Good morning or good evening, wherever you may be. It is just past 7:30 a.m. in "The CIty."

Well, I decided that I could just stay in bed last night/this morning rather than get up and blog, so that's just what I did. The sun already rose @ 6:04 a.m. and will set later tonight @ 9:27 p.m. Is this blog a late or early edition? You decide! We have a current temperature of 72° as we head for today's forecast high of 83° with 74% relative humidity. Mary and I had talked about going to a White Caps game today, but the inland temperature and humidity in GR today is supposed to be 95° albeit with a lower 58% relative humidity, so... Is this rally a game day decision?

Since I am on the topic of sports, specifically baseball, and the 35 - 34, 3rd place in the MWL East West Michigan White Caps. They defeated today's 2:00 p.m. opponent, the 31 - 36, 5th in the MWL East Dayton Dragons yesterday, 9 - 4. Today's Father's Day game will be a hot-one. So...

The 40 - 27, 2nd in the NL Central Cubs, took advantage of some great pitching by Kyle Hendricks and some clutch hitting by Jason Heyward, and others to win yesterday's game 6 - 3. The Cubs finally pulled ahead on Heyward's home run in the 8th. That home-run, along with an earlier home-run off the bat of Addison Russell, who had a three-hit night, coupled with those clutch hits from Ian Happ, Kyle Schwarber, and Willson Contreras cemented the win over the 36 - 32, 3rd place Cardinals, Those two teams play again tonight @ 8:05 p.m. EDT as the Cubs attempt the sweep..

My beloved, 2nd place in the AL East, 48 - 24 Red Sox, had no clutch hits and no runs, as they fell to the Mariners last night, 0 - 1. In this case, there is no joy in Bean-Town. The Sox and the Mariners play again today @ 4:10 p.m. EDT.

The 35 - 37, 2nd place in the AL Central Tigers, took one from that other team from Chicago, 7 - 5 yesterday. While still two-games below.500, and 2.5 games behind the 36 - 33 1st place Indians, the Tigers are on a roll when facing weaker teams.  The Tigers and that other team play again today @ 2:10 p.m. EDT.

I went to my Irish Jam session yesterday afternoon along with Mary and her brother, Ed. We had a nice final turnout of players, and an appreciative audience as we played and sang, something that I even did as I contributed my rendition of The City of Chicago. That's a tune that I first heard when Dave Curley and One for the Foxes performed along with Larry's band, Uneven Ground on June 6th. I liked my rendition and I plan to keep it in my rotation. Mary brought along our camera and snapped this picture of our session.

At this point, I was strumming on Susanna, my six-string banjitar or ganjo, depending on your personal preference..

We returned home for an hour or so and then headed over to our favorite watering hole, the "World Famous Tip-a-Few Tavern", for a nice dinner. We were all tired, well at least I was, so Ed and I headed up to the media-room to watch some inane TV, and the Cubs victory over the Cardinals.
Ed finally got tired too, and so he went off to bed as I drifted in and out.

Today, we'll be ending our weekend with a Bon-Voyage to Ed as he heads back to Illinois before he jets off to TX and his new home. We had a nice time, but somehow, I don't think the fur-children will miss Ed as much as we do. They just don't like strangers in their home. Otherwise, all is well here in GH on Father's Day. Ciao.