Good morning or good evening, wherever you may be. It is just past 2:00 a.m. in "The City."

Let's get the sports news out of the way right off.

The Cubs fell to their NL Central Division rivals, the Milwaukee Brewers, by a lopsided score of 3 - 11. Jake Arrieta is having control problems with his fastball and sinker and needs to have coaches "Tune him up." Still, the Cubs have clinched their division with an overall record of 94 - 54 and they are in 1st place. They face the Brewers again today @ 2:20 p.m.

The Tigers bats totally fell asleep yesterday. Justin Verlander pitched a gem yesterday, but short of pitching a no-hitter against the 1st place Indians, there was nothing more he could have done. The final score was 0 - 1 and the Tigers fell to 8 games behind the 1st place Indians. Those two teams play again today @ 1:10 p.m.

My beloved Red Sox eked out a win over the Yankees by a score of 6 -5 to move to an AL East record of 84 - 64, 7 games ahead of the 4th place Yankees and 3 games ahead of the 2nd place Orioles and Blue Jays, who both lost. Are the Sox on a roll to winning their division? Stay tuned.

College football yesterday was mostly good. The MSU Spartans dealt a big blow to Notre Dame's season with a 36 - 28 victory in a non-conference game. Notre Dame scored early, but the Spartans were ready and moved to 2 - 0 on the young season. The Spartans share the top spot in the Big 10 with Michigan and they are 12th overall in the nation. The Spartans face the Badgers of Wisconsin next Saturday @ a time to be announced.

The Wolverines of Michigan handily defeated the Buffaloes of Colorado by a final score of 45 - 28. The Wolverines fell behind early, but they came back and beat the Buffaloes after they lost their starting QB to injury. They face the Nitney Lions of Penn State next Saturday @ a time also to be determined.

The Huskies of Northern Illinois University fell to 0 -3 in the Mac 10 following their loss to the Aztecs of San Diego State University, 28 - 42. The Huskies play the Western Illinois Leathernecks @ 3:30 p,m, next Saturday.

In order to get in some steps in preparation for our participation in the next edition of the Step It Up! program sponsored by the Ottawa County Parks, Mary and I walked to Sporty's for the 1st half of the Michigan game. It is just about two miles round trip. I'll be taking today off to rest my tender tootsies.
I did get three of the girls restrung yesterday morning, well I could say there were four changes, since Ivy, my 12 string guitar, is like changing two sets of strings. Mary thought I should do one of the girls per week, but I told her that I wanted to torture myself once and be done.

I also did some additional reading in The Bullpen Gospels along with completing two crossword puzzles. We had picked up the weekend edition of the Grand Haven Tribune during the morning safari yesterday.

Lunch yesterday was vegan bologna sandwiches with a side of bland Coleslaw. Mary changed the recipe for the Coleslaw, and it just didn't have that zing,

Mary completed knitting my winter hat, so now it is up to me to create the pom-pom ball for the top so that it can be attached. I have to learn a new skill for that. Stay tuned for the outcome.

Dinner was an excellent rendition of zucchini casserole. I grated the home-grown zucchini and Mary added some basil, also from the gardens of the PE to create a delicious dinner. There were additional ingredients, and the final casserole was delicious.

We have a current temperature of 65° under clear skies. Today's high is forecast to be 73°, a very comfortable day. The rain we received Friday into Saturday will give me a break, but there is no precipitation in the forecast for several days, so I'll be watering again tomorrow.

The sun will rise today @ 7:238 a.m. and set @ 7:48 p.m. Ciao.