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.)

Tuesday, April 18, 2023

April 16, 2023 – Nats 7, Guardians 6

https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/WAS/WAS202304160.shtml

 

Time: 2:32

Attendance: 21,929

 

Some days are better than others, and Sunday was definitely better than Saturday in almost every possible way. The weather (79 at game time) was wonderful. We avoided the perils of the concessions stands by eating at Silver Diner before the game and bringing our own water and snacks. And, of course, the Nats got just their second home win of the season. We have been fortunate enough to witness both of them in person. (Of course, we’ve also seen them lose twice, but this year we’d take a .500 home record.) Going by car for the first time this year, we had a very pleasant drive down, going across the Chain Bridge to avoid any possible GW Parkway construction delays. The trip back was much slower, but still not too bad.

 

The Nats pecked away early, wound up going down by three, and rallied late for the win. They scored a single run in each of the first three frames, notching six hits against Guardians ace Shane “I’m Not Justin” Bieber, with RBI hits by Jeimer Candelario in the first and Lane Thomas in the second, along with a Candelario homer leading off the third. Unfortunately, Candelario’s blast was preceded by a nightmare top of the 3rd, with the visitors using three doubles, a single, a stolen base and two Washington errors to put up four runs against Patrick Corbin.

 

Both Bieber and Corbin completed six innings without further damage. The Guardians scored twice in the top of the 7th off Hobie Harris, but the Nats came right back after the stretch when, with two outs, Candelario produced his fourth hit of the game and Luis García hit one out to deep right.

 

After Mason Thompson pitched a scoreless top of the 8th, Washington completed the comeback in the bottom of the inning, starting with a Stone Garrett single, a CJ Abrams walk, and a perfect sacrifice bunt by Victor Robles. Garrett was finally ruled safe at home on a Thomas fly ball to center, when the replay review ruled that Cleveland catcher Mike Zunino had illegally blocked the plate. Following a pitching change and a walk to Dominic Smith, Joey Meneses singled in Abrams for what proved to be the winning run. Kyle Finnegan kept the Guardians off the board in the 9th to send most of the crowd home happy.

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