Back Around to March, Pirate Booty, Heroes, and Addison Frickin’ Russell

After all that back and forth, looks like the MLB plan agreed upon in March is moving forward.  The MLBPA held their ground, and now it’s a matter of health protocols.  The COVID-19 outbreak affecting at least 40 players and staff has shut down facilities in Arizona and Florida, and raised many more questions. Some independent leagues plan to start up with much less fuss, so you may get some local baseball after all.

Addison Frickin’ Russell gets picked up by the KBO Heroes and we are given another opportunity to point out the problems with press coverage of domestic abusers. We learned that the Heroes are not so Heroic themselves, so that landing spot maybe isn’t such a surprise.

MLB players and executives continue to step up to integrate the lessons of Black Lives Matter into daily life and not just a moment.

The CPBL standings tighten up some more, and Pottymouth’s KBO team, the Dinos, gets some love from 538.

Patti’s former BF Nelson Cruz wins the Muhammed Ali Sports Humanitarian ESPY award and shows the world what a good man looks like. Pottymouth’s former Angel BF Albert Pujols steps up to cover salaries for furloughed players and staff in the Dominican Republic for five months. We aren’t sure what’s up with Big Papi. And A-Rod and J-Lo bring on a Vitamin Water, Horseman, Pirate Booty billionaire to their Mets bid.

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