Damn, Bianca

<p>The Red Sox hire <a href="https://www.masslive.com/redsox/2020/12/boston-red-sox-hire-bianca-smith-as-minor-league-coach-making-her-first-black-female-coach-in-mlb-history.html">Bianca Smith</a>, the first Black woman coach in the MLB, who could not be more impressive. We may have to come up with a new boyfriend category. Smith played college softball, club baseball, and has degrees in sports law and sports management, preparing for when she’ll be a GM. Crosstraining with women’s hockey, the way we do, not only will the <a href="https://www.usahockey.com/news_article/show/1138162">NWHL</a> season be officiated by an all-female crew, the season will be played at Lake Placid’s historic Herb Brooks Arena and NBCSN will broadcast the February playoffs -- the first time the games will be carried nationally.</p><p><a href="https://www.theringer.com/mlb/2020/12/29/22204772/yu-darvish-blake-snell-san-diego-padres-trades-aj-preller"><br>San Diego</a> is throwing down with the Dodgers for sure -- signing <a href="https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/30620943/blake-snell-stunned-excited-move-san-diego-padres-trade-finalized">Blake Snell</a> and <a href="https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/30630369/emotional-yu-darvish-caught-guard-chicago-cubs-trade-excited-san-diego-padres">Yu Darvish</a> in quick succession. Anticipate arm wrestling between your hosts for who gets the Padres pitching squad for the season.  MLB promises not to jump the line for <a href="https://www.cbssports.com/mlb/news/mlb-says-players-will-receive-covid-19-vaccine-when-public-health-officials-deem-it-appropriate/">COVID vaccines</a>, bringing up parallels to the testing questions from last season. </p><p><br>Pottymouth leans toward the 30 year-old dads for her boyfriend picks, while Patti atones for last week by going all in for young players giving back in big ways. For the Mets, Pottymouth chooses newly signed Heart-and-hustle-y catcher <a href="https://katv.com/sports/hog-central/family-time-a-bonus-but-james-mccann-eager-to-play">James Mc