SNY's The Warm-up: MLB realignment? — H O R S E — Goodbye, XFL

Get Today’s New York Sports Here Tweet of the Day --------------------------------------------------------------- Good morning, 👋 and welcome to The Warm-Up! After winning three straight, the virtual Mets [were bested]( by the virtual Brewers on Sunday, 11-4. They're back in action tonight against the Braves at 7 p.m. --------------------------------------------------------------- New SNY originals... BNNY: Living Room Edition - [The potential MLB realignment for 2020]( Out of Office Replies - [Should the Jets go receiver or tackle with the 11th pick?]( Loud Mouths Great Debate - [Who is the more polarizing figure: Alex Rodriguez or Tim Tebow?]( Football Night in New York - [The best ways to help New York's young QBs in the 2020 NFL Draft]( Huskies at Home - [Geno Auriemma on how his UConn team is dealing with the coronavirus]( --------------------------------------------------------------- Today's word count: 689 words (about six minutes) --------------------------------------------------------------- 1. MLB's potential 2020 realignment, explained Vincent Carchietta/USA Today In case you missed it, Bob Nightengale of USA Today reported new details on Friday of what a season [within the confines of Arizona]( could look like. More specifically, how the 30 teams might be realigned for 2020: - "Major League Baseball, assessing myriad proposals, has discussed a radical plan that would eliminate the traditional American and National Leagues for 2020, a high-ranking official told USA TODAY Sports, and realign all six divisions for an abbreviated season. - The official spoke on the condition of anonymity because the proposal is one of several being discussed." Specifically: MLB would break up the 30 teams into two leagues, the Grapefruit League and Cactus League, and six divisions. For the Mets: They'd join a new Grapefruit East of Washington, Houston, St. Louis and Miami. For the Yankees: They'd join a new Grapefruit North of Philadelphia, Toronto, Detroit and Pittsburgh. The Mets would join a division of three playoff teams and the two 2019 World Series finalists; the Yankees would join a division of four cellar dwellers. The bottom line: Nothing is concrete yet. Wrote Nightengale: - "The (anonymous) official cautioned that nothing has been decided. They will continue to wait until advised by health and government officials that it’s safe to start the season, holding out hope that teams could return to their major league cities, even including fans. - Yet for now they’ll continue to explore all options." --------------------------------------------------------------- DAILY TRIVIA The first season of the NL East was in 1969. Name the six teams. 2. By the numbers Brad Penner/USA Today: Guardians fans like this one won't have a team to root for in 2021 2 NBA players, 1 WNBA player, 1 retiree Results from last night's ESPN H O R S E competition, ranked from least to most watchable: - (Former Knick) Chauncey Billups beat Trae Young in an unglorified free throw contest. - Zach LaVine swept a very retired, but very entertaining Paul Pierce. - Mike Conley's trick shots were too much for Tamika Catchings to handle. - Allie Quigley's sharpshooting was, along with being the most impressive development of the night, too much for Chris Paul. The semifinals (Quigley vs. LaVine and Billups vs. Conley) are on Thursday on ESPN at 9 p.m. 12,116 people The XFL [suspended operations]( on Friday, with no plans to have a 2021 season. The Guardians' last home game, played Feb. 29 at MetLife Stadium, was seen in person by 12,116 fans. New York beat the L.A. Wildcats, 17-14. 418, 238, 223 yards Luis Perez led the Guardians with 418 yards passing. Darius Victor led the team in rushing with 238 yards. Colby Pearson led the team in receiving with 223 yards. 5 cornerbacks [A look]( at five cornerbacks the Jets might target in the 2020 NFL Draft, which is 10 days away. --------------------------------------------------------------- 3. Highlights from the archive NBA/YouTube GIF'd above: New York Knick forward and Hall of Famer Bob McAdoo doing a trick shot in a H O R S E competition against Pete Maravich during the 1977-78 season. Maravich would end up winning (you can watch the matchup [in full here]( and made it all the way to the finals of what was a season-long, 32-player H O R S E tournament televised by CBS. - In the finals, Maravich was hurt, so Rick Barry took over for him and lost to Paul Westphal, the 1977-78 H O R S E champion. - That matchup, regrettably, is not on YouTube. As for McAdoo, a forgotten great player of the '70s: - He put up huge numbers for the Knicks in his one full season in New York (1977-78), making the All-Star Game with 26.5-12.8-3.8 averages. - His best season came in 1974-75, as a Buffalo Brave (now the Clippers), when he averaged 34.5 points and 14.1 rebounds, which resulted in his first and only MVP award. --------------------------------------------------------------- 4. The New York Minute - [SNY's Ian Begley]( Some with the Knicks felt Kevin Durant would've signed there if not for injury - Larry David [explained the background]( behind George's job with the Yankees on "Seinfeld." - Pete Alonso, moonlighting [as a poet]( while describing the Mets' black jerseys: "The orange and blue accents are like the city lights in the night sky." - There was a brief moment over the weekend where Donovan Mitchell seemed obtainable in a trade. That moment, [it appears]( is over. - Leon Rose [is reportedly]( open to trading Julius Randle. - Eli Manning to Plaxico Burress. 17-14. [You're welcome](. - Anthony Causi, beloved sports photographer for the New York Post, [passed away]( from COVID-19 on Sunday. --------------------------------------------------------------- Trivia answer: Mets, Cubs, Pirates, Cardinals, Phillies, Expos. That's the buzzer, folks. Stay safe and enjoy your Monday. This email was sent by: SportsNet New York (SNY) 150 Greenwich st 50th floor New York, NY 10007 US [Unsubscribe]( [Twitter]( [Instagram]( [Facebook](