During a scandal-scarred playing career that netted exactly one World Series title (2009, Yankees), Alex Rodriguez was one of the bazillion players who benefited from owners getting fleeced by his then-agent, Scott "20 Mule Team" Boras.
Now, making a bid to buy the Mets, Rodriguez is pitching the idea of a salary cap.
That collective groan you just heard came from Tony Clark (an ex-Met himself) and the Major League Baseball Players' Association.
Less than 24 hours after ESPN had announced that Rodriguez would recuse himself from calling Mets games on the network---they will kick off the Sunday Night Baseball slate next week vs. Atlanta---Rodriguez, who has more money than he or actress-singer-fiancee Jennifer Lopez know what to do with, thinks there has to be a cap on salaries, just like in the other major sports.
His former teammates with the Yankees, Seattle, & Texas are letting him hear about it, and you can believe it's league-wide, too. I have a feeling, though, that Team J-Rod just sank their ship in the East River, and won't close the deal with the Mets.
Stay tuned.
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If you're a fan of the Mets or any other MLB team, most of the teams are putting intra-squad pre-season games on YouTube for your enjoyment. It ain't the same as a regular game, but it's whetting viewer appetites for when the season starts in a few days.
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The Washington Trumpets have some more problems.
15 women who've worked for the organization have filed complaints about---what else?----sexual harrassment in the workplace in recent days. Talk about piling on. While the team is trying to find a new, official nickname to replace the derogatory "Redskins", owner Daniel "Napoleon" Snyder now has to find the perverts in his organization and give them pink slips. No, not the kind the ladies wear.
Watch. The chain reaction will circle the NFL before it's all said & done.
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If you watch WWE television with any regularity, you'd notice that most of the champions of the three American-based shows are either minorities or from other countries. To wit:
Raw:
WWE Champion: Drew McIntyre (Scotland).
Raw Women's Champion: Asuka (Japan).
Raw tag team champions: The Street Profits (Montez Ford & Angelo Dawkins).
US Champion: Apollo Crews.
24/7 champion: R-Truth.
NXT:
NXT/North American Champion: Keith Lee.
NXT Cruiserweight champion: Santos Escobar (Mexico).
NXT Women's Champion: Io Shirai (Japan).
NXT tag team champions: Imperium (Fabian Aichner & Marcel Barthel represent Italy & Germany, respectively).
Smackdown:
Universal Champion: Braun Strowman.
Intercontinental Champion: AJ Styles.
Smackdown tag team champions: The New Day (Kofi Kingson & Big E).
Smackdown Women's champion: Bayley (Pamela Martinez is of Latina background).
WWE Women's tag team champions: Bayley & Sasha Banks.
This could change a bit come tomorrow at The Horror Show at Extreme Rules. Bayley has to defend her women's title vs. Scotland's Nikki Cross. New Day will be challenged by the Artists' Collective team of Shinsuke Nakamura (Japan) & Cesaro (Switzerland). Banks will challenge for the Raw women's title, and McIntyre defends the WWE title vs. Dolph Ziggler. I only see one title change, but I'm not going spoil anything for you.
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