Good morning or good evening, wherever you may be. It is just past 3:30 a.m. in "The City."

I was outside with the fur-children around 2:30 a.m. and it is quite cool, in fact, the NWS is reporting the current temperature as 55° under partly cloudy skies. I won't have to water today as I did it last night, plus, the NWS is also forecasting a 30% chance of showers later this morning. So either way, I am covered. The high-temperature today will reach all the way up to 69°, also under partly cloudy or rainy skies. The sun will rise @ 7:00 a.m. and set tonight @ 8:32 p.m.

Baseball news yesterday was a half and half proposition. The Cubs won over the Reds, 9 - 3, taking advantage of pitcher Mike Montgomery's six strong innings and Kyle Schwarber's three-run home run as they cruised to a season high 3 1/2 game lead over the losing Brewers in the NL Central. The Cardinals are 4 1/2 games back following their win. The Cubs and the Reds play again tonight @ 7:10 a.m.

My beloved, 1st place in the AL East Boston Red Sox, handily defeated the Indians and their ace pitcher, Corey Kluber, 9 - 3, as Drew Pomeranz notched his 13th win and pitched a scoreless game, in which the only run tallied by the Indians was off of his reliever.  Mitch Moreland got a solo home-run and that seemed to set the tone for the night.

Unfortunately, center fielder, Jackie Bradley Jr., was placed on the 10-day DL with a strain in his left thumb that he received in an awkward slide into home in the previous win over the Indians. Sox' manager, John Farrell, moved several players around in the outfield and the Sox acquired Rajai Davis from Oakland to shore up the outfield. Bradley Jr. was just heating up at the plate and his play in centerfield was excellent, as always. The Sox and the Indians play again tonight @ 7:10 p.m.

The Tigers are only worth a short mention as they are still a bad baseball team, a team that lost to the Yankees last night, 2 - 10. There were no bright spots. The rotund lady is singing manager Brad Ausmus' swan-song as the Tiger's season draws to an ignominious close. The Tigers have a record in the AL Central of 54 - 71, now only five games ahead of that other team from Chicago. The Tigers and the Yankees meet again today @ 1:10 p.m.

The Caps are still in 1st place in the MWL East with a slim 1.5 game lead over the Ft. Wayne TinCaps. The Caps fell 1 - 2 to the South Bend Cubs last night and they play the same team again tonight @ 7:10 p.m., hopefully with better results.

I didn't do much yesterday after I returned from the morning safari with STWD and Ginger. Mary and I switched places at  The Bookman, and then she and STWD continued on to the groomer so that the intrepid weather dog could get herself tuned up for a visit from the kids. Sugar was not happy as she is not much into baths and other grooming activities. Plus, Ginger didn't like seeing Mary and Sugar vanish into the distance and kept stopping to look back. I came home and spent most of my day working on the latest indexing project and by about 5:30 p.m., I was toast. I have more to do today, as does Mary.

I will be going for more P/T this afternoon and now that I have a specific diagnosis, I can get a more tailored approach to my treatment. Otherwise, I will be editing.

That looks like enough, for now. Ciao.