Disappointed baseball fan here!

This weekend, there seemed to be some hope that the baseball season could be saved in full, but that hope was dashed in short order. So far, the first two series have now had to be canceled. The dispute seems to be all about very complicated financial problems. I am equally frustrated with both sides, because they seem to have known what their problems were months in advance of the deadline and made no effort to do anything about it. I don’t know why they didn’t start negotiating long ago. I think they will lose a lot of fans for at least a year because of the pandemic and pent-up frustration. Both sides cannot afford to lose the whole season, and I sure hope they can get their collective acts together. I am crossing my fingers that I will be able to have a more positive update next week.

The 76ers have started out after the All-Star break at 3-0. With James Harden as a new member of the team, they’ve scored more than 120 points in all three games they have played so far, which is great, but remember two of those games were against the disappointing New York Knicks. They will have to play better defense to go far in the playoffs. I believe the Los Angeles Lakers are going to either be in the play in tournament or miss the playoffs altogether, which is quite surprising since LeBron James is on the team. It shows that sometimes just filling out the team with old hall of fame candidates isn’t going to be successful all the time. I'm sure it's frustrating for LeBron that his fellow teammates Russell Westbrook and Carmelo Anthony have not played well this season.

The high school winter sports season is coming to an end and the basketball playoffs have started. The Cape Henlopen girls’ team has a good chance to go far in the state tournament. There are a bunch of seniors on the team who are playing really well. Also congratulations to both Cape swim teams for a great season. I’m looking forward to following the Cape baseball and boys’ and girls’ lacrosse teams as well. Go Vikings!