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.)

Friday, August 8, 2014

August 6, 2014 – Nationals 7, Mets 1 – Nationals Park


Earl Weaver would be happy

Umpires: HP: Larry Vanover. 1B: Dan Iassogna. 2B: Vic Carapazza. 3B: Paul Nauert.
Weather: 80 degrees, partly cloudy.
Wind: 3 mph, L to R.
T: 2:31.
Att: 26,701.

Long-time Orioles manager Earl Weaver always preferred long ball to small ball, so he certainly would have been impressed with this Nats victory. Washington gave starter and winner Doug Fister a nice lead in the bottom of the first on a Rendon double, a run-scoring single by Werth, and a two-run homer by the suddenly-hot Adam LaRoche. The Nats doubled their lead in the sixth, as Danny Espinosa continued his success against lefty pitchers with a three-run shot off Jon Niese, following a Desmond single and steal, and a walk to Bryce Harper. LaRoche finished the Nats scoring with an eighth-inning homer off Carlos Torres.

Meanwhile, Fister turned in another fine outing, shutting down the Mets with his usual alacrity, being charged with only one (unearned) run which scored after he was taken out in the middle of the eighth. (We joked about the Nats possibly putting in a “Fister season ticket plan” for 2015, designed for fans who enjoy quick, crisply-played games.)

Caught a ride down and back with the Pierce clan, and actually was home before 11:00 – first time in recent memory that’s happened for a night game. Was thinking of getting something from Taste of the Majors, but due to the line decided to settle for a couple of Nats dogs.
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