Late last night in Miami, the old F Scott Fitzgerald adage about no second acts gracing American lives was given a run for its money by an inconsequential game between the New York Mets and the Miami Marlins.

A piece of advice if you ever get the chance to visit Miami: avoid the F-Word at all costs.

THE Chicago White Sox are World Series champions again, and yet another epic streak of futility is not just wiped away but swept away.