I'm pretty sure the Red Sox couldn't play any worse.

The Red Sox are so far out of contention that I'd be willing to bet that not only won't they be playing in October, they might not even be playing next April. The MLB might just tell them, "Sorry, but only major league teams can play in this league."

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We had to go buy a new vacuum cleaner today. The old one had an electrical short that I'm pretty sure might have gotten around to burning my house down if we hadn't stopped using it. When I said stop using it, my wife said, "Well, I need to clean this house. How am I supposed to do that without a vacuum?"

And that is why I went to buy a new vacuum today.

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