Good morning or good evening, wherever you may be. It is just past 3:00 a.m. in "The City."

The NWS is showing a current temperature of 68° under cloudy skies. My DTWS is showing 71°. Like always, the NWS and my own weather station do not agree, but they are close. Later today, the NWS is forecasting a high temperature of 76° with a 20% chance for showers/T-storms.

I finished mowing the vast lawns of the PE yesterday and then did some weeding. Today, I have to water, again, and then I have another appointment at the chiropractor to get yet another treatment on my yak. Otherwise, I don't have plans to do much of anything. I need to rest my yak and so I shall.

Sports news yesterday was mostly unchanged. The Cubs had the day off before visiting the Pirates tonight @ 7:05 p.m. The 32 - 33 in the NL Central, 2nd place Cubs, are in serious need of pitching help. One starting pitcher has tendonitis, another has a cut on his thumb, one is showing his age, serving up home runs like blue-plate specials @ the local diner, while still another has been consistently inconsistent. Alas, the Cubs starting pitchers and the relievers from their 2016 World Series Championship team are all too human. Time for an infusion of new blood in the bullpen and a real leadoff hitter. You know you are in trouble when Anthony Rizzo is leading off.

The Tigers eked out a win over the Rays, 5 - 3, but the Tigers are still in 3rd place in the AL Central @ 31 - 34. Another team in need of consistent pitching and consistent hitting? The Tigers play the Rays again tonight @ 7:10 p.m.

My beloved Red Sox dropped a squeaker to the Phillies, 0 - 1. They are fortunate that the 1st place in the AL East Yankees, also lost, so the Sox 2nd place position @ 2.0 games behind is unchanged. The 37 - 29 Sox are in Houston tonight @ 8:10 to face the AL West division leading Astros with their record of 45 - 22. If you peruse their respective records, you get an idea of how weak the NL Central is versus the AL East or West.

The Caps wee rained out in Bowling Green, so they remain in 1st place in the MWL East @ 43 - 22, a full 4.0 games ahead of the 2nd place Dayton Dragons. The Caps are in Lansing tonight to face the Lug Nuts @ 7:05 p.m.

Otherwise, we are off to a wedding this evening. Our neighbor is getting married. Ginger will have to be crated while we are out. I plan to do some reading after my chiropractor's appointment and also get in some additional play time with the girls in preparation for our Irish Jam session on Saturday afternoon. We will be taking July, August, and September off before resuming our sessions in October.

The sun will rise today @ 6:04 p.m. and set @ 9:26 p.m. Ciao.