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The Major League Baseball season kicks off tonight, and if you’re thinking that hitting up a baseball game this spring could be some cheap, family fun…you might want to consider a local high school game after reading this.

A new report found that the average cost of an MLB game for a family of four in 2026 is…$225.90. And that’s assuming you’re able to avoid the team shop.

It ranks all 30 ballparks by:  the cost of four tickets (the cheapest available average across all the home games)…one parking lot pass…two 16-ounce beers…two 20-ounce sodas…and four hot dogs.  So, the basics.  No peanuts, no cotton candy, and no merch.

Not surprisingly, the Los Angeles Dodgers are the most expensive, at $413. I mean…they have a billion-dollar payroll that isn’t going to pay for itself!

The rest of the Top Five are:

2. The Boston Red Sox…$373

3. The homeless Athletics, now playing in Sacramento…$324

4. The Chicago Cubs…$314

5. The San Francisco Giants…$284.  (They’re hosting the New York Yankees tonight for the 2026 opener.  The rest of baseball is kicking off tomorrow and Friday.  You can find the schedule, here.)

The Miami Marlins are the cheapest, at $159 for a family of four. 

The rest of the Bottom Five are:

2. The Cincinnati Reds…$164

3. The St. Louis Cardinals…$165

4. The Los Angeles Angels…$166

5. The Kansas City Royals…$168

The Chicago teams (the Cubs and the White Sox) have the priciest parking…the New York Mets have expensive soda…and the Washington Nationals get the distinction of having the highest beer prices.

Bookies.com has the full breakdown for all 30 teams.

Rolling Stone’s podcast and their publication has turned into a political left wing platform and you can tell by the stories they publish on regular basis now.

Vince Gill was recently asked about his choice to honor his friend, King George Strait, at the Kennedy Center despite his feelings towards President Trump. And Vince is old school…as in he doesn’t like getting too wrapped up into politics and what he said is why he’s liked by so many people.

Vince said, “you know I’m a conservative guy on a lot of issues. I’m a liberal guy on a lot of issues…I don’t think you have to just sit in one lane and only be in that lane.”

Vince says he’s not interested in preaching to people and telling them to think like he does.  He just wants people to be kind to each other. Amen Sweet Pea.

This news makes my country heart happy.

Ella Langley’s “Choosin’ Texas” is the that really keeps going for her and making country music look good. Her song now logs a fourth week at #1 on the Billboard Hot 100. So, you know what that means?  She has officially broken Taylor Swift’s (very specific) record.

The record was previously held by Taylor’s “We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together”, which was #1 for three weeks in a row in 2012. And that record is held by Ella’s “Choosin’ Texas”.

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“Choosin’ Texas” now has the most weeks ever spent at #1 on the Hot 100 for a song by a woman that also hit #1 on the Hot Country Songs chart. Well done, Ella.

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Willie Nelson, one of the enduring patriarchs of Texas music, is set to bring his annual Independence Day celebration back to Central Texas again this summer.

Organizers announced Monday that the 2026 edition of Willie’s “4th of July Picnic” and fireworks is scheduled to take place at the Germania Insurance Amphitheater in Austin, Texas.

The event, was founded by Willie in 1973, and it continues its tradition of blending outlaw country with contemporary artists. This year’s roster is featuring Willie Nelson & Family, Billy Strings, Wilco, Sheryl Crow, Lukas Nelson, Stephen Wilson Jr., Rodney Crowell and more.

Willie released a statement saying, “get ready Austin because this year is going to be the best Picnic yet…I am looking forward to seeing all my Austin friends… it is going to be one hell of a time.”

As for tickets, general on-sale begins Friday, March 27, 2026, at 10 a.m. local time via Ticketmaster.

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The annual Country Radio Seminar always has a surprise or two. And this year it had the reunion people have been manifesting.

Florida Georgia Line reunited onstage Thursday (3/19/26) night at a surprise bash to honor Jason Aldean and his 31 career #1 hits at CRS. They performed a cover of his song, “You Make It Easy”, which Tyler Hubbard helped write.

There’s no word if we can expect more from this reunion. But Tyler  told fans while they were on stage, “it feels good to be here with my brother.”

Take notes from Brooks & Dunn who got back together after years of being a part and make the reunion tour happen boys. Y’all were kind of better together anyway. Let’s be real.

He’s a dad of five kids and he’s still going strong y’all.

ESPN tapped Thomas Rhett to do this year’s cover of “Georgia on My Mind” in honor of the Masters. The tournament kicks off April 9th at Georgia’s Augusta National.

Rhett is quite the avid golfer. He said, “When I hear that song, [I] just immediately envision Spanish moss hanging on trees. I envision Magnolia Lane, Amen Corner. It will just always make me think of the Masters, period.”

If you’re going to get dressed up and go downtown on Broadway in Nashville, you might as well be Ronnie Dunn.

Kacey Musgraves recently pranked fans by performing “Neon Moon” at Robert’s Western World dressed as Ronnie Dunn of Brooks & Dunn. Well, the real Ronnie saw the videos and photos and he was into it. 

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He commented on Kacey’s post with, quote, “Damn, I look good!” And he…I mean she did too.

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Miranda Lambert makes an effort to support younger female country artists, because she says she “didn’t really have that” when she started out in the early 2000s.

She said, “I had some great guy friends, but I came up [when] there wasn’t a lot of girls at the time. The ones that were a generation ahead of me were kinda doing their own thing, so I didn’t really have like that 3:00 a.m. meltdown call person. 

I wish I did, and I think it would have helped me earlier on.”

The generation of female artists before her include the likes of Shania Twain, Faith Hill, and Martina McBride.

Miranda says the younger generation of ladies are so inspiring to her and she’s learning a lot from them. She most recently helped produce Ella Langley’s upcoming album, “Dandelion”, and co-wrote “Choosin’ Texas”.

This poor dog seeing a horse for the first time got them all shook.

Now I get that horses are big…but they’re not scary. They’re actually like big dogs themselves. Sad part is, this dog is a part of the cattle dog family, known as the Australian Cattle Dog.

Apparently this dog doesn’t care for cattle or any kind though.

Some dogs are obviously better than other dogs.

This dog is apparently one of those dogs. I’m also a firm believer in knowing that dogs are better cats. Mainly because cats are kind of evil to me personally. And this video really proves how dogs are actually holy animals.

Now I’m not saying this dog is Jesus…but if Jesus showed up on earth as a dog…this would be him. This dog is out there literally blessing other dogs.