Day 52

• Well (if the weight is correct), The Mountain did it.  Hafthor Bjornsson lifted 501 kg (1,104.52 pounds) to break the deadlift world record in his gymnasium in Iceland today.  The question is:  He made it look EASY!!!  The attempt is a subject of much controversy in the powerlifting world.  Some do question whether someone might fudge the weight and the like, and even people sympathetic to Bjornsson question whether an out-of-competition lift should be counted.  On the other hand, there is the point of whether another such competition might ever feasibly be held!    
• The Peachtree Road Race, the largest 10-kilometer race in the world, held in Atlanta, will be run on Thanksgiving instead of the Fourth of July this year.  Doubt that VERY seriously.   
• Speaking of things I have to doubt VERY seriously...  According to Tampa Bay beat write Marc Topkin:

With cautious optimism, MLB's latest plan for a season has most teams playing in home parks with no fans and competing in current divisions https://t.co/UKzeFaUSht

— Marc Topkin (@TBTimes_Rays) May 2, 2020

• And the countdown to rioting continues:  Guns were pulled on Oklahoma City storekeepers in the last several days, so the city pulled back it's limitation on masks.  Word is that less-violent idiots are going to get our county to revoke that on Tuesday night.  Somebody wants a lot of people killed this summer, and they're going to get it! Martial.  Law.  NOW.    
• And the eugenicists are out in full force:  Antioch (California, right near the Bay Area) City Planning Commission member Ken Turnage has called for the elimination of the unfit through COVID-19 -- both of the aged and of the mentally-ill and homeless to reduce the burden on society.  (And just in case you think I'm joking:  New York Daily News)  Turnage was expelled from the Commission last night.
• As widely expected, Secretariat won the virtual Kentucky Derby (called The Triple Crown Showdown) between all 13 Triple Crown winners.  Secretariat won by a head over Citation, and largely because Secretariat got boxed in for most of the race, including a bump between two horses in front of him which could've caused an inquiry. 

• Chris Jericho brings members of his band Fozzy to the Saturday Night Special on his Facebook at 6 PM PDT tonight. 
• The quarterfinals and semifinals of the month-long MLB: The Show Players League were held today. 

1. (1) Blake Snell (Tampa Bay) defeated (8) Gavin Lux (LA Dodgers) two games to none.  (3-2, 5-4)
2. (4) Jeff McNeil (NY Mets) defeated (5) Dwight Smith Jr. (Baltimore) two games to none.  (3-2. 3-1)
3. (7) Ian Happ (Chicago Cubs) defeated (2) Joey Gallo (Texas) two games to one.  (2-3, 4-3, 7-0)
4. (6) Lucas Giolito (Chicago White Sox) defeated (3) Bo Bichette (Toronto) two games to one.  (3-2, 0-1, 5-3)
5. Semifinal One: Snell defeated McNeil two games to one (1-4, 8-0, 7-0)
6. Semifinal Two:  Giolito defeated Happ two games to one (8-4, 0-1, 3-1)
7. The Grand Final:  Blake Snell vs. Lucas Giolito, will take place tomorrow on ESPN at 2:30 Eastern.  It is best of 5, the winner gets $25,000 for the Boys and Girls Club of either Tampa, FL if Snell wins or Chicago if Giolito wins.  Every player in the 30-man league got a $5,000 donation for their city's Boys and Girls Club.