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The Beachwood Radio Sports Hour #310: Baseball Is Back! (But Is It Really?)
The virus doesn't care how much you want to watch a game. Plus: Other Sports Are Also Back Pending Death; Pandemic Baseball Sucks; Hub Bubs; Hall Of Fame Hossa; The Mystery Of Mitch's Motivation; Choking On Chalk; and It Was Unmistakably A Noose.
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SHOW NOTES
* 310.
1:30: The Red Stars Are Back!
* "The NWSL will be the first U.S. team-based league to return to play on Saturday with its Challenge Cup. (The Orlando Pride pulled out after several players tested positive.)"
* FiveThirtyEight: Megan Rapinoe And Tobin Heath Have Opted Out. But There's Still Lots To Root For In The NWSL.
4:46: Sports Are Back!
July 5: Formula One restartsJuly 8: MLS is Back Tournament starts
July 10: NHL training camps open
July 23-24: MLB Opening Day
July 24: WNBA projected to start regular season
July 25: PLL begins its Championship Series tournament
July 30: NBA projected to restart
7:00 Sports Are Maybe Back, Pending Various State Lockdown Rules And An Athlete Dying.
* Coffman: "We are so far into unchartered territory now it's hard to know where to begin."
* Coffman: "College football is essentially morally bereft."
* Safely Reopening High School Sports Is Going To Be A Lot Harder Than College And The Pros.
* MDT: Mountain Daylight Time.
* You first.
Cubs president Crane Kenney envisions fans in stands, on rooftops https://t.co/27CrRFY7Kz
— Jesse Rogers (@JesseRogersESPN) June 25, 2020
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Mayor Lori Lightfoot says Chicago is "not there yet" on fans in stands at ballparks.
— Chicago Tribune Sports (@ChicagoSports) June 26, 2020
"Obviously there's no bigger sports fan than me. But we've got to do it at a time when we know that that's appropriate under the public health guidance."https://t.co/fsNSrQTYXa
* Tell us about it . . .
So it looks like the NBA picked the worst possible location for the bubble https://t.co/RdQg404a2V
— Joe Ostrowski (@JoeO670) June 26, 2020
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There is growing concern within a lot of corners of baseball about executing an effective health and safety protocol in the timeline prescribed by the PA/MLB agreement. As you might expect: So many complications, some foreseen and some not.
— Buster Olney (@Buster_ESPN) June 26, 2020
33:15: Pandemic Baseball Sucks.
* FanGraphs: Team Entropy Could Be the Real Winner In A 60-Game Season.
* FanGraphs: Billy Hamilton, On Second, With No Outs.
* FanGraphs: So Just How Much Less Baseball Will The New Extra Innings Rule Give Us?
* The asterisk on the season:
40:20: Hub Bubs.
Report: the NHL could announce its two hub cities for the 24-team playoff format as early as today. Chicago is among the five finalists. #Blackhawks https://t.co/qzueHfFm1p
— Scott King (@ScottKingMedia) June 26, 2020
43:34: Hall Of Fame Hossa.
* (And Doug Wilson.)
#Blackhawks' Marian Hossa, Doug Wilson inducted into Hockey Hall of Fame - Chicago Sun-Times https://t.co/RMTiyhCaRm
— Kristen Zambo (@KristenZambo) June 25, 2020
44:58: The NFL Might Also Be Back! (Maybe).
Should the NFL create separate rosters of game-ready players who can serve as replacements in the event of an outbreak? https://t.co/ufosDx0GWC
— ProFootballTalk (@ProFootballTalk) June 25, 2020
47:30: The Mystery Of Mitch's Motivation.
* Rutter: "Trubisky requires what the equally unsolvable predecessor Jay Cutler also could have used - a rewired network of mental operational connections."
* In the arena:
The "Man in the Arena'' also has had it up to here with Mitch Trubisky's play. My column: #Bears https://t.co/Tv1kc67wWy pic.twitter.com/Tzrq4muUZK
— Rick Morrissey (@MorrisseyCST) June 19, 2020
53:25: Choking On Chalk.
* Chambers: "The operating BS of the majority is that if one horse wins all three of the races this year, it will be a Triple Crown. No. And. NO!"
In other words . . .
56:50: It Was Unmistakably A Noose.
This a noose. Point blank. Not a hoax or a liberal conspiracy but an instrument of death, terrorism and genocide for black people. Period. That is what Bubba Wallace's team and NASCAR saw.https://t.co/U0bx1QpnZc
— Coleman Young Jr (@colemanyoung) June 26, 2020
* Coffman: Ride, Sherman, Ride!
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STOPPAGE: 4:39
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