After jumping out to an early 3-0 lead, the White Sox saw their defense and their bats go cold as they dropped their game against the Tigers 4-3. Thankfully, though, the Royals swept a double header in Cleveland, winning by scores of 7-2 and 4-2, which lowers the magic number to 2. The White Sox can clinch the division tomorrow with a victory combined with a Cleveland loss, but weather may get in the way of both of those games.
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2021 New Fall Season – Mondays
For the third consecutive year, there is not a single television program airing on Mondays this fall that I have any interest in watching.
Whittling It Down To 4
After a disappointing loss last night, the White Sox rebounded this afternoon, defeating the Rangers 7-2 to take the series and lower their magic number to 4. Cleveland, on the other hand, brought it to the Yankees, chasing Gerrit Cole early en route to an 11-1 victory over the Yankees, which, to be honest, I’m ok with.
The White Sox head to Detroit to start a 3 game series against the Tigers tomorrow night, while Cleveland battles the Royals in a double header, meaning it is possible for the White Sox to clinch as early as Tuesday.
2021 New Fall Season – Sundays
It is time to start our annual dive in to the new fall lineups for the upcoming television season. We kick things off this year with Sunday night’s offerings, which features very little programming that interests me.
9:00
SEAL Team – The fifth season starts on CBS for a month of episodes before being banished to the Paramount+ streaming service.
Down To 5
After dropping two in a row to the Angels, the White Sox righted the ship last night by routing the Rangers 8-0 in their first game at Globe Life Field. In New York, the Yankees, fighting for a Wild Card spot, dropped the Indians by the same 8-0 score. Combined, those two games dropped the White Sox magic number to 5.
Book 38 (of 52) – The Case Of The Dubious Bridegroom
The Case of the Dubious Bridegroom – Erle Stanley Gardner
When Perry Mason catches a woman on the fire escape outside of his office, he becomes entangled with the a businessman whose first wife is trying to steal his company out from under him as payback for his getting a Mexican divorce and quickie re-marriage. When she turns up dead, Perry has to defend his client for both bigamy and murder, unless he can figure out who the true killer is.
Erle Stanley Gardner’s The Case of the Dubious Bridegroom, originally published in 1949, is the 33rd entry in his Perry Mason series and the third of six novels re-released last year in conjunction with the new adaptation on HBO. Things were going along well, until the abrupt ending, where Perry figured out what really happened. Rather than him showing it in court, which is what usually happens in the TV show, it just ended, with the trial still happening and without a definitive ending. I look forward to seeing the TV adaptation from the Raymond Burr version of the show, released during its second season, so I can compare the filmed version with the original.
Book 37 (of 52) – The Final Girl Support Group
The Final Girl Support Group – Grady Hendrix
Imagine, if you will, a world where slasher films like Halloween, Friday the 13th, Nightmare on Elm Street, Texas Chainsaw Massacre, and Scream were not works of fiction, but instead were based on real life events and the final girls, the real life Laurie Strodes and Sydney Prescotts, all travelled to Los Angeles for a monthly group therapy session? That is the basic premise of The Final Girl Support Group, that latest entry from Grady Hendrix. When someone starts attacking the remaining Final Girls, all evidence points to it being one of their own, but the truth is even more insidious.
Through the first 2/3’s of this book, I was completely on board. But, I feel like things went a little off the rails in that last third. You know going in to a book like this that there is going to a twist or two, but there really wasn’t so much twists as characters jumping back and forth from suspects like crazy. Still made for an enjoyable read, but I feel like it missed the landing just a little bit.
All 7 And We’ll Watch Them Fall
With Tim Anderson and Lucas Giolito coming off the IL yesterday, the White Sox shellacked the Angels 9-3 last night. Meanwhile, in Cleveland, the soon-to-be Guardians split a double header with the Twins. Those two events lowered the White Sox magic number to 7 with 3 weeks remaining in the season.
Fitbit VII – Week 33
Another disappointing week in the books. Things got off to a slow start on Sunday, as I finished with a mere 2400 steps. Monday saw a slight improvement, as I managed to get all the way up to 3600 steps. Tuesday was even better, finishing 26 steps shy of 4300. Wednesday was a complete and total bust, ending the day with nearly 1600 steps. Thursday jumped back up to 4200 steps, while Friday managed to go up to 4300 steps. Saturday brought me back out to the ballpark which catapulted me up to 5200 steps.
Total steps: 25,778
Daily average: 3682.6
Prolific Authors – 3 Books
Way back in December of 2011 (and again every other December since), we’ve taken a look at the authors I have read the most, dating back to high school. This year, since I’ve far surpassed my reading output of any year on record, I thought it would be nice to take a deeper dive into those books I’ve read through August. Since our last check-in, I’ve read an additional 60 books from 54 different authors. There shouldn’t be much movement over the past 2 years, but it’s time to take another look and see if my “favorite” authors have changed much in that time span. We continue today with the 12 authors I’ve read thrice.
Kevin J. Anderson
I’ve read the 3 X-Files books he has written.
President Me: The America That’s In My Head – Adam Carolla
Adam Carolla
The former comedian and current right wing lugnut managed to get me to read three of his podcast regurgitations.
Bill Carter
The former media reporter for the New York Times delivered three behind the scenes looks at the television industry, including the transition from Johnny Carson to Jay Leno and from Jay Leno to Conan O’Brien and back again.
Max Allan Collins
Author of all entries of the Reeder and Rogers trilogy.
The Hunger Games – Suzanne Collins
Suzanne Collins
The woman behind a little trilogy about a young woman who upends her entire world.
Keith R.A. DeCandido
Two Buffy the Vampire Slayer novels and a Spider-Man novel make up his works.
David Lagercrantz
The Girl Who Kicked The Hornet’s Nest – Stieg Larsson
Stieg Larsson
Stieg Larsson wrote the first three entries in the story of Lisbeth Salander. Following his death, David Lagercrantz continued the series with three entries (to date) of his own.
John R. Maxim
Last read in 2001, I would have liked to read more but it seems like he stopped writing. Or they stopped publishing his work.
Kimberly McCreight
Her latest came out earlier this year, so she should be moving up the charts.
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