Real Stuff

Through all the hysteria of the tragic police killings in Dallas, Texas...the undercurrent was that the assassinations were done by a team of thugs...info out of that city, says no...it was but one deranged former army guy...our army guy...there is no mercy for someone like that...sorry, you people who think otherwise...it is the word of the Horse...

Man, there are people everywhere in the GQ...the pomp and circumstance of the hosted MLB All Star Game has taken over the city...we have this awesome Convention Center, that is housing an ongoing MLB Fair of sorts...many past stars of the game are in attendance...you know, autographs and all....way cool...as we get closer to the actual game...of course, the home run derby day is a biggee...we have tix only for the actual All Star Game...enough for us...the rest we will watch on the pixels...just like most of you...who share our interest...

Got a CD called Cash...Johnny Cash...like, his best hits...and it is good, kids...it really is a fun disc...look it up and give it a whirl...or, is that a twirl?...maybe spin is better...anyway...!...do it...

We are a week away from returning to Vegas...back to the Mirage...our home away from home...ha ha...just love it there...great rooms...great pool...great food...and a great off track area...and sport betting, too...trust Horse...meeting our friends the Martins there...will be GREAT FUN!...

The LPGA...the cream has risen...Lydia Ko...she is just the best in the biz...leading after 3 rounds...she has such a smooth swing...and nobody, nobody, putts better than her right now...figure it is hers to lose...the Open...

I'm just bewildered by the number of killings that are going on throughout the world, i.e. the USA...is it just me, or 20 years ago there wasn't this in the daily news?...I mean, what can be done?...seems like one of the easier solutions is to limit those who can get the rapid fire rifles...doubt if that would stop a terrorist like the killer in Dallas...but others, for sure...there has to be other things...and most congressional types have no answers...I sure don't...

Bums beat us again today...we were lethargic...like normal baseball season malady...unfortunately, we have more days like this, than others in the NL West...right?...

You know I haven't watched a movie forever...certainly not in a movie theatre...one of our closest ones, closed it's doors...we are down to one...just thought you'd be interested....

Say what you want, but the PGA Tour is not the same without Tiger in it...

What percent of the US population go to church regularly now?...

You into Big Brother yet?...go ahead, try it...before it's too late...

Some dude offered KK and K $25 million to make a porno movie...hmmm, try the Horse for $5 million...

Ha Ha Ha Ha...

I'll see you in the morning...

Terrifying

There are times that can make you just feel awful....like what is going on in the world?...maybe more specifically, in the USA...as the terrifying and horrendous shooting of those people who are protecting us all...in Dallas, Texas...the numbers are devastating...5 killed, and 6 wounded...all cops...at first, I couldn't believe the report...and the sketchiness of it all...still...

I guess there were 4 snipers involved...?...one that was killed in a long, standoff situation...who, prior to his death...boasted about murdering...a lot...the others are in custody...with a lot of questions to be answered...it does give one the ultimate Q...are we safe in our country?...

Where do you turn for the immediate news that you want to follow?...CNN, FOX, MSNBC, or the local stations?...ABC, CBS, NBC...or do you go to the web net?...I have to tell you....I looked at all of my sources...14 that I use...all, have little more than the other...why is everyone so tight lipped?...

To finish this segment...the ongoing black and white issue of the country...is real...there has to be a meeting of the leaders to level off the ferocity of this imbalance...peace...

Other stuff...

The All Star phenomena has hit our area...with the influx of the best of the best in the biz, meeting and playing here in San Diego...I walked the area yesterday...went over to the ball park...got some paraphernalia...geez, the cost will knock your sox off...I went for the cheap thingers...a tee and a cap...good enough for Horse...

As I said yesterday, the Pads are on a path to return to better baseball...scoring like no other Padre team for that last 10 years...well, since we moved here...it could be longer...witness, the 6-0 shutout of the Bums...in LA!...could have been worse...we hit up and down the lineup...now...if we can just get another starter...or two...

The Open for the LPGA...looks like it won't be one of the big two...the pixels fixated on those two, and the big bopper of the tour, Lexi Thompson...I'm talking Lydia Ko and Brooke Henderson....all are trailing by a bunch...already...well...they have 3 more rounds to get it together....

Got this memo from one of my playing partners...that the winner of the T we were in the other day...was a 16 handicapper...who shot a 74...wait?...something smells here...a true 16 normally shoots a 87 or so...what?...ha ha...well, good for him...

OK, gotta vacate the condo...I'm thinking a Starbucks breakfast is on the horizon...

Climbing

OK, sure, it may be a long way up...but, I do think that the Padres are climbing the ladder in MLB...albeit, slowly...we are hitting and scoring like at no other time since our clan has moved to the San Diego downtown scene...really...and when...we can get quality pitching...the ascent will be even quicker...witness the 13-4 win in 'Zona...a series win there...yes, they are baby steps...but, they are in the right direction...this coming from a very cautious Horse...

I told you about them bloody T's I get myself into...choke like a dawg...well now...on my 2nd hole I registered a 10...diez...9+1...double bogey add 4...you get the pix...I was ready to run off the course...here I go again...had an Ernie Els moment...batted the putts around like the hack I really am...that's after choking some shots on the hole...somehow, pulled it together for an 89...just had one other ugly hole...you know, am kind of proud of the day...in a very weird way...

One thing that permeates the air out at the course...the talk about politics...believe me, there is very little positive said about the heir apparent to the Demo throne...er, the Hilz...for all the things that are said...mainly by Señor Trump...the negatives come out loud and clear by the peops...lyin' and cheatin'...I laugh...and the boys call me out..."you're gonna vote for her, aren't you!"...geez, I get that a lot...must be cuz of my gnarly, dark skin...BTW, I am not in the minority there...believe it or not...there are dudes just like me...well, is there such a beast?...

A lot of unrest in the homeless camps in the city...all towns have such people...there is a loon on the loose who is killing them here in San Diego...the number is 4...brutally so...even has poured gas on the victims and lit them on fire...have to admit at night, when we walk Sammi...my eyes are wide open...there are none in our area...but still....

Here you go...we did get tix for the All Star game...set for next Tuesday...Park at the Park ones...basically GA...we will roam...maybe find a seat in CF...doubt it...get a couple of beers and some dogs...watch the Cubbies play...ha ha...BTW, they have been on a downward spiral lately...what the heck for a team with so many stars...

Speaking of stars...no bigger than Dwayne Wade...who was the light of the Miami scene for like 13 years...he gone...to Chi-town...hmmm...money talks...$47 million for 2 seasons...what?...who is worth that type of dough?...this whole thing has to stop...so much $ is made by the clubs and owners at the expense of you...the common man...wake up people...oh yea, he is going to the Bulls...

One of my readers is a Police Chief...like from the other type of chief world...and he reminded me that it's not always what it seems like in the new sources...the line of fire can be remarkably different...I always reserve my thoughts...still...the pictures that are released are very terrifying...maybe just as much for the police...don't rush...to judgment...

Wimbledon...the tennis stuff...have no interest in the least...is that a double negative?...I don't care...I like to play the game, but like soccer, can't watch the bloody thing on the pixels...in fact, anywhere...now golf...THAT, is action packed...don't write me...I know...

And...the ladies square off in their Open...in the Bay Area...LPGA...you probably can pencil in Lydia Ko and Brooke Henderson for the final pairing...right?...

Geez, I'm free today...

All Stars

Morning, kids...the upcoming gala MLB All Star game lineup was
announced last eve...included was our own Seth Meyers...wait. no not him, it's Wil Myers...who is having a great season...and another Padre...closer Fernando Rodney...wait, he was traded away to Miami last week...but got the honor while playing for San Diego...so, in reality, we have two of them stars...sort of...

Most every year I write about this...how the starters are decided upon...fan votes...well now...sometimes the system breaks down...like this year's National League lineup...the entire infield and one outfielder are all Cubbies...what?...from ONE team!...one can call it stuffing the ballot box...hmmm...excuse me, there has to be a better way...right commissioner?...

OK, I have to let that go...so it will be the missus and I going to the game itself...so, TODAY, I will purchase tix...I tried last nite...and the ones I had, were in the landing zone...er, something like that...right beneath the scoreboard...looks cool...but whoever is the owner of them, listed in Stubhub, has some sort of problem...????...so I am going to get the Park at the Park ones....which means we will just roam the place...have a few beers, a dog...and join in the festivities...it only happens like once in a lifetime...I was listening to the Pad's announcers, Dick Enberg and Mark Grant, last eve....they have never been at one...see?...that is why I am going...er, we are...

This is burning the airwaves...er, the web net and the pixels...the Hillary email thinger...with the FBI releasing their findings that they are not going to indict her...I believe they also gave great doubts to what she was proclaiming about what she contended...fueling the fire for more doubters...sorry, Dems, but it is true...and then...Paul Ryan tells FOX, that "Hillary lives above the law"...oh man...

Golf...we played out at the municipal course at Balboa Park...tough track...from the tips...egads, I think I should be playing from the reds...anyway...I was surprised by the amount of wetness the track had...much more so than our home course at Sycuan...where we are limiting the amount of water used...odd, don't you think?...BTW, I'm playing in a T today...I usually choke like a dawg in these...don't expect much...ha ha...don't bet on me...

Just an awful video out of Louisiana...with the shooting of a guy by a policeman...while the guy was held down...expect rioting on this one...probably already has started...I know, it's a hard job...but...

I confess...I have seen none of the season's Bachelorette...not sure why...I taped it...somebody erased it before I could watch it...so, nothing from me about JoJo...nuttin'...

In a very bizarre and scary situation here...some crazy is going around and lighting homeless people on fire!...I think the number is 3 or 4...I can anyone to that to another human being?...

Finally...the NBA player shuffle...how can anyone blame these dudes for going for the money that is out there?...it's their choice...not some team's GM choosing for them...it does have some problems that do materialize...like extreme imbalance of talent...but...don't blame the players...Chas...

The Horse has spoken...

Happy 4th!

So how will you be celebrating our 4th of July?...the nation's birthday...seems like we have always seeked out a spot for some fireworks...right?...odd, cuz downtown we have near nightly fireworks...really...on the bay...but...this one is special in the GQ...we kind of take it for granted, that the weather will cooperate...hmmm...don't ask the eastern part of the country, right now...as they are getting hammered with ridiculous wet stuff...

We lived in fear of the "domino theory" as we were growing up...meant that the Communists were overtaking the world...the reason we were in Vietnam, right?...I digress...well, on a much less take on the terminology...much less...well, it doesn't even have any tangency whatsoever...but I want to use it...for the NBA...what?...who signs the free agent Kevin Durant...

Here's the deal...many teams are waiting to see what he does...kind of cool that he...get that HE...has the option to move to where HE wants...not like the piece of meat one is when they are drafted into the league...oops, I digress again...cuz...he is going to get a huge amount of money...YUGE!...and those teams that he interviewed....that do not get his services...will then sign others...thus, the dominoes will fall...HE says he will reveal who HE chose today...
BREAKING...Kevin Durant to the....drum roll please...the Golden St Warriors!...did NOT see that happening...

Just a mere month ago, you couldn't even fathom that the pro golfer, Dustin Johnson, would ever win on the big stage...he seemed to choked up the T's...bad putting and all...not now...no way...as he came from a bit back and overtook the number 1 in the world, Jason Day...and won yet again at Firestone...man, he hits it that far...and now he has the confidence to close...you have to figure he is the one to beat...as the boys go over the pond for The Open...

You reading anything about the sludge that is covering the east coast  of Florida?...where ever the free water hits the ocean waters...egads, it is awful...apparently, has not hit Cocoa Beach...yet...our condo site...

The Padres could not close themselves...had an opp to sweep the Yankees...nope...the bodacious Sunday record held up...we lose at record setting rates on the Sabbath...wait, remember when the cities closed down on Sundays?...nothing was open...nothing...my, how times have changed...

I'm thinking that like, DJ, the gals have the same type of phenomena hit their tour in the LPGA...Brooke Henderson...who is now winning everything she enters...just won again up in Portland, Oregon...

Big Brother...you following this CBS summer series?...I know, don't throw mud at me...we get hooked...and it is a staple for our household...we each pick who we think will win...I got Frank...Marsh has Nicole...both are returning vets...

Running mates...who will be the running mates?...I'm sure there are odds on it in Vegas...who you have?...odds on are Liz Warren and Chris Christie...early favorites...

OK, now I have an app for your iPhone....er, cell phone...whatever you have...that is better than what the phone uses...the camera...Camera +...check it out...the thing I like, is that you can zoom the picture...and the picture clarity doesn't change...take your pix normally...and then...in the app itself, you can alter the pix...

Party on tonight..."Party on, Wayne"...yup, that's exactly what the building's party is like...Wayne's World...

Walk Off!

Morning kids...how is this festive weekend treating ya?...well...closer to home...I mean, real close...the amenity room right is beneath us...we are on the 5th floor and it is on the 2nd...is finally finished...and...last night, there was a gala party there...private one...do NOT know who the hosts were...but, it was great to see the area being used...just in time for the 4th...

You know what the term "walk off" is?...for baseball...a dude who hits the game winning run in, gets the walk off tab...well now...the Pads are hosting the Yankees...the mighty and all powerful club that knows no limits on spending for their players...this season...NY has been floundering at .500...just a bit better than us...

Guess who won again?...our San Diego Padres!...taking the two we have played thus far...on a "walk off"...none other than Melvin Upton, Jr...er, he was called BJ...on a massive home run...in the bottom of the 9th...this is way cool, kids...as most of the crowd was the turncoat Yanks...we have a boatload of fans, that take great pride in dressing up in the opponents garb...happens when the Bums, Giants, Cubbies, Red Sox, and Pirates hit town...ha ha, but never the DBacks...BTW, it was Jr's 3rd such of this season...

New, for the league...is the use of instant replay to check on validity of a call that one of them blind umps made...and...the manager of the teams can ask for it to be reviewed...apparently, the blind guys then go to the area that is roped off for the review...they talk to the hub that does such a thing...in New York City...what?...can't they have another bloke at the park, looking at the monitor?...anyway, they had 3 in question last night...that took almost 5 minutes to judge...c'mon...and I think the "reviewers" blew 2 of them...bad thinger...so says the Horse...

I guess the Hillary phone thing is not dead...as she met with the FBI for 3+ hours yesterday...not sure what the issue is...but, there is a lot of commotion about her hubby's meeting with the AG Lynch...you know, the "chance" one...

How about this?...my group had a terrific day at the links yesterday...Sycuan Oak...really...probably the best overall for some time...a 74, 78, 81, and 83...guess which one was mine?...without a doubt, my best tee to green day this year....but couldn't make many putts fall...still, felt so good about the round...

Geez, I keep getting the itch for the All Star game...I have noticed that the prices are falling on some tix at Stub Hub...now, it is really intriguing me...Cris is out...maybe I can convince Marsh to join me...if I just hit the Pick 5...just heard this...and it is breaking news....Marsh is going with me!...OK, now I have to find tix...

Here's one for you former American Idol fans...hmmm...the show is now defunct...done...cancelled...kaput...finished...no more JLo...it's over...but...one of the contestants on the final season...Tristan...got to sing at the Grand Ol Opry...she is a star in the making...trust Horse...

Money money money!...these pro athletes are signing contracts worth millions!...it is rampant...good for them, I guess...my feelings are that the teams are making too much money...that the common man is getting ripped off....geez, just like at the All Star tix...OK...here is what I would do...as a GM...sign a player for no more than 3 years...imagine what the Colts did for their QB Luck...5 years...and he was hurt last season...really?...

Yes, I am rambling...but look at the NBA....all these blokes are signing in the tens of millions of bucks...changing teams...duh...the Blazers are trying to sign Pau Gasol...why?...this just in, looks like Toronto is getting him....whew...

We are venturing out to Starbucks for some grub...later gator...