No sweep

Crochet was having a great night and I was pretty pleased with the way things were going.

Yes sir, it was looking pretty good. The Red Sox were down only one run, Crochet was throwing pitches that were striking guys out and it looked like the hitters were beginning to figure out the Mets pitcher.

Then Cora came out and took Crochet out of the game in the 5th inning.

To say the least, I was confused. He was up to 85 pitches, the bullpen had been taxed beyond normal the night before and he was on fire. Why in the hell was Cora taking him out.

Then I saw this tweeter thingee this morning:

So all things considered, I would rather have them pull him early from a game in May than see him on the IL in September when the playoffs are looming...

As for today, the game has been rained out and rescheduled as a double-header tomorrow.

Hell, based on what I'm seeing for Boston weather, I suspect they will be rained out tomorrow and Saturday as well.

I wonder if they can play a quadruple-header on Sunday?

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Key line in this story: "A new provision in the bill deregulates gun silencers."

It's a meaningless provision because there is no such thing as "gun silencer". They are called suppressors.

And in all honesty, I can't really think of any reason for a suppressor to be illegal. They definitely quiet the sound of the bullet being fired but it's still pretty damned loud.

The problem is that people, including our esteemed elected officials, watch too many movies. Like almost everything else in the movies, the "silenced" gun is a lie. When an actor fires a movie "silenced gun", all we hear is "pffffft".

I've fired a suppressed firearm. It was a 9mm Heckler Koch MP55D submachine gun with an integral suppressor that I fired courtesy of the FBI at the range complex at Fort Devens.

Trust me, I would not fire a suppressed firearm without hearing protection.

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Here are some links:

• Key line in this story: "Ramaphosa kept his cool."
  Well, someone had to be the adult in the room...



• Krazy Kim III is going to punish those responsible.
  That translates to "Kill everyone".



• Looney Donald is putting the U.S. deeper into debt.



• Thanks goodness they finally found a use for it.



• Key line in this story about a moron who should be in prison: "He tried to remove the ticks using a lighter, which accidentally lit the puppy on fire."



• Women: Some of them are tougher than me.