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

Yesterday was about as mundane as you can get. We got up late, lounged around, I talked to Mary's brother, Ed, about the Red Sox, the Bears and other sundry things. We had lunch, I made Cole slaw and then went to one of those big-box home centers. Finally, a stop @ Stans in Spring Lake and the home for a fine dinner of Tuno Casserole, with a side of TV news. I went upstiars and watched some TV before retiring early. Speaking of the TV, I changed the batteries in the downstairs remote. It works fine now.

We have a current temperature of 41° under cloudy skies. Those skies will stay cloudy as the temperature rises to 58° after the sun rises @ 8:16 a.m. and before it sets @ 6:39 p.m. In between, the NWS is forecasting a 70% chance for showers/T-storms in the later afternoon.

Speaking of time, I am actually ahead of time this fall. Now that I have three watches, I decided to reset my Citizen Eco-Drive™ watch for Eastern Standard Time last night. Since every change required for spring/fall requires a change either forward or backward, I am challenged twice per year. Steph helped me one year, but since she is not here, I had to do it myself. So, once I got the hands to move as necessary and make the change, I left it until next Saturday night when the change actually takes place. Phew!

You may have thought that I was done with baseball now that my beloved Red Sox have won the World Series™ and their parade in Boston is set for today @ 11:00 a.m.. But wait, there's more. The Cubs multi-position player, Javier Baez, won another Fielding Bible Award for his ability to field and save runs.  The Fielding Bible Award is not a Gold-Glove™ award, but it is still prestigious.

The Cubs have several players eligible for free-agency this off-season. Some players will be offered a new contract by the Cubs, while others should be let go. For example, starting pitcher Cole Hamels should be asked to stay, while reliever Justin Wilson should be allowed to leave. Given the need of every team for pitching, he should have no problem getting a job, as long as it is with another team.

The Cubs have a serious need for starting pitching, given the Yu Darvish question and the fact that Mike Montgomery is not a starting pitcher. So, the Cubs will target Hamels and may go for Red Sox pitcher, Nathan Eovaldi, or the Brewers Wade Miley. Eovaldi is only 28, while Miley is 31. Both men will also be on the list for their current teams.

As an aside, the Cubs, Kyle Schwarber is a possible trade. He has improved his fielding, but he is really a better DH fit in the American League. Oh, not that I am counting, but the first pitchers and catchers report to spring-training for the Orioles and the Brewer on February 19, 2019. As more news becomes available, I'll add it to my blog.

Today, since it will be raining in the afternoon, I plan to walk STWD in the morning and then read, play with the girls, and I may get to the man-cave for some triage on our Christmas tree lights. If I can't make any headway with that, it is possible that a new tree is in the offing.

Mary has no plans of which I am aware. She may get into her kitchen and try to arrange her spice cabinets further. That will require my help to empty the higher shelves and also to place those seldom used things on the upper shelves that she can't reach. The cabinets in our kitchen are almost too high for me and my 6'4" reach. Imagine what that means to Mary with her height being nearly one-foot shorter than yours truly. Ciao.