August 9, 2017 – Nats 10, Marlins 1 – Nationals Park

http://m.nationals.mlb.com/news/article/247486288/nationals-rout-marlins-for-sharp-gio-gonzalez/

 

Attendance: 25,951

Game Time: 3:02

Weather: 82 degrees, partly cloudy

Wind: 7 mph

Umpires: Home Plate - Ryan Additon, First Base - CB Bucknor, Second Base - Fieldin Culbreth, Third Base - Manny Gonzalez

 

Highlights – perfect night for baseball weather-wise … Gio gave up some hits, but only one run in his 7 innings, with no walks and an economical 103 pitches … Nats chipped away at Miami starter Adam Conley and the Marlins’ bullpen, scoring in 5 of the first 7 innings … Zim started things off in the 2^nd with a solo HR, setting the all-time franchise record for RBI in the process … not satisfied with that achievement, he added 3 more hits (plus a walk) and 4 more RBI, missing the cycle only because he homered again rather than hitting a triple in his final plate appearance

 

Other – drive down was not quite as bad as our previous weeknight treks … yes, you can buy a plain half-smoke at Ben’s, but it still costs $9.25

Serendipity #70

Heaven – Los Lonely Boys

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wvkzoqQ5Oak

 

Heard 8/10/2017 around 5:45 at Habit Burger (Rockville)

Glen Campbell

https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/glen-campbell-clean-cut-country-star-and-crossover-hitmaker-dies-at-81/2017/08/08/ce8b126a-7c78-11e7-a669-b400c5c7e1cc_story.html?utm_term=.97e6d169300e

 

The once-ubiquitous Glen Campbell may not have been the hippest musical figure of his time, but he did do some really good stuff, particularly his take on Jimmy Webb tunes.

 

Favorite songs:

Gentle On My Mind

Wichita Lineman

By The Time I Get To Phoenix

Galveston

Southern Nights (OK, basically because it’s in Guardians of the Galaxy, Vol. 2)

The Congressional Map Has A Record-Setting Bias Against Democrats

https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/the-congressional-map-is-historically-biased-toward-the-gop/

 

WARNING: Contents may cause severe depression among committed Democrats.

Who’s worse for the nation — Trump or Pence?

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/whos-worse-for-the-nation--trump-or-pence/2017/08/07/d6815e12-7ba0-11e7-9d08-b79f191668ed_story.html?utm_term=.15d77e0bc303

 

Richard Cohen’s take. A partial excerpt:  “Trump is a child — undisciplined, capricious and self-involved. Pence is none of those things. Trump knows nothing. Pence knows better.”