Second Thoughts: Roofman, dugout dancers and real baseball return to Dayton

The Dragons claim that their sellout streak lives, using a complex formula devised by the best brains at NASA. I lost count of the streak at 1,000. But the bottom line is this: If you want to get into a game, you can get a ticket. You might have to sit in the lawn, but they won’t turn you away.

My three favorite names on the 2018 Dragons roster: Narciso Crook (sadly stole only three bases last season), Jeter Downs (Derek’s new horse-racing venue?) and Packy Naughton (real name: Patrick).

So Donte DiVincenzo is pretty good. The Villanova sixth man came off the bench to score 31 points to lead his Wildcats past Michigan in the NCAA tournament championship game. It’s Villanova’s second title in three years, which is great because it’s not a member of a so-called Power 5 conference. Although the Big East is a legitimate power basketball conference (which won’t let UD in).

One thing I won’t miss about the NCAA tournament is that ridiculous “label me” commercial that features a diverse group of angry college athletes who remind us that “you don’t know me.” Why are you angry, kids? You get to play a sport you love, often on a full-ride scholarship. As Sgt. Hulka said in Stripes, “lighten up, Frances.”

New Bronx Bomber Giancarlo Stanton struck out five times in the Yankees home opener and was booed. ESPN’s Tim Kurkjian – a walking, talking baseball encyclopedia – brought up the fact that Joe DiMaggio struck out three times in a game just once. Once. DiMaggio made 7,672 plate appearances in his career and struck out 369 times. Aaron Judge struck out 208 times last season.

Who says golfers aren’t tough? Tony Finau made a hole-in-one at the Masters par-3 tournament and dislocated his ankle during the celebration. He promptly popped it back into place. The next day an MRI gave Finau the green light to tee it up at Augusta National. He was tied for second at 4 under after the first round before falling back on Friday.

The barbershop copyright spat between LeBron James and the Alabama football program is comical. LeBron threatened legal shenanigans because the Crimson Tide kind of copied LeBron’s digital idea of him chatting with buddies at the barbershop. Like nobody has ever shot the breeze at a barbershop. I’m siding with Nick Saban in this throwdown.

Trending up: Kathryn Westbeld, Julian Edelman, Team Big Ten. Westbeld helped Notre Dame upset UConn in the national semifinals and rally to beat Mississippi State in the championship game at the NCAA Women's Final Four in Columbus. Westbeld, a Fairmont graduate, had 14 points and 15 rebounds in her last two games with the Fighting Irish. The 6-foot-2 forward did the dirty work to help Notre Dame win its second national title.

Trending down: Gabe Kapler, Nerlens Noel, Sergio Garcia. Kapler, the Phillies' rookie manager, was booed during Philadelphia's home opener Thursday. It will take awhile for Kapler to live down his gaffe last weekend when he took out a pitcher and called for a reliever who hadn't even started warming up.

Knucklehead of the Week

Denver Broncos star linebacker Von Miller is in hot water after posting a photo of himself with a big hammerhead shark that was caught during an outing with friends off the coast in Miami. It’s illegal to harvest hammerheads in the Sunshine State, but Miller posted all the evidence the state needs on Instagram. He could be fined $500 (pocket change) and jailed for up to 60 days (that’ll never happen, of course). PETA is involved, which guarantees Miller will regret the day he posted that photo. They will hound him like he hounds immobile quarterbacks.