This 3 game set will be highlighted by Zito-Huddy on Saturday and the Big 3 together on Sunday. The fact that this is the highlight tells you all you need to know about the teams. Technically the Gnats still have a chance, so hopefully we can kill that. But the guy who has been imitating ...

The A’s Texas-Illinois-Texas road trip concludes with a trio of games at Enron Field. The Astros, having dropped 2.5 games behind the Rangers in the division, are suddenly struggling to hang on to their #2 wild card berth, as they enter the series leading the Twins by 1.5 games and the Angels by 2.5 games. ...

  They tell me you are wicked and I believe them, for I have seen your painted women under the gas lamps luring the farm boys. So I hope Bob is conducting strict bed checks tonight. Game 1 of the series is in progress.

(The Rangers’ alleged scoreboard sponsor, according to Gameday, because we already had a lock on Otter Pops.) I hate it when I make a game thread and they’re already three runs down.

I sense I’m not the only one who is only watching an inning or two per game the last couple weeks. But today I’m letting the last of the summer tourists and the Burning Man refugees leave, and tomorrow night’s matchup of Sonny Gray vs. Scott Kazmir is legitimately interesting. Wednesday night’s Aaron Brooks start…well, ...