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.)

Sunday, June 12, 2016

June 11, 2016 – Nationals 8, Phillies 0 – Nationals Park


 
Attendance: 38,044
Game Time: 2:56
Weather: 84 degrees, partly cloudy
Wind: 5 mph
Umpires: Home Plate - Tripp Gibson, First Base - Jerry Layne, Second Base - Scott Barry, Third Base - Gabe Morales
Seventh-inning stretch song: Uptown Funk – Mark Ronson f/ Bruno Mars
 
Section 129, Row PP, Seats 1-2 – lower level, just inside first base, far enough back towards the concourse that we were in the shade for the first 3 innings or so
 
Highlights – Tanner Roark tossed 7 scoreless innings on an extremely hot day, pitching out of a couple early-inning jams … Nats got more than enough runs with a 4-spot in the bottom of the 2nd off Aaron Nola, and added 4 more off the Phillies’ bullpen (with the biggest blow being a two-run double by Rendon in the fifth)
 
Other – Nola uncharacteristically struggled with his command, and didn’t make it through the 4th inning … Phils started off the second with a single and double, then failed to score when the next 3 batters fanned … Tommy Joseph, who’s relatively new to first base, prolonged the fatal second inning by trying unsuccessfully to make the play at home on Roark’s sac bunt, rather than taking the sure out at first … leaving early (9:45) was again the trick to minimizing GW Parkway traffic … the grilled chicken peri-peri sandwich from Change-Up Chicken was good, but certainly didn’t pack much heat … appearance of the lemon ice vendor halfway through the game was greatly appreciated

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