Good morning or good evening, wherever you may be. It is just past 1:30 a.m. in "The City."

Silly me, I stayed up and watched the 40 - 28, 2nd in the NL Central Cubs, drop one to the 37 - 32, 3rd place Cardinals, 0 - 5. Starting pitcher, Jose Quintana, was pitching great until the wheels came off and he and his relievers allowed home runs and base-hits to give the Cardinals the win, 5 - 0.  Both the Cubs and the Cardinals had some great throws from the outfield, and some serious gaffes from the infielders. The Cubs get no rest today as they will be playing the 37 - 33, 2nd place in the NL West Dodgers tonight @ 8:05 p.m. in the Friendly Confines.


My beloved, 49 - 24, most wins in the Major Leagues™, and still 2nd place in the AL East Red Sox, took it to the 46 - 26, 2nd place in the AL West Mariners, 9 - 3, on the strength of great pitching by 9 - 1 starting pitcher, Eduardo Rodriguez. Rodriguez got great support from the hitters, as Rafael Devers got a three RBI home-run, Jackie Bradley Jr. got a solo home-run, and the X-man, Xander Bogaerts, nailed a two RBI home-run.

In addition, J.D. Martinez forced Mariners starting pitcher, Mike Leake, into a nine-pitch walk that started a two-out rally in the top of the 3rd, when with the bases loaded, Mitch Moreland got a two-run single. The Sox are off until Tuesday, when they travel to Minnesota to face the 31 - 37 Twins. It should be a chance to increase the number of Major League™ leading wins for the Sox @ 8:10 p.m.

The 36 - 37, 2nd in the AL Central Tigers, swept that other team from Chicago with a win over that team and their 24 - 46, 4th place in the AL Central record. The Tigers too are off until Tuesday, when they are in Cincinnati to play the 26 - 45, last in the Central  NL Central Reds @ 7:10 p.m. One more win and the Tigers will be even up in the AL Central.

The 36 - 34, 3rd in the MWL East White Caps, defeated Mary's sentimental favorites, the 31 - 37, Dayton Dragons yesterday, 8 - 0. We were going to go to the game, but the weather forecast from the NWS of a high-temperature in GR, where the Caps play at the Fifth/Third Ballpark, was 88°, also with high humidity. So, we opted to stay home and out of the heat.

I went through three rolls of nickels earlier, 120 coins, and added six more coins to my book. I have only five more nickels to get to fill my book. Then I guess I'm back to trying to complete my National Park Quarters book through 2017.

We have a current temperature of 75° under cloudy skies and the NWS is forecasting scattered T-storms starting around 4:00 a.m., and extending off and on until late tonight and into tomorrow. We will be cooler than Sunday with a high temperature of 83° and somewhat lower relative humidity after the sin rises @ 6:04 a.m. and long before it sets @ 9:27 p.m.

In between, I'll be reading and staying cool, not that I'm not "Cool" on a regular basis. Mary will be knitting, sewing, reading, and other sundry things. John may be back today or tomorrow to finish the painting too. Ciao.