Baltimore Ravens coach John Harbaugh voiced his frustrations Thursday over the guidelines sent to the 32 NFL teams outlining procedures for the full reopening of their practice facilities, which were closed because of the coronavirus pandemic.

"I've seen all the memos on that, and to be quite honest with you, it's impossible what they're asking us to do. Humanly impossible," Harbaugh said in an interview with 105.7 The Fan. "So, we're going to do everything we can do. We're going to space, we're going to have masks. But, you know, it's a communication sport. We have to be able to communicate with each other in person. We have to practice."

The protocol requires physical distancing in the locker, meeting and weight rooms as well as cafeterias. Harbaugh said he is unsure how those standards can be realistically applied everywhere.

"I'm pretty sure the huddle is not going to be 6-feet spaced," Harbaugh said. "Are guys going to shower one at a time all day? Are guys going to lift weights one at a time all day? These are things the league and the [players' association] needs to get a handle on and needs to get agreed with some common sense so we can operate in a 13-hour day in training camp that they're giving us and get our work done. That's the one thing, you can tell by my voice, I'm a little frustrated with what I'm hearing there. And I think they need to get that pinned down a little better."

Training camps are scheduled to begin in late July, with the first preseason game, Cowboys versus Steelers in the Hall of Fame Game, on Aug. 6.

Harbaugh expects the sides to agree to guidelines that are "more realistic and practical" by that point.

"I think good people, smart people are involved in this," Harbaugh said. "But the way I'm reading these memos right now, you throw your hands up and you go, 'What the heck? There's no way this can be right.'"

Harbaugh guaranteed the Ravens will do as good a job as or better than any other team in adhering to the NFL's rules. He just hopes everyone else complies as well.

"As a coach, you don't want to hear that you're limiting your operations as far as preparing your team and then you hear 10 other teams aren't paying attention to the rules and then there's no consequence for that," he said. "Then they have an advantage on you. That's what I don't want to see. I just think it needs to be fair and it needs to be reasonable, and I think they'll find a way to do that."

MARK MCGWIRE TALKED a lot about The Baseball Gods during his playing career, a sure sign of someone who treats the game with a solemnity it doesn't deserve. He was never more publicly grave than during the 1998 season, his finest moment, when he couldn't go three words without reminding everyone how monumentally, crushingly difficult it was to do what he was in the process of doing.

He hit 70 homers that season, destroying a record that had stood for 37 years and setting one that would stand for just three. Outwardly, he enjoyed very few of those homers. After every game, he stood at his locker, gaze trained in the distance, eyes narrowed, a soldier walking point, searching for snipers.

"I feel like a caged animal," he said at one point, and even though he was criticized for complaining about something the rest of us were celebrating, he wasn't wrong. There was pressure, and McGwire wore it like a cast-iron overcoat.

I stood in front of that locker after a game more than 20 times that season, and each time McGwire emanated a unique brand of pain. He deflected often, suggesting that we talk to his St. Louis Cardinals teammates, going so far as to point around the room and list their names and contributions, sounding like the world's most dour emcee.

In the 162-episode dramatic series that became the 1998 season, that was McGwire's role: the brooding, team-first giant who just happened to possess a singular skill he never seemed to embrace. He motivated himself by locking the door and pushing the world away.

SAMMY SOSA DID not worship at the altar of The Baseball Gods. He blasted salsa music from a boombox at his locker before games, drowning out whatever was running through the clubhouse speakers (chosen, by decree of TBG, by that day's starting pitcher).

Sosa talked a lot about being the shoeshine boy from the Dominican who hacked his way off the island to smile and hop his way to fame and fortune. He hit bombs and bounced sideways out of the batter's box like he was sliding through a narrow doorway. When he reached home plate, he unleashed an elaborate series of hand gestures that even McGwire found joy in repeating. In 1998, on his way to a 66-homer season that would stand (for three years) as No. 2 in history, Sosa couldn't go more than three words without reminding everyone how much fun it was to do what he was doing.

When McGwire hit No. 62, breaking Roger Maris' single-season record, Sosa was standing in right field in Busch Stadium, and he sprinted from his position to home plate to hug McGwire. Many of his Chicago Cubs teammates fumed at the break with decorum, but in the summer of '98, it was deemed best to shut up and let it ride.

That was Sosa's role: the comic-relief sidekick, assigned to play a simplistic stereotype in service of the man who was preordained to play the lead. He motivated himself by throwing open the door and inviting the world in.

THE HOME RUN is baseball's most violent and spontaneous act. There is an element of defiance, even dismissiveness, in sending a ball over the fence and out of the field of play. And the home run accomplishes everything baseball allegedly doesn't; it creates stars, exposes personalities, generates digestible highlights.

In 1998, McGwire and Sosa engaged in a season-long quest to take down Maris' single-season home run record of 61, a competition that is the subject of "Long Gone Summer," a 30 for 30 documentary premiering Sunday. By July of that season, the home run chase became more than baseballs flying over fences. It was a piece of performance art, a morality play and a precursor for what the game would become. This was the beating heart of baseball's steroid era, and it's clear there was something stronger than wholesome Midwest air and good old-fashioned momentum coursing through the veins of the two men captivating the nation. But for the most part, we weren't overly interested in complications. We were along for the ride, and it was a lot of fun.

"I think it's just a fascination with the home run and the power that's come about the last couple of years," McGwire told me at the time. "People are shaking their heads, thinking, 'What's going on here?' They don't understand it."

He understood it, of course, and his understanding was the root of his nearly pathological desire to deflect attention. The paradox is rich: The man Tony La Russa described as a "back-of-the-room guy," whose sole desire was to merge seamlessly into the clubhouse furniture, went to extralegal attempts to set himself apart. He became a human exaggeration and, in the process, elevated himself above everyone in the game.

His teammates were collateral damage, but McGwire was a master of clubhouse diplomacy. He constantly apologized to his teammates for the imposition, and he followed every milestone homer -- 60, 61, 62, 70 -- by signing a box of a dozen baseballs for each teammate.

Still, there were so many media members in the Cardinals' clubhouse over the final two months of the season; every day it felt like a convention. We soon ferreted out McGwire's closest friends on the team, and we created separate groups in our minds: those who wanted to talk about McGwire; those who would talk about McGwire but didn't particularly enjoy it; and those who wanted nothing to do with any of it.

After one game, there was a crowd of 20 to 30 reporters surrounding catcher Tom Lampkin, whose friendship with McGwire and overall conviviality made him a regular stop on the Tour of Lockers. As Lampkin spoke, he was interrupted by pitcher Kent Mercker, who was hollering from across the room. "Hey, Tom," Mercker called out. "Your house burn down or something?" Lampkin shrugged and laughed, and Mercker threw his hands up and said, "This is nuts. That dude didn't even play today."

BEFORE 1998, Sammy Sosa had successive years of 36, 40 and 36 home runs. Before 1998, Sammy Sosa drove in more than 100 runs in each of those three years. In 1995, Sammy Sosa hit 36 home runs, drove in 119 runs and stole 34 bases, achieving just the 22nd 30-homer, 30-steal season in the history of baseball.

Sammy Sosa was a star. Sammy Sosa got MVP votes. And yet, in "Long Gone Summer," McGwire says of Sosa, "I knew he was a player in our league." McGwire didn't know anything more about him until he hit 20 homers in June.

Those 20 homers created a home run race that nobody saw coming. McGwire was coming off a 58-homer 1997 season, and '98 was set up to be a season-long coronation. The difficulty of hitting 62 homers was acknowledged -- savagely, onerously, gruesomely difficult -- but it was considered McGwire's fate. Somehow, Sosa barged in, kissing his fingertips and bombing out to his spot in right field at Wrigley on a dead sprint as if he couldn't bear the thought of wasting a split second of the adulation awaiting him.

By July, they were co-stars. And when the Cubs and Cardinals played a two-game series in St. Louis on Sept. 7 and 8, the two were being driven on a golf cart -- with police officers jogging behind, like a bizarre scene out of North Korea -- to a joint news conference near the right-field corner of Busch Stadium. McGwire had 60 homers, Sosa 58, but the scene was engineered to make them seem like summer-ball buddies rather than intradivisional competitors. They sat together and played their ascribed roles. Sosa served as a shield, laughing and joking and cajoling McGwire to see slivers of light amid the darkness. He was credited with lifting some of the pressure from McGwire's shoulders and bringing out the big man's lighter side. He also pushed him, because beating Roger Maris had become secondary to beating Sammy Sosa.

THERE IS AN entire language unique to the baseball cheat. You still have to put in the work. (True, but it's far easier when the body is chemically engineered to recover quicker.) Steroids don't help hand-eye coordination. (HGH has been proved to help eyesight, though.) PEDs can't make a bad hitter great. (No, but if you're good at it to begin with, it definitely helps.) La Russa was fluent in this language. McGwire was too.

"Everyone looks at my body," McGwire told me in '98, "but I use my mind more than my arms."

McGwire never had to answer the tough questions that season. There was one scare, the andro scare, when a reporter from The Associated Press wrote about a bottle of androstenedione that sat on the top shelf of McGwire's locker. It wasn't a steroid, necessarily, but it was close enough to raise suspicions. More than 20 years of media self-flagellation later -- what should we have known and when should we have known it? -- it's probably accurate to say everyone involved got swept away by the eagerness to believe.

"Long Gone Summer" depicts McGwire as a man who retains his unique ability to blend defiance with ignorance. It wasn't illegal is a standby, as is Everybody was doing it. McGwire subscribes to both philosophies. Major League Baseball has largely forgiven the main characters of that PED era. McGwire, after retreating from public view for several years after his retirement, gave a tearful public apology as a prelude to becoming a hitting coach for three big league teams. Barry Bonds works for the Giants, and Alex Rodriguez might buy the Mets. Bud Selig and Tony La Russa are in the Hall of Fame. And Jose Canseco is free to roam Twitter and run for president on the long-neglected army-of-robots platform. (Finally, someone gets it.)

Sosa, whose thirst for attention wore on his teammates, has paid a higher price. He is not welcome at Cubs games or events, despite carrying the franchise for many of his 13 years with the team. In 1999, the year after the chase, he hit 63 homers, drove in 141 runs and played in 162 games. The team lost 95 games and yet drew more than 2.8 million fans. But in order for Sosa to return to Wrigley Field, owner Tom Ricketts has demanded some form of contrition. If Sosa does not admit to PED use -- and apologize in a manner that suits current club ownership -- he will continue to be shunned.

Setting aside the moral and competitive issues raised by PEDs, for a team owner -- even one who entered the game after 1998 -- to demand contrition is laughable to the point of insult. For all the shadings and half-truths and outright lies of the steroid era, consensus can be found in the following five words: Ignorance was incentivized and monetized. The landing spot of McGwire's 70th home run -- slightly above and behind the left-field bullpen at Busch Stadium, hardly Class A real estate -- was quickly transformed into Suite 70. It was sold out for every game in 1999, with 70 seats at $70 apiece, nearly $400,000 a year. Nobody apologized for accepting money that was predicated on an alleged fraud.

Baseball history can be plotted through an undefined original sin followed by acts of recidivism and penitence -- maybe unsurprising, given its puritan roots. This pattern can be difficult to follow; McGwire and Sosa supposedly saved the game from the sins of the '94 lockout, three years after Cal Ripken Jr., who broke Lou Gehrig's consecutive-game streak, supposedly saved it from the same sin. It's difficult to say who saved the hardest, and the question itself -- Who saved baseball this time? -- feels as much like an accusation as a compliment, especially now, as the game cracks its knuckles and limbers its neck in preparation for another Category 5 public relations disaster.

There's no question, however, that McGwire and Sosa played a role in changing baseball. The analytical revolution that began in the early 2000s turned home runs from accessories to staples. What was monetized in '98 became institutionalized in less than a generation.

THE MOST MEMORABLE moment in "Long Gone Summer" is so subtle it can't be accidental. As the homers begin to blur into a mélange of hypertrophic forearms and dumbfounded pitchers, McGwire is shown hitting a tape-measure shot against the San Francisco Giants. To this point, every teammate and opponent has practically dripped admiration for McGwire. He's special, he's humble, he's the big redheaded American ideal. Nobody, it seems, can get enough of McGwire.

But as he's rounding the bases on this particular home run against this particular team, we get a glimpse of the particular brand of salvation created by the summer of '98. The camera shows Barry Bonds standing in the outfield. It lasts barely a second, but that's plenty. This is the thin, fast, mustachioed Barry Bonds, the guy who was the most complete player in baseball for the entire decade of the '90s, and he's standing out there with his arms folded. The look on his face is both disgusted and satisfied. He's the detective who just bore through the lies to solve a gruesome crime.

You can track a couple of decades of baseball history in that look. Knowing what Bonds knew then, and what McGwire knew then -- and what the rest of us would soon find out -- you can pretty much read what was going on behind his raised eyebrows:

If this is how it's going to be, fine. Everybody buckle up.

CONCORD, N.C. – NASCAR Gander RV & Outdoors Truck Series championship leader Austin Hill will start Saturday’s race at Homestead-Miami Speedway from the pole.

Hill, driver of the No. 16 Hattori Racing Enterprises Toyota, was randomly selected to start the race from the top position via a random draw. He’ll be joined on the front row by NASCAR Cup Series star Kyle Busch in the No. 51 Kyle Busch Motorsports Toyota.

The field was set via a random draw, with positions 1-10 in series owner points drawing for those positions in the starting field. The same was done for positions 11-21 and 22-32, with positions 33-40 being assigned based on order of eligibility.

Grant Enfinger, winner of the most recent series event at Atlanta Motor Speedway, will start third. He’ll be followed by rookie Christian Eckes, Ben Rhodes, Zane Smith, Derek Kraus, Sheldon Creed, Brett Moffitt and Johnny Sauter.

NASCAR Cup Series star Chase Elliott, who won the Truck Series event at Charlotte Motor Speedway in May, is scheduled to start 16th.

Starting Lineup for the Baptist Health 200

1. Austin Hill
2. Kyle Busch
3. Grant Enfinger
4. Christian Eckes
5. Ben Rhodes
6. Zane Smith
7. Derek Kraus
8. Sheldon Creed
9. Brett Moffitt
10. Johnny Sauter
11. Tyler Ankrum
12. Codie Rohrbaugh
13. Matt Crafton
14. Raphael Lessard
15. Ross Chastain
16. Chase Elliott
17. T.J. Bell
18. Todd Gilliland
19. Stewart Friesen
20. Tanner Gray
21. Ty Majeski
22. Gray Gaulding
23. Korbin Forrister
24. Cory Roper
25. Jordan Anderson
26. Brennan Poole
27. Tyler Hill
28. Spencer Boyd
29. Tate Fogleman
30. Angela Ruch
31. Austin Wayne Self
32. Spencer Davis
33. Clay Greenfield
34. Jennifer Jo Cobb
35. TBA (No. 49 CMI Motorsports)
36. Norm Benning
37. Dawson Cram
38. Bryant Barnhill
39. Tim Viens

CONCORD, N.C. – Harrison Burton has drawn the pole and will lead the field to the green flag during Saturday’s NASCAR Xfinity Series Hooters 250 at Homestead-Miami Speedway.

Burton, driver of the No. 20 Toyota for Joe Gibbs Racing, was selected to start from the pole via a random draw that set the starting lineup for Saturday’s race. He’ll be joined on the front row by JR Motorsports driver Noah Gragson.

Starting positions 1-12 were randomly drawn from the first 12 teams based on the Adverse Conditions Line Up Eligibility. Positions 13-24 and positions 25-36 were determined the same way. Any other eligible teams were assigned positions 37-40 based on their order of eligibility.

Ross Chastain is scheduled to start third, followed by Brandon Jones, Brandon Brown, Riley Herbst, Ryan Sieg, Chase Briscoe, Austin Cindric and Justin Haley.

Dale Earnhardt Jr., who is making his only scheduled start of the season in the No. 8 Chevrolet for JR Motorsports, will start 12th.

The lineup for Sunday’s NASCAR Xfinity Series Contender Boats 250 will be set based on the finish order of Saturday’s Hooters 250, with the top-20 finishers inverted for Sunday’s race.

Starting Lineup for the Hooters 250

1. Harrison Burton
2. Noah Gragson
3. Ross Chastain
4. Brandon Jones
5. Brandon Brown
6. Riley Herbst
7. Ryan Sieg
8. Chase Briscoe
9. Austin Cindric
10. Justin Haley
11. Justin Allgaier
12. Dale Earnhardt Jr.
13. Brett Moffitt
14. J.J. Yeley
15. Jeffrey Earnhardt
16. Jesse Little
17. Michael Annett
18. Josh Williams
19. Chad Finchum
20. Vinnie Miller
21. Anthony Alfredo
22. B.J. McLeod
23. Jeremy Clements
24. Caesar Bacarella
25. Bayley Currey
26. Myatt Snider
27. Stefan Parson
28. Timmy Hill
29. Kyle Weatherman
30. Kody Vanderwal
31. Colby Howard
32. Joe Graf Jr.
33. Stephen Leicht
34. Tommy Joe Martins
35. Matt Mills
36. Alex Labbe
37. Colin Garrett

Lautaro Martinez did not leave much of an impression during his first visit to the Camp Nou. The Argentinian forward had played only a handful of games for Inter in the fall of 2018 before being thrown into a Champions League group-stage clash with Barcelona as a second-half substitute. His team was trailing 1-0 and had not mustered a shot on goal in 64 minutes. Lautaro did at least manage one of those, but never threatened to reverse the tide of an eventual 2-0 defeat.

How many of the 80,000 supporters in attendance would even have remembered his name, let alone imagined him as a possible heir to Luis Suarez? Fast forward to 2020 and plenty are hoping that he will become exactly that.

Barcelona's pursuit of Lautaro is an open secret. Their interest had been acknowledged publicly during interviews by Ernesto Valverde before he was fired as the club's manager in January. Different sources paint different pictures of how close a deal is to being completed, but nobody disputes that earnest enquiries have been made. Equally, it's not hard to imagine how Lautaro might have captured the Catalan club's attention. Twelve months after that anonymous first outing at the Camp Nou, he returned to deliver a far more compelling performance in this season's group stage.

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Named in the starting XI this time, Lautaro needed all of two minutes to open the scoring. Accelerating onto Alexis Sanchez's chipped pass, he held off Clement Lenglet before drilling the ball into the far bottom corner off his notionally "weaker" left boot. It was a goal that only looked better with repeat viewings. The body control required to strike a ball with such precision while going to ground are uncommon even at the highest level.

Nor did Lautaro's eye-catching performance end there. Even as Inter yielded possession and position to their hosts, he remained the focal point for a series of scintillating counterattacks. Despite giving up five inches in height to Lenglet, he rose above the defender for a close-range header that demanded a brilliant save from Marc-Andre ter Stegen. A whirlwind exchange of passes with Stefano Sensi teed up his teammate to fire just over.

Barcelona won, thanks to two brilliantly taken goals from Suarez, but Lautaro had left an impression. He would only reinforce it with his performances for Inter over the months that followed.

Lautaro had not started this season in prolific form. With a new manager in Antonio Conte and a new strike partner in Romelu Lukaku, a bedding-in period was required. That goal against Barcelona, on Oct. 2, was only his second of the season. He followed it up with 11 in his next 11 club games, and the biggest stages only seemed to draw out his best.

Lautaro scored against Juventus and then again against Borussia Dortmund -- home and away. A brace against Slavia Prague should have paved the way for Inter to progress to the Champions League's knockout stage, but they fluffed their lines at home to Barcelona in the final game.

Regardless, Lautaro was flying; almost literally at times. Despite standing just 5-foot-8, Lautaro wins a surprising number of headers, with three of his 16 Inter goals this season arriving that way. Growing up in basketball-mad Bahia Blanca (Manu Ginobili's hometown), he learned how to achieve maximum elevation at a young age. Only at 15 did he give up basketball to pursue soccer and even now, he still prefers to watch the former sport on TV.

More than his leaps, though, what stands out with Lautaro is his awareness of his surroundings; the talent for finding the space to attack the ball uncontested even in a crowded penalty box. Perhaps it is simply a question of focus.

Lautaro began his professional career with Racing Club in Argentina, and during his time in the academy there, he joined his teammates in undergoing an annual concentration test. Players were presented with a grid of 100 jumbled-up numbers, and asked to draw a continuous line through them to put them back in the correct order from lowest to highest.

The club's psychologist, Cecilia Contarino, would allow them a short time to get started, then start asking questions designed to divert them from the task at hand. As she explained it during an interview with Mundo Deportivo: "On the pitch, there are many factors that will distract players: fans, opponents, weather, tiredness. A footballer has to be able to concentrate through it all.

"When I asked [Lautaro] things, he answered me and continued as if nothing disturbed him. He scored 98 out of 100. The normal is between 50 and 70."

Suspecting a fluke, she asked him to take the Toulouse-Pieron Cancellation Test -- a psychometric test designed to assess a person's perception and focus. Once again, Lautaro aced it.

There are other traits that mark him apart. He has the pace to unsettle any central defender, coupled with impressive balance and surprising strength. Lenglet was not the first, nor the last, defender to discover too late that Lautaro cannot easily be bundled off his feet.

Most important of all, though, might be the player's underpinning desire to get better. He made his senior debut for Racing at 18 but was sent off in his third game, collecting two yellow cards in little more than 20 minutes on the pitch. With Diego Milito, Lisandro Lopez, Gustavo Bou and Roger Martinez ahead of him in the pecking order, he feared he had blown his big chance.

"Everything was difficult at that moment," he would later tell the newspaper El Grafico. "I felt very guilty, I was psychologically in a bad place. But I knew the only person who could turn things around was me."

And so he did. Lautaro collected only two yellow cards in his next 17 appearances as he started to pile up the goals instead. At 20, off his own initiative, he asked his agent to find him a nutritionist to help him take his athletic performance up another level. Milito, a former Treble winner at Inter, called up his old friend Javier Zanetti -- now serving as a director at the club -- and told him this kid was a safe bet.

It has been a similar trajectory for Latuaro in Italy.

He started slowly, with only two goals in his first 12 appearances, and a handful of glaring misses. Inter fans started to fear another highly touted flop, following on the heels of Gabriel Barbosa. But when Mauro Icardi was dropped and stripped of the captaincy following unwelcome remarks by his wife, Wanda Nara, in televised interviews, Lautaro stepped in capably. He scored winning goals against Parma, Rapid Vienna and, most importantly, AC Milan. His performances were not yet brilliant, but he had begun to show flashes of what he could do.

This season, playing alongside Lukaku, only brought further improvement. Lautaro is not yet the finished article, and a two-game suspension for shouting in the face of a referee in January was a reminder that, at 22, he does not yet have perfect control of his temper. But nobody could question that, prior to the coronavirus pandemic, he was trending in the right direction. KPMG's Football Benchmark listed him in early March as the player who had increased their transfer value most in the preceding three months.

What exactly that means, in the current climate, is difficult to assess. The full extent of the pandemic's economic impact is not yet known, but soccer clubs' revenues have unquestionably been hit. In uncertain times, Barcelona may be reluctant to pay Lautaro's reported $125 million (€111m, £99m) release clause. The possibility of sending players to Inter in part-exchange is being explored, but the Nerazzurri will not want to part with such a talented young player too cheaply.

Lautaro would not be a like-for-like replacement for Suarez, but there are similarities. He cited the Uruguayan, together with Radamel Falcao, as one of the players whose game he tried to model his after back when he was a teenager at Racing.

Both Lautaro and Suarez are atypical No. 9s, with a preference for coming deep to find the ball, yet still possessed of that streak of single-mindedness that prolific goal scorers require. The Inter player, undeniably, can be selfish, averaging just 16.6 passes per 90 minutes -- far below the Serie A average even for a centre-forward.

Yet the most important thing that they share might be the appreciation of a certain No. 10. Lionel Messi played alongside Lautaro at the 2019 Copa America, and was said to have been impressed by how neatly he integrated. Lautaro scored against Qatar and Venezuela, leading the line in a 4-3-3 at times and pairing with Sergio Aguero in a front two at others.

"From Argentina's perspective, the more games that Messi and Lautaro play together, the better," acknowledged Argentina manager Lionel Scaloni. He was quick to stress that he was not trying to interfere in any transfer and to define Inter as an equally big team. Still, there is no denying that, a year and a half on from that first visit, a growing number of people on both sides of the Atlantic would like to see Lautaro making more appearances at the Camp Nou.

NEW YORK -- The Detroit Tigers took a few more big swings at rebuilding their lineup. And, they hope sooner rather than later.

After selecting Arizona State slugger Spencer Torkelson to open the Major League Baseball amateur draft Wednesday night, the Tigers used their first four picks Thursday on hitters they envision joining him in Detroit.

Ohio State catcher Dillon Dingler led off the draft's second day as the No. 38 overall selection. The Tigers then took LSU outfielder Danny Cabrera 62nd overall, and Rice shortstop Trei Cruz -- son of former big leaguer Jose Cruz Jr. and grandson of Jose Cruz -- 11 picks later.

Detroit went back to Arizona State in the fourth round, taking Torkelson's switch-hitting teammate Gage Workman. Both were drafted by the Tigers as third basemen.

The Astros had to wait a while to make their first selection in this year's draft after seeing their first- and second-round pick stripped by commissioner Rob Manfred as part of the team's punishment for breaking rules against using electronics to steal signs during games.

The New York Yankees were one of the teams to raise questions about wrongdoing by the Astros. Coincidentally, Houston took a pitcher from the Bronx at No. 72, hard-throwing Mount Saint Michael Academy right-hander Alex Santos.

While Detroit focused on adding offense, Miami went all pitching -- already considered the strength in the upper levels of its system -- with its first five selections.

Minnesota right-hander Max Meyer was the No. 3 overall pick to the Marlins, and they followed with Oklahoma high school lefty Daxton Fulton (No. 40), Ball State righty Kyle Nicolas (No. 61), Coastal Carolina right-hander Zach McCambley (No. 75) and Vanderbilt lefty Jake Eder (No. 104).

Detroit had the No. 1 overall pick for the second time in three years, after taking Auburn right-hander Casey Mize in 2018. With their potential future ace already sailing through the farm system, the Tigers turned to bats this time.

Dingler, who moved from center field behind the plate two years ago, was hitting .340 with five home runs and 14 RBIs for the Buckeyes before the season was canceled because of the coronavirus pandemic.

Cabrera is a patient hitter and outstanding defensive outfielder. He hit .345 with three doubles, two homers, 12 RBIs, 14 runs and six stolen bases for LSU this year.

In addition to his terrific baseball background, Cruz is an outstanding all-around hitter who made a smooth transition last year from second base to shortstop. This is also the third time he has been drafted, after being taken in the 37th round last year by Washington and the 35th round by Houston in 2017.

Workman complemented Torkelson as one of Arizona State's offensive forces the past few seasons. He hit .330 with eight homers and 42 RBIs last year, and started this season with three homers and 14 RBIs while batting .250.

CONCORD, N.C. – When the field takes the green flag for Sunday’s NASCAR Cup Series Dixie Vodka 400 at Homestead-Miami Speedway, it will be Denny Hamlin who will be leading the way.

Hamlin, driver of the No. 11 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota, will start from the pole courtesy of a random draw that set the starting lineup for the event. He’ll be joined on the front row by Team Penske’s Joey Logano.

Like previous events featuring no qualifying, positions 1-12 were determined via random draw for charter teams in those positions in owner points. Positions 13-24 and 25-36 were determined the same way, with positions 37-40 filled by open, no-charter teams based on their positions in owner points.

Brad Keselowski will start Sunday’s race in third, followed by Kyle Busch, Chase Elliott, Martin Truex Jr., Kevin Harvick, Alex Bowman, Jimmie Johnson and Kurt Busch.

Starting Lineup for the Dixie Vodka 400

1. Denny Hamlin
2. Joey Logano
3. Brad Keselowski
4. Kyle Busch
5. Chase Elliott
6. Martin Truex Jr.
7. Kevin Harvick
8. Alex Bowman
9. Jimmie Johnson
10. Kurt Busch
11. Ryan Blaney
12. Clint Bowyer
13. Chris Buescher
14. Ryan Newman
15. Erik Jones
16. Austin Dillon
17. Bubba Wallace
18. John Hunter Nemechek
19. Ricky Stenhouse Jr.
20. Matt Kenseth
21. Aric Almirola
22. William Byron
23. Matt DiBenedetto
24. Tyler Reddick
25. J.J. Yeley
26. Corey LaJoie
27. Josh Bilicki
28. Brennan Poole
29. Joey Gase
30. Michael McDowell
31. Quin Houff
32. Ty Dillon
33. Ryan Preece
34. B.J. McLeod
35. Cole Custer
36. Christopher Bell
37. Daniel Suarez
38. Timmy Hill

Scott McCarron may have been ready for a return to competitive golf.

But his putter wasn't.

Playing the PGA Tour this week via a sponsor exemption, the 54-year-old, reigning Charles Schwab Cup champion took to Twitter after his opening round at Colonial Country Club to reveal that his putter head fell off on his very first hole Thursday.

The three-time PGA Tour winner and 11-time PGA Tour Champions winner went on to card three birdies, two bogeys and a double in an opening 1-over 71.

As for the other over-50s in the field, 61-year-old Tom Lehman posted 65, 50-year-old Jim Furyk 67, 62-year-old Bernhard Langer 70, 53-year-old Steve Stricker 73, 60-year-old Keith Clearwater 76, and 60-year-old David Frost 77.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- Titans owner Amy Adams Strunk said in a statement Thursday that she supports players making peaceful protests and players who choose to "use their platforms to advance us as a nation."

"Hearing our players and coaches speak over the last two weeks has been constructive to this vital discussion," Adams Strunk said in her statement. "I support our players using peaceful protests and their platforms to advance us as a nation. I would encourage those who haven't thought about these issues before to understand the pain, anger and frustration of the black community. Black lives matter. We should all agree on that."

On Friday, NFL commissioner Roger Goodell issued a video statement saying the league had been wrong for not listening to NFL players earlier and encouraged all to speak out and peacefully protest.

Several owners had spoken out about social injustice -- including the Jacksonville Jaguars' Shad Khan, the New Orleans Saints' Gayle Benson and the Atlanta Falcons' Arthur Blank, as well as Mark Murphy, president of the Green Bay Packers -- before Goodell's video. On Saturday, Carolina owner Dave Tepper announced the Panthers would cut ties with long-term partner CPI Security following comments by CEO Ken Gill downplaying police brutality against people of color.

Most owners were expected to support Goodell's statement, but few have directly addressed the players making peaceful protests, an issue that became divisive for the league four years ago.

The deaths of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor and Ahmaud Arbery have inspired a call to action. Washington Redskins running back Adrian Peterson said he will take a knee during the playing of the national anthem this season and that he expects many other players to follow suit. New England Patriots running back James White said he expects his team to peacefully protest.

Taking a knee during the national anthem was a polarizing way of protesting back in 2016 when Colin Kaepernick first took a knee during the preseason. The protests were met with opposition by those who saw it as a protest of the national anthem and the American flag, instead of how it was intended, as a protest of social injustice. The issue came to a head in 2017 when President Donald Trump said players who took a knee ought to be "fired."

Titans quarterback Ryan Tannehill recently expressed a better understanding of the reasoning behind taking a knee during a virtual news conference with the media.

"I think my views have definitely changed. I had to get past the fact that it wasn't about the flag, it wasn't about the anthem, it wasn't about our country. It was about the injustice and raising awareness and getting people's attention. I think once I got past that fact, that I could really support it," Tannehill said.

Titans general manager Jon Robinson also committed to supporting the players in a statement to open his virtual news conference Thursday. Robinson said he has had empowering conversations with multiple players and understands their voices speak for those whose voice might not be as loud or who don't have a voice.

Coach Mike Vrabel was among many coaches who have offered support.

Asked about the possibility of protests on ESPN's NFL Live, Vrabel said: "What the pregame process looks like for the game, I don't know. I don't know what that looks like.

"But I know we need to focus on what we can do now as we lead up to that to continue to promote change. And I will say that our players have been told and understand that we will have their support -- they have our support as they work through making that change."

Seattle Seahawks head coach Pete Carroll said he regrets not signing Colin Kaepernick in 2017 and denied that a 2018 meeting with the quarterback was scuttled due to the team's uncertainty about whether he planned to continue protesting during the national anthem.

Speaking with reporters via videoconference Thursday, Carroll also revealed that he received a phone call earlier in the day from another team asking about Kaepernick, saying that hadn't happened until now. Carroll wouldn't disclose the team, but it left him with the impression that at least one team is currently interested in Kaepernick.

Kaepernick visited the Seahawks in the spring of 2017 after opting out of his contract with the San Francsico 49ers, making him a free agent. Carroll's reasoning for not signing Kaepernick at the time was that the Seahawks felt he was a starter and that they already had one in Russell Wilson. Carroll added Thursday that he was confident Kaepernick would be starting somewhere else that season.

Kaepernick has yet to be signed since becoming a free agent in 2017.

As for the 2018 meeting that never came to fruition, Carroll said the topic of Kaepernick continuing to kneel wasn't brought up.

"That was never the issue," he said.

Carroll didn't close the door on the Seahawks signing Kaepernick, but said they like their current quarterback situation with Geno Smith returning as Wilson's backup.