Welcome to Monday’s Morning Mashup. For the latest news, start at our WEEI.com home page or click here for the top stories from our news wire.
MONDAY’S BROADCAST HIGHLIGHTS:MLB: Baltimore at NY Yankees, 1 p.m. (MLB Network)MLB: Chicago Cubs at Texas, 4:05 p.m. (ESPN)MLB: Boston at Seattle, 4:10 p.m. (NESN, WEEI-FM 93.7)MLB: Atlanta at Philadelphia, 7:08 p.m. (ESPN)NBA: Charlotte at Golden State, 8:30 p.m. (NBATV)NBA: NY Rangers at Philadelphia, 12:30 p.m. (NBC)NHL: Carolina at Pittsburgh, 5 p.m. (NHL Network)NHL: Boston at Detroit, 7:30 p.m. (NBCSN)
AROUND THE WEB:
-- Tom Brady is stirring the pot on the theory that Rob Gronkowski will soon return to the NFL.
Gronkowski announced his retirement last week and some think it might not last long.
Brady is probably joking but it is possible he knows something we don’t.
-- In other Gronkowski news, the former tight end has officially sold his condo in Boston’s seaport.
QUOTE OF THE DAY: "I was too close to dive. If I dove I would have been too far." -- Mookie Betts, to WEEI.com, on his great catch against the Mariners on Saturday