Good morning or good evening, wherever you may be. It is just past 5:00 a.m in "The City."

In the immortal words of Ken "Hawk" Harrelson, the announcer for that other team from Chicago, "You can put it on the board, Yes!" In fact I am so stoked, to borrow a phrase, that this may be the only time in recent memory that I show a clip from YouTube™ that actually depicts that other team.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dY6McvgeHAo

But, in this case I am only tangentially talking about baseball. I did it,! I finished my Knot Blanket yesterday. I had to detour around the fur-children who wanted to either help or sleep on the bed where I was working, but the end result is as I'd hoped it would be. Here is picture of my efforts.

You can never get too much of a good thing!

One side is a fleece that features the logo of the 1st place Chicago Cubs™, while the opposite fleece features the logo of my beloved 1st place Boston Red Sox™.
  
Since I am on the subject of baseball, let me say that I have some good news, but mostly bad news. I won't ask the inevitable question, I'll just start with the good news. The 1st place in the NL Central, 76 - 53 Cubs, swept the last place, 56 - 75 Cincinnati Reds yesterday by a final score of 9 - 0. Kyle Hendricks recorded the win. Jason Heyward awoke from his hitting slumber to go 4 for 4 and help the team offensively. Kyle Schwarber and David Bote both rang the bell, while the newest Cub, Daniel Murphy, continued to lead-off for the Cubs and contribute to their recent string of successes. The Cubs welcome the NY Mets to the Friendly Confines tonight @ 8:05 p.m. when Jon Lester takes the mound against Noah "Thor" Syndergaard. 

Alas, my beloved Red Sox are now down to a 1st place lead over the Yankees of only six games in the AL East, due to the Sox' loss to the 70 - 61, 3rd place Rays. Every team has a slump, but I am officially worried. The Sox have the day off before meeting the Miami Marlins with their 53 - 79, last in the NL East 5th place record. Here's hoping that Alex Cora's crew can right the ship then.

The 53 - 78, 3rd place in the AL Central Tigers, lost to that other team from Chicago yesterday, 1 - 9. That other team has a 4th place record of 51 - 79. Fortunately, the Tigers have the day off today too, before they travel to Kansas City to face the 40 - 91, last place in the AL Central Royals @ 8:15 Tuesday night.

The 65 - 67, 5th place in the MWL East Caps, lost yesterday afternoon to the 57 - 74, 3rd place Great Lakes Loons, 2 - 4. The Caps will get no rest, as they meet the Loons again tonight @ 7:05.

That rain that was supposed to wait until Tuesday came early last night and continued into today. Thunder booms sent STWD to her hide-e-hole around 9:00 p.m. last night, when the NWS issued a Severe Storm Warning. The thunder and lightning have continued throughout the night and they are forecast to continue today through Wednesday. The plus side is that I won't have to water for a few days. However, the temperatures are forecast to remain high as will the relative humidity. The sun will rise this morning @ 7:03 a.m. into rainy skies and the temperature is forecast to reach 85° before the sun sets this evening @ 8:27 p.m. 

We didn't get the index into the ether yesterday. It must go out today. I will once again be walking the fur-children and then editing, some of which I began yesterday. 

Otherwise, nothing is on tap. Ciao.