Sports this 'n' that

 Former major leaguer Steve Garvey is mulling a run for Senate in California.

Garvey spent his entire playing career in Southern California with the Los Angeles Dodgers & San Diego Padres, winning a World Series with the Dodgers over the Yankees in 1981, and has been largely out of the media spotlight since retiring while with San Diego in the late 80s.

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The Mets beat up on former teammate Taijuan Walker Thursday in sweeping Philadelphia, 4-2. Walker was lifted after 4 innings while Max Scherzer went seven and fanned 9. The Mets will see another of their former hurlers tonight as Chris Bassitt returns to Citi Field with the Toronto Blue Jays.

Speaking of the Jays, reliever Anthony Bass has gotten himself in some hot water with some less than charitable remarks of late, and was booed at Rogers Centre the other night. He ain't long for the Great White North, to be sure.

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The Royal & Ancient, the folks in charge of The Open Championship (we know it as the British Open) have chosen to exclude the Turnberry course in Scotland for future tournaments. Why? The course is owned by the World's Oldest Baby, Donald Trump. Can't blame them for not wanting the circus that follows the Archduke of Affluenza everywhere.

You can imagine Trump's reaction:

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ESPN, due to Disney-mandated layoffs, may be thinking of ending Max Kellerman's 2nd tour of duty with the network.

Kellerman hosts two programs, and is part of ESPN Radio's morning team. Certain reports are assuming he'd be dumped to make room for Pat McAfee's show, which would replace This Just In weekday afternoons.

Anyone think that Screamin' A. Cosell may have something to do with planting the rumors about Kellerman?

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Across the dial, Skip Bayless has lost another partner.

Ex-NFL player Shannon Sharpe is leaving FS1's Undisputed, taking his podcast with him. FS1 hasn't announced who'd take his place across the table from Bayless. Sharpe felt out of place discussing subjects not related to football. I'd lay odds he heads back to CBS. 

How about reconfiguring Undisputed into more of a Pardon The Interruption clone and find another journalist to team with Bayless?  Just asking.