The shutdown

 

Gio Urshela (photo: USA Today)

Justice was served last night in Minneapolis and I was ready to report it.

I had heard the verdict in the Derek Chauvin trial was in and was expected to be announced while I was on the air doing "Doubleheader."

The news actually broke roughly ten minutes after I got off the air but I was prepared just in case. While I still discussed sports, I stepped into my news reporting outfit and tried to deftly move between the two, in preparation for whatever was coming.

From there, I waited and watched.

As the verdict was read, I pondered what, if anything, I'd say either on social media or here on the blog.

I found a tweet from NBA reporter Shams Charania that summed up the verdict, retweeted it, and...

I ate dinner.

I watched the Yankees/Braves game.

I texted.

I watched more baseball.

I fell asleep.

To sum up, I was off social media completely for the night.

I didn't care what you had to say -- you on the left or you on the right.

I didn't care what the media had to say either. Nope. I didn't need Sean Hannity or Chris Cuomo or Anderson Cooper. I didn't even need local news.

Nobody -- not a soul -- was going to inform me of something I didn't already know. Nobody was going to change my mind, given I saw the video and had the facts on this case last year.

I had no interest in watching the reaction last night. 

And sure enough, come this morning, I read enough #hottakes.

In my opinion, this was the healthiest approach for my sanity and I'm glad I did it.

I addressed things when I opened "Doubleheader" today. I expected a guilty verdict. We got a guilty verdict.

Then I talked sports. The Yankees found a way to win. So did the Knicks. The Rangers and Mets both lost. Some games today were postponed due to the weather.

Stuff like that.

The world continues to rotate.