Burning the midnight oil. How can we sleep when Pac-Man’s burning? Up late watching Manny Pacquiao lose his welterweight title in the land down under to hometown Aussie Jeff Horn on Saturday night. It wasn’t Bob Probert vs. Tie Domi, but a highly entertaining bout that led me to believe Pac-Man should move on with his political career. … Mail Time. Rich Siegelman writes the late Anthony Young’s 3.77 ERA during his 1-16 season would have made him one of the Mets’ most reliable starters this year.
Staying in St Louis. First-place Nationals leave and the Marlins swim in for the holiday. Adam Wainwright has pitched well in his past two starts after getting shelled for 20 runs in 10-plus innings previously. Play 20 units on the Cardinals.
Rolled the dice against Chris Sale and Max Scherzer over the weekend and they made us pay. Scherzer was brilliant again last night while Carlos Martinez was anything but. Bryce Harper homered in the opening frame and the Nats cruised 7-2. Lost weekend left us at +1,601 nilans.