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

The current temperature is 23° under cloudy-skies, with winds of 14 mph that make it feel like it is only 10°! Today's high is forecast to reach 26°. By tomorrow, we'll only see 26°m but by Sunday, we are anticipating a more balmy 46°!

The Small Craft Advisory continues in effect until 7:00 p.m. tomorrow night. Northwest winds to 30 knots diminishing to 15 to 25 knots tonight, will cause waves from 6 to 8 feet.can be expected from St Joseph to Manistee. The sun will rise today @ 7:23 a.m. and set later @ 6:32 p.m.

Ah, the vagaries of baseball. All of my teams are still in spring training mode, so that means that they are evaluating players for the Major League™ team, as well as for assignment to the minor leagues when camp breaks later this spring.

The 3 - 3 Cubs fell to the 3 - 3 Rangers yesterday, 1 - 13, as new manager, David Ross, managed his first game following a bout of flu. The Cubs face the 4 - 1 Padres tonight @ 7:40 p.m. EST.

The Cubs are still trying to decide who will be their fifth-starter this season. However, it likely won't be 28 year-old LHP Brad Wieck, as he has just returned to camp in AZ following a successful cardiac ablation in Chicago.

My beloved 3 - 3 Red Sox, also fell yesterday, in their case to the 5 - 1 Phillies, 5 - 12. LHP Chris Sale, who was shut down last August due to elbow soreness, won't be on the opening-day roster, as he is battling pneumonia, and flu, which means he isn't getting in any practice. The Sox face the 3 - 2 Rays today @ 1:05 p.m. EST

The 3 - 3 Tigers are looking good this spring, as Miguel Cabrera's opposite-field hitting stroke is returning to form, He was a dead-pull hitter last year as he attempted to compensate for injuries. However, the Tigers still fell to the Rays, 3 - 6. Today's opponents for the Tigers are the 3 - 1  Blue Jays @ 1:05 p.m. EST.

Yesterday was uneventful by local standards. I had another visit with the Nurse Practitioner from the orthopedist's office. More pain-relieving injections are in the offing, although right now, my yak is feeling okay. We finished up there and made a short run to the grocery store and scored another 10 cents off discount coupon that we used to refill our Renegade at a price per gallon less than $2.00! All things considered, that's not bad. We opted to fuel up yesterday as the price is likely to jump this weekend. We were killing time before a visit to Dr. Roscoe, our family chiropractor, whom we saw later in the afternoon. Worthy of note, the winds were howling at the gas station and made standing outside very uncomfortable.

While we were killing time, we also made a quick drive by at the "Big Lake", where Mary said that "she" wasn't as angry as the last time we visited. Still, the waves were plentiful and the city was using a front-end loader and dump trucks to clear away the excess sand and snow that had accumulated along the lakeside roadway.

Today, I have more to accomplish in the kitchen and more music to play. I am working on a couple of new tunes for my Irish Jam Session in three weeks.

That looks like enough for now. Ciao.