Good morning or good evening, wherever you may be. It is past 4:30 a.m. in "The City."

I am going to start with a photo taken by Mary on our way out to the chiropractor yesterday afternoon. If you look at the photo and then at the chair on the right of that patio, you'll see one of the many cats that wander the neighborhood. This one has made itself at home here on the PE. STWD is not happy. This cat seems to be a bit easier to frighten than Phoebe, but not by much.

The trainspotting yesterday was easy because there weren't any to spot.

Let's get the sports report out of the way. The Cubs and the Rockies endured a two-hour 10-minute rain delay before their game could get started. @ game-time, the temperature @ Coors Field was 55° and it continued to fall throughout the game.

In spite of a lead-off home run by Dexter Fowler and also in spite of his RBI single in the top of the 11th, the Cubs lost the game in the bottom of the frame on what became a huge throwing relay error by Javier Baez. A double off the right-field wall scored the tying run for the Rockies in a rollicking 6 - 7 loss for the boys in blue. Baez attempted a throw to the plate and the ball instead found its way into the Cubs' dugout and the batter kept on going and crossed the plate with the winning run. Sigh. The Cubs are still solidly atop the NL Central @ 77 - 44 with a 12 game lead over the 2nd place Cardinals. The Cubs and the Rockies play again tonight @ 8:10 p.m.

The Tigers and the Red Sox played each other again yesterday. The Tigers were on the losing end of the lopsided 2 - 10 final score  That means that the Tigers stayed mired in 2nd place, 7 games behind the Indians who defeated the Toronto Blue Jays 3 - 2. The Tigers now have an AL Central record of 64 - 58.

My beloved Red Sox were on the winning end of that lopsided score with a 10 - 2 blowout of the Tigers. Former Tigers' pitcher Rick Porcello continued his winning ways, notching his 17th win and allowing only a two-run homer by J. D. Martinez to mar his effort. On the Red Sox side of the score, David "Big Papi" Ortiz, Jackie Bradley Jr., and Hanley Ramirez roughed up  the Tigers' rookie pitching phenom, Michael Fulmer, with each getting a two-run homer of their own. The Sox now are 1.5 games ahead of the Orioles, who lost to Houston, and one-half game behind the Blue Jays in the AL East, following the Blue Jays loss to the Indians. The Tigers and the Red Sox play again tonight @ 7:10 p.m., weather permitting.

The Caps finally won last night, as they defeated the Dayton Dragons, 2 - 1. The Caps are still languishing in 6th place with an MWL East record of 23 - 29. The Dragons are tied for last with a record of 20 - 34. Those two teams play again tonight @ 7:00 p.m., also with the weather permitting.

What a perfect segue to the weather report. We have clear skies and a temperature of 71° outside the WW. I am still waiting for the T-storms predicted by the NWS yesterday. Not a drop of rain fell in GH. The NWS is once again predicting Strong! T-storms later today beginning @ 10:00 a.m. with a 90% probability and continuing throughout the day. That goes with today's high temperature of 78° I'll check with the intrepid weather dog later this morning for confirmation on those T-storms. However, whether the NWS is right or wrong, Sugar will be @ camp as Mary and I get ready for our outing to the Caps game tomorrow.

Today we have nothing to do other than to drop Sugar @ camp after the morning safari. Sugar sensed a disturbance in the force yesterday morning and was reluctant to go out But as previously noted, nothing came of her usually infallible weather sense. If she is hiding this morning, I'll trust her more than the NWS. Right now she is asleep in the bedroom.

The sun will rise @ 6:56 a.m. and set @ 8:38 p.m. Ciao.