Sports this 'n' that

 Jake Paul just got his reality check.

The YouTube star dropped a split decision in Saudi Arabia today to Tommy Fury, the brother of Tyson Fury. It was the first loss of Paul's career, and it comes in the same area where brother Logan lost an opportunity to become WWE champion some time back vs. Roman Reigns.

The next place we may see the Pauls is if Jake seconds Logan vs. Seth Rollins at Wrestlemania in April.

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The pitch clock era has arrived in Major League Baseball.

Preseason play began on Friday, and San Diego slugger Manny Machado was the first player assessed an automatic strike because he wasn't ready to bat within the prescribed time frame.

And as for that time frame, the rule breaks down thus:

Pitchers:

15 seconds between pitches with the bases empty. 20 seconds with a runner on. 30 seconds between batters.

Batters have to be in the batter's box ready to hit within 8 seconds of the clock expiring.

The latter rule also came into effect in Saturday's draw between Atlanta and Boston, as an Atlanta prospect was called for strike 3 on the final play of the game.

The idea, of course, is to speed up the game, and so far, it's working, with games averaging 2 1/2 hours in length over the first couple of days.

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Millionaire Jeffrey Bezos has this habit of irritating self-absorbed, thin skinned adult brats.

We all know about his having been targeted by former president Pecos Pampers (Donald Trump). Now, Bezos' bid to buy the Washington Commanders has hit a snag because current owner Daniel "Napoleon" Snyder barred Bezos from entering a bid.

SAY WHAT?

Photo courtesy Yahoo!.

Seems Snyder, like Trump, has had a problem with the Washington Post's investigative reporting on his team and its scandals. However, I don't think Snyder has a legal right to bar Bezos from making a bid to buy the team. He could be overruled by either a judge or the NFL itself, the latter of which would be more than happy to get rid of Snyder.

Snyder has no real legal or legitimate reason for barring Bezos other than being a petty, vindictive man-child, but I don't think he'd have a problem with Trump making a bid to buy the team. You know what they say about birds of a feather.