No hit broken up in the 7th. None in Mets history yet. I knew the talk by the announcers about pitch counts and defensive moves were academic. No score yet mid-game for the Cubs. Another bad (pitching) game for the Red Sox. Another well pitched game for the Pirates. Still chance to win.
A Philip Seymour Hoffman-like picture for the author of the book just cited. Charles Darwin had a philosophy of not being publicly anti-religious, in part in respect to his wife, but some groups are less so.
The back-story here is a bit more complicated though because the sign is in response to Christian displays in a public park, including one that says Jesus did die for our sins. Still, such "in your face" signage are somewhat counterproductive. On the merits, people have died "for our sins" in some sense unless the message is that "sin" itself doesn't exist. I'm wary of the natural law from above implications of the word "sin" myself, but I'm not sure that is what the sign is supposed to be saying.
Isn't the point there to be rationalists, perhaps one who would use such logic to challenge the first sentence? Anyway, when the no-hit bid was over, I switched to the Cubs game. The Braves scored four on two hits. A 7-0 laugher is now a more stressful 7-4 (two unearned). Niese had to handle a tough at bat with a few questionable calls both ways before giving up a hit. He was up around 100 by then and then an error was made. No outs, he was about done, but kept in for one more. No go.
Red Sox up 9-7 now. Pirates losing 4-1. Cubs up 1-0. Twins hitless through seven. Just another Easter Sunday afternoon of baseball. [Twins just got a hit.]
[Update: Mets win 7-5. Cubs hold on 4-3 (two unearned in 9th or the starter would have gone the distance -- apparently, about the only way for them to win so far). Boston blew lead, 10-10 in 10th. Pirates won. Twins lost. Meanwhile, Yanks now 0-3. And, the afternoon continues. One last update. Boston blew a two run lead in the 11th, losing it 13-12. Their replacement "closers" have struggled thus far, each blowing it today.]
Isn't the point there to be rationalists, perhaps one who would use such logic to challenge the first sentence? Anyway, when the no-hit bid was over, I switched to the Cubs game. The Braves scored four on two hits. A 7-0 laugher is now a more stressful 7-4 (two unearned). Niese had to handle a tough at bat with a few questionable calls both ways before giving up a hit. He was up around 100 by then and then an error was made. No outs, he was about done, but kept in for one more. No go.
Red Sox up 9-7 now. Pirates losing 4-1. Cubs up 1-0. Twins hitless through seven. Just another Easter Sunday afternoon of baseball. [Twins just got a hit.]
[Update: Mets win 7-5. Cubs hold on 4-3 (two unearned in 9th or the starter would have gone the distance -- apparently, about the only way for them to win so far). Boston blew lead, 10-10 in 10th. Pirates won. Twins lost. Meanwhile, Yanks now 0-3. And, the afternoon continues. One last update. Boston blew a two run lead in the 11th, losing it 13-12. Their replacement "closers" have struggled thus far, each blowing it today.]