As a fan of a wide variety of popular (and not-so-popular) music from the 1950s (and sometimes even earlier) up through the present, one of my bucket list projects for years has been to put together a list of my 100 favorite songs of all time. At some point I decided that, once I got around to figuring that out, I could put it out on a blog, for the infinitesimally small proportion of the Internet world that might be interested. So, here we are. While the Top 100 will be a major focus, I also plan to post on a variety of other musical (and occasionally non-musical) topics, in which you may or may not be interested. (If a particular posting doesn’t ring your bell, you’re only a few clicks away from a dancing cat video on YouTube.)

Monday, October 1, 2018

September 26, 2018 – Nats 9, Marlins 3 (7 innings) – Nationals Park


 
Attendance: 28,680
Duration: 2:45
Weather: 84 degrees, Partly cloudy
Wind: SW 11 MPH
Umpires: HP: Whitson. 1B: Miller. 2B: Hernandez. 3B: Porter.
 
Section 318, Row F, Seats 14-16 – about halfway down the first-base line, back row
 
Final home game of the season – the good, the bad, and the mixed. Looking forward, and looking back.
 
Since Tanner Roark was with his family awaiting the birth of their third child, recent call-up Kyle McGowin got his first opportunity to start a major-league game. After retiring the first 11 Miami batters and holding the Marlins scoreless through 4 innings, he was forced to leave the game with a blister, unable to get the 5 innings of work that would have made him the winning pitcher.
 
Top prospect Victor Robles provided hope for the future with a monster offensive game, going 4 for 5 with a double, homer, and 5 RBI. Fellow rookies Juan Soto, Spencer Kieboom, and Adrian Sanchez joined Robles to account for all but one of the team’s 12 hits, while Robles and Kieboom combined for all 8 of the runs batted in. The Nats got all the runs they needed with 5 in the 2nd off Wei-Yin Chen, and broke the game wide open with 4 more in the 5th off Brett Graves.
 
The game’s ending was also fitting, as the threatened thunderstorms appeared with a vengeance just as the 7th inning ended.
 
And Bryce Harper, in possibly his final home game as a National, went 0-4, striking out twice. He would have led off the 8th inning with the chance for a more positive finale, but the game never resumed.

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(I’m a big fan.)