Right-hander Chase Burns and the Cincinnati Reds are in agreement on a seven-year, $105 million contract, sources tell ESPN. Burns, 23, was an All-Star this season and one of the best young pitchers in baseball. No club options. A straight deal that will run through 2033.
Fun fact related to WorldCup Semi-finals. There is so much interest in England v. Argentina ‘hate watching’ that since Saturday, 40% of the Argentina shirts being sold by Manchester UK based Classic Football Shirts are being shipped to Scotland postal codes in advance of Wednesday’s game. And we are talking about thousands of shirts!
The Balogun suspension/red card suspension/appeal process is basically when you're the commissioner for a fantasy league with your friends and one of your friends does something so unexpectedly stupid on Saturday night of week 11 that you have to make up and adjust the rules depending on whoever made their case most recently
Folarin Balogun is the first player to score a goal and record a red card in a FIFA World Cup knockout stage game since Zinedine Zidane against Italy in the 2006 World Cup final 😲