May 16, 2023 News and Notes

• Two more jacks for Aaron Judge as the Yankees win again.
• But they come with a possible charge of sign-stealing.  The Toronto broadcaster cameras caught Judge looking repeatedly toward the first-base dugout where the Yankees are for the series in Toronto.  This is what happened just before his second jack of the night...

Aaron Judge hits a home run as the Blue Jays broadcasters wonder why he keeps glancing toward the dugout pic.twitter.com/ZrOY7grbYV

— Jomboy Media (@JomboyMedia) May 16, 2023

• You be the judge, no pun intended.   Judge claims he was hearing something from the Yankees dugout.  I do NOT believe him.  
• As most anyone would've predicted with these playoffs, the 76ers fired Doc Rivers today.  Makes you wonder if the only coach left will be the one of the champions...  
• And there is talk that if the Nuggets do not reach at least The Finals, their coach is gone...
• Pitcher and manager of the Diamondbacks are #63 and 64 last night.  Check-swing -- and the A's could've added to that total.  Eight in two days, if I have this right?
• The Las Vegas Aces have lost their coach and their 2025 first-round pick.  Becky Hammon, banned two games for "Respect In The Workplace" violations and impermissible violations...  Something tells me we have our next firing!
• At least one notable member of the Crips gang wants Ja Morant to knock it off -- or else ride with him and actually meet up and see what being a Crip is like!  Bricc Baby, no uncertain terms...  If he doesn't step up to you and take you up on your offer (which might well be better for him and the NBA if he does), you might have a real problem on your hands.
• A New York lawsuit accusing Rudy Guiliani of just about everything short of murder has also uncovered a possible pardons-for-pay situation -- that Guiliani asked a woman he was effectively raping if she had any friends who might need a pardon from then-President Jabba The Trump.  Cost?  $2M, split between Rudy and Shithead.
• Yep, the fun has started in earnest in Oakland with the D-Backs series.  Announced attendance:  2,064.
• Night 5 of the first round of the Jeopardy Masters Tournament.
• Game 1:  Amy (3 pts), Matt (3 pts), Mattea (7 pts).  Probably a must win for the first two, Amy on the bubble, at this point, for elimination.  
• Matt gets a Daily Double in Double, Amy misses hers.
• Matt gets the 3 points, Amy does score the single when Mattea misses the Final, but it doesn't help her.
• Game 2:  Sam (2 pts), Andrew (8 pts), James (9 pts).  A tall order, and a must win for Sam, as Amy now has 4 points.
• James is now advertising himself as a "self-described game-show villain", playing off his time on The Chase.
• James gets the three points by finding both Daily Doubles in Double (creating a lockout and more jokes at host Ken Jennings' expense!), but Sam and Andrew are drawn for second.
• Andrew forces Sam to get it right, he does not.
• Results on five of the seven rounds:
• James Holzhauer 12 points (his four wins in five games puts him in the semifinals)
• Andrew He 9 points
• Mattea Roach 7 points
• Matt Amodio 6 points
• Amy Schneider 4 points (is eliminated if she finishes third tomorrow)
• Sam Buttrey 2 points (must win out to advance)
• Michael Davies' taking from soccer tournaments for 3 points for a win has major implications.  Amy Schneider has four second-place finishes in five games.  She is out of the tournament completely unless she gets at least one win, and may need them both! Amy faces Matt and James tomorrow.