when you win the game but the ground is really muddy

On Tuesday, the San Francisco Giants beat the New York Mets in the National League wild card game to advance to the National League Division Series. With this win, the final eight MLB playoff teams have been determined, and the first division series will begin on Thursday. (ESPN)

Tennis player Maria Sharapova, who tested positive for drugs earlier this year, has had her sentence reduced from 2 years to 15 months. She’ll be back to compete against Serena and other Tennis pros by next year’s French Open. (New York Times)

Are you scared of clowns? If not, you probably should be. People have been dressing up as clowns and threatening schools, ranging from just intruding on campus to threatening to bomb schools, and nobody knows whether or not they are hoaxes. (Washington Post)

On Wednesday, a man was executed in Texas. His execution was the first in Texas in sixth months, and the first in all of the United States in three months, an unusually long string of time without capital punishment. (The Atlantic)

Hunter Pence’s awesome slide via TheInscriberMag