Day 525

• We have two potential "sticky stuff" (or associated) suspensions from last night:
• Caleb Smith of the Diamondbacks is all but certainly sitting 10 games, as he was ejected last night and his glove confiscated.  That pretty much, under MLB rules, is prima facie, and the suspension is all but guaranteed.
• The other one is a bit more murky.  Lance Lynn of the White Sox was inspected in the dugout between innings (I believe the 4th vs. Oakland), and set his glove and hat on the railing before taking off his belt and tossing it toward the inspecting umpire.  For the toss, he was tossed -- and a suspension could come of that.  We will see.
• Perhaps we now have an answer to Central Florida -- we'll see on that one...  Nebraska's football program and it's coach, Scott Frost, under NCAA investigation for illegal staffing, it sounds like.  An analyst can be hired, extra to the coaches to the team, but an analyst can't have permissible contact with the team.  He's also under investigation for illegal practices during the 2020-21 COVID situation.
• Freddie Freeman hit for the cycle tonight -- 2nd of his career.  3rd this year.
• Interesting stat:  333 cycles in the history of baseball.  313 no-hitters.  (per Wikipedia)
• At least one doctor in Alabama, according to MSN, will no longer treat unvaccinated patients.
• THIS FUCKING OREO COW WHO MIGHT BE GOVERNOR OF CALIFORNIA IF THE REPUBLICAN SHITHEADS WIN ON SEPTEMBER 14TH:  Larry Elder has now come out in support of that an employer should be allowed to ask if and when female employees wish to become pregnant...
• CBS News/YouGov, polling last week and the week before, have the recall failing by only four points (52-48) of likely voters.  Elder is the leader in the replacement poll by more than ten points -- but only has 23% support.  Which basically means about 10% of California voters will give us that fat Oreo Cracker cow if Newsom is recalled.
• An American tradition 70 years or more in the making is going to end in 2025.  MLB and the MLBPA have announced today that, starting in 2026, they will take and do their own trading cards under the Fanatics branding, ending a decades-long association with Topps.
• The judge has actually DENIED the restraining order against Trevor Bauer...  Legitimate purpose in life, I guess, for the shithead...   
• Rashaun Jones, a former Miami Hurricane, has been arrested in a 15 year murder cold case of a teammate, Bryan Pata.  
• After surgery to remove a cancerous growth from the skin above his nose, Dick Vitale is now cancer-free.  After several other procedures to stitch up his face, Vitale quipped "I will never look like Tom Cruise, and have a body made of linguini!"
• Four Arsenal players are among the 20 player COVID positives in the English Premier League in the first two weeks of the young season/
• 3 US Senators -- one from each party and an independent -- have all tested positive for COVID.  ALL were vaccinated.  UH OH....   
• Add North Carolina to the list of states running out of beds.  You know, there are things I'd like to get looked at by a doctor too, but it's clear we cannot...   
• Hospitals in Texas may be, on a wider scale, preparing to deny treatment to the unvaccinated.
• And a school in Tennessee has been forced to close at least tomorrow (and probably far further) due to unstated illnesses - but the fact the announcement has 1/3 of the students out due to illness and over a quarter of the staff probably can give you a pretty good idea of what illness this is.  Because of the Covidiots, we reopened the schools to in-person instruction too damn soon!!   
• Georgia has formally joined the "Give me Liberty and Give Me COVID" crowd.  No mask mandates allowed in the state.
• A school in California will be unable to open until the rats in the classrooms which have taken over in the last 17 months are dealt with.
• The Raiders and the Rams and the Titans and the Buccaneers had a number of incidents at joint practice today.  Just getting Football Nation America salivated...   
• Looks like next season is the last for the Phoenix Coyotes -- Glendale, AZ has decided not to renew the working arrangement between the city and the team past this year.
• If you want to see what steroids do to your golf game:  The Sham Beau, at the first round of The Northern Trust, the first Fed Ex playoff tournament, had this first round...  Nine birdies, five bogies, two doubles, ONLY TWO PARS.  Even par 71 the hard way, he's about halfway down the leaderboard after the first round.