Good morning or good evening, wherever you may be, across the nation and across the world. It is just past 6:45 a.m. in "The City." 

My DTWS is showing the current temperature to be a seasonal 64°, which should also be our overnight low here on the shores of the "Big Lake", where the NWS is reporting the water temperature @ the Grand Haven Sate Park beach to be 70°. 

Unfortunately, there is also a Beach Hazard Statement in effect until some unspecified time later tonight. That means that swimming conditions will be hazardous for the counties of Allegan, Mason, Muskegon, Oceana, and Ottawa here in MI. Strong currents will make Lake Michigan a dangerous place for anyone who is not a good swimmer and perhaps for some wo are.

In addition, the NWS has also issued a Small Craft Advisory that will remain in effect from South Haven, to Manistee until later tomorrow night. Winds from 10 - 20 mph and gusts possible to 25 knots may propel waves as high as two to five feet. The sun will rise this morning @ 7:20 a.m. and set tonight @ 8:01 p.m.

Yesterday in baseball may make me a "Homer" for the Detroit Tigers, as they staged a late inning rally that included a Grand Slam home run by IF Jonathan Schoop and another single for Miguel Cabrera. He is on track to get 3,000 or more hits for his career by late this season or early next season. OF Victor Reyes also hit a three run homer for the Tigers en route to the 10 - 4 victory over the visiting Rays. 

Last night's game saw the return of broadcaster Jack Morris, a Hall of Fame pitcher, to the broadcast booth for the Tigers. He was suspended for 10 games due to his racially insensitive remarks about Angels' pitcher Shohei Ohtani, one of the young stars of MLB this year. Ohtani is a young player for the Angels who has won nine games for the Angels as a pitcher. He has hit 44 home runs and netted 94 RBIs while stealing 23 bases and hitting @ an average of .259! What every baseball fan should be saying about Ohtani is, Wow! 

Bad news came for the Tigers yesterday, as 30 YO LHP Matthew Boyd was scratched from the start last night and replaced by Tyler Alexander. Boyd experienced elbow soreness again and may not pitch again this season. Given the nature of too many baseball pitchers for serious elbow problems, there is a scary possibility for Tommy John surgery for Boyd. That surgery with a recovery time of 12 to 15 months, would sideline him for all of next season. The Tigers and the Rays square off again tonight @ 6:10 p.m. when RHP Casey Mize, 7 - 7, makes his next start. 

The Cubs returned to their low-expectation selves yesterday afternoon, as RHP Kyle Hendricks pitched well for six innings, but after he left with the score tied 1 - 1, his replacements from the bullpen gave up five more runs to the visiting Giants and the Cubs lost the game, 1 - 6. The Cubs and the Giants play again this afternoon @ 2:20 p.m. EDT as RHP Zach Davies, 6 - 10 makes his next start.

My beloved Red Sox were tripped up by that other team from Chicago 3 - 4 last night. The Sox tried to rally, including a home run by Bobby Dalbec, but they fell short as the final score indicates. The Sox are so short of players that the starting pitcher for tonight's game for the Red Sox is listed as TBD. In fact, LHP Chris Sale was placed on the Covid IL list and may be out for a minimum of 10 games, or a potential of two to three starts. The beloved and that other team play in Chicago tonight @ 7:10 p.m. EDT.

Sadly, the Caps came up short in their game versus the visiting Great Lakes Loons last night. 4 - 6. Both teams take the field again tonight @ 7:10 p.m.

I didn't go to that big-box nearly everything store with Mary and Ginger yesterday afternoon. I stayed behind with STWD and made vegan Italian burgers and meatballs. Sugar got the mushroom cuttings that she loves without having to wrestle with Ginger. Mary and Ginger also went to one of their favorite places, Duncan Woods, for a walkabout. 

Earlier in the day @ 7:57 a.m., I espied MMRR EMD GP38-2 locomotives 2170 and 2019 heading south, towing one GTC, and 10 CGCs. Later, I recorded the passage of those same locomotives heading north a little after 12:00 p.m., as they towed one DBTC and five  DWTCs. I also got some pix with my wide-angle lens of the locomotives and their cars too.

MMRR locomotive #2019 as they headed north.

The lone DBTC.

And one of the five DWTCs.

Today is another in a series of days where I hope to get in some time for painting, crossword solving, reading, music, and being retired along with the regular Saturday indoor chores. Mary is hard at work on her latest cross stitch effort, a labor of love, a blue moon. She will get into the act in the kitchen today too. Ciao.