Sports At Politics

At Sports and Politics, I take both sports and politics seriously, so I have to say that this tweet from Fancred sportswriter Jon Heyman about a roster move by Major League Baseball's Milwaukee Brewers included an erroneous reference to U.S. Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA): Brewers acquire Joakim Soria @SenFeinstein 1st — Jon Heyman (@JonHeyman) July 26, 2018 The part about the Brewers acquiring Joakim Soria, a closing pitcher who was acquired by the Brewers in a trade with the Chicago White Sox, is accurate . However, the Milwaukee Brewers did NOT acquire the rights to Feinstein, who is not a professional baseball player. Heyman intended to reference Mark Feinsand, who is an executive reporter for MLB's website, in his tweet, not Sen. Feinstein, presumably to let Feinsand know about the Soria trade if he wasn't already aware of it: First was @Feinsand not @SenFeinstein https://t.co/sghgYZrJhz — Jon Heyman (@JonHeyman) July 26, 2018 I'm not particularly a b...

I'm not exactly a fan of baseball, although, as I live in a household that has a DirecTV satellite system, I have noticed something is missing from one of the TV Apps that DirecTV, which is owned by AT&T, includes as part of its satellite television service. The app I'm referencing is the Scoreguide app on DirecTV satellite receivers, which is designed to provide scores and season standings for some of the more popular sports leagues in the United States, including Major League Baseball (MLB). However, I've noticed that, for MLB, Scoreguide is no longer providing standings for all three divisions in each of the two MLB leagues, the American League and the National League. Instead, Scoreguide is displaying the standings for only one of the three divisions in each league. In the area of the country where I live, Scoreguide is only providing the Central Division standings. I'm not sure if this issue is happening in other parts of the country. This is something that...