1. Sports fans spent a good portion of the pandemic writing off baseball for about the millionth time.
Players and owners' fighting about details on baseball's return—and baseball's return being delayed waaaaay too long—turned off many people, who vowed they were disgusted with the sport, who vowed not to watch the sport anymore, who vowed to be done with the sport forever.
Of course, all of this was proved to be not true, as is always the case when sports fans say they are going to stop watching something.
The Yankees and Mets played an exhibition game Friday night.