By now, any reasonable Minnesota sports fan should know that getting one’s hopes up is just a way to ensure that the inevitable tumble is even more painful. You can’t say, “Why bother getting excited?” because hope — as misguided as it might be — is what keeps a fan going. So instead of dissecting the feasibility of getting Jared Allen, or the Wild’s latest playoff misstep, or Boof Bonser’s lousy outing, we’ll instead try to find an even lousier situation to make you feel better about yourself today. So: be thankful that you are not a pitcher for the Kawamoto technical high school in Japan. From Reuters (and courtesy of bpar):

A Japanese high school pleaded for a regional game to be abandoned after surrendering 66 runs in less than two innings, local media reported on Thursday. The coach of Kawamoto technical high school threw in the towel to spare his pitcher’s arm with his team losing 66-0 with just one batter out in the bottom of the second. The hapless hurler had already sent down over 250 pitches, allowing 26 runs in the first inning and 40 in the second before Kawamoto asked for mercy. “At that pace the pitcher would have thrown around 500 pitches in four innings,” Kawamoto’s coach was quoted as saying. “There was a danger he could get injured.” Opponents Shunshukan were officially credited with a 9-0 victory, giving the scoreline a tinge of respectability for the luckless Kawamoto school.

And also be thankful that nobody is so mad at you about the move of an NBA team that they would do terrible thinks to your Wikipedia page. (Offensive, though the worst word has been obscured).

Fasola-link! All about elevators.

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