Making history! 📺
Madison Shipman makes her regular season debut as analyst tonight, becoming the first woman to work the booth for a @BlueJays game on @Sportsnet 👏
Watch the Blue Jays take on the Padres tonight at 9:40pm ET on Sportsnet and Sportsnet+!
@FriedgeHNIC@jtbourne This is why The Toronto Maple Leafs never win. A 30 year old has a career year and they jump at him. There is a reason Tampa doesn’t want him. They see his value and want to get rid of him while the iron is hot.
The World Lives Here.
Canada is all together different. Truly unique. And so is our relationship to the beautiful game. This is our opening to the 2026 World Cup. Narrated by Kiefer Sutherland. #FIFAWorldCup
Today in Rock History
June 9, 2011
Neil Peart stepped into the spotlight solo on The Late Show with David Letterman, performing an impressive drum showcase. His appearance celebrated Rush’s 40th anniversary and highlighted his status as an elite top-tier drummer in rock.
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Who is doing to color commentating of this Vegas/Ducks game on ESPN?? It sounds like Kevin Weekes? I hope it’s not because he is horrible!! #FlyTogether#LetsGoFlyers
@shaynagoldman_ The Ref was up at the right face off dot. How could he call a goal from up there?? He also didn’t make a good goal signal because he himself didn’t know.
@HayesTSN You have to finish telling the story of your daughters and Van Halen. Are they becoming classic Rock fans? The Italy loss interrupted your story.
The Dodgers have handed out over $2.2 billion in contracts in just the last three offseasons. That number alone is more than the total value of half of MLB franchises, including the team they just beat in the World Series.
Their projected 2026 luxury tax bill is around $165 million. Not payroll — just the tax. That would rank near the middle of the league in total payroll by itself. That’s insane.
Most teams simply cannot operate this way, no matter how smart their front office is or how well they draft. The Dodgers have a massive TV deal, ownership willing to eat historic tax penalties, and the flexibility to treat the luxury tax as a business expense instead of a deterrent.
For a lot of franchises, one bad contract sets them back years.
For the Dodgers, there’s always another move.
MLB doesn’t have a salary cap, and at this point it barely has meaningful guardrails. When one organization can spend more in penalties than some teams spend on entire rosters, the idea of competitive balance starts to fall apart.
You can respect what they’re doing and still admit the system is broken.
Because this isn’t parity.
It isn’t sustainable. At least not for almost every other team.
And it’s not healthy for the sport long term.
It's making the game boring and more predictable.