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The "Gypsy King" is now, simply, the king of all of heavyweight boxing as Tyson Fury (30-0-1, 21 KOs) claimed the WBC belt from Devontay Wilder (42-1-1, 41 KOs) with a 7th-round TKO in their highly anticipated rematch at the MGM in Las Vegas last night.

For a spring that, by and large, went as good or better than expected for the Seattle Mariners, the club received the first real bad news a day before breaking camp in Peoria, AZ before opening the 2017 season in Houston on Monday.

Talk about a conundrum. Sixth row tickets to see rock legends Journey in the Yakima Valley SunDome tonight, or stay home with a cold one and a 55-inch screen HD television and watch the World Baseball Classic. Normally, missing out on watching one baseball game versus going to a rare, marquee band perform in our backyard would be a no-brainer. Not so much tonight.

The World Baseball Classic, which employs 16 different countries to field its best team, certainly can make for some strange bedfellows.