Special Nite

With all the commotion over the lack of production by the irascible Padres, they turned up the heat and played like a REAL MLB TEAM...of course, they must have been reading the unflattering remarks made by the Horse...whatever it taketh...as the San Diegans whupped them Bums, 4-1...

Highlighting the nite, were two dingers hit by C Hedges (FINALLY!) and yet another by the oh so caliente, Wil Myers...who now has hit 6 HR's in 4 games...terrific defensive plays by CF Margot...and the best of all, a gem thrown by P Eric Lauer...who went into the NINTH, nursing a shut out...oh yea, the former Pad, Matty Kemp...who we STILL pay, BTW, struck out FOUR times...thank you very much...however, he, Kemp, is a starting ALL STAR!...

Speaking of that, the alum out of the high school in Salem, Oregon (North Salem)...and now an Oakland A...Jed Lowrie was named to the AS Game...great honor for a great kid, who has had a nice career in the bigs...and has hammered the Padres pitching this season...the SD Rep this year?...closer Brad Hand...all teams get one...that is ours...

Big Brother...you watch this CBS thang?...lasts the entire summer...14 or so, random people put into a house...they vote out a dude or babe each week, well, the group does...and yes, it is riveting...well sort of...maybe I am giving the production too much credit...but isn't it eerily similar to the crap that is going on in the NATO meeting?...with POTUS popping off about Germany and Russia colluding...wait, I thought he did that in the last election?...stay away from the Russians, they are his!...I digress...anyway, I don' think they vote out a leader, do they?...I have a nomination...

So now that the Thai kids and their coach got saved from the Cave...newsies are going back in...what?...to show where they were and what it took to get them out...THE STORY...I keep telling all of you, including the reporters...stay out of the caves...have you ever wondered why the team went into the cave in the first place?...yea, me too...

One of my bewilderments of the collegiate entrances...how the schools accept YOU...based on grades in high school...your extracurricular activities...if you were the ASB Prez...SAT scores...ahem, if you are a star athlete...and now, the item that POTUS is addressing, quotas for minorities...the list is long, and depending on the school, the number of spots available are limited...one of the items, is an essay the kids write...always wondered who got the task of reading those...anyhoo, it is being eliminated in many of the colleges...hey, just give them $50 grand, and YOU get in...that, too...

Skipping over to Nashville...are we?...not yet planned...but, there have been a number of bars and restaurants opened by 'stars'...on Low Broad...the latest is to be, by the American idol judge, Luke Bryan...Jason Aldean did a bit ago, as did Florida Georgia Line...rumors abound that Austin, Texas, is very comparative...hmmm, Texas?...

Collegiate hoops...ah, here we go...whatever happened to the coach from 'Zona who got fingered by the FBI for offering money to an incoming hoopster at his University?...see above for 'getting into college'...think the player wrote an essay?...I digress...anyway, the NBA recognizes the problem...gonna save the day...and eliminate 'the one and done rule'...which means, the kids don't have to go to a college or university for one year, before getting the call to go to the NBA...once 18, you can be 'drafted'...

On a totally different platform...I read where a politician wants 'every 18 year old to be drafted into the military'...well, to serve in the military after high school...I keep telling ya, we are progressing (digressing!) back to the 50's...

Whatever happened to Hope Hicks?...er, what job did she have, anyway?...and that's the way it is...7/11...a good name for a store, right?...

Forgot about this...we, the mighty Padres do not have the monopoly on questionable stuff in MLB...one of the thangs that goes on in the game, with the monotonous longevity of the season...guys get nicknames...you know, Arod, Bumpy, GT, on and on...you get it...well now, it came back to haunt them Cleveland Indians (Injuns)...as they were protecting a lead in the 9th inning...Mgr Francona, visited the mound to take out his pitcher...asked for a reliever, alas, the wrong guy came out...his nickname was too similar to the dude he really wanted...too late, he had to use him...and promptly gave up the winning (losing) hit...hey, bloke, maybe call him by his GIVEN name...

PS....the answer is the White House Communications Director...