Nine game winning streak

The Red Sox beat the crap out of the Athletics last night, beating them 13-1 and winning their 9^th game in a row.

Tolle was on fire. He faced 20 batters over 6 innings, giving up 1 earned run, walking 0 and striking out 14. That is a hell of an outing.

Since the Red Sox burned up their bullpen on Thursday during the 13 inning marathon game, they had to send Weissert down the Worcester and bring up a guy named Raymond Burgos. He was able to go the last 3 innings, giving up 0 runs, 0 walks and striking out 2.

The Judges and the Rays both won as well last night so there is no change in the top of the ALEast.

But....

Since the New York Judges game was delayed by rain last night, the Red Sox finished their game before the Judges finished theirs. That meant that for a very brief time last night, the Red Sox and the Judges were tied in the ALEast:

Todays game started at 4:10 and Bennett had the start. It is currently 2-0 in favor of the Red Sox after 1 inning.

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With all the rain we've had lately, we are no longer in a "moderate drought". We are now "abnormally dry"...

If I understand how they make these determinations, we are considered abnormally dry not because the ground is dry and the rivers, streams & ponds are low. We are considered dry because historically we get a lot more rain than what we've gotten so far. If they were simply measuring the depths of the rivers, we wouldn't be in a drought, we would probably be considered just below the flood stage of most rivers.

I bring this up because when we were running errands the other day, my wife and I both commented on how high the Chicopee River was. Looking across it, it looked like it was over its normal bank and running through the brush & trees.

All I really know is that my sprinkler system hasn't run very much because of all the rain we've had and that makes me happy. It makes me happy because it means we might end up with a water bill that doesn't require a special one-time distribution from our retirement accounts...

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Here are some links:

• There is no peace deal between the US and Iran. There is only a deal on fee schedules between Iran and Oman. Once again, Dementia Donny lied when he said a deal was imminent.



• I wouldn't wish this on anyone. It's an awful thing to go through.



• If you believe this, you are dumber than a small bag of pebbles.



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