Good morning or good evening, wherever you may be. It is just past 4:00 a.m. in "The City."

I just have to start with the sports report. The Cubs had the day off, still leading the N. L Central by 6.5 games over the Cardinals. The Cubs return to action tonight in Milwaukee, as they face the Brewers @ 8:10 p.m.

The Tigers had a great game, defeating that other team from Chicago, 2 - 1 in a game of A. L. Central rivals. However, the 50 - 46 Tigers lead that other team by 3.5 games, due in large measure to the sub-.500 record of 46 - 49 owned by that other team.

This is a great place to insert the information about my latest book, Terror in the City of Champions, a story of murder, baseball, and the secret society that shocked Depression-Era Detroit. This non-fiction book was written by Tom Stanton, a journalist, and teacher at the University of Detroit. He lives in Michigan, and this book about the Tigers was inspired by the stories told by his family during holiday gatherings, as they "talked" about the Black Legion, and the 1935-36 season when the city of Detroit had three championships in baseball, hockey, and football. So far, I like it.

Now for the greatest news. My beloved Red Sox pummeled the hapless Twins, 13 - 2, with their record of 35 - 60, to move to 54 - 40 in the A. L. East. In a game at Fenway Park, Mookie Betts, Xander Bogaerts, and Big Papi, David Ortiz, combined to go 14 for 19, with 10 runs and nine RBIs. Knuckleballer Steven Wright pitched a superb game and yielded only two runs, one earned, over his eight innings of work. In addition, the Sox' Dustin Pedroia had his fifth five-hit game. Big Papi, Mookie Betts and Jackie Bradley Jr., all went yard.

In batting practice before the game, Big Papi, hit a ball so hard, that it stuck in Pesky's Pole. According to legend, Pesky's Pole was given that name because it is only 302 feet down the right field line to the corner where the foul pole is located. The legend has it, that former infielder Johnny Pesky wrapped a home run around the pole for two runs in the bottom of the 1st inning. The Sox lost that game, but the legend continued to grow and in 2006, the Sox officially dubbed the right field foul pole, Pesky's Pole, to honor Pesky. Johnny Pesky only hit six home runs @ Fenway and so the legend is more myth than fact, but there you have it.

The weather yesterday was interesting. Mostly cloudy, hot and humid, and T-storms happened around noon. Those storms were not as severe here in GH as they were in Southeast Michigan, where tree limbs were snapped, trailers were overturned and what has been called a Gustnado occurred. We got a good steady rain and a few claps of thunder that drove STWD to her hide-e-hole after the morning safari. As always, Sugar senses a front when it is moving in and she goes to her spot in one of the bathrooms.

We traveled to the big-box hardware and home center in Norton Shores late yesterday, to redeem my rebate form at that store and ended up spending an additional $45. A good gimmick to say the least. We stopped off at Sporty's on the way home and then Mary picked up tacos from Arturo's. After that, I went to bed to drift off to sleep to the sounds of baseballs leaving the yard and leaping off the bats at Fenway Park as the Red Sox defeated the Twins.

We have a current temperature of 75° under clear skies. However, the DTWS is showing clouds and precipitation on its display due to the falling barometric pressure. Our high today is forecast to be 84° with 74% relative humidity.

My plans for today include some indoor chores and then reading. Mary is hard at work on the index. Somewhere in there, she will join her regularly scheduled chat session.

We have an appointment at the chiropractor later in the afternoon. Naturally, we'll be taking the mornig safari with the intrepid one too.

The sun wil rise @ 6:25 a.m. and set @ 9:16 p.m. Ciao.