I don't labor anymore...

Today is Labor Day (or if you are British, Labour Day) which is a day that was officially recognized by the federal government back in 1894.

What fascinates me about that fact is that the federal government only offically recognized the day after an event known as the The Pullman Strike.

Seems that the railroad barons decided that they were paying their workers too much money so they cut their pay and increased their hours. This kinda pissed off the workers so they went on strike. This caused the trains to come to a standstill in Chicago and since the mail was transported by train, that caused the mail to be halted. This pissed off Grover Cleveland so he sent in troops and gunned down 87 striking workers, killing 30 & wounding 57.

Old Grover understood that the murder of 30 citizens was a bad look and it made him look really bad to the rest of the country. He huddled up with his people and they decided that letting people hold parades and giving them a day off would make him look good so he established Labor Day.

Basically, we get a day off to make up for the government murdering 30 people.

Enjoy!

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The Red Sox beat the Angels this afternoon and since the Judges & the Rays did not play today, they picked up half game on both.

They are now 2 games behind the Judges and 6 games behind the Rays.

There are 17 games left in the season so it is highly possible they overcome the Judges and move into the 1^st wildcard slot. What is also possible but not likely is that they overcome the Rays and move into 1^st place in the ALEast.

According to Fangraphs, they have a 99.9% chance of making the playoffs which is way better than the 20.6% it was back in June.

Game 2 of the series is tomorrow. First pitch is at 6:45 and since the Red Sox seem to be jugling their pitching rotation, I have no idea who will get the start.

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This is terrible and I swear to god I did not laugh when I saw this:

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Here are some links:

• Well, at least it's not the storm troopers from Star Wars.



• Don't tell the Joker, the Riddler or the Penguin where it is.



• In January of this year, 60 to 100 ships a day passed through the Strait of Hormuz. Today there are 6 to 20 ships a day passing through the Strait of Hormuz. But Dementia Donny says the Strait is open...

Another short post

My sister is up from North Carolina so we spent the day with all of my family.

Trust me, there are a lot of us.

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Despite my not paying any attention to them, the Red Sox won this afternoon, beating the Orioles 3-1 and sweeping the series.

They are headed back to Boston where tomorrow afternoon they will start a 3-game series against the Angels.

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Here are some links:

• I would never have guessed this is a contest.



• That's gonna screw up the post office.



• His hair is grey. The dye is brown.

Short post today

Today was full blown lawn care day.

We mowed the lawn and cut it short. Then I over-seeded it.

Hopefully the dead spots recover.

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No links today.

Finally, a win

The Red Sox beat the Orioles 6-5 last night.

They didn't gain any ground on the Judges because they also won last night but they did pick up a game on the Rays.

Suarez has the start tonight and first pitch is at 7:05 pm.

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My youngest is trying to grow grass.

My wife said, "He needs that guy from the television commercials about new homeowners turing into their parents."

My wife might be right...

I just hope he has better luck than I do when it comes to growing grass.

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He also sent an update on our grandaughter:

Things are going well for all of us.

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Here are some links:

• And the democrats continue to eat their own.



• I'm pretty sure he has no idea at all what he is talking about.



• I think the porpoise attacked on purpose.

And another loss

The Red Sox are not doing well at all lately. They seems to hit the ball but they don't make it as far as home plate.

They lost last night, getting beat 8-3 by the Mariners and they have lost ground in the standings.

They are now 5 games behind the Judges and 8½ behind the Rays.

They are in Baltimore this evening where they start a 4-game series against the Orioles.

First pitch is at 7:15 and Bennett has the start.

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Here are some links:

• This is between Vrabel, Russini and their respective families. The media needs to shut up and move on.



• Is there anyone other than Musk that thinks this is going to go well?



• Psycho Vlad is mad. That means someone is going to "fall" out of a window soon...



• OrgyDome: Wasn't that a futuristic movie starring Mel Gibson and Tina Turner?



• It's a little warm in Chicago.