Escobar has no range. Pelfrey sucks. The umps in Secausus NJ suck. We're lying on Barry ZITO to defeat the Angels! What's left? A comeback, I suppose, will do.
Smallest attendance in MLB history? Apparently April 17, 1979, in Oakland. "653 tickets sold, but scarcely 250 people walked into the stadium." https://sports.vice.com/en_us/article/remembering-the-worst-attended-mlb-game-of-all-time
We had a guy umping once in Little League in my little home town named Smitty. He ran the local tavern. A cantankerous man. They asked to ump once and he called strikes three feet inside, outside, upside, and downside. Just a crazy bastard.
It would appear that we won't be eliminated until October. That is some way is a feat that can soothe us in January. Then again it ain't over until it's over. If we win 7, or 6, or even 5 (as others have said), we'll remain in the thick of it.
Dear TD, Are you sitting your typing fingers, or chewing your fingernails? What is preventing you from typing. It's been 10 minutes and nobody has written anything. Thus I have taken it upon myself to fill the void with a void.