On the Tuesday Twitch stream:  

Joe begins with some breaking news. The unofficial horse of Bleacher Brother Uncle Ernie won on Monday at Parx. Joe didn’t pick him, but he was a good reason if you read the article.  

The NCAA basketball tourney is set, and a bunch of teams declined bids to the NIT. The NIT isn’t what it used to be, and Joe thinks it’s time to end that tourney and expand the NCAA tourney to 96 teams, including making the regular season mean more. Then Joe goes through the bracket.  

Brief story: Jimmy Garoppolo met the media and LA and explained the reason for getting popped with a PED violation. He didn’t get a therapeutic exemption for whatever he was taking.  

Two former NHL players passed away. Chris Simon, a former Flyer in the Eric Lindros trade, passed away at 52. Also, Konstantin Koltsov, who was dating #2 ranked women’s tennis player Aryna Sabalenka, also passed away, but his details were known to the public.  

Finally, a little sorbet. Josh Winckowski had jury duty on Tuesday. How did he get out of it? He has to pitch in Clearwater against the Phillies on Thursday.