All I want from life is to trade Jon Lester for a halfway decent closer. Like Ken Giles. I don’t think that’s too much to ask.
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Everybody says I have good words – the best words – prepared for you on a daily basis.
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My computer is flickering between “charging” and “on battery.” At least it’s not losing charge. It’s also not gaining charge. Gromble. Meanwhile, the part I ordered eight days ago still hasn’t shipped! I’m furious. Therefore, I vent unto you.
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I nearly forgot to say a few words about the dissolution of the proposed FanDuel-DraftKings merger. It is our burden to carry on without the departed. They will be sorely missed by the living.
To be honest, I was looking forward to seeing who stepped up as the new second best site. I’m ready for a slightly different approach to gain popularity.
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Welcome back from the All Star Break. Now it’s business time. Oops, that’s the entirely wrong sort of business.
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I dreamed I went on a baseball trip with my college team, and then I nearly broke an auto mechanic’s computer by dropping it on the ground. It was using Windows XP. I only noticed that detail after picking it up from the ground. Baseball?
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It annoys me that baseball writers are expected to produce a couple dozen fresh puns per season while making liberal use of existing puns. It’s a contractual obligation. After years of writing professionally, I can no longer help myself. And so…
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In my home league, I adopted the team name Benintendo 64 as soon as Andrew Benintendi was promoted. In this way, I consider myself a first mover and therefore privileged to continue using Benintendo puns.
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The independence with which this column grinds is unsurpassed. More, it’s unsurpassable.
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We’re grinding our way into the four-day (Matt) holiday weekend. There will be no grind on Sunday – I have a game.
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