Standing in line, marking time, waiting for the welfare dime ’cause they can’t find a job …
Plenty of teams around the NFL need a QB, but none of them are courting Colin “The Knee” Kaepernick or Johnny “I’m all right” Manziel. The willing-and-able signal callers are not likely to find any work here. Three words: Canadian Football League.
Patriotic Colin can sing “O Canada,” while Roughrider Johnny enjoys the nightlife in downtown Saskatchewan.
Fire and Fury at the Stadium. The Yanks have to cut into the Red Sox’s lead in the East. Sox come to N.Y. having won eight in a row and Eduardo Rodriguez goes in the opener. Shook off his knee injury by hurling a four-hitter against K.C. last week. Ten units on the Bosox and 10 units on the Blue Jays as reliable Marcus Stroman throws at home against the Pirates.
Brewers Zach Davies got lit up for six runs in the first three innings and the Twins cruised over the Brews 7-2. Shaky ground, as loss leaves us with 646 hornsbys.