Great win

Crochet pitched a great game and left the mound after 8⅔ innings with a 3-1 lead.

Chapman came in to pitch to the last batter in the 8th and then pitch the 9th. When he left the mound, the game was over and the Red Sox had beat the Judges 3-1, taking game 1 of the 3-game series.

The ESPN announcers were sad because they wanted Judge and his helpers to win.

As a matter of fact, the "ESPN sucking up to the Yankees and elevating Judge to godhood" got so bad last night that at one point, Eduardo "I got something in my throat. It might be Judge's penis" Perez said, "Judge is in scoring position whenever he has a bat in his hand."

Here's the reality:

Judge went up to bat 4 times last night, he got 2 hits, struck out once, flew out once and scored zero runs.

Bregman, a guy who is getting over either the flu or a cold, went up to bat 4 times last night, he got 2 hits, struck out once, walked once and drove in one run.

For the record, Bregman has the better line and he wasn't feeling all that great.

Tonight's game has Bello on the mound. First pitch is at 6:08.

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Speaking of baseball, it's time to revisit the giant-brain predictions from the beginning of the season.

Back on February 4^th, some outfit called "Baseball Prospectus" released the following 2025 regular season prediction:

As of October 1^st, these were the regular season standings:

I'll let you decide if the so-called experts were anywhere close to being accurate...

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Golf was played today and it was a bit chilly this morning.

In keeping with our normal procedures, we decided to meet at 10:00 this morning. I gotta tell you, I'm glad I brought my long sleeve shirt along with me because not only was it in the mid 50's, there was some pretty steady winds blowing which made it seem even colder.

We've decided that the next time we play, we're going to throw tradition to the wind and tee off at noon when hopefully it will be a bit warmer.

Of course, given that this is New England, it could be in the 90's next time we play...

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Here are some links:

• Only in Florida.



• Presenting this episodes Brilliant Criminal of the Month.



• He was a pretty good writer but he seems to have been elevated to demi-god status and I'm pretty sure he was no saint.



• Australia: What doesn't try to kill ya, turns out to be an asshole you have to keep working with.



• What the hell is "trauma bond"?