Bedard's Daily Briefing 07.11.19: We're really going to do this Gronk thing all summer?

Good morning!

A few random thoughts while I wonder how old baseball's core audience can get before there's a breaking point...

• I know this is the dead time in sports, and that means a lot of sites that purely rely on clicks will look for anything that gets traffic ... but I'm already tired of the Gronk unretirement stuff – and camp hasn't even started yet.


• Not that I'm surprised. Even before he retired, I said there would be a constant Gronk Watch once he said goodbye. I covered the "retirements" of Ricky Williams and Brett Favre. I know how this goes.


• And I don't even blame Gronk. Unlike Favre, Gronk is not actively dropping hints and making appearances solely because he's an attention-craving egomaniac. No, Gronk has actually been pretty low key — it's everyone else taking everything he says and overanalyzing it. And it's because they have nothing better to talk about.


• That being said, I would not be surprised if he unretired at some point — but down the road. Gronk would be an idiot to come back for camp. No veteran players like training camp, and Gronk has all the leverage to sit it out.


• And it would be better for the team if he returned to a prorated portion of his contract at the last possible moment.


• If Gronk comes back, it's more probable than not it's later rather than sooner. So slow your roll on #GronkWatch. We need to pace ourselves.

Revs make Gustavo Bou 2nd designated player – will we see an avalanche of goals from the Argentine?

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