Good morning all and happy Tuesday!
MLB’s All-Star game is slated for July 14. In years past, I could not wait for the event. As I explain in the commentary, however, it’s time to end the Mid-Summer Classic.
Here are some other thoughts on the first Tuesday of summer:
Why does Yankees pitcher Gerrit Cole always look as if he’s about to get a tooth pulled, every time he is on the mound? Hey Gerrit? Smile once in a while. You are getting paid tens of millions of dollars to do what you like. Enjoy it.
That said, watching Cole pitch these days is becoming tedious. He throws too many pitches. Put it this way: he is not the Cole of his prime.
The Jets just cannot seem to get their quarterback situation straightened out, can they?
So the Mets and Cubs got rained out last night in New York. They will make up the game as part of a split-admission doubleheader on tomorrow. What a joke. This day-night crap is about charging separate admission. Just adopt the minor league standard or your own policy during Covid: have a single-admission doubleheader with each game going seven innings.
I’m guessing no one had Dusty May to the NBA on their bingo card. The coach of the national champion Michigan Spartans has left to become the head coach of the Dallas Mavericks. May famously stated last month that for Michigan to repeat as national champs, it would cost the school at least $10M to bring in top-notch talent. Maybe he just became fed up with the entire college scene and decided to end the charade by going to the pros.
Wish I thought of that. Someone posted on X yesterday that the Red Sox could not get Rafael Devers to play first base. Now the Giants can’t get him off first base.
That is going to do it for today’s newsletter. I have a busy week of Hartford Yard Goats broadcasts coming up, so I may not be posting regularly over the next few days. Thank you for your understanding and for being a subscriber. It means a lot.
DAN
