If anything, besides uncorking the evil genie of inflation and engendering a colossal waste of resources, these stimulus efforts have retarded our recovery.
Or that Wall Street and banking and money management would be turned inside out, uncorking money buried inside the musty trust departments of sclerotic banks.
But most troubling for owners is the risk they need to take on pitchers, where the strain of uncorking 90-plus mile per hour fastballs greatly increases the propensity for injury compared to everyday players.