Uh … good job Mets, I guess?

As a person who doesn’t follow the World Cup, it was funny to hear the red card derided as obviously wrong and then the decision not to enforce the missed game denounced as obviously corrupt. (Not a criticism! Genuinely funny/interesting.)

I am watching a show whose rating says it contains, among other things, “mild themes.” How do you get a rating for mild themes? What is a mild theme? Adequacy? Being slightly peeved?

I didn’t do much baseball posting last night because I was distracted by the shenanigans in DC, but this was a heck of a bit of baserunning by Trea Turner. One of the reasons it’s so helpful for him to hit is that he’s exceptional on the bases. Fast but also smart and so, so smooth.

I live six-ish miles from the Washington Monument, and our “Unhealthy For Sensitive Groups” air quality (which isn’t as bad as it is elsewhere, certainly) is attributed to:

There are a lot of people who spent a lot of time in the 100-degree heat and the rain just so they could see the speech and/or the fireworks who are not, in fact, going to see the speech and/or the fireworks.

Keep in mind that once it stops raining and they’re confident they can reopen the Mall, whoever is still around and hasn’t left is presumably going to have to wait in line and get TSA screened all over again before they can get back in. They can’t just pour that crowd (which is now big) back.

Ha ha I hate it here

If you had told people in late April of 2025 that Brandon Marsh would make the All-Star team as a starter in 2026, people would have thought you were becoming detached from reality. STAY LOOSE AND SEXY BABY

And nobody is moving?

There are fireworks already in the neighborhood; the dog is out and does not care. Again, he is deeply upset by a fly in the house.

The thing that’s funny is that I’m sure the wedding was extravagant, but this is the most basic of basic wedding things. Having branding for your wedding (font, colors, logos, hashtags, etc.) is sort of for everybody in the age of Canva and so forth.

Today, my rather reactive dog (hopefully) reaps the benefits of the one thing he reacts to *less* than most dogs: fireworks.

I PRONOUNCE-A MATRIMONIAAAAAAAA

There’s a game at Nats Park at 11:00 today, and that’s going to be … very bad conditions.

Take it easy out there today, DC. It’s a lot of a lot.

I am informed that Larry is AI and have deleted. I despise that people are ruining fun.

Just a note: When it’s hot, cooling towels rule. People often advertise them for like running outside, but I love having one I can just kinda wrap around my arm when it’s hot at night (like right now). A good one stays surprisingly cool for a long time. www.today.com/shop/ranked-...

Too hot to do anything except lie in bed and watch Dateline on the ceiling of the bedroom.

Good grief. www.nbcnews.com/politics/pol...

The only wedding extravagance I would really splurge on is a visit from the Phanatic.

I recognize that getting married at MSG sounds weird, but … they don’t have the option of getting married like regular people, particularly if they want to have a big wedding. Here, they won’t get buzzed by helicopters or drones, they can control the perimeter … I think it makes some sense!

The weather is miserable, but I just had some extremely juicy Methley plums from the CSA, which is something.

I’m glad for this, though I suspect 5:00 PM isn’t going to be all that much better, and neither is tomorrow. The sun doesn’t go down until 8:37 tonight. Last night at 9:30, when I was trying to go to sleep and it was dark, it was still 92 out.

Oh NO.

It’s 80 degrees upstairs at my house and the dog has decided he wants to sleep butt to butt. REALLY DUDE??

The first 32 of these flyovers are spaced over about seven hours. So on average one every 13 minutes for seven hours.

My dog is very weather tolerant. He will lie outside from about 25 degrees F to about 90 degrees F, for a long time if you let him. But in this, he goes out for about five minutes and then he comes in on his own; I don’t even have to make him. It’s gnarly out there.

I’m surprised they suspended Cavalli. But they did. (Gift link)

I’m not saying this is not what it purports to be, but nothing on this says what event this is or when this was filmed. The video isn’t sourced to anywhere. These things are important.

It’s over 100 at the Phillies game, and they apparently gave out free bottled water at the gates when people were coming in. I’d love to see a similar effort for the Fourth in D.C.

The guys currently playing a day game in Philly look … very very hot.

The dog does not like the catbirds in the yard. They are too loud.

Really pretty worried about people getting hurt at the Mall events this weekend in this heat. The quality of work in the reflecting pool, the model arch and so on really makes me concerned about the infrastructure that’s needed to keep a crowd safe in a heat wave like this.

Why sports? Well, today started with a gnarly medley of early-arriving power-company tree-trimmers, a scramble to get the dog for daycare, and a fall in my own living room that banged me up pretty good. But it ended with a lovely home run for Alec Bohm, who was due. Something good happened!

Ah, yes, the 10-6 final score we all expected from a game started by Paul Skenes and Zack Wheeler. #Phillies

Oh, good for Alec Bohm, he’s been so great defensively and has had such a frustrating few games at the plate. That’s great. #Phillies

From the official Instagram account comes this graphic, which is very similar to the one circulating but does NOT have the thing that says entry closes at 6PM. www.instagram.com/p/DaQi2s9Fp1...

I will say: I can’t find the 6PM entry cutoff for the DC fireworks that’s on that graphic anywhere else. Not saying it’s not real, but I can’t find it yet.

I did this story when I was with Bloomberg and it foundationally changed how I move in the summer. There's so much I couldn't get into and I'm super super heat tolerant. As in I've never overheated and not because I avoid heat or don't do dumb stuff.

Weird night for Zack Wheeler. He’s got nine strikeouts in four innings, but he’s already thrown 86 pitches, so I assume he’ll make it *maybe* through one more inning? #Phillies

STAY LOOSE AND SEXY, MARSHY #phillies

He also asked her to confirm that we really went to the moon, and she said yes, and he says he believed her.

Better and clearer example of the beautifully graceful swing I was talking about last night.

kruk asking an actual astronaut "y'all have beer up there" is the apotheosis of Phillies broadcasts

TREA TURNER HAS COME ALIVE

Well I don’t know if Operation Win Against Paul Skenes will work, but Operation Make Paul Skenes Throw Lots Of Pitches is going pretty good. #phillies

“JUST ANOTHER DAY AT SCHOOL WHERE EVERYBODY LOVES ME AND I AM BEAUTIFUL”

I tripped and fell forward on my knees in the living room today and while I’m basically fine, I’m also sort of sore all over, and let me tell you, I have never felt older.