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By Jim Coffman and Steve Rhodes
Jock idiocy in the city’s locker rooms. Plus: SOS – Same Old Scrubs; Tony & Stoney; DePaul’s Stumblefield; Bulls Rebound; Bowman’s Borgstrom; McCaskey Mystery; Goofy Georgi; Red Stars Return, and more!
Posted on April 9, 2021
By Alex R. Piquero and Justin Kurland/The Conversation
Baseball season is here, and thousands of cheering fans are back in the ballparks after a year of empty seats.
Most teams, still cautious of the COVID-19 risk, are keeping their stadiums to less than 30% capacity for now.
Only the Texas Rangers packed the ballpark for its home opener on April 5, 2021, a move President Joe Biden criticized as not being responsible.
Next week: Arlington hospitals at full capacity. https://t.co/nKxR4PMRbF
— Beachwood Reporter (@BeachwoodReport) April 5, 2021
Many of these attendance decisions are being made with minimal data about the heightened risk that players and fans face of getting COVID-19 at stadiums or arenas and spreading it the community.
There is one large-scale experiment that can offer some insight: the National Football League’s 2020 season.
Posted on April 7, 2021
By Roger Wallenstein
Five years, 10 years, 25 years from now, few will remember the botched fly balls and blown leads, but the legend of Yermin Mercedes will remain alive.
Chances are, even a century into the future, his eight hits in as many at-bats to kick off the season will remain as the hottest streak ever for a ballplayer’s first two games of a new campaign. The Yerminator has landed.
Posted on April 5, 2021
By Jim Coffman and Steve Rhodes
Meet the new Cubs, same as the old Cubs. Plus: White Sox Lose Less Than Cubs; Neo Theo; Boog & Beau; Loyola Will Always Have Illinois; Deja Vucevic; and Bloom Also Off Blackhawks.
Posted on April 2, 2021
