Half a loaf

 The baseball regular season is officially over, and faithful Blobophile(s) know what that means.

"No!" you're saying. "Not another post about your stupid Pira-"

Ha! Yes! Another post about my stupid Pirates!

Who did NOT win the Battle For The Cellar this season, but only tied for it. After 162 games, my Cruds were forced to sublet the bottom of the barrel to the equally cruddy Reds, who were four games clear of last place in the NL Central a couple of weeks ago before collapsing down the stretch.

Or, "collapsing more than they'd already collapsed," to be more accurate.

So, both the Cruds and the co-Cruds finished 62-100, and I guess half a loaf is better than none. It's the second season in a row the Cruds have lost 100 or more games, something not even their co-Cruds can say. Unfortunately, this will probably have zero impact on the Cruds light-running cheapo ownership, which now will have something of an out.

"Hey, we only SHARED last place!" the Blob imagines principal owner Bob Nutting saying. "Our 20-year plan to be only partly instead of completely a joke is WORKING! And look how pretty our ballpark is!"

Yeesh. Please, Bob, end this nightmare. Sell.