¶Cleveland baseball hit a major milestone last night, earning the 10,000th win in franchise history. The Yankees have 10,940 victories in franchise history (as of today), so hitting the 10,000 mark is significant. All that money, and New York only has ~9% more victories than Cleveland. Granted, that 9% brings no less than twenty-seven World Championships to Cleveland’s two. But, still, nine percent is a remarkably small difference.
In today's journal
A century-old patent for gravity-defying loops, and a ball club's long grind to a five-figure win total — proof that going in circles can still add up to something.
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