Sportsmageddon has happened before

Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao All you needed was a fully functioning remote control, maybe picture-in-picture, and an inclination to drop the better part of a C-note, and you had yourself quite a sports day Saturday.

Nothing much was on the docket except for

The Kentucky Derby.

Mayweather-Pacquiao.

Rangers-Caps, Game 2.

Clippers-Spurs, Game 7.

And, since we are a baseball town beyond compare, there were also a couple of fun early-season hardball tilts involving the locals and their rivals, one ancient and deep (Yankees-Sox) and one recent but heating up (Mets-Nats).

These are rare days, when there is such a profound convergence of must-watch sports. We don’t get these very often. When we do,…