Craig Calcaterra's Cup of Coffee, his daily baseball newsletter, to which I subscribe, was free to all this past Friday.
Among other things, he wrote about Alex Rodriguez, announcing, and self-awareness and about sports team owners who give lots of money to Republicans.
Some of it:
On A-Rod
. . . I liked A-Rod as a studio talking head when Fox first began trotting him out in the role a few years ago. Despite his generally off-putting persona as a player, the post-suspension and retirement A-Rod was looser, goofier, and brought with him a pretty refreshing perspective as an analyst.