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 22, 2024

April 21, 2024 – Nats 6, Astros 0

https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/WAS/WAS202404210.shtml

 

Time: 2:20

Attendance: 23,193

 

The home team provided a satisfying conclusion to the weekend’s 5-year-anniversary celebration of the 2019 championship team by conquering the much-loathed Houston Astros, their World Series opponents that year, for the second straight day.

 

Unlike Saturday, when the victory required a two-run 9th inning rally and some heroics in the 10th, the Nats easily disposed of their rivals on a chilly Sunday afternoon. They wasted no time taking a quick first-inning lead off Hunter Brown, who was filling in for the just-injured Cristian Javier. CJ Abrams led off with a single, stole second, and scored on an RBI single from Jesse Winker. After Lane Thomas walked, a balk advanced both runners, who scored on Luis García Jr.’s base hit.

 

Brown blanked Washington for the remainder of his 4-inning stint, but the Nats plated two more in the 5th on a two-out bases-loaded single by Joey Meneses, who had also provided the walk-off hit that won the previous game. Nick Senzel completed the scoring with a solo homer the following inning.

 

Meanwhile, previously-unheralded rookie Mitchell Parker turned in his second straight strong start, blanking the Astros through 7 innings that required a mere 73 pitches, 57 of which were strikes. He allowed just three hits (all singles), walked no one, and fanned eight.

 

Two friends of mine, who had graciously provided me with transportation for the day, waited in line for 45 minutes before the 12:15 gate opening so they would have a shot at getting autograph vouchers. (Fortunately, they succeeded.) I decided to stay warm and instead had lunch at Rasa, two blocks from the park.

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