5-at-10: Friday mailbag on Braves buying or selling, MLB disappointments and one baseball gift

AP photo by John Bazemore / Freddie Freeman runs to first base after hitting the single that drove in the winning run during the ninth inning of the Atlanta Braves' 4-3 victory against the visiting New York Mets on Thursday night. AP photo by John Bazemore / Freddie Freeman runs to first base after hitting the single that drove in the winning run during the ninth inning of the Atlanta Braves' 4-3 victory against the visiting New York Mets on Thursday night.

By Jay Greeson July 16, 2021 8 min read

Let’s handle our BID-ness first.

You know the rules. Here’s Paschall on UT football being in the 2025 Chick-Fil-A kickoff game against Syracuse. True or false on a Friday, Josh Huepel will be the coach for that one.

And it’s not part of the rules, but Sweet Buckets of Bologna and Bratwurst, Mark Emmert is some kind of piece of work. After all of this – all of it and he just watched as the castle crumbled – now comes the time that Emmert believes it’s time to ‘rethink’ college sports. I know of potted plants that are more aware of their surroundings. Egad.

Here’s today’s A2 column on our city and county facing the very real challenge of hiring its most important non-elected employee in the days and weeks ahead. And a call for transparency in these matters.

As for the Rushmores, well, here you go: