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

Don't tell Mary, but since I was downstairs to empty the dishwasher, I decided to make more of her favorite, vegan Italian meatballs. In my humble opinion., I got them right this time. I used part of our booty from our visit to Aldis™ yesterday, baby portabello mushrooms. The proof is in the taste, I hope.

We have a current temperature of  43° under clear skies. That will lead to today's high temperature of 63° under sunny skies! Good news, as I'll be walking to my monthly Irish Jam Session this afternoon @ 1:00 p.m. The sun will rise into those azure-blue skies @ 6:55 a.m. this morning and it will set later @ 8:32 p.m. We will continue with that Small Craft Advisory until 8:00 a.m. today.

Baseball news yesterday was 1/2 and 1/2. The now 9 - 9, 4th place in the NL Central Cubs, used the windy conditions @ Wrigley Field to help them achieve a 5 - 1 win over the 10 - 10, 3rd place in the NL West AZ D'Backs. RHP Kyle Hendricks was able to record 11 Ks before he departed and the Cubs' bullpen was able to hold the lead for the win. The Cubs and the D'Backs go again today @ 2:20 p.m., when RHP Yu Darvish goes for his 2nd win.

My beloved, 7 - 13, 5th/last place in the AL East Red Sox took a game from the 14 - 6, 1st place in the AL East Tampa Bay Rays in Tampa Bay, 6 - 4. Mookie Betts and Mitch Moreland went back to back in the win that was added to the totals of RHP Brandon Workman. We're moving on up? Later tonight, the Sox and the Rays go at it again @ 6:10 p.m., when RHP Rick Porcello tries to find the strike zone.

The 9 - 10, 3rd place in the AL Central Tigers lost another one, this time to that 8 - 11, 4th place in the AL Central, other team from Chicago, 3 - 7. RHP Jordan Zimmermann was trying to paint the corners for the Tigers, but he felt that he was not given the benefit of the doubt by the home-plate umpire. That led to his 3rd loss. Tonight @ 6:10 p.m., the Tigers and that other team play again @ 6:10 p.m., when LHP Dan Norris ties for the win.

The 6 - 9, tied for last place in the MWL East White Caps, fell in South Bend to the 9 - 7, 3rd place TinCaps, 1 - 2. If this continues, the future for players on this A level affiliate of the Tigers looks dim.

A baseball fact is that only a small percentage of players ever get a cup of coffee in "The Show." Plus, many players struggle for years on poverty-level wages. Players that are not drafted have a very slim chance of ever playing for the bg money.

We ran some errands yesterday, one of which was a stop at the car dealer to get help with syncing our Smart Phone with our Jeep™ for navigation. We stopped @ and bought some things @ the nearby big-box home and garden center, traveled to one of the big-box arts and crafts stores in Muskegon to take advantage of a 50% top 60% off sale, and then stopped @ Stan's in Spring Lake. When we got home, I watched the end of the Cubs' game as Mary prepared a dinner of spaghetti roll casserole. I started the Red Sox game and I gave up on the Tigers when I could see where that game was going. Then I fell asleep after a satisfying dinner.

Oh, I am as usual listening to Coast to Coast AM, as guest host, Ian Punnet, discusses artificial intelligence, with his guest, Greg Keiser and the late-night audience. Since the topic was AI, Ian is using the efforts of the Alan Parson's Project as his segue music. Here is one of the songs he featured, Eye in the Sky from 1982, as found on YouTube™. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NNiie_zmSr8

Today, not much to talk about. I'll enjoy my walk to the library, Mary will enjoy her walk-about around town, and the fur-children will enjoy the first really pleasant day in a long time. Ciao.