A couple of wins

The Red Sox beat the Guardians last night, winning the game 9-1.

Gray had a good outing, facing 24 hitters over 6 innings, giving up 1 run, walking 3 and striking out 7.

As for today, the game started at 1:30 and Suarez had the start.

He faced 25 batters ove 5 innings, giving up 4 runs, walking 2 and striking out 10.

The Red Sox won that game 9-4 and the won the series.

They are off tomorrow while they head back home to Boston where on Tuesday they will start a 3-game series against the Orioles.

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At 12:30 this morning, when most normal human beings are either sound asleep, drunk at bar or working the midnight shift, Dementia Donny was on his computer telling us that he got a "30 out of 30" on a "high difficulty cognitive test":

As I've said before, he is referring to the Montreal Cognitive Assessment

This is a tool used to determine if the person taking it is experiencing mental decline or memory issues. My doctor gives me this assessment every year at the start of my annual physical because, well, I'm old.

Trust me people, it isn't that hard. A score of 30 does not indicate I am an extremely intelligent person, it indicates I understand the alphabet, I know what a horse looks like and I can tell you the day/date and the approximate time.

Actually, I might not be able to tell you the day or the date. Those are things people who need to be places need to know. I'm retired and for the most part, I have no need to be places. I do, however, know how to use my phones appointment calendar so when someone says, "Hey, let's go to lunch on Thursday!" I put it in my calendar and my phone reminds me when I need to leave.

Anyways, saying that completing the assessment means you are "extremely intelligent" is like saying that falling out of a tree means you know how to fly.

Very Stable Genius indeed...

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Here are some links:

• What kind of scumbag goes around stabbing horses.



• These people are coming here to Massachusetts...



• The headline makes it sound like the fan was a jerk but the story is far different.



• Key line in this headline: "Deputies Were Not Amused."

Another loss

They lost 4-3 last night and they are tied 1-1 in the 5^th inning this afternoon.

It's getting harder and harder to watch.

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Time for an old man rant...

When I was a little kid, we would walk to Norman's Pharmacy on Island Pond Rd. and for 15 or 20 cents, we would buy a Guillows "JetFire" Glider. If we were flush with cash, we would spend 50 cents and buy the rubber-band powered "SkyStreak".

I discovered today that Guillows is still in business.

I discovered today that Guillows charges $5.00 for the JetFire and $7.00 for the SkyStreak.

Are you shitting me!! These are cheap balsa wood airplanes with a lifespan of about 15 or 20 minutes.

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Here are a couple of links:

• My youngest and his wife heard it. They are calling it, "Big Boom 2026".



• Apparently the sea cucumber is immortal.



• The man loves his rallys...

They got their ass kicked

The Red Sox and Braves were tied 2-2 after 5 innings when the manager decided to put a guy named Coulombe in to pitch the 6^th. He proceeded to load the bases so the manager decided to take him out and put Weissert in.

I don't want to say Weisert had a bad outing but a media guy I don't normally like made me laugh when he said the following about Weissert:

So anyways, the Braves won 10-2.

The Red Sox are in Cleveland to take on the Guardians. First pitch is at 7:10 and Samaniego is the opener for Bello.

This is probably not going to go well.

So much for my medium hope...

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Here are some links:

• I'm betting he's throwing a major hissy-fit over this.



• Oh good.



• If you are a fan of Vanilla Ice, fear not. He is still performing at Trumps big party.



• Bezos big rocket blew up.

They WON!

The Red Sox shut out the Braves, beating them 8-0 last night.

Early pitched an excellent game, faceing 28 batters over 7 innings, walking 3, striking out 7 and giving up 0 runs.

But the big news was the batters. They combined for a total of 15 hits last night which meant they were moving the runners along the base path where they eventually stepped on home plate.

They were back at again this afternoon. The game started at 4:10 and Tolle had the start. As of now, it is the 3^rd inning and the score is 0-0.

I'm pleased to report that after last nights win, I have more than a little hope. I'd say I'm up to a medium hope.

Oh, and my youngest is at the game. He sent me this picture:

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I'm going to watch this game.

You can enjoy these links:

• Key line in this story: "Well, by a recently published estimate, about $2.9 billion per year, and that is for the climate-related surcharges alone." I did the math and that works out to almost $1,100 per year for each household in the state.



• Well this is certainly not a good thing. They kinda need him.



• I wonder if she'll qualify for that new 'Anti-Weaponization Fund" that Dementia Donny is setting up.



• Key line in this story: "...tens of millions of dollars in gold bars for work-related expenses."



• I can only imagine the defacement possibilities...

They lost, again...

The Red Sox took a 2-0 lead in the 1^st inning and held on to it until the 5^th but that was when the joy went out of my life and they ended up losing the game 7-6.

They are back at it again tonight.

Early has the start and first pitch was at 6:45. It is currently 0-0 in the 2^nd inning

Yes, I still have a little hope.

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Dementia Donny doesn't care.

He doesn't care about midterms.

He doesn't care about our financial situation.

He doesn't care about members of the military who lost their lives..

He doesn't care about your pitiful existence.

He doesn't care about good relationships with our neighbors.

I wonder what he does care about...

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Key quote in this story: "I worry about making sure I’m making sure I’m doing what I can to help the team."

Dear Craig,

Allow me to point out at least four things you have done that did not help the team

1. You fired the majority of the scouting staff and brought in some consulting firm to provide you with the mathematical analysis to pick players.
2. You traded away Devers, a big hitter and semi-decent 3^rd baseman for 4 minor-league pitchers, none of whom are still with the team.
3. When every human with even a small amount of baseball knowledge was screaming at you to find a hitter to replace Bregman, you went and got two pitchers.
4. You fired the majority of the coaching staff and drove Jason Varitek out of the organization. Then you replaced them with the AAA coaching staff.

There are many other things that you said or did that did not help the team so please stop lying to us. We get enough lies from your boss, Sam Kennedy

Sincerely,
A Red Sox Fan

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Here's a few links:

• Only the idiots of the Massachusetts legislature would make eastern standard time permenant when everyone else is making daylight savings time permanant.



• Is she saying that she will be the one who decides the constitutionality of a ballot? Because I'm pretty sure the State Supreme Court and the US Supreme Court have that job already.



• Oh good, he's threatening someone else now.