In lieu of Hot Links this morning, I instead offer you 20 pages (8,771 words) on Hurricane Harvey, Justin Verlander, and the Houston Astros.
2017 was something, huh? Jeff Bagwell got inducted into the Hall of Fame, the Astros won the division for the first time since 2001, and then that one thing happened at 10:59pm on November 1. Thanks to all of you for reading and interacting this year. One of my New Year's Resolutions is to be better at responding in the comments of posts.
Best wishes to all of you in 2018, please be safe tonight.
We didn't come out here to play tiddlywinks, son.
-Hal Smith
