* You heard it here first. Should Jameis Winston eventually prove to be as good–or even better– than the Bucs are hoping, especially on home turf, look for some scribes and headline writers to refer to Raymond Jameis Stadium. You know it’s coming–if the offensive line ever gives him half a chance.
* Like most baseball fans, I find myself on the side of “getting it right” when it comes to instant replay. It’s worth the extra delay to make the right call. We also know there are rules and de facto loopholes so that an already pedestrian-paced game doesn’t get out of hand.
Having said that, how maddening was that last Friday to see the Rays drop a one-run game to Kansas City and have a run eliminated because of a bad call? The Rays were out of “challenges” at that point in the game and a verifiably (replay-confirmed) bad call stood and likely cost the Rays a game they could ill afford to lose. Call it the “getting it wrong” compromise.
* How tragic that someone lost their life the other day in Atlanta by falling from the upper deck at Turner Field. What’s shocking as well is that such ballpark deaths from falls are not that rare. There have been three such fatal falls at Turner since 2008. Overall, there have been 24 throughout Major League Baseball since 1969. Taller railings, MLB?