Dear Boston Sports Media (in general): Stop emulating the CHB by over-playing this story. Thank you.

Cora is saying all the right things, right now. Devers has been, contractually at least, designated as the franchise guy. He obviously still wants to play 3B, so he is the incumbent. If his defense goes south, however, Cora will make that move, but it's Devers' job to lose.

Well, under Cora, the answer will be, "here, there and everywhere." AC rarely uses a set lineup or batting order, so everyone will play and probably play all over.

The problem is that the Dems still only seem to have identity politics and "orange man bad," in their collective tool box. It might be a good time to start directing fire at the (oligarchs) source.

Poor BBWAA types are suffering through a series of really dull news days; so much of this is disinformation and pure nonsense.

Japan.

I thought that Malen showed some nice movement in the box during the Wolves match. I think he'll be okay.

Our defenders are perfectly good when they can stay on the pitch. There just isn't enough of them. They're not looking for someone better than the ones we've already got - just a good depth guy.

I'm turning 70 this year, so survival is really optional at this point. I'm just gonna pop a gummy, grab some popcorn and watch this shit show. They'll be sharpening the blades for the guillotine soon enough. I hope I live long enough to see oligarch heads on pikes ...

Crissakes, Czet, now I'm gonna have nightmares tonight.

He's really just a run-of-the-mill lunatic. The difference between him and the rest of them is the cadre of enablers that keeps him in the game.

Sort of collection of journeymen, eh?

Final is in, Vermont advances to the Final on penalties (4-3)!

NBA: Celtics
NFL: Giants
NHL: None
College: University of Vermont
MLB: Red Sox
WNBA: Mercury (Taurasi!)
Soccer: Aston Villa
Motorsports: F1 (McLaren)

It looks like a machine that inserts or joins two cylindrical objects together, probably not a bullet into a cartridge, but something similar.