Happy Friday, San Francisco Giants fans.
Tuesday and Wednesday were wild, if mostly uneventful days in the Shohei Ohtani sweepstakes. We were treated to “news” galore, which feature unverified rumors, reports that Ohtani would likely pick a team by the end of the weekend, Los Angeles Dodgers manager Dave Roberts tripping over himself in admitting to a meeting with Ohtani, and countless attempts at moralistic whining about Ohtani’s completely reasonable secrecy.
And then Thursday was quiet. Very quiet. Oh so quiet. Eerily quiet.
It felt like the quiet before the storm, with barely a whisper — let alone report — about Ohtani.