Good morning or good evening, wherever you may be. It is just past 3:30 a.m. in "The City."

Let's get the bad news out of the way. Now!

My baseball teams went 0-fer! Yes, my loyal readers, the Chicago Cubs, the Detroit Tigers, my beloved Boston Red Sox, and the West Michigan White Caps fell to their opponents yesterday. For the Major League™ teams, the results produced no long-lasting damage. However for the Caps, the rotund woman has sung, their season is over, there is no more post-season baseball. Sigh.

As the immortal Jack Webb used to say on the old radio/TV program, Dragnet, and later Dan Ackroyd noted in the movie homage of the same title.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v4LPkmGO5Cc

As long as I'm borrowing from that radio/TV series, I think I'll also include the opening that gave rise to part of my opening line. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X6LprmdivN8

Sadly, the Caps will be waiting until next year. The Great Lakes Loons defeated the Caps by a final score of 3 - 5. The Loons move on, the Caps go home. Next year is really here for the Caps. As Tom Hanks said, in A League of Their Own, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xx8cCDthsuk

The Cubs lost too, but in their case, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SKI-DNxRxAk

The Cubs fell to their long-time nemeses, the St. Louis Cardinals, in an NL Central matchup last night, by a final score of 2 - 4, so their division championship is on temporary hold until they reduce their magic number from three to zero. The Cardinals are still in the Wild Card hunt, so every victory is a life-line for them.

If the Cubs are victorious over the Cardinals later today @ 1:45 p.m., they will have a chance to clinch the division on Thursday night, when the Milwaukee Brewers return to Wrigley Field @ 7:05 p.m. I'll be in front of the TV in the media room when the first pitch is thrown. Right now, the Cubs are still in 1st place with their record of 92 - 52, 16 games ahead of the Cardinals.

The Tigers fell to the lowly Twins in an AL Central game last night by a final score of 1 - 8. The Tigers are still in 2nd place, six games  behind the losing Indians. The Tigers and the Twins play again tonight @ 7:10 p.m.

My beloved Red Sox lost to the Orioles last night, 3 - 6. However, the Sox are still in 1st place by two full games over the Orioles and the Blue Jays. The Sox play the Orioles again tonight @ 7:10 p.m.

I still feel as though it is too early to talk about college football, so the Wolverines of Michigan, the Spartans of Michigan State, and the Huskies of Northern Illinois will have to wait their turn for a blog mention.

In other news, we traveled to Coopersville yesterday to afford Mary's brother Ed, the chance to see the exhibits @ the Coopersville Historical Museum, and the Farm Museum and Event Center. Today, we'll be visiting more of the sights to be seen in West Michigan. More on those in the next edition.

Lunch yesterday was STL, (Spicy Tomato Loaf) sandwiches with a side of rice salad that Mary prepared while I was outside doing the chores on the PE. I actually assisted in the preparation of the loaf by turning it in the oven halfway through the cooking process. Dinner last night was stuffed sweet peppers that tasted delicious. Mary used more of her spicy tomato loaf as part of the filling, and I have decided that I like this version better than when she uses TVP, (Textured Vegetable Protein) for the filling. The STL will reappear today as part of the picnic lunch that we'll enjoy during our planned outing.

That should be a full day before Ed returns to Wisconsin on Thursday morning.

We have a current temperature of 63° under mostly cloudy skies. Later today, the high will reach 75° under partly cloudy skies. We were expecting rain yesterday, but only a few drops fell, so I watered.

The sun will rise @ 7:24 a.m. and set @ 7:55 p.m. Ciao.