Kinda busy with candy

I'm on candy detail this evening and we've already had a few visitors.

While I hand out candy, you can click on these:

• Remember yesterday when I said, "There are a lot of people in Boston who probably hope it was a slow, painful beating"? Yea, well I guess I wasn't too far off the mark...



• Actually, this makes sense.



• I'm not rich but even I don't think $11,000.00 is "an enormous sum of money".

Can I talk about the Patriots now?

They won last night and I gotta admit, I only watched it until the half.

The Patriots couldn't score a touchdown during the first half but neither could the Bills. The Bills have the second best defense in the NFL so I can't dis the Patriots for failing to cross the goal line. They did manage three field goals while the Bills only managed one.

The score was 9-3 when I went to bed

Turns out they did manage to score one more field goal and two touchdowns while the Bills were only able to get one more field goal.

The final score was 25-6 which isn't bad when you consider the Bills defense.

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Someone decided to whack Whitey Bulger this morning.

They aren't really saying how he was killed but since it happened in a secure facility, I think we can rule out firearms and probably knives.

There are a lot of people in Boston who probably hope it was a slow, painful beating.

He was not a nice guy.

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I'm going to start digging into some DVRs.

While I do that, you can do these:

• I would just let the monkey keep it.



• According to Hillary Rodham, it takes a village to raise a child.



• Key phrase in this story: "It’s kind of a slick way to get rid of a carcass."



• I am never going to visit South America.

Thus ends the baseball season.

The Red Sox defeated the Dodgers last night and became the 2018 World Series Champions. This is a good thing and it makes me very happy because now I can go to bed at a decent hour.

Except for tonight.

Tonight the Patriots are playing the Bills at 8:15 this evening and I'll try to at least watch the first half. I'll probably fall asleep during half time but that's okay. I'm hoping the Patriots are well ahead at the half.

But after tonight, I won't be staying up much past my bedtime during the work week and my brain is grateful for that.

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So anyways, the Red Sox played like a great ball game last night with almost every pitcher out in the bullpen ready to step in and do their thing.

Price pitched a hell of a game up until the first batter in the eighth.

Then Kelly came in and made quick work of three batters in the eighth.

In the ninth, Sale stepped up, closed out the three Dodger batters in the ninth and sealed the win.

The Red Sox batters were hitting the ball well and other than one minor "oops" by J.D. Martinez when he lost sight of a fly ball in right field, the fielding was spot on.

All-in-all, they had a record-setting season and finished up the post-season like the champions they are.

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Now we start be paying attention to the happenings with the free agents on the team this offseason.

Kinsler, Kimbrel, Sale (team option which will probably be picked up), Pearce, Pomeranz, Nunez (player option that he'll probably take), Evoldi and Kelly are all free agents and some of those guys are going to be looking for a big payday.

I'm hoping the Red Sox pursue Pearce, Evoldi and Kelly. I think they stand a chance at securing Pearce for a reasonable price but Kelly is going to be looking for some money.

Evoldi is a crap shoot. He's really good but he's also a bit streaky so he may take a reasonable offer.

Kimbrel is going to be one of those guys looking for a huge payday and I'm not sure he's worth it.

Kinsler is a gold glover but he's not a hitter. Besides, Pedroia should be back.

Pomeranz has fallen apart and I'm not entirely sure he'll even make a good reliever, never mind a starter.

We'll see what happens over the next few months

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So now I'm going to watch some football and figure out what to do with my evenings until next February when the pitchers and catchers report.

While I do that, you should maybe take a look at these:

• Stay classy Boston. Stay classy.



• I don't understand kids these days. They do some pretty weird things.



• Here's a followup to KCs Stolen Colon post from last Friday.



• This is your brain. This is your brain on drugs.



• Key phrase in this story about the latest member of the A-Team: "Police indicate the father will not be facing charges at this time."

Yes, I watched the entire game

Last nights game was only nine innings long and I managed to stay awake for the entire thing. The best part? They won and now have a 3-1 lead in the best of seven series.

I will admit that at one point in the eighth inning I was concerned it was going to turn into another one of those extra-innings game but the Red Sox hung tough and they actually hit the ball.

They were down 4-0 going into the seventh when Chris Sale decided he'd seen enough and basically called the entire team out for playing crappy. I think Alex Cora summed it up best when he described Sale's dugout rant as, "Chris, in the dugout screaming? My English is very limited, so I didn't understand what he was saying."

Don't worry there young Mr. Cora because right after that rant, Mitchy Two-Bags hit a 3-run homer to bring them within 1 run.

Then in the eighth, Steve "I've played on every ALEast team!" Pearce hit a solo home run to tie the game.

After that, Rafael "Baby-Face" Devers hit a single to take the lead

Then Pearce hit a double, driving in three runs, to solidify the lead and Xander "X-Man" Bogaerts hit a single, driving in one run, to put a cap on it. The Dodgers tried to make something happen when they scored two runs in the bottom of the ninth but it just wasn't enough and the game ended with the Red Sox winning 9-6 and me going to bed.

And for all those idiots from Southie and Dorchester that keep ranting about how they need to win it at home, screw you. I say win it wherever you can. Win it as fast as possible and then come home for the parade.

As a matter of fact, I say win it tonight, take Monday off to party like rock stars in sunny L.A. and then fly home Tuesday or Wednesday because I'm pretty sure the parade will wait for them. Hell, it probably won't get scheduled until the weekend anyways.

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My lawn is mowed and it is currently leaf-free. I know that will change shortly but dammit, I'm going to enjoy it while I can.

While I watch baseball, you can click on these:

• If your criminal name is "The Loose Pants Bandit", I'm betting you are gonna have a hard time in prison.



• Face-Eating Squirrels would be a fantastic name for a 1950s 3D horror movie.



• You can look up what words were first used in print for any year. The year I was born, Bigfoot, Game Show and Sex Kitten were all introduced to our world.



• They have some odd wedding traditions in Iowa.



• Speaking of people with too much time on their hands.

No, I did not watch all of the game

Game 3 of the World Series set a record last when it went for 18 innings and 7 1/2 hours.

Neither the Red Sox or the Dodgers could hit anything the pitchers were throwing and as a result, they went into the 9th inning tied 1-1.

In the 13th inning, they tied it 2-2 and finally, in the 18th inning, the Dodgers won the game 3-2 with a walk-off home run.

Both teams used nine pitchers and I'm not entirely sure who is available to pitch out of the bullpen tonight. I suspect the winner of tonights game will be the team that can actually field a pitcher or two instead of having position players pitching.

As for tonight, I'm hoping for two things -

1. The Red Sox win.
2. The Red Sox win in nine innings.

I'm not sure I can stay awake to watch nine innings but I definitely can't stay awake for eighteen.

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So some nutcase opened fire in synagog this afternoon.

I gotta tell you, we really need to reopen the insane asylums and start locking people up who are obviously criminally insane. This guys social media accounts were loaded with threats and violence against pretty much everybody.

He hated the Jews, the Muslims, the Republicans, the Democrats, it didn't matter, he hated everyone.

How come no one made his ramblings known to the police? If they did, how come the police didn't take this guys guns away from him?

Simple.

Because they aren't allowed to, that's why.

They need to be given the authority to take control of people like this and let the courts decide if they are a danger to others.

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I'm going watch some bad TV until the game comes on. Then I'm probably going to fall asleep.

You can click on these if you want:

• Trolling the Red Sox worked out so well for the Yankees and the Astros, the Dodgers figured they'd try it out.



• Here's your Naked Guy In The News story.



• Either Deandre France can't run very well or that is one really fast lawnmower.



• Only in Florida.