\u27a2 Major League Baseball issued a 60-game schedule which will start on July 23rd or 24th.<\/p>\n
Changes for the season include the designated hitter in National League games, and extra innings will start with a runner on second base. Players will start reporting to resume training on July 1st.<\/p>\n
MLB’s Philadelphia Phillies said two more players and two more staff numbers have tested positive, for a total of 12 people in the\u00a0organization.<\/p>\n
Three players on MLB’s Colorado Rockies\u00a0have tested positive,\u00a0according to\u00a0The Denver Post.<\/p>\n
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\u27a2 The FBI has\u00a0ended its investigation\u00a0into the NOOSE that was found in NASCAR driver\u00a0BUBBA WALLACE’s<\/strong>\u00a0garage stall at Talladega.<\/p>\n They\u00a0concluded<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0that “no federal crime was committed,” because they\u00a0found video proving that the noose was in the garage as early as October of LAST year . . . and that the garage was only assigned to Bubba last week.<\/p>\n So, it wasn’t a hate crime targeted at Bubba, but it STILL isn’t a great look for NASCAR.\u00a0 They say they’re keeping the investigation open on their end to figure out WHY the noose was there.<\/p>\n Last night on CNN, Bubba said he’s, very upset that people are suggesting the whole thing was a hoax and he was involved.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u27a2 It seems like couriers RARELY pay attention to the “additional instructions” on our shipments . . . but this Amazon driver did, and it was amazing.<\/p>\n A woman named Lynn Staffieri\u00a0said<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0that her son was being silly, and in the “additional instructions” section, he said, quote, “Knock on the door three times and scream ‘abracadabra’ as loud as you can and run super fast away.”<\/p>\n Well, the driver showed up . . . and she ACTUALLY DID IT.\u00a0 It was caught on their Nest cam.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u27a2 Workers at the Norwich Foodbank in England were \u201cvery surprised\u201d when they received a donated tin of Sainsbury\u2019s fish that had a best-by date of April 1987. They posted about the donation on Twitter, writing, \u201c33 year out of date fish anyone\u2026?! Please check dates before you donate.\u201d The BBC reports that Sainsbury\u2019s, a major grocer and retailer in the U.K. has requested to keep the anchovies for their archives.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u27a2 The world\u2019s most popular fruit is fighting its own pandemic: A fungus called Tropical Race 4, recently resurfaced and is ravaging banana fields in more than 20 countries. Possible solutions include creating a genetically modified variety as well as a vaccine. Right now, all that can be done is to quarantine infected farms, enforce sanitation measures, and prevent the movement of plants between growers \u2013 the banana equivalent of hand-washing and social distancing.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n TODAY IS\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026.<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n _____________________________________________________________________________<\/strong><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n COUNTRY MUSIC NOTE<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n Garth Brooks<\/strong>\u00a0made his Grand Ole Opry debut in 1989.<\/p>\n _____________________________________________________________________________<\/strong><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n BABY BOOM<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n The expected COVID baby boom just isn\u2019t going to happen. In fact, according to US economists, we can expect to see declining birth rates next year.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n A Report by Brookings Institution researchers predicts that there could be 300,000-500,000 fewer babies born in the US next year.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n They looked at birth rates from the Spanish Flu pandemic of 1918 and the recession of 2009 and found that after both events, birth rates tanked. In the case of the recession, job losses led to higher unemployment levels, and people were more likely to put off or decide against having kids.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Considering the world is dealing with both a recession and a pandemic with no certain end in sight, the experts suggest that lower birth rates could be long lasting.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Studies done in Canada and Europe also recently came to the same conclusion.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n FOUR RANDOM FACTS <\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u00a0___________________________________________________________________________________<\/strong><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n GOOD NEWS <\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n A couple in Springfield, Missouri adopted a one-year-old cat named Cheese during the pandemic.\u00a0 And it\u00a0got stuck up in a tree<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0this week, right before a big storm was about to hit.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Their local fire department didn’t have time to come get the cat down, and neither did a local tree-trimming company.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n But the tree-trimmers offered to help anyway . . . saved the cat while a neighbor live-streamed it all on Facebook . . . and just as they were rescuing it, a big double-rainbow appeared in the sky.<\/p>\n ______________________________________________________________________________<\/strong><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/u><\/strong>\u00a0<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n BIRTHDAYS <\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n [41] Mindy Kaling, actress (\u201cThe Mindy Project 2012-17, \u201cThe Office\u201d 2005-13)\/best-selling author (\u201cIs Everyone Hanging Out Without Me?\u201d)<\/p>\n <\/p>\n [40] Minka Kelly, actress (\u201cTitans\u201d since 2018, \u201cFriday Night Lights\u201d 2006-09)<\/p>\n <\/p>\n [33] Lionel Messi, soccer superstar<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n 85% of People Say Listening to Music in the Car Puts Them in a Better Mood<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n A new survey found 81% have used MUSIC to help cope with the added stress of the lockdown.\u00a0 And 85% said listening to music while driving puts them in a better mood.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Here are five more quick stats from the survey . . .<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n ____________________________________________________________________________<\/strong><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n BORED PEOPLE ARE BUYING MORE BICYCLES <\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n The pandemic has devastated many industries, but it\u2019s actually boosted the bicycle business.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Market research group says after years of lackluster and declining sales, overall bicycle sales surged by 31 percent to $1.3 billion in the first three months of 2020 compared to the first quarter last year. B<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Bike sales even increased in areas where movement restrictions weren\u2019t as tight, due to shutdowns of non-essential businesses.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Experts say bicycles fit well into the new realities of the COVID-19 era as the risk of transmitting the virus while biking is low, riding is compliant with social distancing guidelines and it can also be a family group activity.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/u><\/strong><\/u><\/u><\/p>\n WEDNESDAY JUNE 24TH<\/sup> <\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n Players will start reporting to resume training on July 1st.<\/p>\n MLB’s Philadelphia Phillies said two more players and two more staff numbers have tested positive, for a total of 12 people in the\u00a0organization.<\/p>\n Three players on MLB’s Colorado Rockies\u00a0have tested positive,\u00a0according to\u00a0The Denver Post.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n So, it wasn’t a hate crime targeted at Bubba, but it STILL isn’t a great look for NASCAR.\u00a0 They say they’re keeping the investigation open on their end to figure out WHY the noose was there.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u00a0<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Tennis Star Novak Djokovic Tested Positive for COVID-19<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n Top-ranked tennis stud\u00a0NOVAK DJOKOVIC<\/strong>\u00a0tested positive for COVID-19 . . . after staging a series of exhibition matches in Serbia and Croatia.<\/p>\n Three other players who took part also have the virus:\u00a0\u00a0Grigor Dimitrov<\/strong>,\u00a0Borna Coric<\/strong>, and\u00a0Viktor Troicki<\/strong>.<\/p>\n Ironically, the matches were meant to raise money for people affected by the pandemic . . . but the stands were packed, and the players freely interacted with fans and each other.<\/p>\n They were also spotted together at nightclubs and restaurants.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n The Shortest Marriages in Country Music History<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n Now that\u00a0CARLY PEARCE<\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0MICHAEL RAY<\/strong>\u00a0are done after EIGHT MONTHS of marriage, a website wanted to figure out where that ranked among the shortest marriages in country music history.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n There’s no word what caused the split, but just four days before the divorce was announced, Carly was praising Michael’s music.\u00a0 Last week, she\u00a0said<\/strong><\/a>, quote, “I think it’s a big evolution for him, and it’s . . . I think people are really going to get to know him, and I’m happy for him in that.”\u00a0\u00a0She also said, quote, “I feel like Michael and I have just . . . you know, Michael’s busy working on new music and is really focused on that, and I’m just focused on my stuff, and we obviously are super supportive of each other.\u00a0“I know that everybody keeps asking me where Michael is, but he’s just really focused on music.”<\/p>\n <\/p>\n MIRANDA LAMBERT’S LATEST HIT OFFERS ‘HOPE’ <\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n Miranda Lambert\u00a0<\/strong>is closing in on the top spot on the country charts with her latest single, “Bluebird.” She co-wrote the song for her latest album,\u00a0Wildcard<\/em>, and Miranda says it offers a message that so many need to hear these days.\u00a0[“It\u2019s got, it makes me feel- It kind of makes me go inward a little bit and think about the lyrics, and it\u2019s got this hope to it. It\u2019s got a darkness to though, but it\u2019s also hopeful in a way of life is going to give me lemons, period. Like, if there wasn\u2019t problems, we wouldn\u2019t appreciate the great days, you know? But going through those things and overcoming problems, whatever they are make us strong and appreciate the sun. You know, 10 straight days of rain and then the sun comes out. And you are like, I forgot how much I loved it!”]<\/p>\n “Bluebird” sits at Number Five on the\u00a0Mediabase\u00a0<\/em>country singles chart.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u00a0<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n Dolphins Rookie QB Tua Tagovailoa Has a Crush on Shania Twain<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n Miami Dolphins rookie quarterback\u00a0TUA TAGOVAILOA<\/strong>\u00a0did a Q&A recently . . . where he revealed a secret crush on\u00a0SHANIA TWAIN<\/strong>.<\/p>\n He was asked for his guilty pleasure in music, and he said Shania, and he was asked for his celebrity crush, and he said Shania again, and then added, quote, “Shania if you watch this, from this moment on, please message me back.”<\/p>\n Shania did see it, and she\u00a0responded<\/strong><\/a>, quote, “Guilty pleasure?!\u00a0 You should be proud of your good taste.”\u00a0 He said, quote, “You’re still the one,” and she sent back\u00a0kissing emojis<\/strong><\/a>.\u00a0 FYI:\u00a0 Shania is still married to Fr\u00e9d\u00e9ric Thi\u00e9baud.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"June 24th ","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":15223,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"featured_img_display":"Yes","footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15754","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mornings"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-20 09:50:30","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"react_link":"https:\/\/country929.com\/blogs\/mornings\/2020\/06\/on-todays-show-417\/","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cfcofm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15754","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cfcofm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cfcofm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cfcofm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cfcofm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15754"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cfcofm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15754\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15755,"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cfcofm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15754\/revisions\/15755"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cfcofm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15223"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cfcofm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15754"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cfcofm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15754"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/cfcofm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15754"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}\n
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