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Wrap it up!
The Yankees look like they will be clinching the AL East title quicker than expected.
The Mets?
The Phillies have found their mojo and find themselves on top in the standings.
Taijuan Walker, a former Met, has struggled (five runs in his last eight innings), but the Brewers Quinn 'Judas' Priester has appeared in nine games, won once and given up 21 runs and 23 walks in 44 frames.
If you think I'll let that go, you're mad.
You've got another thing comin'. $50 on Philly.
Quinn Priester
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It ain't over 'til it's over.
Like New York City scaffolding, the Knicks surrounded and suffocated the Pacers.
Jalen Brunson poured in 32 points and they survived, 111-94.
Elon Musk is going home, but this series is going back to Indiana.
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They were blown out early, allowing me to watch the Knicks. Clement, Guerrero, Bichette and Springer homered.
Jose Berrios (two hits, six innings) was berry, berry good and the Jays canned the Sacratomatoes 12-0.
Split. Still down -205 jeremylins.
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A BBQ held to thank Project Front Foot for the kit they supplied to Caen Cricket Club Festival Day 2024. An event organised for refugees to play cricket. A BBQ held to thank Project Front Foot for the kit they supplied to Caen Cricket Club Festival Day 2024. An event organised for refugees to play cricket. Photograph: Supplied Next week in Caen, at a baseball practice ground, on a pitch made out of two pieces of chipboard with some carpet stapled on top, a cricket tournament will unroll. Nine teams of refugees, mostly based in Normandy, will fight it out over two days in a series of round-robin T5 tape-ballgames. The battles will be fierce, the bowling often fast, with added jeopardy if the ball hits the not-very-well-disguised join between the two bits of chipboard. Chris Drew, a Guardian reader who lives locally, will umpire. Advertisement 'You watch county cricket, and there is time,' he says via video call from France. 'Time is one thing that you don't have here. It is hit, it is whack, it is run, it is bowl – it is quite something. When they whack the ball, it stays whacked. There are no defensive shots. 'It's all about having a good time. People being together who want to be together because we love the game. They leave everything else at the door. I never ask anyone where they come from or what their status is – it's just about bringing a moment of happiness.' In 2023, the tournament's first year, it was sponsored by a kebab shop with free kebabs all round. This year Drew will make Welsh cakes and bara brith and his wife cucumber sandwiches. 'Somebody will bring a salad and somebody will bring a chicken – it's a communal thing.' The community spirit extends further. Teams do not yet know whether they will qualify for the knockout matches on the second day so players will bring tents, and many will camp in local gardens. 'It's all about mucking in,' says Drew. But there are limits. 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In September they collect from clubs who have something to donate (often because of a change of sponsor), take three or four days going through it all, number it for customs – who post-Brexit need everything individually labelled – and store it in volunteer Tim Gill's double garage until March. Then they unpack it all again, refill the spread sheet, stock the van with the right equipment for the right clubs, and get on the road in time for the beginning of the northern hemisphere cricket season. This year there were 48 bags and 13 boxes of clothing and equipment, plus a dozen bin liners of sportswear – over 2000 items. They included: 48 bats, 30 wicket sets, 86 pairs of pads, 123 pairs of batting gloves, 15 pairs of wicket keeping gloves, 35 helmets and 74 caps and sun hats. 'We've moved up to the largest Transit that the boys feel confident enough driving,' says Mills. 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