If there’s a radar, here’s everything that’s under it:

- Malcolm Brogdon retires (as a Knick). Brogdon’s nine-year NBA career comes to an end. After rescuing Virginia’s basketball program with Tony Bennett, Brogdon would become a solid fringe starter for competitive teams in Boston and Indiana.

- Spencer Dinwiddie is cut by the Hornets. Speaking of a fringe starter. Usually not for very competitive teams. Dinwiddie hits the open market again. In 2019, Dinwiddie became the first NBA player to tokenize his contract when he raised roughly $14m via token sales against the remaining cashflows of his deal.

- Netflix will start airing Ringer podcasts. The audience overlap is obvious and this seemed like a deal Simmons couldn’t turn down. Why? I don’t know. Everyone can watch Ringer programming on Spotify. What is the Venn Diagram of people that have Netflix but not Spotify?

- Michigan and USC are scheming to tank the Big 10’s efforts to raise $2b from private equity. Perhaps the Wolverines and Trojans noticed Penn State firing their coach with a $70m buyout and decided now would be a good time not to give them a bucket of money. Indiana re-signed Curt Cignetti today to a guaranteed $93m deal. Hope they aren’t planning on PE to fund that deal tomorrow.

I’m not TELLING you what to do, I’m just explaining what I do. How to watch postseason baseball the KMARK way. Follow me:

I’m a John Smoltz fan. I don’t think his vocal cadence is that entertaining, but he does drop more knowledge than any other color commentator. Here’s one of his nuggets:

- In the postseason, a runner on first is a rally. This could not be more true. Walk a guy in June and no one bats an eye. Put a runner on with something as simple as a free pass in October, and the stadium pulse goes up. October is a pitch by pitch experience and that’s what make it special. This isn’t a how to watch note, but it leads me to my next point:

- No matter who’s pitching, in every at-bat, the hitter will see one pitch to hit. I guarantee it. Could be the first pitch. Could be a fastball you watch go past 3-2. Could be in between. I promise you every at-bat has one clean pitch to do damage. If you notice a trend of hitters missing their pitch, don’t expect to see runs in a hurry. This is what’s known as poor offensive execution. Conversely, if pitchers are doing well to limit opportunities to pitches early in the count, or adhering to the one chance per batter rule, then your arm-man is dialed in.

- When is my pitcher tired? When do we need the bullpen? If the ace on the bump is Blake Snell, the answer is never. For everyone else, my pitcher is tired if he starts to miss his target to the opposite side of where’s he looking to throw. Unwind that KMARK. If your ace is looking to bury a low-and-away slider, and ends up missing too much low-and-away, that’s fine. The man is aiming for precision. If your ace is looking to bury a low-and-away slider, and ends up missing over the middle, go ahead and call the pen. Maybe he gets away with it once or twice, but this means the arm and body are not synced up. Fatigued has altered the timing of the machine. Damage will surely follow.

- What is my manager doing? This is an easy one. The answer is almost always the wrong thing. I’m playing. It’s a thankless job and I won’t be the first to thank. Does my manager’s eyes match what I’m seeing on the field? So much of the manager responsibility is limited to bullpen use. See point above. Beyond that, understand that managers are not a hitting coach on gameday. Defensive substitutions are usually obvious. That said, in a seven game series, a great manager can steal a game. Every lineup has 2-3 negotiable spots. Does your benchman have a sense of the right guy to plug in? Can he push the right button at the right time?

That’s it. Everything else is just noise or whatever the hell the Yankees have been doing. Can I ask though? How do you watch the game? KMARK reads all subscriber mail.