Excellent baseball was played.

The Brewers beat the Rays 4-1 last night and won the World Series.

So now we are in the off-season and there is a very strong possibility that there might not be any on-season in 2027.

The MLB collective bargaining agreement between the players union and the owners ends on December 1st and, so far, negotiations for the next agreement are not going well. The owners want to spend less money (a lot less money) by instituting a salary cap and the players want to earn more money (a lot more money!) by rejecting the owners proposed salary cap.

There are a lot of other things in both proposals (here's a good breakdown) but those are the big points of contention.

Here's my opinion: This is nothing more than a bunch of rich people, playing my favorite childhood game, arguing over who should become richer. And the people who suffer the most during these negotiations are all the support people.

The only people who are going to suffer during these negotiations are the people who sell the peanuts at the ballpark, the people who clean the floors at the ballpark, the people who wash the players uniforms, the people selling the game programs at the ballpark, etc...

That's who is going to suffer, not the multi-billionaire owners or the multi-millionaire players.

On the upside, the MiLB will probably have record-setting attendance for their games...

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Here are some links:

• If this turns out to be true, it is a big deal and it goes a long way in supporting Trump's constant whining about elections.



• Make it so.



• Helmet-Hair Hegseth is at it again.



• This is the latest and greatest cure-all I was refering to in yesterday's post.

Still three down.

The Rays beat the Brewers 4-3 last night, keeping their hopes alive and forcing a game 5 tonight.

The series is now 3-1 in favor of the Brewers.

Go Brewers!

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The Bruins lost 2-1 in regulation to the Hurricanes last night.

They are still in first place in the Atlantic division but have fallen 3 points behind the Hurricanes in the Eastern conference.

They are off today and tomorrow they will be in St Louis to take on the Blues.

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Here are some links:

• This just seems to me to be a really bad idea.



• New York City: The Florida of the north-east...



• I'm old enough to have heard about thalidomide. For those of you that don't know about it, it's what happens when the government lets drug companies push their latest and greatest cure-all.

Three down, one to go.

The Brewers beat the crap out of the Rays last night and they are now one game away from winning the World Series.

They beat the Rays 10-1 and that 1 run the Rays scored was a 2-out gift in the 9^th inning.

Game 4 is on right now and the score is tied 2-2 in the 6^th inning

Go Brewers!

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The Bruins are in Raleigh, NC to take on the league-leading Hurricanes tonight.

They are just starting the 3^rd period and the score is 1-1.

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No links tonight.

Yes, there is baseball tonight

The Brewers lead the series 2-0 but the next three games are in St. Petersburg at the Rays home field. Normally I would say that gives the Rays an advantage but the Rays just don't have that big of a fanbase to generate any home field advantage.

In regards to Tropicana Field, one of the Brewers gave us this observation:

He's not wrong...

Go Brewers!

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The leaves are starting to fall and my new lawn tractor appears to be up to the task of keeping my lawn clean.

On Saturday I used my lawn tractor to pick up all my leaves and I couldn't help but notice that it's also still picking up a lot of grass. I know I'm old and forgetfull but I don't recall having to mow my lawn in late October.

The fall peak color is moving past us in the next week or so and that is when the leaves will really fall out of the trees. Guess we'll know then how the new tractor will do.

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I liked his character on the show.

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Here are some links:

• When I was a little kid, if I had trouble making up my mind about something, my father would say, "Either shit or get off the pot." My father had a way with words...



• Only in Florida.



• Key entry from our favorite police log: "6:36 p.m. A guy walking down the road was enjoying a beer and minding his own business."

One down, three to go

The Brewers held on to beat the Rays 3-2 last night, taking game 1 of the best-of-seven series.

They're back at it again tonight. First pitch is at 8:00pm.

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The Bruins take on the Sharks tonight and I'm hoping for a repeat of the last time they met when the Bruins beat them 6-3.

They are still in first place in the Atlantic division.

Puck drops at 7:00pm.

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Here are some links:

• Presenting todays load of bullshit from Dementia Donny: "Elon will never do anything wrong. I know him very well. He's a fair person."



• I didn't know it still existed.



• Sucks to be them.