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, April 1, 2019

March 31, 2019 – Nats 6, Mets 5 – Nationals Park


 
Weather: 55 degrees, Cloudy.
Wind: 16 mph, In From LF.
Umpires: HP--Torres, 1B--Conroy, 2B--Miller, 3B--Eddings.
Time: 3:15
Attendance: 23,430
 
Section 313, Row E, Seats 18-19 – our new “home away from home” for the season. Directly behind home plate, on the aisle, one row from the top of the section.
 
Although Washington’s bullpen was ineffective for a third straight game, the Nats managed to pull this one out, avoiding a season-opening sweep at the hands of their division rivals. Patrick Corbin kept things under control in his first start for the team, allowing plenty of baserunners and failing to record a single 1-2-3 inning, but giving up only 2 runs in his 6 innings of work. Washington got on the board in a big way in the bottom of the third on a 3-run Trea Turner homer, following a Robles double and an Eaton single. They added a run in the 5th on a 2-out Rendon RBI single, and one more 2-out run the next inning on Robles’ second double of the game.
 
As was the case Saturday, the Washington bullpen started off well, with Justin Miller retiring the Mets in order in the seventh. Recently-signed LOOGY Tony Sipp allowed singles to both left-handed hitters he faced in the 8th, while getting out the right-handed J.D. Davis in between. He was replaced by Trevor Rosenthal, who failed to retire any of the four batters he faced the previous day and continued his streak by giving up a single to Amed Rosario on his first (and last) pitch of the afternoon. Normally-reliable closer Sean Doolittle entered and fanned Jeff McNeil for the second out, but former Nat Wilson Ramos and Juan Lagares then notched consecutive hits to tie the game. The score remained tied for the next two half-innings, but Trea hit his second homer of the afternoon with one out in the 9th for the walk-off win, earning himself a Gatorade shower on a chilly afternoon for his trouble.
 
Leaving Rockville at 10:00 and getting to the Nationals neighborhood around 10:45 turned out to be not quite early enough to claim parking in our usual area, so we circled back to the Lot-Formerly-Known-As-HH, which wound up costing $15 rather than $10 as in the past. It may have actually been windier than Monday’s exhibition game, but it was sunny and perhaps a bit warmer.