Good morning or good evening, wherever you may be. It is just past 2:30 a.m. in "The City."

What a strange day it was yesterday. I did exactly what I'd planned to do, very little. I did a small amount of yard-work on the PE after walking with STWD, but that was a very short-lived phenomenon. However, no indoor chores, no cooking, and certainly nothing that required using brawn versus brain. I spent about one-hour playing with the girls and more time reading between meals.

We have a current temperature of 41° that is eerily the same from both the NWS and my DTWS. That's very unusual and probably more coincidental than scientific. Later today, the forecast from the NWS calls for a high temperature of 48° under sunny skies. They are also forecasting an 80% chance for T-storms next Wednesday and Thursday. I'll believe it when I see it. However, one scientific fact is that the sun will rise this morning @ 6 :42 before setting @ 8:42.

I didn't see the morning passage of the train heading south yesterday. I was outside when it was heading north @ 12:35 p.m. with locomotive's 2019 and 2025 towing a string of nine CHCs. It seems that the trains are now back to a three times per week schedule.

Baseball was another day of low-scoring games yesterday. The 13 - 10 Cubs eked out a win over the 16 - 11 Brewers on the strength of a great pitching performance by Yu Darvish, who didn't get the decision, and some fielding gaffes by the Brewers. Kris Bryant may return from his beaning today, but Cubs' manager Joe Maddon is unsure. He said in a press conference that there is no specific timetable, but that he wanted to see Bryant get back on the proverbial horse, and soon. The Cubs and the Brewers return to Wrigley Field today @ 2:20 p.m. EDT.

The 10 - 14 Tigers dropped another game to the 7 - 19 Orioles behind a sloppy pitching performance by Mike Fiers. The best news from the Tigers is that in spite of a 22 inning run drought, they are hitting the ball well and putting it into play. Yeah, that's the way the game is played. As the immortal and late football coach of the UCLA Bruins, Henry Russell ("Red") Sanders was quoted as saying in 1950, "Winning isn't everything, it's the only thing." The Tigers are in Baltimore @ Camden Yards tonight for a game @ 7:05 p.m.

My beloved Red Sox have hit a rough patch. They are scoring runs inconsistently while their pitching is also inconsistent. That leads to losses more often than not. The 19 - 6 Sox fell to the 11 - 11 Tampa Bay Rays yesterday, 3 - 4. Those two teams try again today @ 4:05 p.m. in Fenway Park

The 13 - 7  Caps had a nice night as they defeated the 14 - 7 and MWL East leading Lansing Lugnuts, 7 - 4. That finds the Caps 1/2 game in back of the Lugnuts as the Caps once again try to reclaim first-place @ the Fifth/Third Ballpark today @ 4:00 p.m.

I got another chapter highlighted early yesterday morning for the upcoming project. I sandwiched that around watching a Sea Hunt rerun.

Today, I'll return to those thrilling days of yesterday and continue my baseball watching while Mary indexes. I know that she'll be watching TV news for the morning hours too. I took Ginger down for an early morning out @ 2:00 a.m. While I was downstairs, I found Mary asleep in the La-Z-Boy with an old X-Files rerun blasting. I wish I could sleep like that. Ciao.