On the Thursday stream:  

Joe begins with the Phillies “rain out” today. Joe does not think it rained enough to warrant the postponement but living on the total opposite end of the city, Joe could be wrong. But since he was also watching the Angels/Orioles opener while working, he lost track of the weather.  Oops! But Joe did issue a “weather alert” with his announcement on his Twitch page (twitch.tv/JoeQuills) beginning around 3 pm Eastern time.  

Joe tries to decipher the Shohei Ohtani situation. Joe thinks that if there is smoke, there’s fire, but is it black smoke, which means the fire is burning, or white, which means the fire is close to extinguished?

Joe missed one women’s basketball story from last weekend. A referee was removed from a first-round game because she didn’t disclose that she holds a masters degree at Chattanooga, who was playing NC State. How does that happen?

The Jaromir Jagr bobbleheads have been found in Ontario, California and will be distributed to fans next week.  

The Capitals and Wizards are staying in DC. The Caps & Wizards owner used Northern Virginia to get a better deal to stay in Washington.  

Joel Embiid may be back before the season ends according to head coach Nick Nurse, but there is no timetable for Embiid’s return. Joe says no Sixers result would surprise him.  

Also, check bleacherbrothers.com and their betting page as you can get some sweet deals by clicking one of the links on the bottom part of the betting section of the site.  

Friday will be a sidecast of the Phillies home opener which was delayed a day due to “rain”.