May 26, 2023 News and Notes

• According to Close Call Sports, there may be a spitting allegation against Aaron Boone on a balls-and-strikes ejection against Baltimore Thursday.  It's the 78th ejection of the year, and the Yankees' SIXTH of the season.  (Same number as the rest of the division combined.)
• It's Boone's fourth of the year, third in ten days.  ANY FUCKING TIME NOW, MANFRED!!!  
• And he was, in fact, suspended for Friday's game for that 3 in 10 days.  OK, now address the allegation...
• Boone's 50th MLB ejection in 5 seasons plus.
• Pluto has announced a The Price is Right channel to complement the Bob Barker Era channel.  This one will cover the now almost 16 seasons of Drew's time on the show.
• Cool Drew story.  During the WGA strike, Drew is paying for meals at two LA restaurants, including tips, for anyone eating there who produces a WGA card.
• 10-42 for the A's now.  Swept in Seattle.
• And Houston in Oakland this weekend.
• Two days remain in the May sumo tournament.
• Asanoyama (10-3 now) lost to Yokozuna Terunofuji (12-1).  Terunofuji, as is expected of the rank, wins the tournament unless Sekiwake Kiribayama (11-2) wins one more than Terunofuji does.
• They face off in Day 14, meaning Terunofuji wins the tournament before the final day even starts with a victory.
• Those are the only three wrestlers with ten wins.
• Ozeki Watch:
• All eyes will be on the Sumo Committee on Monday and Tuesday.  Though the usual promotion requires three tournaments at Sekiwake, the Committee may decide to promote Kiribayama anyway to Ozeki.  And a win over Terunofuji tomorrow basically locks that up.  If it leads to a win in the tournament, doubly so.
• Ozeki Takakeisho's victory over Meisei today was his eighth.  That's a kachi-koshi (winning record), meaning, in his case, kadoban status is removed and he can proceed in July normally again.
• I don't care if he has a diagnosed addiction, FA.  He needs to be BANNED.  TODAY.  Word has come out that Ivan Toney bet at least 13 times that his Brentford side would lose.  And it doesn't matter if he wasn't playing.  Just like the situation in the NFL:  He has access to inside information and the players who are -- and can manipulate them under the table.   
• A late Friday adjustment has given four more days to the X-Date.  June 5th -- which, at the least, is past most of the June 2023 Social Security checks -- is the current X-Date.  Ten days from that date, no deal is on the table.