain it then there is no explanation, and
you have therefor proved your point??

Ya. suurrrrrrrrrrre.

@kazetnagorra said
I am saying that until you, Phil or anyone else come up with a more plausible explanation than the one I gave, the one I gave should be considered the most plausible explanation.

@no1marauder said
Here's a "plausible" one:

"Under the Immigration and Nationality Act, an applicant must
generally demonstrate "a well-founded fear of persecution on
account of race, religion, nationality, membership in a
particular social group, or political opinion."
Immigration lawyers say any applicants who appear to meet
that criteria in their initial interviews should ...[text shortened]... ar" but the February 2018 DHS release says only 13 of those were accepted by the immigration judges.

@earl-of-trumps said
I included a post that showed an abridged list of items that either include 88
in their name (Oldsmobile 88 is one more I thought of) or had 88 in the
price tag. the items listed were from a broad range of consumer items.

I came to the conclusion that "88" is a desirable number in the retail industry because,
for some reason or another, consumers like that number, 88!

@earl-of-trumps said
So since the baseball in question is a consumer product, it should not be a
surprise to see that price, $88, as opposed to $85 or $90.

@philokalia said
I think it's obvious:

@philokalia said
There's a million reasons to ignore this silly numerological conspiracy theory.

@kazetnagorra said
Seems like a reasonable explanation.

@kazetnagorra said
Seems like a reasonable explanation.

When Helter Skelter 2: Electric Boogaloo goes down Earl of Trumps is going to be so surprised...

Don't worry Earl, it's just a retro concert. 😉

@wolfgang59 said
So other products are priced at "88" but by your own admission you don't know why and choose to assume it is for "some reason or another"?
Bravo.
Good investigation.

Could the "some reason or another" be ....