Operating off on the typewriter …
The Tampa Bay Rays are 12-0 after Wednesday night time time’s 9-7 win over the Boston Crimson Sox and one win shy of tying the report for the most effective start in Main League Baseball historic previous — and nonetheless it doesn’t matter.
The Rays are one in all many best-run organizations in expert sports activities actions and do further with decrease than any crew in any sport, however they nonetheless have the fourth-worst attendance in all of baseball. Which is more healthy than last 12 months and the 12 months sooner than as soon as that they had been third-worst in attendance though they made the playoffs in every seasons. And in case you had been questioning, the ultimate time they made the World Sequence all through a non-COVID season was 2008 as soon as that they had the fifth-worst attendance throughout the league.
Translation: The Tampa Bay house merely doesn’t deserve such a high quality crew. Time to demolish the idea baseball will ever work there.
Raze the Rays!
Transfer them to Orlando!
Brief stuff: Glad to see that the Florida Gators merely restructured and renamed their NIL collective, which now has been rebranded as “Florida Victorious.” Appears like AD Scott Stricklin, after the Jaden Rashada fiasco, talked about enough is enough and decided to put some very smart enterprise people answerable for the model new collective. After the clownish technique the outdated collective handled the Rashada state of affairs, I assume you probably can say UF’s NIL arm has gone from “Florida Uproarious” to “Florida Victorious.” … Possibly Orlando Magic crew president Jeff Weltman is bluffing to aim to create some commerce curiosity in Jonathan Isaac, nevertheless all through an interview earlier this week it sure appeared like Weltman plans on Isaac being once more with the crew subsequent season. I like J.I., nevertheless I’ve a tricky time believing the Magic pays $17.4 million subsequent 12 months for a participant who sadly merely can’t maintain healthful. …
Shade me cynical, nonetheless it was launched on Wednesday that longtime UCF rowing coach Becky Cramer has “resigned” within the midst of the season to “spend extra time with my household.” Excuse me? The season solely lasts one different month. I really feel her family will nonetheless be there in Could. For those who be taught Jason Beede’s story throughout the Sentinel, you’ll see that there’s further to this than UCF is letting on. … Talking of UCF, Masters winner Jon Rahm has a connection to the Knights. His caddie Adam Hayes went to Rockledge Excessive Faculty and carried out for the UCF golf crew throughout the late Nineteen Nineties. Possibly that’s why Rahm saved “charging on” and blew earlier Brooks Koepka in the midst of the 30-hole Masters marathon on Sunday. … By the way in which during which, what was further stunning on the Masters — these pine bushes falling down or Phil Mickelson rising up? …
I observed the place the Orlando Magic are shifting their G-League affiliate from Lakeland to Osceola County, the place they’re going to play at Silver Spurs Area. Query: Who could be the dwelling crew as soon as they play San Antonio’s G-league affiliate? … Talking of Osceola County, it’s exhausting to contemplate that one in all many space’s most well-known firms — Tupperware — might rapidly exit of enterprise. I’m merely guessing, nevertheless probably Tupperware’s financial woes have one factor to do with a enterprise model by which they promote lids that someway alter themselves and alter sizes as quickly as they’ve been bought and don’t match any of the containers in anyone’s kitchen cabinets. … Let’s give it up for UCF’s John Rhys Plumlee, who will play centerfield for the baseball crew on Friday afternoon after which play quarterback for the soccer crew on Friday night time time. No phrase however on whether or not or not JRP will even be instructing the UCF rowing crew on Friday, elevating some money for the NIL collective and serving to AD Terry Mohajir put the ending touches on the 2029 soccer schedule. …
FAU has given basketball coach Dusty Could a 10-year contract extension after taking the Owls to the Closing 4. I’m usually in opposition to giving a coach such an prolonged extension after one spectacular season, nevertheless on this case I’ll make an exception. If Could is actually a one-hit marvel, his one hit was greater than Resort California, Stairway to Heaven, Hey Jude, Respect, Purple Rain, Piano Man, Satisfaction, Free Chicken, Heartbreak Resort and Johnny B Goode. … I don’t study you, nevertheless I like new Auburn coach Hugh Freeze’s considered having fun with a spring sport in opposition to at least one different school throughout the state. “Alabama can play Troy and we play UAB or vice versa, or whoever, I don’t care. Alabama State or whoever,” Freeze talked about earlier this week. I’d prefer to see UCF play Florida State or Miami play Florida in a spring sport. It may be an efficient strategy to create curiosity, promote tickets and, certain, earn cash. …
New Orleans Pelicans star Zion Williamson has been out three months with a non-surgical hamstring hurt and says he had been bodily cleared to play throughout the play-in occasion nevertheless was opting out until “I really feel like Zion.” If solely all of us acquired paid a whole bunch of 1000’s of {{dollars}} to not go to work as soon as we don’t actually really feel want it!!! …Tiny Quinnipiac upset mighty Minnesota to win the NCAA hockey title over the weekend and coach Rand Pecknold was so emotional that he requested ESPN reporter Colby Cohen to current him a hug in the midst of the post-game TV interview. So are you conscious what Cohen did? He gave Pecknold a hug, in any case. It type of strikes a chord in my memory of the ultimate time City Meyer gained a nationwide title and requested a reporter for a hug. When Meyer made contact with the reporter, the reporter turned to ashes and Meyer wickedly grinned and walked away. …
Final phrase: With Friday being Nationwide Thomas Jefferson Day, a quote from our third president: “In issues of fashion, swim with the present; in issues of precept, stand like a rock.”
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