Oddities

I don't know...I think Yost went to the pen way too soon tonite; Shields is your ace, and while Ventura is a gasser...well, pulling the guy in the 6th?  Yes, the pitch count is high, but...I think in these types of games you need to milk the starter, especially because Yost isn't the type of guy to go to the Davises and the like early...sort of like another AL Central manager.

Yes, I am saying Francona cost his team some games by pulling the starter too soon (or not letting Kluber finish his starts)...to be sure, everyone does it (ok, Oakland is NOT doing so right now), but...

September OC stats...487 households, serving 194 seniors, 664 adults, and 504 kids.  The introduction of the computer system to register clients has gone pretty well -- it is not too bad, and once we added some real mice to the laptops to make it easier for the seniors to maneuver them...it really paid off.  It does make things go a little quicker at first, so the bags really need to be packed, but...I think it will be better come winter, once the crowd really packs it in early.

Ok, the As really need to pull Lester now...and they are.  But I still think it is smarter to drive the guy hard and long, rather than let the bullpen (and a part of the pen you don't have quite the faith in) blow it.