Same exact thought process for the 9th. Almost gave Boone too much credit for the 8th. Jesus Boone.

I’m being too hard on Boone. He may well surprise me and go to Cruz for the third straight game instead.

What a game for Schlittler. He should absolutely pitch the 8th. So I imagine Boone will go to Devin Williams for a third straight game. Followed by Bednar for a third straight game.

Stop me if you’ve heard this one before: Boone stuck with a clearly gassed pitcher to start an inning that obviously should have gone to a waiting reliever and it backfired.

Evergreen tweets? (That one AB last night notwithstanding)

Sports is pain.

Oh look, a fire. I shall douse it with gasoline. That will help. ~Aaron Boone.

@craigcalcaterra.bsky.social At the haunted mansion in Magic Kingdom and I think I spotted some relatives of yours immortalized in painting?

Don’t ever be this asshole at an EV charging station if people are waiting.

I have practically zero attention span, and yet I eagerly read like 3500 words from Craig five days a week. I can’t recommend this newsletter enough. I don’t drink coffee, but I still have trouble starting my day without Cup of Coffee.

@craigcalcaterra.bsky.social Staying at the Four Seasons in Philly. No coffee ledge, but all the doors seem to have these hook pegs in the center of the door between the handle and the peephole. I’m thinking to hang a garment bag or purse while searching for a key? Thoughts?

System message: Scolopendra stirs.

Apparently you can indict a ham sandwich but not the guy who threw it. Screenshot of the article because I refuse to link the NYT.

It me. IYKYK

Democrats compromising with white Christian nationalist fundamentalists:

Preach @craigcalcaterra.bsky.social!

@johnrogers.bsky.social John, have you read the Dungeon Crawler Carl books? Something tells me they’re right up your alley. If you can, the audiobooks are phenomenal and I highly recommend them over paper or e version.

@johnrogers.bsky.social Parker saying “I don’t even know how to break the law anymore” hit way too hard.

Hey so everything is terrible and the world sucks, but this is awesome. Most excited I’ve been for a movie since Endgame. If you’re not familiar go read the book. Like, right now.

Schumer and the rest of the establishment Dems: But if we do this, imagine what republicans will do!

New York peeps, will we know who won the primary tonight or is it like Maine where they’ll run the RC in like a month?

Noted Yankee Killer Jo Adell.

And there goes the rain.

@craigcalcaterra.bsky.social The Onion writing directly to you.

“If Dems don’t give us the quod pro quo we demand, we’ll stop bribing them!” is a helluva thing to say out loud. It’s impossible to overstate how much citizens united has absolutely fucked this country and sent us into the downward spiral we’ve been in since.

You guys aren’t gonna believe this, but this conference one of my company’s tech partners is having is heavily focused on AI.

Who in the world could have seen this rift between Musk and Trump, two of the pettiest people on the planet, neither of whom has ever been told no or held responsible a day in their lives?

@craigcalcaterra.bsky.social You: I read maps for fun! My 32yo brother planning a road trip from south Florida to Allentown, PA with stops in Myrtle Beach and Northern Virginia: Doesn’t Virginia come before South Carolina?

@craigcalcaterra.bsky.social Made me think of you, especially with the Anglophile kick you’re on this week in CoC.

@rocinante.bsky.social at Rate Field for the White Sox game. Can I get you anything?

What actor's expression in a movie will stay with you the rest of your life?

Democrats next time they have the Senate (if that ever happens): We are bringing back the filibuster because republicans pinky promised they would keep it in place if they ever retook the chamber. Now if you’ll excuse me, the wallet inspector is here.

Someone should tell these Democrats that Joe Biden is no longer the president. In fact he doesn’t old any elected office or position of public trust at all. He’s a private citizen with zero impact on politics at all. I think it would be useful information for these Democrats to have.

Pop quiz: there are three weeks of school left. Next Monday is a federal holiday. What do you do? If you answered “release the kids three hours early today for no fucking reason” come collect your prize. It’s a choice between a pitchfork and a torch for when we storm the school board.

Hang this exchange in the Louvre.

Honestly didn’t think I could be happier about the Knicks knocking off the Celtics, but here I am. Happier than I was before I saw this.

Knicks in the ECF for the first time in a quarter century and knocked off the defending champ Celtics to do it. 👨🏼‍🍳👌🏼

@rocinante.bsky.social How you holding up over there?

2022’s Mr. Irrelevant about to sign the 5th largest contract by total value in NFL History. From the dead last pick in the draft two two NFC title games, a Super Bowl start, and now this… helluva few years for Purdy.

I enjoy how the matchups for “rivalry weekend” start out with a couple no-brainers (Yanks/Mets, Sox/Cubs etc), progresses to some stretches that I guess make sense (Toronto/Detroit, Milwaukee/ Minnesota) and then it’s just like “ok, who’s left? Rockies and Dbacks? That’s it? Ok, they’re rivals now.”

Schumer calling up a bunch of Dems who got beat last time they ran is so on brand I don’t even have anything snarky to say. “Hey this didn’t work last time, let’s try it again!” is tattooed on his ass. Ok, I found some snark after all.

@benjaminahr.mobi Fun story: At a conference fidgeting with my Double Dumbass Tour challenge coin. Guy asks to see it, so I show it to him. He sort of scoffs and says “I have one from a two star admiral at home.” So I said “at home…?” He sighs, gets up, and says “what are you drinking?” So thanks!

And whatever you do, avoid any food that has dihydrogen monoxide as an ingredient or is used as part of the preparation!! Everyone who has ever consumed it has died!

@craigcalcaterra.bsky.social As a Yankee fan, I just want to say that this sentence belongs in the CoC ring of honor. No notes.

Movie you’ve watched more than six times using gifs. (“Hard mode” no Star Wars, Star Trek, or LOTR)

Wil Wheaton is all of us.

Something like 60% of the country is about to enter the find out portion of the program where they learn that the reason food, water, air, and consumer products in general are safe is because of massive behind the scenes governmental regulatory bodies doing their job to keep things running.