Good morning or good evening, wherever you may be. It is just past 1:00 a.m. in "The City."

I wasn't going to blog as I was busy working on the index, but I realized that I needed more information/PDF files than I have, so I'll have to wait until later this morning to ask Mary. That's OK by me.

I went to my P/T appointment and I have a long way to go. But, there is light at the end of the tunnel and I doubt if it is a train. I have more "Homework" from my physical therapist to help to get more range of motion in my ailing hip. I should do the prescribed exercises regularly, but I get lazy when I am feeling OK. My bad.

Baseball news yesterday was upside down.

The 1st place in the NL Central Cubs fell to the last place in the Central Reds, 2 - 4. The Cubs have an NL Central record of 68 - 58, while the Reds have a last place record of 54 - 74. Jake Arrieta pitched well, but Pedro Strop surrendered the runs needed for the Reds win. However, the Brewers and the Cardinals also lost, so there was no change in their relative positions in the division. The Cubs go on to Philadelphia to face the Phillies tonight @ 7:05 p.m.

My beloved 1st place in the AL East Red Sox fell to the Indians 6 - 13. Chris Sale was not on his game and the Sox' bats couldn't make up the difference. The 2nd place Yankees were defeated by the Tigers, 6 - 10, so the Sox maintain a 4.5 game division lead. The Sox welcome the Orioles to Fenway tonight @ 7:00 p.m.

Speaking of the Tigers, their 4th place position in the AL Central didn't change, as that other team from Chicago also won. The Tigers are 55 - 71 and in the final game of the three game series against the Yankees, there were three bench-clearing brawls, both managers were ejected as were five players, including Miggy, along with a bench coach in a battle of beanballs and hit batsmen. It was an ugly game. The Tigers are off to Chicago to face that other team tonight @ 8:10 p.m.

What's up with the Caps? They still have a hold on 1st place in the MWL East, but their lead over the TinCaps is only a slim 1 1/2 games, as the Caps fell to the South Bend Cubs, 2 - 5. The Caps are home tonight to face the Hot Rods @ 7:00 p.m.

Two trains came by yesterday. The southbound run in the morning occurred @ 9:00 a.m. as MMRR EMD GP 38-2 locomotive #2057 rolled through on the RSTL. In tow were six DBTCs and three DWTCs.

Later @ 1:06 p.m., that same locomotive rolled by heading north towing three CHCs, 10 DBTCs, and three DWTCs. In both cases, the horn-happy engineer was at the throttle.

Adam and Steph came in for a couple of days. Since we don't have all the sections of the index, we can't finish the final version until early next week so we'll have time to visit. However, we still have some work we can do on the index, so that will be part of our day after the morning safari.

We have a current temperature of 56° under clear skies. Today's high after the sun rises @ 7:01 a.m . will be 71° under sunny skies. There is no significant precipitation in the forecast from the NWS until Sunday. The sun will set @ 8:30 p.m. Ciao.