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FRIDAY'S BROADCAST HIGHLIGHTS:MLB: NY Mets at Chicago Cubs, 2 p.m. (MLB Network)MLB: Houston at NY Yankees, 7 p.m. (MLB Network)MLB: Toronto at Boston, 7:10 p.m. (NESN, WEEI-FM 93.7)
AROUND THE WEB:
-- The 2019 NBA Draft turned into a fashion show on Thursday night with draftees wearing everything from spiderweb jackets to snakeskin suits.
All smiles from Zion pic.twitter.com/9PFenrNMbL
— The Crossover (@TheCrossover) June 20, 2019Bol Bol wearing "MoMA" Off-White x Nike Air Force 1 Lows at the NBA Draft.--: @sfreemanphoto pic.twitter.com/NORX3kSIzS
— Complex Sneakers (@ComplexSneakers) June 21, 2019Gonzaga in the house pic.twitter.com/XTt8D1iT9D
— The Crossover (@TheCrossover) June 20, 2019NBA Draft style pic.twitter.com/e0mRHVdNB3
— The Crossover (@TheCrossover) June 20, 2019Snakeskin suit for Nickeil -- pic.twitter.com/4EU6FCHYAN
— The Crossover (@TheCrossover) June 20, 2019FOLKS: it's NBA draft fashion time again ! !!!Here are the sweeties pic.twitter.com/gUgFuiPyXy
— Sophia Benoit (@1followernodad) June 20, 2019Maple Mamba fashion statement ------ #NBADraft pic.twitter.com/lvNKUzd0w5
— Duke Basketball (@DukeMBB) June 20, 2019#CamReddish taking fashion risks as he enters the league at #NBADraft night. Are you feeling the fit? @camreddish pic.twitter.com/6uOv1SlqUk
— ProTrending (@Protrending) June 20, 2019And the style has really changed a lot over the years.
Gosh nba draft fashion has really evolved pic.twitter.com/NNbNhlbUzI
— Christian Lord (@Prince_Vegeta7) June 21, 2019-- MLB commissioner Rob Manfred announced on Thursday the league has given the Tampa Bay Rays permission to explore a plan in which the team would play home games in both the Tampa Bay area and Montreal.
And the reaction was not exactly supportive of the idea.
There aren't even any direct flights between Tampa and Montreal. pic.twitter.com/thOMvcQrew
— Nate Silver (@NateSilver538) June 20, 2019The Rays wanna play in both Tampa Bay AND MontrealNah, it's cool, it's just a 1,518/nearly 23-hour drive from Tropicana Field to the old Olympic Stadium https://t.co/XX4h6SlVR6 pic.twitter.com/FMOQAg3Nyv
— Nick O'Malley (@nickjomalley) June 20, 2019Tampa should have to forfeit the team entirely for even considering this.
— Tankathon.com (@tankathon) June 20, 2019 — Ken D (@DoochyD) June 20, 2019That's dumb
— El KaBong! (@SideshowJon36) June 20, 2019Under this plan, the Rays would reportedly play early season home games in the Tampa area and the rest of the year in Montreal. Both cities would also get new stadiums.
QUOTE OF THE DAY: "It's shameful that there's been all these assumptions about a person of the caliber of David Ortiz. I will not rest until all the people involved are arrested. No act of this nature can go unpunished." -- Jean Alain Rodriguez, Attorney General of the Dominican Republic
