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Hacksaw’s Thursday Podcast..1-30pm
You Tube Channel-Lee Hacksaw Hamilton
Hot Topics on Table..Stay for Fans Forum
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“THIS..THAT..THE OTHER”
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Items from my Notebook:

PADRES..Let the battle begin…who will be their starting catcher this year…Former All Star Elias Diaz-the ex Rockies…the once promising Luis Campusano…Good-glove-no bat journeyman Martin Maldonado or career minor leaguer Brett Sullivan?  There is no Benito Santiago nor Brad Ausmus in that group.  Cactus League debuts Thursday-Friday-Saturday.

DODGERS..Sort it out pitching staff…so many to choose from…9-potential starting pitchers but the most eyes will watch on those coming off health issues, starting with Tyler Glasnow, the long range prognosis on Shohei Ohtani,  the multi surgeries to Dustin May, and where-when Clayton Kershaw fits in?

ANGELS..Owner Arte Moreno says ‘blame me’, so we will for so many mistakes in big money acquisitions and the failure to hire the right baseball people to put together good farm systems.  He says they will lose (50M) this year, probably so, with a higher payroll and decreased revenues.  Again, who is to blame for this, the owner.

FIX IT..In a two day span, Rob Manfred talks about payroll disparity in baseball and agent Scott Boras condemns ownership refusing to spend to upgrade their rosters.  All sides need to come to the table, MLB, Owners, Union, Agents and figure a system that shares but grows the game.  Do something about the Haves-Have Nots, Those Who Spend-Those Who Refuse to Spend.

NFL..Big weeks ahead in the offseason.  Trades, Trade Rumors, Buyouts, Releases, then Free Agency.  Who becomes the Raiders QB?  Do the Rams move on from Matthew Stafford?  Do the Bengals keep their marquee players?  How do the troubled Browns solve their QB crisis?  Stay tuned.

NBA..Adam Silver-you have a problem.  NBA All Star TV ratings for Saturday’s festivities were at an all time low.  The Sunday All Star game had the second lowest TV rating of all time.  Your players, your announcers are bad mouthing your game right now. The arrow is pointed at you.

NHL..Team USA-vs-Canada..Thursday night in the finals of the 4-Nations Tourney in Boston.  Will there be fights?  Will the Boston fans boo ‘Oh Canada’?  How will the injuries in this tourney impact teams the rest of the season?  Get rid of the All Star Game and replace it with a Global tourney?  Oh by the way Canadian fans were not booing the National Anthem..they were booing all things Donald Trump-weren’t they?

GOLF WAR…That scoreboard does not lie..TV ratings for last Sunday’s final round..Phoenix Open-PGA vs LIV-Riyadh Open…(2.8M) viewers on CBS..(52,000) on Fox in Riyadh.

NASCAR..Stunning finish to 7-hours of rain delayed Daytona 500-racing..3-wrecks in 9-laps racing to get the checkered.  By the way (6.7M) watched the all day Sunday race.  I guess thrilling finishes, wrecks, car airborne, as long as no one dies like Dale Earnhardt did 24-years ago on the final lap.
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