This was one crappy weekend. At least the Pop Warner football team that my daughter cheers for won 38-0.
- Last week in Bullets, I wrote that no manager had been fired all season and how unusual that was. On Saturday, the Padres fired manager Andy Green. Bench coach Rod Barajas will serve as an interim manager.
- AJ Cassavell has the top six candidates to replace Green. Hey, is that Joe Maddon at the top of the list? And is Mark Loretta also on it?
- OK, I’m going to assume you can read the MLB standings as well as anyone else, but in case you’re just feeling lazy, here is the current state of the playoff race as far as who is already in.