Wumbo Wednesday With Weaselo: The Looming Nadir

I was gonna do something like rate the Sousa marches, but there are a lot of Sousa marches. So I’m gonna not do that, considering it would have ended in some sort of joke about the piccolo solo in the last time of “The Stars and Stripes Forever” after the big pullback.

First off: Congratulations to the Savage Speeders for winning the Season 4 team championship of Marbula One, and a congrats to—*checks notes* holy hell, we’ll absolutely take it—Momo of Team Momo for winning the individual racer’s title. For the Speeders, it’s their second team M1 championship (Season 1) along to go with Speedy’s individual title (also S1) and two Marble League titles. Meanwhile, it’s Momo’s first anything in anything regarding season titles (they did finish 3rd in the inaugural Marble League back in 2016), so I’d say that’s cause for celebration. (I’m now looking forward to the inevitable Showdown drop, because that would consist of too nice of a thing for too long. Assuming we have a Marble League, as they’re looking for sponsor[s]. Or crowdfunding.)

Second off: We’re really in the doldrums of NFL news, aren’t we? After all most of the free agency’s been sorted, and camp doesn’t start until the end of the month (I see the Ravens start on the 22nd, so… 17 days until camp!) Not all bad though, as Saints TE Foster “The People’s Island of Doctor” Moreau is in remission from Hodgkin’s lymphoma. And Damar Hamlin joined former Fordham softball player Sarah Taffet at Yankee Stadium for CPR training to kick off the Yankees’ HOPE Week.

So… is there anything fun and interesting on tonight? No, the Home Run Derby Bracket Show does not count as fun or interesting. We’re putting that on ESPN? No Judge (hurt and won’t do it again unless it’s at the Stadium), no Ohtani (now hurt due to blister), no Acuña, no Elly De La Cruz… definitely losing big names here, even if the current septet (so one slot left to fill) isn’t too bad: Adley Rutschman (BAL), Randy Arozerena (TB), Vlad Jr. (TOR), Mookie Betts (LAD), Pete Alonso (NYM), Luis Robert, Jr. (CWS) and Julio Rodriguez (SEA).

California Classic Summer League (So not even the important one in Vegas!)
Warriors vs. Hornets (in progress, ESPN2)

ESPN The Ocho’s doing stuff on ESPNews, if you want to watch, uh, stone skipping (9:00), fling golf (9:30), or wiffleball (10:00)

I guess it’s just your local baseball action. Which is free today and tomorrow on MLB TV, but that’s just out-of-market games. I mean, it’s fine because I won a year-long subscription that I should redeem after the 7 and 30 days (thanks to Beat the Streak), but point is it’s slim pickins. It’s just depressing. The sports nadir is coming. Though on the other side, the fall sports start perking up!