The murder trial of Karen Read ended in a mistrial on July 1st.
And a retrial is scheduled for late January.
Which gives the whole case sort of the feel of a league during its offseason.
Occasionally one of the teams does something that makes the news.
Mostly they just rehash highlights from May and June and offer up a few cold takes.
And every so often an update comes along that’s noteworthy.
Or someone involved gives an interview, likeRead sitting down to talk to20/20.
Where the teams are revamping their lineups and signing new aquisitions.
In the latest roster move, the Norfolk County District Attorney’s office just signed a new starting pitcher.
Brennan is no stranger to the public eye.
It just means the team has a new Ace.
But he has not been benched.
He’s just not taking the mound for Game 1.
This Hank Brennan will be taking the ball.
What (if anything) this means, your guess is as good as mine.
And they see Brennan as an upgrade.
That if nothing else, this trial was us sharing Masshole culture with America.
Catty fights on trips to Aruba.
“Sully’s at the bar with us.”
“Jameson’s and gingah.”
Cunts and balloon knots that leak poo.
And most of all, everybody having some connection to everybody else.
Living off the currency that fuels our entire state’s economy: Favors.
I don’t begrudge the decision.
And by no means whatsoever do I hold it against Brennan that he was on those defense teams.
I say again what Hunter S. Thompson said, “Even Satan deserves good counsel.”
Where, like I said a paragraph ago, everybody is connected to everybody else.
It’s like One Degree of Separation around here.
