Good morning or good evening, wherever you may be, across the nation and across the world. It is just past 6:00 a.m. in "The City", where the current temperature is 58° under partly cloudy skies. The slight wind out of the west @ seven mph gives us a "Real Feel" temperature of 56°. Today's high-temperature forecast from the NWS calls for 76° under partly-cloudy skies and a barometric pressure reading of 29.86" of Hg and rising, while my own DTWS is showing 29.18" of Hg and steady. 

The NWS has issued yet another Small Craft Advisory for the "Big Lake" from St. Joseph to Grand Haven, beginning today @ 2:00 p.m. and extending until 6:00 p.m. Tuesday. Wind speeds of 10 to 20 knots with gusts up to 25 knots may propel waves up to three feet in height. In short, to borrow from "The Bard", "Much ado about nothing." The sun will rise this morning @ 6:09 and set tonight @ 9:15 p.m.

Baseball yesterday was once again, not very, very good to me.

The only bright spot was the win by the 19 - 26 Cubs over that 22 - 23 other team from Chicago, 5 -1 on the strength of superb pitching by RHP Keegan Thompson, 5 - 0, and strong hitting off the bats of newly promoted rookie Chris Morel, now the latest Cubs leadoff hitter, and Frank Schwindel, last year's 30-year-old rookie phenom, and Patrick Wisdom. 

Is Thompson the new Cubs' ace? Is Morel the "Real Deal?" Can the Cubs continue to dominate that other team from Chicago? Inquiring minds want to know. Today's game with RHP Marcus Stroman, 2 - 4 on the mound for the Cubs begins @ 2:20 p.m. EDT.

Sadly, my beloved 22 - 25 Red Sox looked good in game one yesterday, as they defeated the 20 -28 Orioles, 5 - 3 on the strength of RHP Nathan Eovaldi's strong performance. Game two found that the Sox once again had slumber in their lumber, losing to the 20 - 28 Orioles, 2 - 4, meaning that the Sox lost nor gained ground yesterday. Yet another rookie RHP Josh Winckowski, 0 - 1, pitched for the Red Sox in game two, as manager Alex Cora struggles to find a solid rotation. Today's game begins @ 1:35 p.m. when RHP Nick Pivetta, 3 - 4 throws for the Sox.

The seriously woeful 16 - 29 Tigers found yet another way to lose a ballgame, as rookie RHP Alex Feado pitched well, but the Tigers bullpen collapsed in a lopsided 1 - 8 loss to the 19 - 23 Guardians last night. Today's game begins @ 1:40 p.m, when rookie RHP Elvin Rodriguez, 0 - 0 tosses for the Tigers.

The 19 - 25 Caps fell once again to the 30 - 13 Dayton Dragons last night, 2 - 3. Tonight's game begins @ 6:00 p.m.  

By the by, the 106th running of the World Famous Indianapolis 500, sees the green flag fall @ 12:45 p.m.

A short recap of yesterday's happenings here at the manse. More crossword solving. More planting in the vast gardens, now fully completed. More indoor chores accomplished, and more ear-reading, along with more stitching, and still more print reading.

Today is a day for watching the "Greatest Spectacle in Motor Racing", more reading, and more retirement. What's not to like? Ciao.