Minor connected after a two-out single by Chris Johnson, and they smiled the whole way from home plate back to the bench.

WSJ: Minor leads Braves over Mets for 8th win in row

Minor homered after a two-out single by Chris Johnson, and they smiled the whole way from home plate back to the bench.

WSJ: Minor leads Braves over Mets for 8th win in row

Grating turns the yam to a pulp of unbelievable stickiness. (Wikipedia claims that it was used as a sexual lubricant in the Edo period a fact too good to check.) The soba end up bound so firmly together that pulling a few strands with chopsticks lifts the whole mass off the plate.

NEWYORKER: Ootoya