Man, Nose, Rules, Doubleheaders (Not Baseball) and Trailblazers, etc.

The Schloss-Blog, monitoring the news scene as always, has the latest and greatest. OK, the latest...

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You've heard about the "man-bites-other-man's-nose" story, right?

A corporate executive (president of "Beyond Meat") bit the nose of another man after a road-rage confrontation in Fayetteville.

This was just after the Razorbacks' football game that day.

Welcome to Arkansas football games after-party?

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You've heard about the new rules going into effect in Major League Baseball next year, right?

This should be fun.

Fifteen-second pitch rule with no one on base - 20 seconds with runners on.

Good luck enforcing that.

Here come fake injuries. Infielders conversing on the mound to be sure to get signals straight. Batters making believe they need to retreat to the on-deck circle for more pine tar. 

Wait until the first hitter either gets called out for stalling or is award a base on balls for pitcher delay. It'll be arguments royale. And further delays of game.

This whole thing is designed to speed up the game and apparently worked well in a minor-league test. The Major Leagues are not a test - it's the real ballgame.

Good luck, MLB. You're gonna' need it.

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Albert Pujols hit his 700th career home run this past week.

Congrats.

He is retiring after this season. His Cardinals are playoff-bound.

He's 42.

He's been on a home run binge.

But his pursuit of 700 in his last year was a great story line and MLB likes great story lines. So, how much you wanna' bet he wasn't tested this past week - or month - for steroids?

Rob Manfred likes ratings-generating story lines. This was one of them. He wasn't going to screw it up.

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Catch the NFL doubleheader last Monday?

Two blowouts. They both sucked and because they overlapped, you couldn't switch from the one to the other because they were - blowouts. 

Next time you want to do an overlap-doubleheader, NFL, how about competitive games (like Cowboys at Giants)?

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The Portland Trailblazers hired the very capable Chauncey Billups as their head coach last year.

They miss the playoffs.

They could've hired Becky Hamann. She won a championship (WNBA) and is a former NBA assistant coach.

They could've hired Dawn Staley. She won an NCAA championship.

Hello, NBA, your next wave of championship coaches awaits.

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Good night, Mrs. Calabash. Here's to you, Mrs. Robinson.

More Sunday night on my Radio Free Phoenix rock 'n' roll show.