Why some of us refuse to get Facebook accounts or Amazon Echo devices …
"Facebook has nurtured two hive minds, each residing in an
informational ecosystem that yields head-nodding agreement and penalizes
dissenting views. This is the phenomenon that the entrepreneur and author Eli
Pariser famously termed the “Filter Bubble” — how Facebook mines our data to
keep giving us the news and information we crave, creating a feedback loop that
pushes us deeper and deeper into our own amen corners." https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/how-silicon-valley-is-erasing-your-individuality/2017/09/08/a100010a-937c-11e7-aace-04b862b2b3f3_story.html?utm_term=.0400e12e33ea
Friday, September 15, 2017
September 10, 2017 – Nats 3, Phillies 2 – Nationals Park
Attendance: 32,627
Game Time: 2:16
Weather: 69 degrees, partly cloudy
Wind: 5 mph
Umpires: Home Plate - Sean Barber, First Base - Tripp Gibson, Second
Base - Jeff Kellogg, Third Base - Will Little
Nationals notes – Stephen Strasburg extended his scoreless streak to 34
innings, allowing only 3 baserunners through 8 innings, none of whom reached
second … offense broke through in the sixth, on a leadoff triple by Turner and
doubles by Adrian Sanchez and Victor Robles … Turner homered in the eighth for
the final run
Phillies notes – Maikel Franco’s singles in the fifth and eighth were
the only hits off Strasburg … Ben Lively pitched the entire game, matching
goose eggs with Strasburg through the first 5 … Phils rallied for 2 runs in the
ninth off Ryan Madson, on singles by Crawford, Herrera, and Nick Williams
Other – shortest game of the year in Nats Park brought the team to the
brink of clinching the NL East, pending the outcome of Miami’s game in Atlanta,
which was tied 5-5 as the Nats completed their victory … Marlins took the lead
on Dee Gordon’s second HR of the year and later added 2 more, but the Braves
rallied for 3 in the bottom of the 9th to send the game into extra
innings … finally, almost 90 minutes after the game ended in Washington, Lane
Adams hit a 2-run walkoff homer for Atlanta in the bottom of the 11th
to clinch the division for the Nats … we were among the hundreds of fans who
stayed around to watch the Miami-Atlanta game on the big video screen and join
in the celebration
September 9, 2017 – Phillies 5, Nats 4 – Nationals Park
Attendance: 35,694
Game Time: 3:23
Weather: 69 degrees, clear
Wind: 6 mph
Umpires: Home Plate - Will Little, First Base - Sean Barber, Second
Base - Tripp Gibson, Third Base - Jeff Kellogg
Nationals notes – Edwin Jackson struggled, giving up two solo homers in
the second, then allowing three singles and two walks in the fourth while
recording only one out before being lifted … after coming in and retiring Nick
Williams for the second out, Solis walked Rhys Hoskins with the bases loaded to
force in the fifth and final run for the visitors … Nats cut their 5-1 deficit
to 5-4 on Michael A. Taylor’s 2-run HR in the fourth and RBI single in the
sixth
Phillies notes – Hoskins and Maikel Franco answered Howie Kendrick’s
first-inning homer for the Nats with solo shots of their own in the top of the
second … Mark Leiter Jr. pitched well enough to get the win, allowing 4 runs in
6 innings … bullpen kept the Nats off the board for the final 3 innings, with
Garcia fanning Murphy, Zimmerman, and Rendon in a 1-2-3 eighth
Other – sunny but not especially warm day, which got quite chilly as
the evening progressed … went to the Season Plan Holder Appreciation Party at
the park Saturday afternoon, a well-organized event featuring
question-and-answer sessions (general and kids-only), games, autograph
stations, and free snacks
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