Day 426

• Looks like we may have an outbreak with the Padres.  Wil Myers has tested positive (and he was NOT in yesterday's moves), so has Fernando Tatis Jr. (so the moves yesterday appear to be direct-COVID related and not contact tracing)....
• Kris Bryant took ill yesterday and was removed from the Cubs game.
• Should we make it to September in one piece, the NFL is going with tried and true for it's first game:  The Thursday opener will be the banner-raising for the Bucs, against the one team which can draw consistent ratings for the league -- the Cowboys.
• Entire Week 1 schedule has been announced, ahead of tonight's full-schedule reveal.  Highlights:  Pretty dry early Sunday block.  Best there is probably Seattle traveling to Indianapolis.  Late block does have a good headliner, if Rodgers stays:  Green Bay at New Orleans.  Prime-timers appear to be the fan debuts of the new stadiums:  Chicago to debut for fans at SoFi against the Rams Sunday night, and Baltimore heading to Allegiant Stadium for the Las Vegas Raiders' fan opener.  
• CONFIRMED:  Only one Monday Night game to open this year -- but, in exchange, ABC and ESPN get a doubleheader on Saturday in the new Week 18 -- and it's two playoff-implication games which will be slotted in there.
• Ajax just won the Eredivisie (the Dutch league) championship.  In a gesture toward their many fans, they requested a second trophy -- they melted down the first one to create 42,000 stars to represent the season-ticket holding fans who were unable to see the team win the championship this year.
• The owner of Leicester City sent a banner, a medal, a ribbon, and face crayons (jokes on Reddit were saying a taser  :) ) to every season-ticker holder and official member of the fan club, in front of their first FA Cup Final since 1969.
• And it appears an outbreak has actually made it through the vaccinations for the Yankees -- three positives on the team staff, the first and third-base coaches and an unnamed third...  To this point, neither any games with San Diego or the Yankees are, as yet, postponed.  Ruh roh...   
• The International Olympic Committee still insists the Tokyo Olympics will be held as (re)scheduled.
• Late afternoon report from manager Boone -- 7 Yankee staffers now infected with COVID.
• Blake Bortles is now rumored to be headed to Green Bay.
• All sportsbooks have taken Green Bay off the board for win total.  William Hill is hinting the Packers would finish third in the NFC North without Rodgers.  Lower.   
• 16-1 on New England winning the AFC, however???  Call me if I can safely make Vegas in three months.  Brady vs. Belichick I Week 4 in Foxboro.