Good morning or good evening, wherever you may be, across the nation and across the world. It is just past 4:00 a.m. in "The City." 

It is definitely not a dark and stormy night. In fact, the skies are clear and the current temperature is a very comfortable 64°, which is also our overnight low temperature and our "Real Feel" temperature with a slight wind out of the southeast @ five mph. 

The sun will rise into partly-cloudy skies this morning @ 6:30 a.m. and set later @ 9:11 p.m. In between, there is a slight chance for a stray T-storm which may lead to an overnight possibility of a 60% chance for showers. It looks more like the showers will occur late tonight into Thursday. 

I have not been out with my camera of late, nor has our Senior Saff Photographer, as she and her wing gal, Ginger, have been taking it easy so that Ginger's gimpy leg gets a chance to recover. 

That being said, we finished the indoor chores, cross-stitched, read the newspapers, worked the crossword puzzles, and ear-read, put paint on canvas, practiced my ukulele, cleaned our potato crop and trimmed the garlic that we grew in the auxiliary gardens. So, we actually accomplished quite a lot for a couple of retired people. 

Baseball news yesterday was mixed.

The 40 - 57 Cubs defeated the 40 - 48 Pirates yesterday, 4 - 2, in what may be the last time Cubs fans will see Willson Contreras as a Cub, at least for this season, as both he and Ian Happ are quite possibly on the trading block to a contending team that is willing to "Rent" them for a pennant push. But, Contreras may return next season as a free agent signing, as that is his real desire. 

However, at this time, he and Happ have great value and could bring in several high-end minor-leaguers in any trade. Time will tell. The Cubs have the day off today as they travel to the west coast for a 9:45 p.m. start versus the 48 - 49 Giants Thursday, with LHP Justin Steel on the mound for the Cubs.

My beloved 49 - 49 Red Sox look like they will be sellers this season too, as they are so far behind the division-leading Yankees that it might be time to part with SS Xander Bogaerts and others. The Sox fell to the 49 - 47 Guardians last night, 3 - 8. Tonight, RHP Nathan Eovaldi, 4 - 3, tries to make things right for the beloved @ 7:10 p.m.

The 39 - 59 Tigers are spinning their wheels as they lost to the 55 - 44 Padres last night, 4 - 6 in 10 innings. Today's game with LHP Tarik Skubal, 7 - 8, on the mound for the Tigers, begins versus those same Padres @ 1:10 pm. However, the Tigers signed a bunch of recently released pitchers to minor-league contracts to see if they can return to form and help a depleted Tigers pitching staff.

Finally, there is light at the end of the Tigers' tunnel, as their affiliate, the High A, 50 - 41 Whitecaps, defeated the 45 - 44 Dayton Dragons last night, 3 - 2. Tonight's game begins @ 6:35 p.m.

Today is another P/T appointment, along with more ear-reading, more cross-stitching, and probably more watering. That should be enough for one day. Ciao.