Earlier today, Governor Andrew Cuomo announced that open air stadiums, such as Joe Bruno Stadium here in town, Citi Field & Yankee Stadium in New York City, and Thomas & Mary Casey Stadium at UAlbany, will be open to fans as of April 1. Limited capacity, social distancing, etc., are requirements.
For example, the Mets will cap attendance at 8,000. Bruno Stadium seats as many as 6,000+ on a good night, so they'd have up to about 1,500-2,000 fans for a Valleycats home game, I'd guess, when the team starts their first season in the Frontier League.
Former Mets & Yankees pitcher Al Leiter, now an analyst for MLB Network, was in attendance at the presser this morning as a guest of Cuomo.
Unfortunately, high school & college games may still be closed off to fans, with high school football in Section II kicking off tomorrow, but come the next school year, things may well be different. Stay tuned.
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It was just a matter of time before La Loudmouth was heard from again.
Even though eldest son Lonzo is having his best season as a pro, LaVar Ball is complaining about how the New Orleans Pelicans are using him, along with 2nd year pro Zion Williamson.
Photo courtesy of Yahoo!
LaVar's not the sharpest of minds as a coach, as we have previously seen, but he just can't help himself. He thinks the Pelicans should trade Lonzo. HA! If he's doing so well, pops, then keep your opinion to yourself!
I'd bet that even if youngest son LaMelo and Charlotte don't make the playoffs, he'd be looking for Michael Jordan & the Hornets to trade LaMelo.
I'd rather lock La Loudmouth in a room with Screamin' A. Cosell (Stephen A. Smith), put them in a boxing ring, and see who survives.
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Mets shortstop Francisco Lindor has made it clear that while he & his reps are negotiating a contract extension, he'd like to have it done before the season starts in 2 weeks. If I'm Steve Cohen & Sandy Alderson, I'd listen.
Meanwhile, Amed Rosario is being tried out as an outfielder with Cleveland, something the Mets had only talked about doing the last couple of years. It's a work in progress, of course. Rosario had a couple of errors in the field earlier this week, but if Cleveland management is bent on making him an outfielder, he may need to start the season in the minors, while Andres Giminez would start at short.
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Get ready to say goodbye to Thursday Night Football on broadcast television.
The NFL finalized new media deals earlier today, with Thursday Night Football moving to Amazon Prime, which also owns Twitch, starting with the 2023 season. The Thursday package currently airs on Fox, save for opening night in September, and a primetime game on Thanksgiving, both of which air on NBC. In addition, ABC re-enters the Super Bowl broadcast rotation, which means the February curtain dropper could rotate among the four broadcast networks for the duration of the contract. I can dig.
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Finding it hard to believe that ESPN was willing to bring back Skip Bayless until he decided to re-up with Fox Sports 1. First Take has gotten better with Max Kellerman replacing Bayless, and schooling Screamin' A. on a daily basis, while Bayless is stuck with marble-mouthed Shannon Sharpe on Undisputed. To tell you the truth, I'd suspect Screamin' A. is tired of Kellerman embarrassing him, and wanted him gone. Actually, beef jerky for brains, we'd rather see you disappear.
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So LeBron James has bought into the Boston Red Sox, even though he's a Yankee fan, or was. I'd think that he would've bought a stake in Cleveland, which is giving up the "Indians" at some point, or even the NFL's Browns.
Heck, I wouldn't mind a celebrity consortium taking a share of the Browns, including LeBron and the WWE's Michael "The Miz" Mizanin.
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