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, September 16, 2024

September 15, 2024 – Nats 4, Marlins 3

https://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/WAS/WAS202409150.shtml

 

Time: 2:21

Attendance: 18,265

Start Time Weather: 79° F, Wind 8mph in from Rightfield, Sunny, No Precipitation.

Seats: Section 207, Row H Seats 1-2 – 200 level, just beyond 3rd base (FIS Champions Club)

 

The Nationals took the series against Miami by winning the final three games, scoring exactly four runs in each victory. (They also dominated the season series 11-2, an exact reversal of the 2023 results.)

 

The visitors opened the scoring with an unearned run in the 3rd, but Washington responded with a pair in the bottom of the 4th on four consecutive hits. James Wood doubled the lead with a 435-foot blast to left-center an inning later. McKenzie Gore needed 31 pitches to escape the top of the 1st, issuing two walks, but recovered to complete six innings without allowing another run.

 

Things did get a little dicey following Gore’s departure, after Eduardo Salazar gave up a run in the top of the 7th. Wood added what would turn out to be a crucial insurance run with his second dinger of the day in the bottom of the 8th. With closer Kyle Finnegan unavailable, young southpaw Jose A. Ferrer allowed one run in the 9th but held on to notch his first major league save.

 

Mike and Terry’s Excellent Metro Adventure continued; this time we drove to Glenmont and transferred to the Green Line at Fort Totten, reversing the process on the way back. We enjoyed our padded club-level seats, and the location offered a somewhat different perspective on the game. Our experience inside the club was generally good, with numerous TV screens, complimentary fountain beverages, and plentiful tables for eating lunch (as long as you claimed one relatively early). On the down side, the folks at the place where they carved sandwiches were unable to read my eCASH from my phone, and I was disappointed by the three salad offerings, each of which was prepackaged and stuffed into a small cup.

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