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- Here's five things that pissed
me off in sports this week.

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Number five, Major League
Baseball umpire Randy Rosenberg

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ejected Philly's catcher
J.T. Realmuto yesterday

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in the fourth inning of
a Spring Training game

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against the Blue Jays.

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After Realmuto didn't feel
the ball hit his glove

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from Rosenberg, he thought
the home played ump tossed

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a new ball to the pitcher,

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like he does millions of times a game.

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I guess everyone is
still in preseason form,

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but this BS from umpires is
going to happen all year,

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and I hate it.

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Number four, the NFL Media
Group not renewing the contract

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of Rihanna's boo, Jim Trotter,

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after he had the guts to
hold the league accountable

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for its League of Diversity
in Leadership Positions.

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At each of the last two press conferences

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featuring NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell

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during Super Bowl week,
Trotter asked tough

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but fair questions on the
subject that Goodell answered

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as well as the Titanic stayed afloat.

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- I'm not specific,

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do not know specifically
about the media business.

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We'll check in again with our
people, but I am comfortable

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that we made significant
progress across the league.

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- Number three, Robert Saleh
wants to do a darkness retreat.

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If it's good enough for your quarterback,

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well, your maybe, possibly,
probably we think,

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but we don't know, sort of hopefully,

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diabolically, spiritually,
religiously, categorically

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new quarterback, Aaron Rodgers,

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it's good enough for you too.

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Are locations for darkness
retreats readily available

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like Airbnb?

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I'm gonna pitch that idea on
the next season of Shark Tank.

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Hey Sharks, I got one word
for you: darkness retreats.

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- Don't buy it. I'm out.

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- Number two, Gonzaga,

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taking a spot in the
Elite Eight from UCLA.

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Drawing up a horrible
play to take the lead

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shouldn't have been rewarded.

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It was a choke job from Mark Few,

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as his teams usually do this time of year,

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saved by a heave from the
logo by Julian Strawther.

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Few said after the game
the play was an exact mimic

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of Villanova's buzzer beater to win

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the 2016 National Championship
over North Carolina.

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You're lucky that shot went in,

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because that's terrible coaching,

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and UConn still spanked
that ass in the Elite Eight.

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And finally, number one,
the Baltimore Ravens.

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This drama is better suited for
Jerry Springer than the NFL.

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Lamar Jackson tweets about
wanting to be traded,

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John Harbaugh not knowing it was coming

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and talking about how
much he still loves him,

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and still expects him to be
the team's week one starter.

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- But I'm pretty fired
up about Lamar Jackson.

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I mean, Lamar Jackson is a great player.

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- This story has smelled from the second

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the Ravens weren't willing to give Jackson

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exactly what he wants, like
the fruitiest of farts.

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An elite quarterback is
the hardest thing to get

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and to keep in the NFL,

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and Baltimore is about to let theirs walk.

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Namaste.

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Okay, I feel better.

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Thank you for watching,
and stick with Deadspin.

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