The Red Sox lost last night, getting beat 6-3 by the Astros.

Early did not have a good outing but then again, the batters did not have a good outing either.

This afternoon's game was no better but it took them 10 innings to lose instead of just the usual 9 innings.

The Astros beat them 3-1 in the 10th, winning the series and sending the Red Sox back into last place in the American League.

Suarez was pitching very well but when he finished the 4th inning, he left the game with some kind of hamstring issue.

It's getting harder and harder to watch them play baseball simply because there seems to be no reason for them to play as bad as they are. I will, of course, continue to watch them, I'll just yell louder and use many more very bad words.

Tomorrow they start a 3-game series in Detroit against the Tigers. First pitch is at 6:40 and Tolle is scheduled to start.

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Here are some links:

• Once again, Lizzy "Hold on a sec, I'm gonna get me, um, a beer" Warren proves that she is not as smart as she thinks she is.



• Every time he talks about his war in Iran, all I hear is John Blutarsky in Animal House saying, "Nothing is over until we decide it is! Was it over when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor? Hell no!"



• New York City: It's not like it used to be.



• I'm beginning to think that maybe Psycho Vlad is losing his special military operation.

Nice win

Yesterday my son, his wife, my wife and myself all took our granddaughter to her very first Red Sox game.

The Red Sox gave her a nice little pin:

along with a small bag of dirt from the outfield and a bracelet proclaiming that she was a member of Red Sox Nation.

It was a good game to go to simply because it was a nice night and the Red Sox played some damned good baseball, beating the Astros 3-1.

My son had gotten a set of hearing protectors for his daughter (you can see one of them in the above picture) so she did not have to deal with the loudness of the park. As a matter of fact, she slept through a lot of the game. But when she was awake, she was fascinated by everything that was going on.

On our way to the game, we spotted a plane that was towing a sign. This is the sign:

Imagine being so upset about a game that you would be willing to spend hundreds or maybe thousands of dollars to tell the owner to do something that the owner will never do.

Some people have too much money...

As for today, things don't look as good for them. It is currently the 4^th inning and the score is 5-0 in favor of the Astros.

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While we were gone, The Very Stable Genius did not do anything stupi...

Wait.

Never mind.

Trump has announced that he is pulling 5,000 US troops out of Germany. This immediately sent the Europeans into a tizzy and Psycho Vlad into a happy dance.

Those troops have pretty much been the only thing keeping the Russians from mounting a takeover of most of eastern Europe.

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While were were in Boston, the Bruins decided it was time to go on vacation.

They lost the game to the Sabres 4-1, which means they lost the series 4-2.

As we are always known to say in Massachusetts when we are talking about our sportings teams, "Oh well, we'll get 'em next year!"

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Well, it happened. Gasoline has crossed the $4.00 threshold.

Fortunately for me and my wallet, my current automobile gets slightly more than 32 miles per gallon.

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Here are some links:

• I believe that "steal a jet ski while naked" should be an actual felony charge.



• I'm not a teacher so I don't know the situation but this seems like a severe over-reaction from old people that don't understand these new-fangled phone-puters.



• Remember when the US Navy was hunting pirates? Now they apparently are pirates.

Busy day, no post

Sorry about that

Oops, I forgot

Last night, I managed to type a whole bunch of stuff and find some links. Then proceeded to forget to click the "Publish" button.

Oh well.

Here's all the stuff I typed along with those links.

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In a "must win" game, the Bruins barely managed to stay alive in the playoffs by beating the Sabres 2-1 in overtime on Tuesday night.

The Sabres took a first period 1-0 lead but the Bruins tied it 1-1 in the second period. Neither team could get the puck in the net during the third period so the game went to sudden death overtime.

Fortunately, the Bruins put one into the net and walked away with a win. This means they will meet again for game 6 on Friday, May 1^st.

Here is the current Stanley Cup playoff situation:

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The Red Sox, however, appeared to have had enough of winning and they decided to once again not step on home plate.

The Blue Jays beat them 3-0 Tuesday night, giving the new coaching staff their very first MLB loss.

They played their final game in their series yesterday afternoon and got their ass kicked 8-1.

Despite those two losses, they somehow managed to stay out of last place in the AL.

They are heading back to Boston where starting Friday they will play a 3-game home stand against the Astros.

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There are no sports today so I'm gonna burn through some dvr's.

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Here are some links:

• As the old saying goes, "Never bring a knife to a car fight..."



• Up until now, I was never entirely sure what the word "mindfullness" meant. Now I know. It means getting drunk.



• Florida Santa.



• Presonally, I don't have a problem with this.



• Morons. Our society is filled with morons.

Chuck and his girlfriend are here

I have no idea why Dementia Donny and Chuck are getting together to talk about anything. Chuck has no say in the running of the British government and The Very Stable Genius has made it clear he is pissed off at the British (and the French, the Dutch, the Germans, etc...) because they don't do what he wants them to do.

I wonder if Trump will create an international incident by insulting Chuck's ears or his wife's horse face...

I'm not trying to be insulting. I'm just pointing out that Chuck's ears are big and his current wife is nowhere near as attractive as his first wife.

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I got this message today:

This is the second time I've been accused of not paying an imaginary fine only this time they included a convienient QR code that will help me pay my imaginary fine.

I blocked the code so you can't actually scan it but if you could you would find yourself at a website called "woxersaver" os some such bullshit.

Here's my friendly advice: If you get one of these things, just delete it. Don't scan it, don't visit the website and don't forward it to your friends.

Just delete it.

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Here are some links:

• I'm pretty certain "gentle' is not the right word to describe him.



• I give it a couple of weeks tops and they'll announce Alex Cora as their new manager.



• This is a bit of a stretch.



• Beer: Is there anything it can't do?