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We break out the ultimate bracket SHOW DOWN in Random Rankins this week. But first! Covid, the Brewers, and Ludwig, oh my!

Links:

Ninja isn’t in trouble, but he also doesn’t have Twitch’s sub record: https://www.theverge.com/2021/4/14/22362532/ludwig-twitch-subathon-ends-stream-ninja-subs-record

White Claw - bigger and boozier: https://www.sfgate.com/food/article/White-Claw-new-higher-alcohol-seltzer-Surge-summer-16100814.php

New MLB baseball, is it like the old baseball?: https://theathletic.com/2514275/2021/04/14/more-drag-but-more-bounce-the-new-ball-is-having-bewildering-unexpected-impacts-on-the-game/

COVID roundup

• https://www.cnbc.com/2021/04/13/covid-19-cases-deaths-vaccinations-daily-update.html

• https://www.cnbc.com/2021/04/13/us-regulators-reportedly-call-for-pause-in-use-of-johnson-johnson-vaccine-due-to-clotting-issues.html

• https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/south-african-variant-may-evade-protection-pfizer-vaccine-israeli-study-says-2021-04-12/

• https://www.cnbc.com/2021/04/15/pfizer-ceo-says-third-covid-vaccine-dose-likely-needed-within-12-months.html

Perfection: https://sports.yahoo.com/pure-perfection-north-texas-pitcher-hope-trautwein-strikes-out-21-batters-perfect-game-163619075.html

Catching up with the Brewers:

• https://sports.yahoo.com/cubs-ryan-tepera-suspended-willson-contreras-hit-brewers-brandon-woodruff-mlb-220619992.html

• https://www.cbssports.com/mlb/news/brewers-corbin-burnes-continues-hot-start-accomplishes-feat-no-pitcher-has-done-since-1906/

Nonbinary in a binary sports world: https://www.si.com/wnba/2021/04/16/nonbinary-athletes-transgender-layshia-clarendon-quinn-rach-mcbride-daily-cover

Random Rankings:

We came up with a new concept - create a list, any list, and then take that list and rerun it through a number of brackets  to see who wins. This week’s bracket involves fictional characters and being stranded on a