This is bad

The Red Sox lost again last night, getting beat 8-6 by the Brewers.

At this point, they are not only at the bottom of the pile in major league baseball, they are not even in the pile anymore. They are in the pile of offal that the league has thrown out.

This is embarassing.

It's gotten that the fans have begun creating memes. Someone took a picture of the 99 Restaurant's "KIDS EAT FREE advertisement and modified to fit the current situation:

They will try again this evening when they play game 2 of their series, depending on the weather. I mean, what the hell, it was snowing here at 7:30 this morning...

First pitch is at 6:45 and Crochet will have the start.

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The Bruins will take on the Hurricanes at 7:00 this evening.

This should be an interesting game with their season matchups split at 1 win each. The Huricanes curently lead the Bruins by 9 points so the odds favor the Hurricanes.

All I can do is yell at my special coaching TV to encourage the Bruins to put the puck into the net, darnit.

I don't say it quite that graciously but you get my drift...

Puck drops at 7:00 so this will be a channel-flipping kind of night.

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The Monson PD is reporting a new scam and this one actually looks pretty damned realistic:

I can't say this enough: No court or law enforcement will contact you out of the blue via text messaging.

Mark these as spam, delete them or just ignore them but under no circumstances should you ever reply to them.

And for the love of all that is good in this world, do not scan the QR code.

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Here are some links:

• If you want to do weird shit like some kind of mental case, go right ahead and knock yourself out. Just don't take pictures of yourself doing it.



• Key reason for the explosion: "...his brother-in-law’s son made fireworks in the home’s garage."



• First thing that popped into my twisted little mind when I read this is the famous scene from The Naked Gun.



• Oh Canada.
  (That might be a death penalty crime in Canada...)



• I thought The Very Stable Genius was good friends with Tucker...

Still in the mix

The Bruins are still in the first wildcard slot.

There are four games left in their regular season so my hopes are they win at least two of those games. They need to bump up their point count to at least 99 points just to make me feel good about them.

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The Red Sox are all by themselves in last place in all of MLB.

There are 153 games left in their regular season and tonight they start a 3-game series against the #1 team in MLB, the Brewers.

First pitch is at 6:45 and Bello has the start.

They need to figure out what is wrong and fix it because if this is how the season is going to play out, I'm going to need therapy by August...

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Here are some links:

• The Very Stable Genius continues his threatning and blustering.



• Krazy Kim III is setting up his daughter to be Krazy Kim IV There's probably going to be a significant amount of bloodshed when this happens.



• When you're an asshole who embraces evil and then you lie about why you did it, you should expect to be told to piss-off.



• He sure likes those blondes...

Bad day to work outdoors

As the old saying goes, "If you don't like the weather, wait a minute, it will change".

I live in New England and it's April. That means that yesterday it was 70° and sunny. Today it is 40° and rainy.

Oh well.

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Remember the name Sophia Eagan.

I'm telling you this, and writing it in this posting so I don't forget it, because in about 10 years, when she is 16 years old, that girl is going to be winning golf matches every week.

I watched some of the Drive Chip and Putt finals and that little girl could kick my ass playing golf. I mean, I could probably take her in a fight but there is no question that she would beat me soundly on a golf course.

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The Red Sox and the Padres went at it yesterday and the Padres won.

The Red Sox and the Padres went at it this afternoon and the Padres won.

I really wish I had a clue as to why this team can't hit the damned baseball when they need to.

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The Bruins and the Lightning went at it yeterday and the Lightning won.

The Bruins and the Flyers are currently going at it and the Flyers are leading 1-0 after two periods.

This is not a good weekend for my sports teams.

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Ladies and Gentlemen, I give you the President of the United States of America...

He wouldn't know class, dignity and decency if it walked up and bit him on the balls.

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Here are some links

• Remember what I said about the weather changing?



• I once had high hopes for self-driving cars. Now, I wouldn't get in one if you paid me.



• Key line in this story: "President Trump has the most talented cabinet and team in American history."
  (I assume Davis Ingle has never met BrainWorm Bobby)



• This sounds awful. Oh, and it costs $40.00...

Good day to work outdoors

My wife spent the day working in her gardens and I spent the afternoon power washing our patio.

At some point in the next few days or weeks, the sprinkler guys will be here to open my sprinkler system. That is when I will know where all the sprinkler heads are so I can mark them.

Once I have the sprinkler heads marked, I run run the dethatcher and the aerator over the lawn without worrying about ripping up an expensive sprinkler head.

As for my patio, it sits in the shade so when it rains, the water doesn't evaporate off it quickly. That means it tends to get a green algea-like patina to it. The power washer takes it right off.

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It's a Red Sox and Bruins kind of afternoon so this is short.

In the Padres @ Red Sox game, the Padres are up 2-1 in the top of the 6^th inning

The Bruins vs Lightning game started at 5:00 and the score is 0-0 after the first period.

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Here are some links:

• Four days ago he was saying, "Opening the Strait of Hormuz is not one of our core objectives."
  Today he is saying, "We will rain hell on them if they don't open the Strait of Hormuz in 48 hours."
  I think Trump is confused in much the same way I thought Goofy Joe was confused.



• This does not sound good.



• I've said it before and I'll say it again: Never bring a sword to a gun fight.

Good win.

Despite not having a home run celebration, the Red Sox managed to beat the Padres 5-2 this afternoon.

Gray had a good outing. He faced 22 batters over 6 innings, giving up 2 earned runs, striking out 3 and walking 0.

Just as important, the batters started hitting the ball, getting on base and scoring runs.

Tomorrow they play game 2 of their 3-game series. First pitch is at 4:10.

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The Bruins lost 2-1 to the Marlins last night. That means the Marlins have won all three games these two teams have played this season.

What's even worse is that the Canadiens won and they now have a 4 point lead over the Bruins.

Tomorrow they take on the Lightning. Puck drops at 5:00.

That means I will be flipping back and forth between the two games.

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I guess The Very Stable Genius and Pete "Look at my hair! Isn't it pretty!" Hegseth were wrong when they said that Iran no longer had any air defenses.

Let me tell you when I decided Trump was a jerk and there was no way I was voting for him. It was when he called John McCain a loser for getting shot down. John McCain was not a loser. He was a young kid who answered his nations call and served in a shitty war that Trump avoided like the coward he is.

I wonder if Trump thinks that Weapons Systems Officer who is currently missing in Iran is a loser?

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Here are some links:

• Dear CNN. I don't care how much gasoline costs in Hong Kong. I care about how much it costs in Wilbraham.



• Is anyone shocked that when they pass a law that allows people to sue, people will sue? Anyone?



• I was wondering when Iran would let French, U.K, and Spanish ships through the strait. Those countries all told Trump to go screw himself and Iran knows that letting their ships through would give him a apoplectic seizure.