(“The TEN” is not a top ten but ten items worth being included in “The TEN”)
1. FedEx, which has naming rights to the stadium in which the Washington Redskins play, made a request Thursday that the team change its nickname.
2. Monrovia football will hit the practice field Monday July 6.
3. The NBA has had a total of 25 players test positive for the coronavirus out of a pool of 351 who have been tested since June 23.
4. The NFL has shortened its 2020 preseason to two games.
5. The New York Mets still pay Bobby Bonilla $1.19 million every July 1 and will continue to do so until 2035.
6. The Lakers signed guard JR Smith for the rest of the season.
7. The Clippers shut down the team’s practice facility after a positive coronavirus test within the traveling party headed to Orlando Florida.
8. On this day in 1970 Clyde Wright threw a no-hitter in the California Angels 4-0 win over the Oakland A’s.
9. Former Angels pitcher Frank Tanana turns 67 today.
10. Texas A & M football was placed on probation for one year and head coach Jimbo Fisher was given a six month show-cause order after he and the program were found to have violated NCAA recruiting and athletic-related activity rules.
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@ Tim: Ah, OK. Adrian Gonzalez had several excellent seasons for the Dodgers, so that trade was definitely worth it. He was the player they wanted the most.
@ The Upside: The Detroit arena just got demolished; no rioters were needed.
@ Grim Reaper: Yep, Mookie Betts really needs to come through with a career 37 per cent of a regular season for the Dodgers. It’s especially true now because his old friend from Boston, David Price, won’t be throwing any pitches for L.A. this year.
As I recall, Carl Crawford was thrown in as part of the trade for Manny Ramirez in 2008. If the Dodgers were going to get Ramirez, they had to take Crawford as well.
Unfortunately, we can’t always get everything the way we want it.
@The Upside
There is the merch angle, but Snyder really screwed up. He’ll be changing up soon just to maintain the financial status quo. But he’s been whining about needing a new stadium for a few years. I always assumed he’d use the team name as a bargaining chip to get a free stadium in the District. Now he’s cashing it in late for a lot less.
Is TP on vacation?
7-10-20 Mookie Betts still has Zero Hits
In Spring training he has a 238 avg and a 547 OPS He will play 60 games, maybe..
Still the worst Rent a free agent signing in LA Doyer history.
You trade with the Boston Red Sox at your own risk, at least Carl Crawford got a hit or two for the Doyers.
New head coach at Gabrielino. Lorenzo Mena. GHS alumni.
I hear the Redskins are about to change their name to The Rioters, and they’ll resume their games in the fall of 2022 at Take-a-Knee stadium.
Any word if Gabrielino High has a new football coach?
In the asinine race to see who can be more politically correct than the next guy, the Redskins’ renaming of their team has one big benefit: a boatload of new merchandise sales. In keeping with this new enlightened thinking, the owners really need to take the next step: letting rioters come in free to destroy the arenas.
Let’s say that Lebron James tests positive for the virus, and is unable to play in the shortened season. How excited should we all be about watching the Lakers play without their MVP? With several key players likely to be sitting because of their COVID situation, is this season going to have any validity whatsoever?