Back To Reality Open Thread

Hi there!

It’s your resident Friday afternoon bartender checking in on a Wednesday. How are we all doing? Good? Excellent. I’m fresh off of a week in Maine, and while it was fun, it was too short and I’m ready for another break already. Being away and out and about felt normal, which was nice. We’ve been very conservative with activities to limit covid exposure because Sharkette was too young to be vaccinated so Mrs. Sharkbait and I were itching to go somewhere again. Luckily for us, Sharkette’s first shot was about a week before we left so she was somewhat protected by the time we left. It also helped that 99% of all activities we did (and all of the dining) was outside and/or open air. Now that I’ve got that first trip done, I’m already doing preliminary research on what trip is next. I’m thinking if it ends up being the fall or winter, someplace warm is required. You can never go wrong visiting a beach after all.

NFL News:

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The Pauls have traded Baker Mayfield to the Panthers for a draft pick

A new QB in Carolina: The #Panthers are acquiring former No. 1 overall pick Baker Mayfield from the #Browns for a 2024 conditional 5th-round draft pick, sources tell me and @TomPelissero. Deal is pending a physical. All parties split the financials to make it happen. pic.twitter.com/xuTLqosmZm

— Ian Rapoport (@RapSheet) July 6, 2022

Wait. Don’t the Panthers Have Sam Darnold?

The cherry on top? The Browns are in Carolina week 1.

NHL News:

Slightly more interesting than the NFL. The draft starts tomorrow night in Montreal, which is where it was supposed to be two years ago, in the before times. You hear that weird sound? That sound is all the Russian players falling off individual team’s draft boards because of fuckery going on inside Russia. Philadelphia’s top goaltending prospect was forcibly detained and sent to a navy base north of the arctic circle for training. Surely this has nothing to do with the fact he signed an NHL contract after he just backstopped his team (CSKA Moscow aka The Red Army) to the KHL’s equivalent to the Stanley Cup. Doesn’t smell like retaliation at all. No sir.

Sports on tonight:

Not much. All the good stuff is happening earlier: Wimbledon, Women’s Euro footy and the Tour de France. So we’re left with Baseball:

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