In what will be the most difficult episode to watch in a very long time, baseball fans and those who desperately want their sports back RIGHT NOW need to understand the lie behind all these promises.

The COVID-19 pandemic has delivered a new normal no one is happy with, creating economic, mental and physical hardships for so many people. One group being overlooked, however, are the children. The change of what was normal has been a strain on kids in a good family setting, but what of those who struggle every day as the children of a parent or parents addicted to alcohol and/or drugs?

America want it's sports. America deserve it's pastimes and diversions. At the same time, no one deserves being forced to take a chance on dying just to play a game.

Ed Berliner worked in and around NASCAR and several other motorsport organizations for many years. That's why the noose found hanging in Bubba Wallace's garage area is not surprising to him in the least.

The COVID-19 pandemic. A government lying with almost every texted breath. Law enforcement being held to account for generations of misdeeds. Protests and riots rocking major cities. Social media ratcheting the boiling point to destroy family and friends. And if that weren't bad enough, the PC Police are back wanting to ban or heavily edit movies, TV shows and textbooks. IS THERE ANY LAUGHTER ANYMORE???

If there's no MLB in 2020, blame the owners who really don't care for baseball and a Commissioner in Rob Manfred who takes great pride in busting unions. Despite Roger Goodell's best intention in his badly delivered and scripted speech, black players still know how racist the NFL really is.

America is changing, and there are plenty of people who neither want it to change nor understand why. America is a racist nation, and has been for generations. Being black in America brings with it fear, anger, resentment, and a belief subjugation and hate are still what a good portion of white America wants for this segment of the population.

What would the Founding Fathers say about Trump ignoring the Constitution? Is what he is doing actually what America needs? And why are some people so afraid of changing the Constitution to fit 21st century America?

The time has come to stop listening to the opinions of those with bank accounts to fill, ratings to tout, and racist hunger bent on using more force to bludgeon America into submission. There are legal ways to bring about a temporary peace, and open the door for the only way to put nights of rioting to rest.

The temperature of racism and hate has reached a new and frightening level in America following the murder of George Floyd. We are bombarded with so-called experts, opinionators and commentators seeking ratings instead of answers, and we have become a nation screaming at each other. In this special edition of “The Man in the Arena”, Ed Berliner seeks to bring that temperature down by actually talking to his audience. Once, talk radio helped us all think without screaming. Let’s try that again. The phone calls are unscreened and the opinions are passionate. Stop yelling. Start talking rationally. Start listening.