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UEFA is drawing a line in the sand. European football's governing body is calling an emergency meeting this week to discuss a potential World Cup boycott, pushing back hard against FIFA's proposal to raise twenty billion dollars by selling equity to outside investors. If UEFA walks, the global game changes overnight.
Shifting to baseball, the Texas Rangers are quietly building something in late July. Cal Quantrill was sharp, holding Tampa Bay to just two hits through five and a third innings, and Austin Wynns went deep as Texas took down the Rays four to one. That's four wins in five games for a Rangers squad that's starting to find its rhythm.
Meanwhile in Detroit, the Baltimore Orioles got completely embarrassed. A fourteen to nothing shellacking at Comerica Park — Dean Kremer couldn't get through the early innings, the offense went completely silent, and the O's were so overmatched that catcher Chadwick Tromp ended up on the mound just to eat innings. That's a game you flush fast and move on from.
That's your play-by-play. Sports Desk, back to the booth.
