Oh the weather outside is frightful

If you want to play October baseball, you have to deal with the conditions.
The Orioles and Blue Jays want to play next week.
The weather in New York and Boston isn't really cooperating, but they are playing.
Nice to watch the shivering fans in a warm house.
Orioles lead 2-0 in the fourth.
A deluge after we finish five innings would be appreciated.

Weekend watchdog

The 21st century hasn't been kind to the United States Ryder Cup teams.
With just one victory in the biennial contests since 1999, the United States will try to break through on home turf this weekend.
NBC gets the play going Saturday at 9 a.m., with the final day's matches at noon Sunday.
The Orioles close out the regular season against the Yankees on MASN, while the NL East Division champion Nationals gear up for the postseason against the Marlins on MASN2.
The Blue Jays and Red Sox play Friday at 7 p.m. on ESPN2 and Sunday at 3 p.m. on TBS. Fox has Mets-Phillies and Pirates against the Cardinals Saturday at 1 p.m. FoxSports1 has the Royals taking on the Indians at 4:15 p.m.
Sunday NFL play starts early this week, with the Colts facing the Jaguars in London at 9:30 a.m. on CBS. Redskins host the Browns at 1 p.m. on CBS, and Fox brings Cowboys-49ers in the late afternoon slot. The Steelers host the Chiefs on NBC at 8:20, with Giants-Vikings on ESPN Monday night.
The college football weekend continues Friday with a top 10 battle in the Pac-12 Friday as Stanford meets Washington at 9 p.m. on ESPN. Toledo takes on BYU at 10:15 p.m. on ESPN2.
Virginia opens conference play against Duke on the ACC network Saturday at 12:30 p.m.
Texas takes on Oklahoma State on ABC at noon, followed by Michigan-Wisconsin at 3:30 p.m. Primetime brings the big matchup between Louisville and Clemson.
CBS brings Tennessee-Georgia at 3:30 p.m.
TCU meets Oklahoma on Fox at 5 p.m., then it's Southern Cal-Arizona State at 8:30 p.m.
The day starts for ESPN at noon with Notre Dame's contest with Syracuse at the Meadowlands and it's Florida State-North Carolina at 3:30 p.m. Top-ranked Alabama takes on Kentucky at 7 p.m. before UCLA meets Arizona.
Miami meets Georgia Tech on ESPN2 at noon and Illinois faces Nebraska at 3:30 p.m. Boise State battles Utah State at 10:15 p.m.
Baylor battles Iowa State at noon on FoxSports1.
Comcast offers Georgia State against Appalachian State at noon, followed by Towson-Richmond.
NASCAR's chase for the Cup visits Dover Sunday at 2 p.m. on NBC Sports network. The Xfinity Series goes Saturday at 3 p.m. while the Truck Series will be on FoxSports1 at 8:30 p.m.
NBC Sports network has the Malaysian Grand Prix Sunday at 2 p.m.
The Capitals prepare for the season with a contest against the Islanders Saturday at 7 p.m. on Comcast
Manchester United takes on Stoke City at 6 a.m. Sunday on NBC Sports network, followed by Tottenham Hotspur against Manchester City and Burnley-Arsenal at 11 a.m.

On the trail

DaTech Guy crossed the border into New Hampshire to catch Donald Trump's latest rally.
The general gist I got from the various people I interviewed is they want Trump more on the attack during the next two debates. That question really comes down to a serious question: Is it more important to keep the base energized or to keep playing the “Trump isn’t crazy” card during the debates that remain. I’m not sure which is the right move.

Watching Trump learn

From Monday's debate, are we talking about the future?
No.
More about 14 year old radio interviews about Iraq.
And Miss Universe 1996 and her weight gain.
Trump's style should be assumed.
He's rough and tumble, ready to take on all comers.
Even the unimportant ones.
If he can turn the contest back toward the country's future, he'll be doing fine.

I'm with hurt

Political Clown Parade has the photoshop of the walking wounded.

Too much pregame

Still hours to go to the debate.
DaTech Guy weighs in, just like to many others.
The Clinton advantage MSM: The biggest advantage for Hillary Clinton is the MSM. As long as Hillary Clinton doesn’t cough up a lung, start drooling on the stage or physically collapse, the media will pronounce her well and declare her the victor in tonight’s debate. It doesn’t matter what she says or how she says it this is going to be the media narrative that the press will be selling.

Undefeated teams watch

Eight teams entered the week 2-0.
The Patriots and Eagles handed the Texans and Steelers their first loss of the campaign.
The Giants fell to the Redskins.
The Ravens, Vikings and Broncos marched onto 3-0.
There's no matchup of unbeatens next week - the Eagles have a bye - but the potential still exists down the line.
The 1972 Miami Dolphins continue watching.

Vandals helping Trump

Don Surber found a story from Pennsylvania on the battle of political signs.
It starts with a man who has now ordered three signs from Trump.
The first two were vandalized.
So the vandals gave Donald Trump $170.
The man bought two additional signs he would not have done if the vandals had left the first one alone.
Donald Trump thanks you vandals for the extra money.
But there's not much money for Hillary, according to another person in the comments.
“Clinton signs aren’t being vandalized because no one feels strongly pro-Clinton enough to buy a sign,” posted Hollis Marzario Weston.

Let the Flowers bloom

We're a day away from the first presidential debate and we're talking about Gennifer Flowers.
And it's the 2016 debate, not the 1992 debate.
The Clintons think they win when talk turns to past scandals.
But years and years of scandal may be finally too much to ignore the pattern.

Happy anniversary, Nirvana

Several mentions on the 25th anniversary of the release of "Smells like Teen Spirit."
Without the album, we would not have had Weird Al's parody.

Recycling update

Another run to the local recycling center - where they know my name.
Another 40 cents per pound.

Facebook quote of the week

Hardy was safe...another screw up by MLB replay.

Saturday song

How much gas does the Chrysler use to drive the 15 miles to the Love Shack?

Weekend watchdog

It's a few weeks until the NHL season starts.
But the best of the world have plenty to play for this weekend.
The World Cup of Hockey enters its elimination round Saturday with the matchup between Canada and Russia on ESPN2 Saturday at 7 p.m. Team Europe meets Sweden Sunday at 1 p.m., with the winners meeting in a best-of-three series starting Tuesday.
The United States team gets a few days of rest after losing in the group round.
Baseball's postseason run continues, with the Nationals visiting the Pirates on MASN while the Orioles host the Diamondbacks on MASN2.
The NL Central champion Cubs host the Cardinals Friday afternoon on ESPN, Saturday on Fox and Sunday night on ESPN. ESPN2 brings Yankees-Blue Jays Friday at 7 p.m. The Tigers take on the Royals on Fox Saturday at 1 p.m. and TBS has the Yankees and Jays Sunday at 1 p.m.
The Ravens meet the Jaguars Sunday at 1 p.m. on CBS, followed by Steelers-Eagles. The Redskins try to bounce back against the Giants on Fox. NBC brings the Cowboys and Bears Sunday night, with Falcons-Saints Sunday on ESPN.
The college football weekend continues Friday as TCU takes on SMU Friday at 8 p.m. on ESPN and it's Utah-Southern Cal on FoxSports1 at 9 p.m.
The ACC network has Virginia Tech's game with East Carolina Saturday at 12:30 p.m.
ABC starts Saturday with Florida State-South Florida at noon, followed by Michigan hosting Penn State. In primetime, Stanford takes on UCLA.
Tennessee faces Florida on CBS at 3:30 p.m.
It's Duke-Notre Dame on NBC at 3:30 p.m. and Fox offers Baylor-Oklahoma State at 7:30 p.m.
Georgia takes on Mississippi on ESPN at noon. Auburn battles LSU at 6 p.m. and Texas A&M tangles with Arkansas at 9 p.m.
ESPN2 has Iowa-Rutgers at noon, then West Virginia hosts BYU. Arizona State meets California at 10 p.m.
Oregon State meets Boise State on FoxSports1 at 3:30 p.m.
Virginia tries to get its first win against Central Michigan at noon on Comcast. William & Mary hosts Elon at 7 p.m.
Iowa State takes on San Jose State at noon on MASN2.
NASCAR heads to New Hampshire, with the Sprint Cup race Sunday at 2 p.m. on NBC Sports network. The Xfinity race goes Saturday at 8 p.m. on NBC Sports network, with the Truck Series on FoxSports1 Saturday at 1 p.m.
The PGA tour's top 30 golfers meet in the Tour Championship on NBC Saturday at noon and Sunday at 1:30 p.m.
Manchester United faces Leicester City Saturday at 7:25 a.m. on NBC Sports network, followed by Liverpool-Hull City and Arsenal against Chelsea. West Ham United battles Southampton Sunday at 10:55 a.m.
The Galaxy take on Seattle Sunday at 4 p.m. on ESPN and FoxSports1 brings New England's clash with Columbus at 7 p.m.
Seattle meets Houston in women's soccer Sunday at 9:30 p.m. on FoxSports1.
Comcast has Army-Navy in college soccer Friday at 7 p.m.
Chicago hosts a second round WNBA playoff game Sunday at 1 p.m. on ESPN2.

Rundown on "Run them down"

DaTech Guy compiles information on Instapundit's banishment and reinstatement from Twitter.
I have no idea if any explanation was given, I joked it was because he knows a lot of lawyers but re-reading his post on the subject I think I have isolated the twelve words Glenn wrote that really caused the suspension to be lifted
 

Twitter can do without me, as I can certainly do without Twitter.

 
Glenn Reynolds is a traffic machine, anyone who has ever gotten an instalanche knows this to be true, The only real value that twitter has is the ability to provide advertisers access to the tens to hundreds of thousands of people who want to see the tweets of a traffic machine like Glenn.

Did police say "stagger around"

The video from Tulsa raises questions - even from Donald Trump.
Bearing Arms tries to analyze what you can't hear.
Starting with the basic.
Unfortunately for all concerned, Crutcher does not obey lawful commands to freeze, and walks back to his vehicle.

Busy bee

I enjoy watching TBS.
They have Big Bang Theory reruns, and will have baseball playoffs in October.
Unfortunately, they also have Samantha Bee.
Her commercials are quite annoying.
Looks like she is as well.
Electing Donald Trump will be the best medicine for her.

It's a gas, California

Here's the big news of the day - California is trying to regulate cow farts.
Alfred E. Neuman gives his opinion.

Undefeated teams watch

Week 3 in the NFL will get going with a battle of unbeaten teams - New England and Houston.
There's another matchup of unbeatens Sunday - the Steelers and the Eagles.
Four other teams join them at 2-0.
The 1972 Miami Dolphins keep watching.

Let the anger flow

Huffington Post runs a list of groups to blame if Hillary Clinton loses.
They want to avoid blaming Hillary.
But there's no reason not to blame her in a loss.

More pipelines

Have you noticed gas prices jumping this weekend?
They went up when the gasoline pipeline under our feet went down in Alabama.
There's one main pipeline between Houston and New Jersey.
Any problem along the line impacts the South Atlantic and Mid-Atlantic.
Locally, people in Augusta and Nelson counties don't want a natural gas pipeline to come through.
They may use this pipeline disruption to prove their point.
But people still need energy to get to them.
The proposed pipeline is for the people, not just Dominion and its shareholders.
We all benefit with lower energy prices when supply can reach the demand.

Facebook quote of the week

The O's are making me nervous...

Saturday song

Classics meet the disco era with Walter Murphy and a Fifth of Beethoven.

Undefeated teams watch

In the 32 team NFL, after Week 1 sixteen teams stand 1-0 and sixteen 0-1.
You'd think the second weekend would have a few matchups between 1-0 teams.
Sadly, it's only three this year.
The Bengals play the Steelers, Texans play the Chiefs and Sunday night the Packers meet the Vikings.
We are only guaranteed three 2-0 teams after two weeks (barring a few tie, of course).
It's early, but the 1972 Miami Dolphins are already watching.

Tsunami of unease

The New York Times has a great turn of phrase about worried Democrats.
But as Hillary Clinton lurches toward Election Day, her supporters at times seem overwhelmed by a tsunami of unease, exacerbated by Mrs. Clinton’s bout of pneumonia and a slow-footed acknowledgment of the illness. They are confronting a question they had assumed, just a few weeks ago, they would not need to consider in a race against the most unpopular presidential nominee in modern times: Could Mrs. Clinton actually blow this?
Yes, she will blow this.

Weekend watchdog

There's 10 races left in the NASCAR season.
And 16 drivers eligible to claim the championship.
The NASCAR Chase for the Cup playoffs open Sunday at Chicagoland, with coverage on NBC Sports network at 2:30 p.m.
Rookies Chase Elliott and Austin Dillon are among the 16 vying for the title, while Kyle Busch and Brad Keselowski earned their way into the Chase with four victories already this season.
The Xfinity Series goes Saturday at 3 p.m. on NBC, while the Truck Series hits the track on FoxSports1 Friday at 8:30 p.m.
The second week of NFL play brings a big rivalry - the Redskins battle the Cowboys on Fox Sunday at 1 p.m.
CBS offers Ravens-Browns at 1 p.m. and Colts against the Broncos at 4:25 p.m. The Vikings host the Packers in their new stadium Sunday on NBC, while the Eagles visit the Bears Monday on ESPN.
The Orioles host the Rays, with games on MASN2 Friday and Sunday and on MASN Saturday. The Nationals visit the Braves on MASN Friday and Sunday, with Saturday's game on Fox.
The Red Sox and Yankees battle Saturday on Fox and Sunday night on ESPN, with Tigers-Indians on FoxSports1 Saturday at 4 p.m. and Sunday at 1:10 on TBS.
The college football weekend continues Friday as Baylor battles Rice on ESPN at 8 p.m. and it's Arizona State against Texas-San Antonio on ESPN2 at 9:30 p.m.
Saturday starts on ABC with a top 10 contest between Florida State and Louisville at noon. Oregon heads to Nebraska at 3:30 p.m. and in primetime it's Stanford-USC.
Top-ranked Alabama meets Mississippi on CBS at 3:30 p.m. while Fox has Ohio State taking on Oklahoma at 7:30 p.m.
Notre Dame tangles with Michigan State on NBC at 7:30 p.m.
Appalachian State hosts Miami on ESPN at noon and Pittsburgh travels to Oklahoma State at 3:30 p.m. It's Auburn-Texas A&M at 7 p.m. and Texas takes on California at 10:30 p.m.
ESPN2 has Iowa-North Dakota State at noon. In primetime, LSU hosts Mississippi State at 7 p.m. before BYU plays UCLA at 10:15 p.m.
TCU takes on Iowa State at noon on FoxSports1.
Georgia Tech clashes with Vanderbilt on the ACC network at 12:30 p.m.
Comcast has three contests Saturday, starting with South Carolina State against Clemson at noon. James Madison visits North Carolina at 3:30 p.m. before Navy takes on Tulane at 7 p.m.
Kansas State hosts Florida Atlantic on MASN2 at 2:30 p.m., with Texas Tech taking on Louisiana Tech at 7 p.m.
The World Cup of Hockey starts Saturday at 3:30 p.m. as the United States battles Europe on ESPN2. It's North America-Finland Sunday at 8 p.m. on ESPN2 after Russia meets Sweden at 3 p.m. on ESPN.
In Bundesliga Soccer, FoxSports1 shows FC Koln against SC Freiburg Friday at 2:30 p.m. Saturday at 9 a.m., it's FC Bayern Munich facing FC Ingolstadt 04.
The United States women take on the Netherlands in an International friendly Sunday at 7:30 p.m. on FoxSports1.
Dallas plays Indiana in WNBA on ESPN2 Sunday at 4 p.m.

Take the deplorable test

Howie Carr of the Boston Herald helps you find if you're deplorable or not.

The healthy candidate

Donald Trump's visit to Dr. Oz impressed Powerline.
I’ve been blessed with excellent health so far and my lab results are almost always good. But with the exception of his weight (236 pounds on a 6-3 frame), Trump’s results were better than mine just about across-the-board. And he’s older than I am.
Dr. Oz was impressed. He told Trump that if he received these results for a patient of his, he would congratulate the patient and send him on his way.
Next patient.
Where are you, Hillary Clinton?

Where can you move at this late date?

The ACC has decided to move its football championship game out of Charlotte.
The game is scheduled for Dec. 3.
Where can you move a big game like this less than three months before kickoff?
It's won't bother the transgender fans - none of them were going to the game anyway.
The ACC didn't use it's A game in this decision.

This is how you do it

Orioles' pitcher Ubaldo Jimenez officially became an American citizen Monday.
He's been in professional baseball in the United States for many years.
But no shortcuts becoming a citizen.
The process took him five years.
“It’s a great experience,” he said. “It’s a process you have to go through that takes a long time, and then when you finally get it, it’s an amazing feeling.”
“I’ve been part of this country since I was 19 years old, and this country has given me the opportunity to be a better person, not only for me, but for my family. I think even back in my country, I’ve been able to help a lot of people for the opportunity this country has given me.
“It’s something you don’t have any doubt in your mind that you want to do this.”