August 22, 2021
Once again, there will be a double shot of ranking this week. And once again we're going to do it Quiz Show style, i.e. taking the second part first. And once again, you can blame travel for the on again off again nature of the rankings this summer since I was driving back from another trip last weekend. Travel and tennis. Yes the Cincinnati (officially called Western & Southern for sponsorship reasons) Open took place over the past 10 days (including qualifying rounds) and I was firmly engrossed, whether watching on TV or attending in person. Anyway, some things happened during the tournament. I will address them in the next post since last week's episode of Sunday Morning has a mental health tie-in. Instead, give me a few sentences (paragraphs) to talk baseball. My Cincinnati Reds (no, I don't own them) swept the Florida Marlins in a four game series this weekend. Notable because it is the third time they've swept a four game series this year (an unusual and rar...