Feudalism and Bad Faith

<p>The Astros bring us “<a href="https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/31433955/houston-astros-provide-furnished-housing-minor-league-players">feudalism</a>” as our vocabulary lesson, the LPBRC looks the other way with Roberto Alomar, and both the <a href="https://nypost.com/2021/05/13/mlb-players-union-seeks-500-million-in-grievance-against-league/">player’s union</a> and officials from the <a href="https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/31427293/oakland-athletics-start-looking-relocating-elsewhere-sources-say">City of Oakland</a> call the commissioner’s office on operating in bad faith. And still our biggest rant involves cross-training with high school softball in North Carolina and, yes, <a href="https://sports.yahoo.com/north-carolina-softball-player-forced-to-cut-beaded-hair-193242527.html">questionable rules about hair</a>. <a href="https://news.yahoo.com/hern-ndez-why-dodgers-decision-213133897.html">Albert Pujols</a> finds a home with the Dodgers, <a href="https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/31447711/jarred-kelenic-mariners-excited-first-mlb-homer-keys-big-night">Jarred Kelenic</a> gets a curtain call, and <a href="https://chicago.suntimes.com/white-sox/2021/5/15/22438030/somehow-jose-abreu-in-chicago-white-sox-lineup-against-kansas-city-royals-hunter-dozier">Jose Abreu and Hunter Dozier</a> collide. </p><p><br></p><p>Our COVID report tries to explain the breakthrough cases among vaccinated <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2021/05/14/yankees-covid-outbreak-vaccines/">Yankees</a>, and what’s up with the <a href="https://www.kpbs.org/news/2021/may/13/padres-players-test-positive-covid-19/">Padres</a>. In Taiwan, a disturbing upswing in infections cause the league to suspend CPBL games, at least temporarily. <a href="https://www.gofundme.com/f/wbuk-womens-league-fund?utm_medium=copy_link&amp;utm_source=customer&amp;utm_campaign=p_lico+share-sheet">Women’s baseball</a> kicks off this week in the UK. All this and Diamondback dances, Duck Dynasty, and liberal use of words like “honkin’” and “