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King Of The Hot Takes

You-Know-Who has written a timely column today, full of exceptional insight.

He begins, in his usual folksy, oldtimer-sittin'-in-a-rocking-chair-outside-the-general-store manner:

Hey there, baseball fan. Did you ever think you'd be longing for the good old days of commissioner Bud Selig?

Wow. Major League Baseball is imploding in the Sign-Stealing Scandal Spring of 2020, and commissioner Rob Manfred is making Uncle Bud look like Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis, or maybe Winston Churchill.

The hardball world is furious with the Houston Astros, and virtually no one is happy with the performance of Manfred since MLB announced its findings about the Astros scam Jan.