A quick note to my readers of the Jewish faith. Today at sundown marks the start of the annual Rosh Hashana observance of the Jewish New Year. The celebration ends on Wednesday night, September 8, 2021. I'll leave it to my friend Ellen to delve more deeply into the nuances, but have a "Happy Jewish New Year!
We have current temperature of 71° per my DTWS, but the NWS is reporting 69° that feels like 69° with a wind out of the northwest @ 12 mph. I'll go with the reading from my DTWS as it is more local to the area. The high-temperature today will reach 72° with an overnight low-temperature of 57° after the sun sets @ 8:10 p.m. tonight on GH and the summer season here. We never really have an end to the tourist season, but things get noticeably less busy after Labor Day.
Baseball news yesterday was mostly good.
Let me start with the record-breaking offensive output at Wrigley Field yesterday. The Cubs swept the Pirates with an 11 - 8 win, powered by two home-runs off the bat off Matt Duffy, one of those a Grand Slam, and one home run off the bat of Frank Schwindel, that one too was a Grand Slam. The Pirates hit a Grand Slams too, which set a MLB record for the number of Grand Slam home runs in a single game. Too bad that neither team will be in post-season play. But, the Cubs and the visiting Cincinnati Reds start their game this afternoon @ 2:20 p.m. when LHP Justin Steele, 3 - 2 makes his next start.
The Tigers were also victorious yesterday, as they defeated the Reds, 4 - 1 in Cincinnati. The Tigers too are not going to be in the post-season, but they have a shot to go from spoiler to contender in 2022. Today's game against the Pirates commenced in Pittsburgh today @ 1:15 p.m. as LHP Tarik Skubal, 8 - 12, toed the rubber for the Tigers.
My beloved Red Sox have sent more players to the Covid IL this season than any other team and they are showing the problems with losing so many players as they fell to the Indians, 5 - 11 last night. The Sox are likely to miss the post-season too. Today's game also commenced @ 1:10 p.m. as the Sox take on the visiting Rays when LHP Chris Sale, 3 - 0, tossed the first pitch for the Sox.
The Caps took the final game of their series from the Peoria Chiefs yesterday, 4 - 2. The Caps are off today before a game tomorrow night versus the Great Lakes Loons @ 7:05 p.m.
In college football over the weekend, the Spartan's of MSU played last Friday night and they defeated the Wildcats of Northwestern, 38 - 21. The Spartans' next opponent will be the Youngstown State Penguins next Saturday @ 12:00 p.m.
The Wolverines of MI routed the Western MI Broncos, 47 - 14 last Saturday to get the Wolverines' season off to a good start. The Wolverines' next opponent will be the Huskies of Washington next Saturday night @ 8:00 p.m.
Speaking of Huskies, the NIU Huskies defeated the Yellowjackets of GA Tech Saturday night, 22 - 21. The Huskies will be in Wyoming next Saturday to face the Cowboys of Wyoming @ 1:30 p.m.
We had enough rain over the last few days to preclude a need for me to water the vast gardens. So yesterday afternoon, while Mary individually walked the fur-children. The walk with STWD turned out to be an adventure for Mary, as the Cutest Dog on the Planet was so frightened by the blast of a large ship's whistle in the channel, that she took off for home from Central Park as Mary went along for the ride.
Mary took Ginger for a more sedate walk shortly after she and Sugar returned. I was at work in the vegan kitchen making vegan Italian burgers and vegan Bratwursts. We had some burgers last night for dinner and some bratwursts today for brunch.
Otherwise, I also finished the weekend crossword puzzle, read more of a new novel, Steel Fear, by Brandon Webb and John David Mann, and watched some TV as Mary did more cross-stitching on a project for my studio. Mary finished listening to her latest book last night, but she already has her next one in the queue. So today should be a day of relaxation. Ciao.
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