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

In baseball news yesterday, all of my teams won! The 73 - 63, 3.0 games ahead of the 71 - 58 Brewers in the NL Central, 1st place Cubs, looked like world beaters as they upended the 56 - 72, 5th place Reds, 7 - 1. Of course, the Cubs are supposed to win those games, but on any given day, all of the teams in the Major Leagues™ are capable of winning.

Starting and winning pitcher, Cole Hamels, went the distance, recording his 4th straight win since joining the Cubs. This seems like the perfect place to insert a clip from YouTube™ from one of my favorite baseball movies, Field of Dreams. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yxzq9BLE5Hg,where

This is the scene where Kevin Costner as Ray Kinsella, and James Earl Jones as Terence Mann, are attending a Red Sox game in Fenway Park.

And don't forget, this other scene from Field of Dreams, wherein James Earl Jones, as Terence Mann intones the lines, "People will come Ray." "The one constant through all the years Ray, has been baseball." https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7SB16il97yw

What more could a Red Sox fan want, unless it is the movie, Fever Pitch, that shows Jimmy Fallon as a die-hard Red Sox fan and his new-found girlfriend, Drew Barrymore. So, I'll add that clip too.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uKaldffU02c

This was the first complete game by a Cubs' pitcher this year! Hamels got support from Javier Baez, who hammered a 481 foot home run that left the ballpark. In addition, Anthony Rizzo also drove one deep, that traveled 434 feet, and added two more runs to Rizzo's RBI total.

In other Cubs' news, Daniel Murphy got two hits and two RBIs in the game. Sometime starting pitcher,Yu Darvish, is happy to have a diagnosis on his sore pitching arm too. Darvish did not respond to questions about the 2019 season and evaded a question about a possible retirement at only 32 years of age. Cubs and the Reds play again today @ 2:20 p.m. EDT.

My beloved, 90 - 39, 1st in the AL Central, Red Sox, upended the 1st place in the AL Central, 73 - 54 Indians, 7 - 0. The Sox travel to Tampa to play the Rays tonight @ 7:10 p.m. EDT.

The 53 - 75, 3rd place in the AL Central Tigers, dumped the 4th place team in their division, that other team from Chicago, 7 - 2. They play again tonight too @ 7:10 p.m.

The 65 - 64 MWL East 4th place Caps, squeaked by the 55 - 73, 8th place Dayton Dragons last night, 5 - 4. The Caps welcome the 54 - 74, Great Lakes Loons to the Fifth/Third Ballpark tonight @ 7:05 p.m. Oddly, the Loons overall record of 55 - 73, still allows them to be in 3rd place in the MWL East because of their 2nd half record of 30 - 30.

I was busy yesterday. I walked both of the fur-children to allow Mary a chance to index non-stop. I came home and peeled apples to make applesauce and more importantly, another pie. I feel as though the best things I make in the kitchen come from the oven. After tasting my latest pie, I am certain. Here are some pix of the pie in progress.

I had already made the pastry-dough, following the recipe I like from  Mary's copy of the Fanny Farmer Cookbook. I was ready with my rolling mat.

Large enough for the bottom crust after rolling.

Ready for the top crust, with all the apples, brow sugar, flour and cinnamon mixed in.

My signature Pi symbol is now on top and the pie is ready for 50 minutes in the pee-heated oven @ 425°.

Done and ready to be eaten once it cools.

Mary also took some pix earlier this morning., She was attempting to get the moon and Mars, but too many trees near the back-forty made that nearly impossible. Still, I'll share a couple of her pix too.

We have a current temperature of 64°, one degree greater than the anticipated low for this morning. The NWS is forecasting today's high to be 75° with a 70% chance for showers that may begin as early as 2:00 p.m. EDT. The showers taper off later, but return as T-storms on Saturday morning, I have my fingers crossed regarding our Sunset Photo Shoot, but I also would like to avoid watering too.

The NWS has issued a Beach Hazard Statement from 8:00 a.m. today until late Saturday afternoon. four to eight foot waves and 15 - 25 mph winds means that the Red Flag will be flying on the shores of the "Big Lake."

Otherwise, Mary continues to index, I will once again walk the fur-children and try to stay quiet while Mary works. I'd play with the girls, but when I do, I start to sing and Mary can't block out the lyrics of songs she knows. 

The sun will rise today @ 7:00 a.m. and set later @ 8:32 p.m. Ciao.