Storm the Field

I was on a 5 or 6 game L streak last year, including an ALCS game. Final month of home games was brutal. Been pretty fortunate this year. Hoping to keep my recent streak of W's going tonight.

83-70. Magic Number down to 5. Possible to clinch this weekend if Mariners shit the bed in Arlington, but most likely the M's roll in next week with a glimmer of hope. IMO, we pop bottles on Tuesday. Wild Ass prediction: Yusei never loses a game as an Astro.

DJIA 42K SP 5.7K Nasdaq 18K For now at least.

Dude, every time you mention the weather in SoCal, I feel compelled to point out that it still drops down to the low 60's when the sun is down. Unless you're talking about Palm Springs or something. We would kill to have "heat waves" where the high is 93 (with low humidity) and the low is 62.

It's the 25th anniversary of their self-titled debut album. They're basically playing the full album at their shows on this tour with a handful of randoms thrown in.

Printers still suck.

Big ol' sumbitch showed up on this camera yesterday afternoon. Easily over 150 lbs. I'm champing at the bit to get back out there but it's just so damn hot right now, I'd probably keel over in the stand during an afternoon hunt. Looking like a mild front might arrive by next weekend. If so, I got some bidness to handle.

Nasty out there today. Walked out of the gym at 8 this morning and it felt like the heat index was already pushing 90. Dashboard was reading 100 most of the way into work before settling at 95. Several days of triple digit heat indices ahead before temps throttle down a few degrees starting Sunday/Monday.

He's only got 1 gear these days. All histrionics, all the time.

Best W of the regular season, IMO. A rare extra innings victory, on the road, against a good team chasing a division title, and with the umpires and review officials actively trying to have us lose.

Nope.

Let's see if Hader can strand an inherited runner.

Yankees up 10-1 in the 6th. Probably don't need to worry about losing any ground tonight if we can't pull out the W.

Well now he has a built-in excuse for when/if he does eventually run afoul of the law. "They are only coming after me because I spoke against their tyranny. They're trying to silence me."

I don't believe this is correct. What a colossal crybaby.

The first September cool front typically lasts about 60 hours and then is promptly followed by at least 2 weeks where it feels like mid-August again. It's so predictable. Hot as shit this week, with temps peaking on Friday, when Austin may bump up against 100 again and Houston will be a toasty 95. Looks like the fever finally breaks a week from today.

Knock on wood, but I'm starting to think I may have finally un-fucked my back. Have had recurring problems with sciatica the past few years. Pretty sure I have/had a bulging disc pinching the nerve running down my left side. General stiffness and limited flexibility when I get up in the morning until I've walked around enough to loosen up. Occasional throbbing pain and weakness running down left leg. Usually doesn't last very long, but this most recent stint has persisted for probably close to 6 months. It's not bad enough to prevent me from working out, but certain movements are quite uncomfortable, especially abdominal exercises. Anyways, finally decided to get serious about fixing it. Have watched probably hundreds of videos from various "experts" and finally found some good stretches that really seem to be helping over the past 2 weeks. Also discovered a bunch of stuff I shouldn't be doing that just provides temporary relief and may actually be making things worse. Highly recommend doing so if you're having similar issues. Try out various stretches and see what feels best to you. Whatever you do, try to avoid shit like toe touches or any kind of hamstring stretches that involves bending over forward. Favorite ones so far: 1. Sit in a chair. Place one leg in your lap. Push down on the knee of that leg while keeping your back straight and lean your head back. Hold for 10-20 seconds. Repeat with other leg. Do each side a couple times. 2. Similarly, sit in a chair with your feet flat on the floor. Keep your back straight and raise one leg to where it's pointing out straight while tilting your head up towards the ceiling. Do about 15 reps and then switch sides. Don't bend forward. 3. My favorite, but kinda hard to describe, so here's the video instead.

Yeah. Hopped in the pool around 6:30 yesterday evening once the backyard was fully shaded. Felt pretty damn good. Water temp 88 and there was a decent breeze. Would have been a really pleasant evening to grill out if I didn't have other dinner plans.

Mid to high 90's with little chance of rain for the next 7-10 days straight. Doesn't look like we'll get back closer to average temps for this time of year until next weekend.

I don't even know what to say anymore.

Welp, got the sweep. Too bad Arlington couldn't be of any use. 81-68. 13 games left with a 4.5 game lead. Magic number is 9. I would think 6 or more wins is likely enough.

Bottom of the order making the stars look bad.

Weird, I was literally in the middle of posting something very similar, right down to the 7-7 vs. 11-2. Projected finishes are 88-74 and 82-80, respectively. 97% chance to win the division per Fangraphs, but I don't like that Seattle is once again still lurking in the final stretch with an unlikely but possible path. Wrap up the sweep today, take at least 1 in San Diego, then feast on the Halos again next weekend and we should be sitting pretty comfortable.

Hope everyone survived the Great Bear Market of 9/3-9/10