John Clayton, a first-class NFL insider and our beloved longtime ESPN colleague, died today.
He also starred in the greatest This Is SportsCenter commercial of all time.
RIP, John
@RizzoISaid@FieldofHistory@JonHeyman You do know MLB isn’t the only level of baseball right? There are actually many levels. College baseball is one of the levels, and it is very exciting! So, again, I will enjoy it bud.
Players union agreed to allow MLB to ban shifts, implement a pitch clock and make bases larger in 2023, subject to those agreements fitting into a total deal. Union also rejected Robo umps for ‘22/‘23. MLB goal: to be able to streamline the process and add excitement ti the game.
@RizzoISaid@FieldofHistory@JonHeyman If they didn’t dedicate their whole approach/career on pulling the ball and worked on being a well rounded hitter. Then they would get pitches they could drive oppo, and the shift would go away. If you are one dimensional, then you are easy to defend.
@RizzoISaid@FieldofHistory@JonHeyman Throwing hard has nothing to do with it. The hitters are still pulling the ball. That’s why the defense is shifting. That’s why the pitcher is throwing in. To get them to hit into the shift…
GGs. The better team won, they came up clutch when they needed to. Absolutely amazing season. I truly enjoyed every second of it & can't wait until next year.
@I_am_Steele@AnalogKidTX@darrenrovell Presumably fanatics will come after panini & the NBA & NFL rights. That will give them a monopoly over the sports card market. Will the SEC allow that? bowman goes away too. I hate this deal. Business is wolf eat wolf but 70 years… loyalty means nothing anymore
@AnalogKidTX@darrenrovell So you think it is more likely that 2 companies without licensing agreements for the players in 3 of the 4 major American sports have a better chance of merging than Topps card division being fire-sold to fanatics when the creditors start calling in their notes?
With Fanatics MLB deals, Topps now becomes a shell of itself. Mudrick Capital, which was supposed to bring Topps public has informed the SEC this morning that it will TERMINATE their agreement.
Ballsy strategic timing by Fanatics, who can now buy Topps for pennies on the dollar
Since it opened, the Rangers' new ballpark has been home to:
- an LDS win
- an LCS championship
- a WS championship
- two no-hitters
All achieved by other teams