All Quiet on the Western Front

SU felt it was time for a post even though other than NFL free agency, there is not a whole lot going on in the sports world.  The summer Olympics will now take place in 2021, MLB is likely a late May start at the earliest and the NBA is looking at June for a resumption of its season.  Being a New York resident, I do take some solace in knowing that President Cuomo has a handle on what’s going on here.  Thank goodness as the evening updates are must (not) TV.  A few tips to get you through these dark times:

  • Season 3 of Ozark is coming out on Friday.  Good times.
  • SU just finished season 3 of Babyon Berlin.  Seasons 1 and 2 were much better but I had to get through season 3 all the same.
  • There is nothing better than a 1-hour replay of a Michigan basketball game on the Big Ten Network.  John Beilein was such a great coach.  Too bad the NBA was not ready for him.  He will land a top college job in the next couple of months.
  • The YES Network is just not getting it.  It’s fine to re-broadcast a game from 2019 but seriously, do we need to watch all 4 hours of it?  Why not speed it up?  Just show the innings with the scoring?  Same for SNY.  Start broadcasting the 2019 games on the same day this year.  Do the 90-minute version.  SU is all in.
  • Aaron Judge had a collapsed lung.  Of course he did.  And Aaron Boone says if the season started tomorrow, he “thinks” that Giancarlo Stanton would be ready.  No doubt he is working out with Jacoby Elsbury down in Florida standing 6-fee apart.
  • SU continues to not understand how the PGA TOUR is not moving forward.  It is the one major pro sport that can play its events without fans in attendance.  If nothing else, the pace of golf is a good time suck.
  • Once things start to return to normal (and it won’t be on Easter), SU is definitely wondering if fans are going to return in droves?  Hard to see this year’s US Open packed in there with people sticking to one another.  The one hope is that if some experts are right, high temperatures and high humidity might make things a whole lot better.  But you have to feel that for the rest of 2020, in-person events’ attendance is going to be down.

SU does not have the patience to read the all-time greatest players’ lists by sport.  Just can’t do it.  I once again encourage the intergalactic subscriber base to weigh in here with its Netflix/Amazon recommendations.  Or if you have some sports relevant opinion to offer up, we are all ears.  Sports Illustrated did have the Yankees winning the World Series although I believe that was pre-Severino Tommy John surgery as they said JA Happ would not be in the rotation.

The floor is open for your comments.

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  1. Donald Trump is the worst speaker I’ve ever heard. He’s in the Walt Frazier league of broadcasters.
    I wonder is Elijah will be going door to door this coming Passover. That’s how bored I am.

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