Cleaning out the Inbox

    The inbox cleaning starts with WTOP reporting that affiliated baseball could be returning soon, perhaps as soon as the 2026 season, to Frederick, Maryland, and Harry Grove Stadium.

Frederick lost their High A team after the great minor league implosion of 2021, despite leading the Carolina League in attendance for years.

MLB insisted that Frederick would not retain their team due to its stadium amenities or lack thereof, but I've been to worse stadiums that retained their teams (Lynchburg, VA).

Recent renovations to Harry Grove Stadium have apparently pleased the powers that decide these things and have given the thumbs up for a return to affiliated baseball.

The article doesn't mention any rumored teams that would move to Frederick, but if I had to place a wager on the likely franchise, I'd bet on either the Aberdeen Ironbirds (High A Baltimore) or the Wilmington Blue Rocks (High A Washington).

The Athletic writes of the ownership and support of Leeds United (English Football) by NBA player Larry Nance Jr., who calls himself the "Tallest Leeds United fan in the world".

Nance bought a small share in the team from their owners, the San Francisco 49ers, and travels to as many games as possible after the NBA season.

Nance looks at his ownership as a fan more than an owner and discusses how he doesn't have or want any pull in personnel decisions.

Nance currently plays for the Atlanta Hawks, and while on the sidelines, injured, during the Hawks' two play-in playoff games, he wore two different Leeds jerseys.

The Ringer has some thoughts on the streaming service Max changing its name to HBO Max.

The name change is very important since Warner Bros. changed the name to Max from HBO Max originally.

Like the Haslem's brain-dead idea to change the Cleveland Browns uniforms only to return them to their original design as soon as they could, Warner Brothers is the latest to learn that you can freshen things without screwing up what people like and remember about your product.

The change becomes official this summer.

The James Webb telescope recently saved images of auroras from the planet Jupiter, which are described as "Hundreds of times brighter than the Northern Lights seen on Earth".

This occurs as Jupiter (like Earth's version) receives high-energy particles that the sun ejects from solar storms, but Jupiter's are even brighter due to the planet capturing particles that are ejected into space from volcanoes on its moon Io.