Oops, I forgot.

I was not too busy or otherwise occupied, I simply forgot.

Now it's late so this is all you get.

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The Red Sox won their final game against the Pirates this afternoon.

What amazes me is that they are only half a game behind the Judges and only 3½ games behind the Blue Jays.

Tomorrow they start a 3-game series against the Guardians. I have no idea who the starter will be. I don't Cora has any idea who the starter will be.

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Tomorrow there will be links.

A loss that stings

The Red Sox lost to the Pirates last night. And with that loss, they have dropped half a game below Judges in the ALEast.

On the upside, Tolle is a hell of a pitcher, throwing 98mph fastballs with some pretty damned good control. I'm hoping that spending time working with Bailey will have Tolle looking even better as the weeks go on.

Today's game started at 4:10 and May was the starter.

He did not pitch well...

Right now it is the 8th inning and the Pirates are up 9-3.

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It might be time...

If no one hits it tonight, I'll probably think about maybe, possibly, buying a ticket.

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This made me laugh.

Just to be clear, the bald psycho who didn't comb his hair over his head is Charles Manson. The other bald psycho who does comb his hair over his head is The Very Stable Genius.

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Here are some links:

• Much like Michael Corleone, the Israelies are settling accounts.



• Key line in this story: "Vance insisted, in an interview with USA Today, that Trump was in 'great health'."



• This is the biggest waste of time and money. This state government has bigger things to worry about than this crap.



• For the record, the phrase "nearly misses" indicates it didn't miss.

Quick trip

Thursday was busy for me because I had things that needed doing.

Today was busy for me because at 7:00 this morning, I met up with my sister and my cousin at Westfield-Barnes airfield where we boarded my cousins plane. At 7:45, we took off for Pittsburgh to attend our uncles funeral.

After landing at 9:15 and collecting a rental car, we made it to the funeral home just in time to help our aunts into the funeral home while our Pittsburgh cousins parked their cars. We spent the day at my uncles funeral and then hanging out with our numerous cousins and aunts.

At 2:00, we headed back to the airport where at 3:00, we boarded the plane and took off for home. At 3:50, we were back on the ground in Westfield.

The worst part of the trip was a traffic jam in Ludlow due to the closed West St. bridge.

It's nice to have a generous cousin with his own jet.

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The Red Sox released Walker Buehler today and as far as I'm concerned, it was time.

He wasn't pitching well. Not well at all, and there were kids down in Worcester who can probably do more to help the Red Sox win than Buehler could.

Which leads to the news that the Red Sox have called up Payton Tolle for his MLB debut tonight.

Now I can't say I know a lot about Tolle but I do know that the media has been hyping him up like he was the second coming and I think that sucks.

This kid is about to pitch his first major league baseball game and the last thing he needs is to have ridiculous expectations heaped on him by a media .

He'll do what he can do. My expectations are that he at least pitch better than Buehler.

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It's late and I'm watching baseball.

Here are a few links:

• Recent history tells me that the Supreme Court will back Trump on this.



• Most have been a pretty serious game of musical chairs.



• I can't help but wonder if maybe alcohol was involved.



• I wonder how one applies for that particular job.

Limited posting

I have a busy few days so posting is limited.

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I did manage to pay attention to the Red Sox as they completed their 4-game sweep of the Orioles, beating them 3-2 this afternoon.

Since the Blue Jays were off today, the Red Sox managed to pick up half a game on them and they are now 3½ games behind.

Now all that needs to happen is for a miracle to occur and we see worst team in the American League, the White Sox, beat the Judges tonight.

The Red Sox are heading home where tomorrow they will start a 3-game series against the Pirates.

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Here are a couple of links:

• I think the guy is a real whackjob but if you are relying on the federal government for your health care, you also are a whackjob. Listen to your doctor, not some guy who had worms crawling around in his brains



• Anyone who votes for this guy deserves what they get.

Excellent win last night

The Red Sox beat the Orioles 5-0 and the Blue Jays lost to the Twins. This means the Red Sox picked up a game on the Blue Jays and are now only 4 games behind them.

Giolito went 8 innings and Wilson came out to close. That means that the bullpen is rested and Chapman is available to close tonight.

Hopefully Bello has an excellent start and the hitters are ready to move the runners along.

First pitch is at 6:35pm.

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Here are some links:

• I'm not unhappy with this move.



• I'm pretty sure that a five dollar foot long is not a dangerous weapon.



• I just want to know how he was able to get in the truck and drive it away from the post office. Didn't any of the supervisors notice he was so drunk he could hardly stand up?



• I liked him and I'm surprised he isn't a starter by now.



• Presenting the Headline of the Month.



• Were they bees or were they hornets?



• This happened on Friday when the Red Sox beat the Judges 1-0. It was great.