Seeing two guys playing frisbee in the park reminded me of the under-appreciated 1994 Coen brothers movie, The Hudsucker Proxy, and made me wonder where all the people with their hula hoops are.

MLB is now considering playing quadruple-headers in an effort to play a full 162-game season. Knowing that such an intense schedule could give rise to an increased likelihood of injury, the league has retracted its ban on performance-enhancing drugs. In order to speed up play to squeeze four games into every day, it has eliminated manager challenges and trips to the mound; instituted a new rule whereby hitting a foul ball with two strikes results in a strikeout; eliminated commercials, except for products that can be bought online, given that all stores are closed anyway; and, in a move that also will alleviate the concerns over electronic sign-stealing, it has banned the giving of signs. The Houston Astros have announced their intention to appeal that decision, but since appeals are no longer allowed, they are expected to fail.

With the news that local jails are releasing hundreds of prisoners (and thus thousands nationwide) in an effort to protect other inmates and staff from the coronavirus, I’m waiting to see a conspiracy theorist declare that the virus was created in order to engineer a massive, elaborate jail break. If we really were living in a DC Comics world, it wouldn’t be hard to imagine the Joker masterminding such a scheme.