Your “Sayonara Suckers” Sunday Evening Open Thread

Well, this is my last post for a bit, as I have hit my #content quota for the year, so the powers that be have ceased forcing my production,

and thus I will be “intermittent” for the next three weeks.

Next week, I will be visiting the (checks thesaurus) “Beautiful” state of (checks atlas) Ohio, valued for its industrious people, Midwest values, and – primarily – every four years for its available Electoral College votes. A friend of mine, who is a Cleveland Indians fan, has just survived Stage-2 colon & lung cancer, via 24 low-dose chemo treatments. I figured we’d celebrate by going to see his favourite team play baseball in their home stadium. I got us the planes on points, and since I’m not with WineWife motels are the preferred option. Plus, I managed to line up a week where every Indians affiliate is playing in Ohio:

• Dayton (Reds) – not Indians, but his last name is “Dragan” so it works.
• Columbus (Indians)
• Akron (Indians)
• Mahoning Valley (Indians)
• Lake County (Indians)

And it all wraps up with a night game on August 3rd & a day game August 4th in downtown Cleveland.

What I didn’t plan on was that I forgot it was Hall of Fame Week in Canton, so rental cars are hard to come by, and so the price spiked 100%. Also, it might be hard to go visit said shrine, since “Hall of Fame Week” involves:

• August 1:
  • Autograph session – Hall of Fame
  • Hall of Fame Game – Denver vs. Atlanta
• August 2:
  • Gold Jacket Photo Op
  • Enshrinees’ Gold Jacket Dinner
• August 3:
  • Enshrinement Ceremony – 7:00PM
• August 4:
  • Concert for Legends – 8:00PM
    • with headliner Imagine Dragons!

We fly out at 6:30PM on August 5th, so we might blast down early that day to give the place a looksee.

I’m back for a few days, which includes filing my 2019 Falcons preview,

before I’m off again, this time taking my mother on a nice trip.

I won’t be back on a continual basis until August 19th. Until then, our stellar coterie of authors will shock & delight you, and don’t forget that we’ve got a return to (pre-season) game night Open Threads.

See You On The Other Side (Of Vacation)

Miss ya/

Tonight’s sports:

• MLB:
  • Yankees at Red Sox – 7:00PM | ESPN / TSN
• Track and Field:
  • U.S. Outdoor Championships Day 4 – 8:00PM | NBC
  • Pan American Games 2019: Day 5 in Lima, Peru – 8:00PM | ESPNU

Boy, there’s really nothing on.