Wet baseball

The Tigers / Red Sox game was scheduled for 1:35 today but the weather pushed them back to 4:35.

After checking the weather, it looks like they will play a few innings in the rain and cold which sucks for them. I can assure you that playing baseball on a cold, wet day is painful. The ball gets wet and it starts to get heavy. Yes, they change the ball when it gets wet but all it takes if a line drive into a wet outfield and that ball will pick up a lot of water.

They lost yesterday's game so a win today would be good.

As for the Stanley Cup, the Bruins @ Sabres best-of-seven series starts at 7:30 tonight so once the Red Sox are done, I'll be watching some hockey.

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I have sportings to pay attention to so here are some links:

• Dementia Donny and Hairball Pete are in over their heads. They have no stated goals and no plan to end the war. They don't even have God on their side...



• Speaking of Dementia Donny, key line in this story: "...top Iranian official has said that Tehran won’t partake in the talks."



• It's hard for me to believe that it was launched almost 50 years ago.



• I want the government to supply a list showing every business that claims a refund because I want to know who got paid twice. Once by us when they hiked up prices and again by us when they took the tariff money we paid.

And there was much joy!

Guess who is not in last place in the ALEast:

It took 10 innings to do it but the Red Sox won their second game in a row, beating the Tigers 1-0 last night.

Suarez pitched a great game, facing 26 batters over 8 innings. He struck out 4, walked 1, gave up 2 hits and 0 runs.

I will say that once again, the batters left 7 guys on base during the game with 3 of those runners in scoring positions. That means they failed to move the line along when it mattered. aving said that, I'll say they got the job done in the end so good for them but they really need to figure out how to get get guys stepping on home plate.

Thankfully, game 2 of this series is being carried by NESN so watching it is no problem for me. First pitch was at 4:10 and it is currently 4-1 Tigers after 7 innings.

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The problem with having a fertilizer guy and a sprinkler system is I have a nice lawn and it's growing fast. I actualy have to mow my lawn today.

This, my friends, is what is known as a first-world problem...

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Key line in this story: "...a workplace culture that discourages basic verification of eligibility."

I have nothing at all against providing basic food, clothing and housing for people that need it but at the very least, I want those people scrutinized down to their toes. I want the authority running that service to be 100% positive that each and every person being helped not only needs that help but is also contributing in some tangible way to their own support.

When I'm in line at the grocery store register and I see someone with three or four live lobsters paying for them with a SNAP card, I get a little pissed off. When studies throw words around like "billions in waste and fraud", I get a little pissed off.

I disagree with a lot (well, most) of what The Very Stable Genius is doing but his push to take a long hard look at how our tax dollars are being spent is long over due. It's time we had an executive branch that wanted a full accounting of the trillions of tax dollars being spent by the government.

The big difference between Dementia Donny and me is I think that level of scrutiny should include all spending, including the military.

Why does a hammer used by a carpenter in the Army cost 100 times more than a hammer I use to build a shelf?

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Here are some links:

• Didn't Dementia Donny say it was open...



• I'm actually kind of surprised that these shopping networks have survived into the age of the internet.



• This is why you should never jump out of a perfectly good airplane.



• Key line in this story: "A 3-year-old hunter..."

The schedule is out

The Bruins @ Sabres series starts this Sunday. The puck drops at 7:30 and it looks like NESN will be carrying all the games. ESPN & TNT will also be carrying them but screw ESPN. TNT does a pretty good job and if NESN starts having picture qaulity issues, I'll just switch over.

They play the first two games (4/19 & 4/21) in Buffalo before going to Boston to play game three and four (4/23 & 4/26).

If any of the last three games are needed, they will alternate between Buffalo (4/28 & 5/3) and Boston (5/1).

Should be a good series because these two teram are not "best friends" in any sense of the word. I'm betting things get a little sporty right at the face off and they'll continue that way throughout the series.

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Tonights Red Sox game is on Apple TV. This means I will be searching the interwebs for a stream of the game.

I may have mentioned this once or twice or ten times before but I'll mention it again: Ain't no way I'm paying for yet another streaming service...

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Here are some links:

• You know you got a problem when the biggest nutcase on the planet thinks you have dementia.



• Psycho Vlad's 4 year old "special military operation" isn't going to well. I'm thinking some generals will be accidentally falling out of windows pretty soon.



• I wonder if Dementia Donny will try to pardon his disbarment...



• It was 90° here yesterday...



• Remember when these two were famous? Pepperidge Farms remembers...

I lied

Yesterday, while telling you about Friday's baseball game between the Red Sox and the Tigers, I said, "I hope things go better for them in Detroit".

I lied.

That four-game series will be played in Boston at Fenway Park, not in Detroit.

I apologize for any confusion this may have caused.

We now return you to your regularly scheduled program.

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Today was breakfast with an old friend followed by doing a little grouting in the kitchen. Then, while the grout dried, we ran some errands.

The reason for the grout is that the old grout had stained and chipped in some places. Fortunately, the guys that tiled our kitchen floor left us with a couple of pounds of grout.

I mixed up a bit, put it into a plastic bag, clipped off the corner and proceeded to squirt it in between the tiles, filling the low spots and covering the stains.

Tomorrow I will complete the job by sealing the grout.

My knees and back are not happy with me...

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Here are a few links:

• We were promised flying cars...



• Turns out Jerry Cheevers little boy is a scumbag.



• Those Boeberts seem like a real stable family...



• It sucks for the Sabres but it sure is great for the Bruins.



• Attention dehydrated drivers: Don't leave your water bottles in your car.

First wildcard

The Bruins have solidified their standing in the first wildcard slot and that means they will face the Sabres in the first round of the Stanley Cup playoffs.

This is good because the Bruins have a 3-1 season record against the Sabres. That means they stand a very good (75%) chance of winning the best of seven playoff round.

From what I can tell the first game of the playoffs will be this Saturday.

Since there are still a lot of teams playing their last regular season games over the next two days, the playoff bracket isn't set yet. As things stand right now, I am not sure if Bruins/Sabres will start on Saturday or Sunday.

Seeing the Bruins make the playoffs makes me happy because...

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...the damned Red Sox lost last night, getting beat 6-0 by the Twins and dropping back into a tie for last place in the American League.

Gray did not have a stellar outing and Cora pulled him after 4 innings.

Fortunatly, they played the final game of their series at 1:40 this afternoon and the Red Sox managed to win, beating the Twins 9-5.

Early had a pretty good outing, facing 23 batters over 6 innings, giving up 1 run (a home run), walking 2 and striking out 5.

It was a good game to watch but they still lost the series and they aren't close to moving up in the standings. They really need to start winning series.

They start a 4-game series against the Tigers this Friday. First pitch is at 7:15.

I really hope things go better for them in Detroit.

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Is anyone shocked that Hampshire College is closing?

I'm not shocked that it's closing. What I'm shocked about is that it lasted as long as it did.

Back in the early 60s, UMass, Amherst, Smith and Mount Holyoke formed a committee to look at liberal education. That committee came up with something they called "The New College Plan" or something like that. Need I remind you that anything designed by a committee is nothing more than a collection of compromises. In other words, it is not the best idea, it is the idea that makes everyone the happiest.

So in 1970, Hampshire College opened its doors and has been producing basket weavers, history majors, english majors and social justice warriors ever since.

Not a lot of career opportunities for basket weavers...

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Here are some links:

• Meet Kirk Moore, extraordinary hero and the newest member of the A-Team



• "A pontiff or any religious leader can say anything they want. Unless it's about Dementia Donny, the president of piece. Then they aren't allowed to say anything."



• Normally, I would guess that Ron DeSantis doesn't have anything to worry about but this is Florida so you never know...



• This is why I don't dress up like Santa Claus and get fall-down drunk.