Summer Solstice: When that pitch which is the earth's orbit begins to break. (It must be a pretty good spitball, as no one's managed to hit it yet!) Forecast for Today: Mostly sunny, with a high near 85. (Old Mother) West Wind 5 to 10 mph. Happy Thursday! Fa-thursday, that is. With a tip o' the hat to Riverbrian and his tree elephant: I meant what I said and I said what i meant. An Elephant's faithful. One Hundred Percent! And more as the exception that proves the rule: My name is Sue How do you do! Both quotes from well known poems on the subject of Fathers, i figure they need no further explanation? Anyway enjoy The Day of the Dad Alright Now.. Forcus on this game: Their Pitcherin': Jake Arrieta (North Paw) Walked 6 batters last time. Patience may be a virtue. Our Pitcherin': Kyle Gibson (North Paw) Almost a month since his last win. Though a Quality Start in Busch Statium is nothing to sneer at. Their Batterin': 1. Dexter Fowler CF 2. Anthony Rizzo [L] 1B 3. Kris Bryant [R] 3B 4. Miguel Montero [L] C 5. Starlin Castro [R] SS 6. Chris Coghlan [L] LF 7. Chris Denorfia [R] RF 8. Kyle Schwarber [L] DH 9. Addison Russell [R] 2B Our Batterin': 1. Brian Dozier [R] 2B 2. Eddie Rosario [L] LF 3. Joe Mauer [L] 1B 4. Trevor Plouffe [R] 3B 5. Torii Hunter [R] RF 6. Eduardo Nunez [R] DH 7. Chris Herrmann [L] C 8. Eduardo Escobar SS 9. Byron Buxton [R] CF The basepaths are not to be traveled lightly. Don't stop to smell the flowers. Reflexively, cut off the hit-man! Er, i mean hit the cut-off man. Right. More succinctly... Play Ball!