A sweep!

Sometime around 8:15 or so, NBC finally switched over from golf to the Yankees/Red Sox game and I finally got to watch the game.

And a hell of a game it was.

The Red Sox took a 2-0 lead into the 9^th inning but Chapman couldn't hold it and the Yankees tied it 2-2. The Red Sox failed to score in the bottom of the 9^th so extra innings it was.

In the top of the 10^th, the Yankees scored 2 runs, making the score 4-2 which meant the Red Sox needed to score at least 2 runs to keep the game alive.

Well, they scored 3 runs, won the game and swept the Yankees in their 4-game series.

This evening, the Red Sox will start a 3-game series against the Nationals. Suarez has the start and first pitch is at 7:10

My hope level is slowly creeping up into the upper-middle of the hope-o-meter scale.

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Here are some links:

• On the Fourth of July, I will fly my flag as I always do. I do not feel the need to explain why I fly it nor will I use it as a means to communicate anything other than the fact I am a citizen in the United States of America.



• It is possible that Psycho Vlad may have taken on more than he can handle.



• It should be perfectly legal to shoot these assholes before they cause a plane filled with 200+ people to crash.



• I hope they don't send Tolle, Early or Bennett down to Worcester.

I'm kinda pissed

It was my intention to watch the Yankees @ Red Sox game tonight. NBC was supposed to carry the game.

Guess what? They decided to carry the Travelers Championship instead.

This is why I hate MLB for selling games to national networks. The national networks don't always do what they say they are going to do and as a result, it is the fans that get screwed.

So I'm listening to the game on the radio and staring at MLB GameDay.

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Here are some links:

• The nutcases in Iran are crazier than Dementia Donny.



• Goofy Joe thinks Dementia Donny is a loser.

Yea, I know...

Yesterday was a another busy day and I never got around to posting anything.

I had things to do and this wasn't one of them. This is not a "job" and writing it is something that I do when I'm bored and I have a few spare minutes.

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One of the things I had to do yesterday was go to a wake for my friend Paul's father.

Normally when it comes to wakes, I'm a "zip-in, offer my condolences and zip-out" kind of guy but Paul's wife, Diane, cornered me and decided I needed to tell their children about all the things Paul and I did in our misguided youth.

It was fun, which is not a word one usually uses to describe a wake...

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The Red Sox, fresh off their series loss to the Rockies, aka "The Worst Team In MLB", decided to play real baseball and they beat the Yankees on both Thursday night & Friday night. They played again this afternoon at 1:00 and the Red Sox managed to beat the Yankees for a third time.

I have no idea how they can lose to the Rockies and then beat the Yankees. The Yankees are the best team in the American League and have a formidable line up. They are are a flat-out good team who are currently at .585 but for some reason, the Red Sox come to life when they play them.

This is a 4-game series and the Red Sox are up 3-0 in the series. That means they have won the series which, as I always say, is the important thing. Winning series always moves a team up in the standings.

My hope level that they will sweep the series tomorrow is above "middle". Not high but nowhere near low...

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Anybody been to the Great State Fair that Trump is holding in Washington DC?

Anybody?

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I found this and it made me smile.

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Here are some links:

• Key line in this story: "...because they constantly get wet from showers."
  I'm betting it's not the "spray of water out of a plumbing system" kind of shower...



• Seems like the "president of peace" is having some issues.



• It's gonna get toasty around here next week.

Busy busy day

As a matter of fact, I was too busy to go golfing with Pat and Willie today.

I hope they didn't lose too many balls...

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Here are a couple of links:

• I don't know much about the middle east but I do know that if there is a problem between a man and a woman, the woman is always wrong.



• This whole "peace deal" is nothing more than a joke.

Another embarrassing loss

The Red Sox went into the 7^th inning with a 6-3 lead.

The game ended with a Rockies 8-6 win.

Did I mention that the Rockies were the worst team in MLB?

Guess who the second worst team in MLB is...

They are the worst team in the American League.

Tomorrow they are back in Boston (where they have a worst record than on the road) where they will start a 3-game series against the Yankees.

This is not going to go well...

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I had things to do today and did not have time for internetting.