Shameful MLB past can’t just be erased
NOW THAT Rob Manfred, with a single declaration, has radically and racially revised American history — eliminating decades of MLB segregation by decree — The Great Emancipator is working on a new result for the Crimean War.
➤ So networks hire former football officials to prejudge replay challenges and they often provide nothing better than “maybe” or “perhaps,” meaning their second guess is no better than the field officials’ first guess and the official second guess. And they still declare that this is called, “Getting it right.”
➤ Peer Pressure: Guaranteed, Mark Schlereth, now with Fox, never spoke of a QB’s “arm talent” until he became a TV football analyst.
➤ Trouble magnet Dwayne Haskins, Washington’s QB, has lost his designation as a team captain, with an upper-case C. Makes one wonder who he be beat out for the honor.
➤ Volume Alert: New York audiences will be subjected to “Hollerin’ ” Kevin Harlan on CBS’s Browns-Jets telecast.
➤ Iowa State’s colors have been cardinal and gold since 1899. You could always narrow it down by choosing Iowa State, Arizona State or USC for instant TV recognition. Now it’s just another school whose football team, on Nike’s orders and purchased compliance, wears bad-attitude all black.
➤ Monday night, despite the uncivil war between the Steelers and Bengals, was designated an NFL “Muppets Night” for those kids hooked on black coffee. Having always confused the Muppets with Sesame Street, I wanted to learn if Elmo is related to Venmo.