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, May 28, 2024

May 25, 2024 – Nats 3, Mariners 1

https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/WAS/WAS202405250.shtml

 

Time: 2:21

Attendance: 30,791

Start Time: 4:05

Start Time Weather: 88° F, Wind 2mph out to Leftfield, Cloudy, No Precipitation.

Seats: Section 314, Row E, Seats 1-2 (next to our usual section, but at the opposite end of the row)

 

While there wasn’t a lot of scoring on this warm (but thankfully rain-free) late afternoon, the home team demonstrated that three runs worth of small-ball offense beats one solo homer every time.

 

Washington’s pitchers certainly did their part. Trevor Williams continued his strong start to the season by recording the first 15 outs, with the only damage coming on a Julio Rodríguez dinger in the 5th. Robert Garcia (who replaced Williams after Dylan Moore’s leadoff double in the top of the 6th), Dylan Floro, Hunter Harvey, and Kyle Finnegan took care of business the rest of the way, allowing only one Mariner to reach base.

 

The Nats manufactured their first run in the bottom of the 2nd. Luis García Jr. reached on an infield single, stole second, got to third on Jesse Winker’s bunt single, and scored on a sacrifice fly by Keibert Ruiz.

 

After García Jr. was retired to open the bottom of the 7th, Winker notched his second single of the game, stole second, and reached third on a Ruiz single. With the latter on the move toward second, pinch-hitter Ildemaro Vargas hit a ground ball to short, getting thrown out at first but plating pinch-runner Victor Robles with the go-ahead run. Joey Gallo then singled in Ruiz to complete the scoring for the day.

 

It seemed like the vast majority of the folks attending decided to arrive at the same 1:30 time that we did, judging from the crowds on Metro and at the Navy Yard station. We finished our lunch at Silver Diner about an hour later and had no difficulty getting our “Lane Train” bobbleheads after avoiding the lengthy lines at the centerfield gates. (Unfortunately, Lane Thomas himself was still finishing up his injury rehab assignment and was unable to attend.)

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