'We had 215,000 fan votes and 1,200 different names, and the Kraken kept coming up in the top group all the time.' Ron Francis, GM of the Seattle Kraken, joined SNJeffBlair and Stephen Brunt on FAN590's WritersBloc to discuss his team's new name.
The Blue Jays great talks about how Puerto Rico is handling the pandemic, making the decision to protest the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan in 2004 & '05 by staying in the Blue Jays dugout during the playing of"God Bless America," the criticism he received for the act, the current social justice protests, the lack of communication from MLB about player protests, and if he would've played in the 2020 season.Jeff Blair and Stephen Brunt host.
Pirates Beat Writer Jason Mackey comments on the Blue Jays being denied by Pennsylvania Department of Health from having their home games at PNC Park in Pittsburgh, why the state department chose this decision, what were the reactions from the public is the prospect of holding two major league teams in one city, and what kind of protocols have the city put in place to lower the number of COVID cases.
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