Well, uh, welcome back to the Slate. #RealLife has impacted the BotC, slowing down our non-countdown output. You will all be receiving a full refund for last month in the mail, personally signed by our benevolent despot.
Now on to sports!
Baseball
You make some history, you get top billing. Back on Sunday, Jordan Wicks made Kansas State history by becoming the first BatCat taken in the first round of the MLB Draft. Selected 21st overall by the Cubs, the Wildcat ace from Conway, AR also became the Wildcats highest-ever draft pick regardless of round (because, you know, there are more picks now in the first round than, say, 1969).