GIBBI, Today

Apr 18, 2025

Stories:

2025 NBA Play-In: Day 3
Liga MX: Week #17 - Predictions
Aaron Rodgers Remains Undecided On Future
A Look In A MLB’s Baseball Factory In Costa Rica
Netflix Sees Potential For Video Podcasts, Creator Content On Platform

Eastern Conference:
- 8. Hawks vs 10. Heat (19:00 ET)
Western Conference:
- 8. Grizzlies vs 10. Mavs (21:30 ET)
The winner of each game will qualify as #8 seed in each conference
GIBBI View: In Eastern Conference, Magic defeated Hawks and qualified to Playoffs as #7 seed and Heat eliminated Bulls; In Western Conference, Warriors defeated Grizzlies and qualified to Playoffs as #7 seed and Mavs eliminated Kings; My Prediction: Hawks and Grizzlies qualify as #8 seed to playoffs in each conference

Friday:
- Puebla vs Necaxa
Saturday:
- América vs Mazatlán
- Bravos vs Querétaro
- Toluca vs Cruz Azul
- Tigres vs Pumas
- Atlas vs Chivas
Sunday:
- Santos vs Xolos
- Atlético San Luis vs Tuzos
- León vs Rayados
GIBBI View: This is the last week of regular season, where it’s almost all defined where Toluca clinched #1 seed, Cruz Azul and América clinched a spot in playoffs, Tigres, León, Tuzos and Necaxa are fighting for the last 3 spot in playoffs, Bravos and Rayados clinched a spot in play-in, and Pumas and Chivas are fighting for the last spot in play-in; The best game is Toluca vs Cruz Azul, where is the in game the team made the most point in 2024-2025 season, where the winner will earn $1M dollars and will qualify direct to Leagues Cup: Round of 32

In his first public media appearance since January, Rodgers said retirement remains a possibility after a 20-year career. He's also not ruling out the Pittsburgh Steelers as a possible destination
The Steelers currently have only Mason Rudolph and Skylar Thompson on the roster at quarterback entering the draft, which begins April 24. Rodgers said the Steelers have not given him a hard deadline for a decision and that he wanted "to keep the lines of communication open" with the team
Rodgers pushed back against the idea that he hasn't given the teams he's met with, including the New York Giants and Minnesota Vikings, a clear picture of his personal issues and the timetable with which he's currently operating. From the beginning of free agency, Rodgers said, he's been upfront with his priorities
GIBBI View: Aaron Rodgers is a “drama queen” and wants all the atention, so he’s using Steelers because he wants to sign with Vikings to have more possibilities to win another Super Bowl, so the best is that Steelers decide to move on from Rodgers and look for another quaterback

Over the last 45 years, every MLB baseball has been handmade at the Rawlings factory in Costa Rica. This factory has hundreds of employees and produces about 2.4 million baseballs annually, 1.2 million of which are deemed good enough for MLB games
The Lena Blackburne Baseball Rubbing Mud eventually became the standard substance used by all MLB teams for muddying baseballs in the 1950s, and it is still used today. The business has been passed down several generations, but Jim Bintliff now runs it
In 2018, MLB partnered with private equity firm Seidler Equity Partners to acquire Rawlings from Newell Brands for just under $400 million. MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred said that MLB did this because it wanted to gain more control over the production of its game balls
GIBBI View: I’ve seen that MLB use several type of baseballs according to the moment of the season, because you can see that in post-season, especially in World Series, we see more home-runs and run scores that in regular season

Netflix Sees Potential For Video Podcasts, Creator Content On Platform (The Hollywood Reporter)

On the streaming giant’s first quarter earnings call Thursday, co-CEO Ted Sarandos said the company is “constantly looking at all different types of content and content creators” to feature on the platform
Asked specifically about competition from YouTube, which has been the home to many video podcasts, as well as other short-form content, Sarandos said Netflix is a welcoming place for creators, but positioned it as the “best place for premium content, as defined by fans”
“We’re looking for the next generation of great creators, and we’re looking everywhere. So they’re not just in film schools, and certainly not just in Hollywood. Creators today have tools that were unimaginable a decade ago, you know, to tell stories, to reach audiences,” Sarandos added
GIBBI View: How you know, I want to create a media company and for that reason I started this blog (side project) because I wanted to express my opinion about anything I want to write/say, so now I create content about businesses and sports, and alongside my blog I have a youtube and spotify channel where let’s see if one day I can start to generate revenues and put my video podcasts in netflix or another big media streaming

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