4-19-2023 Passed Ball Show. John spends this program talking about Draymond Green’s unwillingness to respond to the fact that the league and its officials look at him as a problem. It did not matter that Green could have been right about his beef with Damontas Sabonis getting away with extra physical play. When Green stepped on Sabonis- his reputation alone was getting ejected and suspended, whether he was in the right initially or not. Green has to know this now and understand he is getting judged differently because of his reputation. Though he may have been right in his criticism of the officials treatment of Sabonis, he HAD to have known this was going to be the result of his actions at the expense of his own team and teammates. John then makes a case that most pitchers could be in a similar situation that Max Scherzer was in when he was ejected and eventually suspended for possibly rosin and water or sweat. John believes that MLB has to do a better job of ruling on exactly what can and cannot be part of the check between the umpire and the player and simply leave it up to the umpire to opine. During today’s Saving Sports History segment, John talks about the first Boston Marathon and what led to it, two undefeated MLB teams after ten (10) plus games, Michael Spinks, Al Unser, Jr., Candace Parker, and Maria Sharapova.
