Seismic events

 Whoa. Did you feel that?

I'm not sure, but I think it was the ground shifting beneath our feet.

I think it might have been a disturbance in the Force.

I know it was a MAC school beating another Power 5 ... and the cruddiest team in baseball ascending to the heights while another bunch of Cruds threatened its own ascension ... and a domination interrupted just when we thought it was impossible.

All of that happened over the weekend, and if you missed it, well, sometimes seismic events do pass unnoticed. But for heaven's sake, you should have felt the shudder of FOUR of them.

The first was the Ohio University Bobcats of the Mid-American Conference taking down Iowa State of the Big 12 on Saturday, 10-7. So neener-neener-neener you Power 5 schmucks, and remember again the lesson: Never sleep on the MAC.

The second seismic shimmy was the Baltimore Orioles clinching a playoff berth just two years after losing 110, 108 and 115 games in a three-year stretch between 2018 and 2021. The O's are 93-56 right now, leading Tampa Bay by two games at the top of the AL East. This means, with 13 games left in the season, there's a decent chance they could get to 100 wins. 

Which is pretty amazing if you think about it.

Also pretty amazing, and our third rumble of the weekend, is the Pittsburgh Pirates -- my very own Cruds! -- sitting three-and-a-half games clear of the cellar in the NL East, and looking more and more like a team destined to finish in the rarified air of fourth place. This is because the St. Louis Cardinals have shockingly sublet  Crudville themselves, standing at 66-83 to the Cruds' 70-80 as of this morning.

And our fourth and perhaps most notable turning of the earth?

Red Bull's Max Verstappen did not win the Singapore Grand Prix.

In fact, Red Bull didn't win it.

In fact, Verstappen and Sergio Perez, his Red Bull teammate, finished fifth and eighth -- which made it the first time all season a Red Bull driver not only didn't win, but didn't even make the podium.

Your winner was Carlos Sainz and Ferrari, a big ol' drink in a generally thirsty season for the Scuderia. Lando Norris of McLaren was second, and Lewis Hamilton of Mercedes rounded out the podium.

No word on whether or not the ground actually did tremble beneath them.