KHSAA Boys' State: First Round

 With 32 seconds left in overtime of the first game, Bowling Green leads Adair County 50 to 49.

Stage 19, Friday, of the Tour of USA, KY Edition

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 Frankfort Time Trial (30KM, 466M of elevation, 4 Cat 5 climbs)

Should be a tough time trial, another up and down just like this entire race has been.  

Oh, Kentucky

Back to school? Yes, with social distancing, face coverings, health screenings, sanitation and contact tracing.

Back to baseball? Yes, at Brooks Stadium starting Monday with a league of two.

Upon further Fancy Farm review ... picnicking, yes; political speaking, no. Posted the priest, per The Mayfield Messenger: "The parish of St. Jerome has been in existence for 184 years. During those 184 years, the people have lived and prayed through times of drought, wars, pandemics, times of plenty and times of scarcity and have held steady to the faith and depended on God's providence. We will continue to do the same in our time and in the future."

Expanded racial-bias training for officers and community policing were said to be among the topics of discussion at a second closed unity meeting in Paducah, report Abisola Adeyemo and Mason Watkins of Channel 6.

The state attorney general: "Strong, empowered communities and safe policing are not mutually exclusive; in fact, they must go hand-in-hand in order for the Commonwealth to thrive."

The state ag commissioner: "We must do something to ensure rural Kentucky get its fair shake at connectivity."

The governor: "In Kentucky, we’re going to reopen and rebuild our economy even stronger than it was before COVID-19."

Drive-through hiring today in Lebanon, for Marion and Washington counties.

Oh, Kentucky

Don't know yet.

Daily, weekly and monthly records are falling at Owensboro's 65-year-old Wonder Whip.

At the Nicholasville Road Walmart, to mask or not to mask?

Ten new infections and six additional probable positives June 19-23 in Hopkins County, after nine new cases confirmed May 12-June 18. But state officials say that's not really the metric to be watching, Al Cross reports at Kentucky Health News.

"I want to thank Governor Beshear and Senator McConnell for bringing a positive resolution to this longstanding issue. The $8,043,076 that our hospital will receive could not come at a better time and will make a significant difference in our ability to deal with the ongoing pandemic and its financial impact." I pity the writer of this complicated, delicate press release from the governor's office; I can't imagine it went through fewer than 20 drafts. Chase is that Pikeville Medical Center and 53 other rural hospitals are getting some dough back, perhaps as early as next week.

This press release, on the other hand, does not appear to have been particularly challenging to write or manage through review cycles; it's merely freaking terrifying: "The Department of Justice announced today the unsealing of an indictment charging Ethan Melzer, 22, of Louisville, Kentucky, for allegedly planning an attack on his U.S. Army unit by sending sensitive details about the unit – including information about its location, movements, and security – to members of an extremist organization named Order of the Nine Angles (O9A), an occult-based neo-Nazi and white supremacist group. Melzer is charged with conspiring and attempting to murder U.S. nationals, conspiring and attempting to murder military service members, providing and attempting to provide material support to terrorists, and conspiring to murder and maim in a foreign country."

Oh, Kentucky

"As the former executive director of the Perryville Battlefield Preservation Association, an organization that worked to protect Kentucky’s largest battleground, I have a request for those who fear the erasure of our past. Please don’t worry about statues that were installed decades after the Civil War. Instead, help our battlefields, where history actually happened."

"Murray State University, like the city of Murray, firmly supports the relocation of the statue."

"The Daviess County Public Library knows and emphatically proclaims that black lives matter,” according to a statement from the board. “And, we recognize that the need for change and justice is long past due. Your public library commits to being an active part of that change. We will listen with care and attention, and follow the lead of our black community; not just while this crisis is in the news, but moving forward."

Don't believe the hype: DQ is still coming to Columbia.

Good jobs news from Hickory.

Another artifact of the tremendous meeting coverage that is typical of contemporary of American newspaper journalism today--this one from the Coal Run city commission, courtesy of Austin Blankenship in Pikeville's Appalachian News-Express: "While Scott was asking Osborne for clarification regarding the other matters, as he said he wanted the minutes to correctly reflect the meeting, she began gathering her items and the(n) proceeded to walk to her vehicle."

Oh, Kentucky

Change is everywhere in Kentucky. Our license-plate letters and numbers will no longer be raised.

The new Democratic governor will give Kentucky's first Republican attorney general in 70 years an early start.

The secretary of Kentucky's justice and public safety cabinet--a Democrat appointed four years ago by the outgoing Republican governor--bows out.

On his last day in office, Gov. Bevin opined on good jobs news from Murray: "Over the past four years, we have made historic strides in improving our business climate, and it’s exciting to see those efforts culminate in transformational job-creating projects. We are grateful that TPG chose Kentucky for its new operation and appreciate the opportunities it will provide to our citizens."

As one who knows next to nothing about law, the whole deal where a governor or president on the way out pardons convicted people is one of the more curious aspects of life in the United States.

The state's anticipated $1.1 billion budget shortfall "is a lot bigger than anything that we anticipated," a Republican state representative tells Joe Sonka and Deborah Yetter of The Courier-Journal. "It's a real train wreck," amplifies a progressive economic-policy group from Berea.

Eleanor Klibanoff of the Kentucky Center for Investigative Reporting: "A KyCIR investigation shows LMPD brings almost every rape case to a prosecutor to decide whether to make an arrest--sometimes before they’ve done much investigating. If prosecutors decline the case, the police clear it 'by exception.' LMPD cleared three times as many 2017 rape cases 'by exception' than they did by arrest."

The Who's planned concert at NKU in April is historic for greater Cincinnati.

Brand new in Manchester: The Clay We Were.

Congratulations, Ms. McGaha, retiring operator of June's Beauty Shop in Jamestown since 19 and 62.

Christmas parades: Sharpsburg, Nov. 9; Owensboro, Nov. 23; Central City, Nov. 24; Lebanon and Louisville, Nov. 29;  Greensburg, Guthrie and Pikeville, Nov. 30; Boyce, Dawson Springs, Murray, Salem and Sebree, Dec. 1; Bardstown, Dec. 5; Clay, Fredonia, Harrodsburg, Hopkinsville, Irvine/Ravenna, London, Maysville, Monticello, Pineville, Richmond, Smiths Grove, Stanton and Trenton, Dec. 6; Arlington, Barbourville, Beattyville, Berea, Bloomfield, Bowling Green, Bromley/Ludlow, Brownsville, Cadiz, Calvert City, Carlisle, Clinton, Columbia, Corbin, Cynthiana, Danville, Frankfort, Glasgow, Grayson, Hawesville, Henderson, Horse Cave, Inez, Lawrenceburg, Leitchfield, Lexington, Madisonville, Marion, Middlesboro, Morgantown, Munfordville, Murray, Owingsville, Paducah, Rabbit Hash, Raceland, Russell Springs, Salyersville, Scottsville, Shelbyville, Somerset, Trenton, Versailles, Whitley City and Winchester, Dec. 7; Auburn, Georgetown and New Haven, Dec. 8; Augusta, Burkesville, Burnside, Cave City, Elkton, Franklin, Louisa, Mayfield, Providence, Williamsburg and Woodburn, Dec. 14, and Tollesboro, Dec. 15.

Oh, Kentucky

Good jobs news from Covington and Fort Mitchell.

Harrodsburg is getting a new convenience store (in an old motorcycle shop); Madisonville, a new steakhouse (in an old steakhouse), and Columbia, a new lumber company (expanded from Indiana).

A refurb for Corbin's Sanders Café is afoot.

A re-treeing of downtown Frankfort is eyed.

Mostly positive reviews for Year 1 of motorized-scooter rentals in Louisville.

"A History of Native Americans in Kentucky," Thursday at the McCracken County Public Library, from WKU’s Kentucky Archaeological Survey (since 1995). 

Christmas parades: Sharpsburg, Nov. 9; Owensboro, Nov. 23; Lebanon and Louisville, Nov. 29; Pikeville, Nov. 30; Boyce, Dawson Springs and Murray, Dec. 1; Bardstown, Dec. 5; Fredonia, Harrodsburg, Hopkinsville, London, Monticello, Pineville and Trenton, Dec. 6; Barbourville, Berea, Bowling Green, Cadiz, Calvert City, Columbia, Corbin, Cynthiana, Danville, Frankfort, Glasgow, Henderson, Lawrenceburg, Lexington, Madisonville, Middlesboro, Murray, Owingsville, Paducah, Scottsville, Shelbyville, Trenton, Versailles and Whitley City, Dec. 7; Georgetown, Dec. 8; Cave City, Dec. 10; Burkesville, Burnside, Elkton and Williamsburg, Dec. 14, and Tollesboro, Dec. 15.

Oh, Kentucky

Catching up from the weekend on Facebook ...

Christmas parades: Sharpsburg, Nov. 9; Owensboro, Nov. 23; Lebanon and Louisville, Nov. 29; Pikeville, Nov. 30; Boyce, Dawson Springs and Murray, Dec. 1; Bardstown, Dec. 5; Harrodsburg, Hopkinsville and Monticello, Dec. 6; Berea, Bowling Green, Cadiz, Calvert City, Columbia, Danville, Frankfort, Glasgow, Henderson, Lawrenceburg, Lexington, Madisonville, Owingsville, Paducah, Scottsville, Shelbyville, Trenton, Versailles and Whitley City, Dec. 7; Georgetown, Dec. 8; Cave City, Dec. 10; Burnside, Elkton and Williamsburg, Dec. 14, and Tollesboro, Dec. 15.

Oh, Kentucky

On the Babies 'R Us transformation in Florence.

On the Patti's comeback in Grand Rivers.

On the Christmas-decor redo debut in Columbia.

Fiber to the (Princeton) home.

Good jobs news from Berea, Erlanger, Hopkinsville and Maysville. Bad from Ashland and Shelbyville. False hope in Inez.

Turning to sports, Franklin County High's Benny Watkins Field will be under scrutiny Friday night; Martha Layne Collins High celebrates its first Division I hoops signees, and Season 4 for the SoKY Ice Rink is afoot.

Christmas parades: Sharpsburg, Nov. 9; Owensboro, Nov. 23; Boyce, Dawson Springs and Murray, Dec. 1; Bardstown, Dec. 5; Harrodsburg, Hopkinsville and Monticello, Dec. 6; Berea, Bowling Green, Calvert City, Danville, Frankfort, Glasgow, Henderson, Lawrenceburg, Lexington, Madisonville, Paducah, Scottsville, Shelbyville, Trenton, Versailles and Whitley City, Dec. 7; Georgetown, Dec. 8; Cave City, Dec. 10, and Burnside, Elkton and Williamsburg, Dec. 14.

Oh, Kentucky

Good jobs news from Bowling Green, Coalgood and Morehead.

Cycling update: Remembering the Removal, in Princeton.

Oh, Kentucky

Foes since both took office in 2015, it's Bevin vs. Beshear for Kentucky governor in 2019 https://t.co/iTyE3kS8l8 pic.twitter.com/iKeu3zUTgJ

— The Gleaner (@TheGleanerNews) May 22, 2019

There appears to be a heck of testing mess unfolding at Betsy Layne Elementary School.

Prayers for the 11 puppies fighting to survive in Louisville after being dumped in a Jackson County ravine.

Hooray for the multi-county collaboration that led to a first-of-its-kind rescue atop Natural Bridge!

Good jobs news from Morehead. Bad from (Dressbarns of) Elizabethtown, Florence, Lexington, Louisville, Pikeville and Simpsonville.

Hiring (fairs) in Louisville, Madisonville and West Liberty.

Godspeed to the forthcoming Carlisle Restaurant's operators as they hustle to beat the Blackberry Festival clock.

The Kentucky Mountain Laurel Festival, launched in 1931, puts on No. 89 in and around Pineville, starting Thursday.

Oh, Kentucky

Thank God it wasn't any colder, and thank God for all of the rescuers.

And the searchers and the mourners.

Northern Kentucky's Esperanza Latino Center opened on the day after Epiphany.

Free tax help starts Feb. 2 for "people who generally make $54,000 or less, persons with disabilities, the elderly and limited English-speaking taxpayers" in Henderson.

Hiring (school resource officers) in Berea, (hemp processors) in Kevil, (police "telecommunicators" and "calltakers") in Owensboro and (refugees) in Louisville.

If you want to make $23.60 an hour or better in Kentucky, CareerBuilder says you should be a physician assistant, software developer, nurse practitioner, market research analyst or marketing specialist.

Food, drinks and Facebook--Jan. 22 for entrepreneurs in Madisonville.

"Thank you, Dixie Hibbs, for all you have done and continue to do for us here at The Kentucky Standard, and we also thank you on behalf of the entire community. Our community’s rich story would be incomplete without you."

Oh, Kentucky

Christmas parades: Owensboro, Nov. 17; Ashland, Nov. 20; Berea, Bowling Green, Cadiz, Columbia (streaming live!), Lawrenceburg, Madisonville and Paducah, Dec. 1; Dawson Springs, Dec. 2; Richmond, Dec. 7; Hopkinsville, Dec. 8, La Center, Dec. 15.

I'm working to The Crittenden Press's 43-minute video of snowy driving around the county this morning, and IT! IS! GLORIOUS! (Note to self: Make this video the lead of an "Oh, Crittenden County" post.)

Gov. Bevin, emboldened.

Kentucky Downs, "a pioneer in modern Historic Horse Racing," has been sold.

"Of the 2,828 businesses operating in Hopkins County, Kentucky, in 2016, nearly 80 percent had fewer than 10 employees, for example, and all but 29 of those businesses had fewer than 500 employees. Businesses employing from two to nine people made up 68.1 percent of all businesses in Hopkins County in 2016." The Global Entrepreneurship Week observance rolls on!

"A once-in-a-lifetime deal for the parks system for Glasgow," but just another typically fantastic meeting story by Melinda J. Overstreet in the Daily Times.

Oh, Kentucky

Cumberland County Retired Teachers donated 35 bags of supplies for students and teachers of Burkesville, KY. pic.twitter.com/37SoZZRVVU

— Sherry Radford (@sherryberry54) August 9, 2018

The allegedly promised Adair County oil boom that wasn't.

The Mayfield boom reportedly is a real thing, however.

Alexandria's County Market is getting out before its narrowing window shuts.

Bus-driver shortage in Warren County.

Veterans Telehealth comes to the Evarts Public Library.

The TV grid and some comics leave the Middlesboro Daily News.

Assessing Year 1 for Etown's Kentucky High School Basketball Hall of Fame.

"An unpleasant ... necessary story" of Logan County's lynching history, well told by Wes Swietek in Bowling Green's Daily News.

Oh, Kentucky

American Theater Hall of Famer George C. Wolfe (Frankfort High Class of '72) got robbed.

Star Country Market & Pizza on U.S. 60 in Rush did not--thanks, apparently, to Roxy.

Welcome to Lexington (here now).

Welcome back to Olive Hill (June 30, "NO DIRTBIKES!")

The problem of four-wheelers on "The Fork" draws about 100 to a community meeting, and Ben Kleppinger with Danville's Advocate-Messenger is there to deliver a great report.

"​PlayThink is a revolution. PlayThink is a community. PlayThink is an adventure. PlayThink is for EVERYONE!" Starts today in Berea.

Hiring at Nolin Lake State Park (for seasonal campground help).

Congrats to the Barren County Detention Center's General Equivalency Diploma (GED) graduate and 22 National Career Readiness Certificate (NCRC) recipients.

The new Metcalfe County Government Center appears to be coming along nicely.

Fulton County's UK grads got together at The Keg to award some scholarships last month, and Jack "Goose" Givens was the guest speaker!

Rest in peace, Thomas H. Porter Sr., Madisonville High Maroons basketball and football captain, Iwo Jima Purple Heart recipient, innovator of no-till farming in Kentucky, bringer of affordable municipal water and grade-school basketball to Nebo and husband of Kathleen for 66 years.

Oh, Kentucky

Positions change over time for politicians who are in office a LONG time. In 1989 in the wake of the Standard Gravure tragedy, Sen. Mitch McConnell was an uncertain vote on banning assault rifles. He thought they were only good for killing people.
9-25-1989. pic.twitter.com/vQyyjsnmVl

— KYPoliticalHistory (@HistoryKentucky) May 30, 2018

 

For now, anyway, Sen. McConnell is supporting national-monument status for the Nancy site of the 1862/"Zolly's Folly"/Battle of Mill Springs/Logan's Cross/Fishing Creek.

Per the Kentucky State Police, via The Springfield Sun, the number of concealed handgun permits issued in the state increased by about 240 percent from 2007 to 2016, to about 437,000.

Good jobs news from Hebron.

The (indispensable) Kentucky Center for Investigative Reporting is hiring for a managing editor.

The U.S. Women's Open starts tomorrow, and I will be rooting for Princeton's Emma Talley.

Oh, Kentucky

This deal with the vulgar message, U.S. Rep. James Comer and the fired chief clerk of the state house now appears to connect with the sexual-harassment investigation into Kentucky's former house speaker, Jeff Hoover. Here's the story so far--from Joe Gerth of the Louisville Courier-Journal, Melissa Pettitt of the Hopkinsville Kentucky New Era and Randy Patrick of the Bardstown Kentucky Standard.

Underpants donations for the Butler County public-schools kids will get your fines scrubbed at the Butler County Public Library.

Jackson County is getting together tonight to talk more ATV trails.

Overflowing chamber and 4-1 in favor of expanding LGBTQ protection in Paducah.

A Calloway County farmer who rescued a 5-day-old calf from a frozen pond credits in part his background in competitive water skiing for his success. John Wright drops the knowledge in the Murray Ledger & Times.

Good jobs news in Alabama (not Elizabethtown).

1913 World Series Game 2 (BBPRO98 Simulation)

Coming into Game 2 the Pirates lead the series 1 game to 0 over the Detroit Tigers.  This is the 4th year in a row these two teams have met in the World Series.  Let's get Game 2 started.


Pitching for Detroit will be Willie Mitchell.  Mitchell went 14-6 on the season with a 2.39 ERA.  He's a lefty.  In real life Willie Mitchell  had an eleven year career coming into the League in 1909 with Cleveland.  In 1913 he went 14-8 with a 1.91 ERA.  That was his best season.

2b, Frank O'Rourke leads off for the Pirates.  He flies to center
CF, George Burns is up next and grounds out to 3rd
C, Jimmy Archer hits the first pitch he gets out of the park in right-center to give Pittsburgh a 1-0 lead.

I talked yesterday about Jimmy Archer having a middling career in real life.  In my simulation he had a great career.  Through 10 seasons he was batting .309 with 210 HRs and 1,344 hits.

SS, Joe Cassidy flies to right

Johnny Lush is pitching for Pittsburgh.  In simulated 1913 he went 21-4 with a 2.39 ERA.  In real life Johnny Lush came into the League in 1904 and was out after 1910.  His best year was 1906 when he went 18-15 with a 2.37 ERA.

3b, Eddie Grant leads off the bottom of the first with a ground out to short
CF, Harry Hooper hits a single to center, then steals second
RF, Larry Doyle singles to left and we have men on 1st and 3rd with one out
2b, Eddie Collins is walked to load the bases.
1b, Jake Stahl comes through with a single to left-center scoring both Hooper and Doyle and Collins goes to 3rd.  Detroit now leads 2-1.
LF, Dutch Zwilling pops out to the catcher
C, Roger Bresnahan pops out to short

Pittsburgh 1 at Detroit 2 end of the 1st

1b, Joe Wood starts off the 2nd with a first pitch single up the middle
LF, Cy Williams walks
RF, Hy Myers singles to right scoring Wood and advancing Williams to 3rd, to make the score 2-2
3b, John Dodge hits into a 6-4-3 double play and they manage to hold Williams on at 3rd
With 2 out and a man on 3rd Pittsburgh pinch hits for Johnny Lush with Bob Unglaub who flies to left

Tom Fisher comes in to pitch for Pittsburgh.  Fisher had a 3.77 ERA in 49 appearances.
ss, Donie Bush flies to center
P, Willie Mitchell grounds to 3rd
3b, Eddie Grant grounds to 2nd

Pittsburgh 2 at Detroit 2 end of the 2nd

2b, Frank O'Rourke fouls out to right
CF, George Burns strikes out
C, Jimmy Archer walks
SS, Joe Cassidy singles to right
1b, Joe Wood grounds out to 3rd

CF, Harry Hooper foul pops to 1st
RF, Larry Doyle grounds out to short
2b, Eddie Collins grounds out to short
 
Pittsburgh 2 at Detroit 2 end of the 3rd

LF, Cy Williams singles to center
RF, Hy Myers hits into a 4-6-3 double play
3b, John Dodge strikes out

1b, Jake Stahl walks then steals second
LF, Dutch Zwilling grounds back to the pitcher and advances Stahl to 3rd
C, Roger Bresnahan hits a home run to left on a 1-2 pitch, giving Detroit a 4-2 lead.

 Bresnahan in real life played 17 years in the League from 1897 to 1915 with a few years off early on.  He played his best years with the Giants, then in 1909 went to play for the Cardinals and also act as manager.  He was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1945.

SS, Donie Bush flies to left
P, Willie Mitchell draws a walk
3b, Eddie Grant grounds back to the pitcher to end the inning

Pittsburgh 2 at Detroit 4 end of the 4th

P, Tom Fisher strikes out to open the 5th inning
2b, Frank O'Rourke grounds to short
CF, George Burns singles to left
C, Jimmy Archer grounds to 2nd

CF, Harry Hooper grounds to short
RF, Larry Doyl grounds to 3rd
2b, Eddie Collins grounds to 1st

Pittsburgh 2 at Detroit 4 end of the 5th

SS, Joe Cassidy walks, then is caught stealing
1b, Joe Wood strikes out
LF, Cy Williams grounds to 1st

1b, Jake Stahl grounds to short
LF, Dutch Zwilling walks
C, Roger Bresnahan grounds to first to force Zwilling at 2nd
SS, Donie Bush doubles to right-center, Bresnahan stops at third
P, Willie Mitchell grounds back to the pitcher

Pittsburgh 2 at Detroit 4 end of the 6th

RF, Hy Myers grounds to 3rd
3b, John Dodge grounds to 2nd
Chick Gandil pinch hits for Tom Fish and grounds to 2nd

Deacon Phillipe comes into pitch for Pittsburgh.  Phillipe had a 5.85 ERA in 70 appearances.
3b, Eddie Grant grounds to 2nd
CF, Harry Hooper doubles to left.  Hooper is picked off at 2nd
RF, Larry Doyle walks
2b, Eddie Collins flies to center

Pittsburgh 2 at Detroit 4 end of the 7th

Ed Kinsella comes into pitch for Detroit to start the 8th.   Kinsella had a 4.59 ERA on 45 appearances during the season.
2b, Frank O'Rourke grounds to 2nd
CF, George Burns flies to left
C, Jimmy Archer singles to right-center
SS, Joe Cassidy walks
1b, Joe Wood walks
LF, Cy Williams strikes out

1b, Jake Stahl walks
LF, Dutch Zwilling singles up the middle
C, Roger Bresnahan hits into a 4-6-3 double play
SS, Donie Bush walks
Ted Easterly comes into pitch hit for Kinsella and grounds out to 2nd

Pittsburgh 2 at Detroit 4 end of the 8th

Steve Melter comes into pitch for Detroit.  I have no idea why they brought in Melter.  He had pitched a total of 2.1 innings during the season.  He appeared in 3 games.  In real life Melter played one year in 1909.  He appeared in 23 games for the Cardinals.
RF, Hy Myers opens the top of the ninth with a first pitch double to left-center
3b, John Dodge follows that up with a single to left, they hold Myers at third and Dodge makes it into 2nd
Jack Graney comes in to pinch hit for Deacon Phillipe and strikes out.
2b, Frank O'Rourke is intentionally walked to load the bases.
CF, George Burns hits into a 6-2 force.
C, Jimmy Archer comes through with an 0-1 grand slam to put the Pirates up 6-4.  His second home run of the game.
SS, Joe Cassidy lines out to short to end the top of the 9th.

Joe Benz comes in to pitch for the Pirates.  Benz had a 3.09 ERA in 22 appearances.
Joe Kustus comes in to play CF for George Burns
3b, Eddie Grant singles to center
CF, Harry Hooper hits one back to Benz but he can't handle it and so we have men on 1st and 2nd with no out.
RF, Larry Doyle takes the second pitch he sees out of the park for the walk off home run.

In real life Larry Doyle came into the League in 1907 with the Giants and played for 14 years.  He was a lifetime .290 hitter and in 1912 was the National League MVP.

Pittsburgh 6 at Detroit 7 end of the game

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Box Scores - Wednesday, September 24
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Line score:
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Pittsburgh        1  1  0   0  0  0   0  0  4                     -  6
Detroit           2  0  0   2  0  0   0  0  3                     -  7

Pittsburgh Batting/Fielding Data:
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  PITTSBURGH                      AB       R     H    RBI   BB    SO      
  2B    O'Rourke, F.               4       1     0     0     1     0      
  CF    Burns, G.                  5       1     1     0     0     1      
  CF    Kustus, J.                 0       0     0     0     0     0      
  C     Archer, J.                 4       2     3     5     1     0      
  SS    Cassidy, J.                3       0     1     0     2     0      
  1B    Wood, S.                   3       1     1     0     1     1      
  LF    Williams, C.               3       0     1     0     1     1      
  RF    Myers, H.                  4       0     2     1     0     0      
  3B    Dodge, J.                  4       1     1     0     0     1      
  P     Lush, J.                   0       0     0     0     0     0      
  PH    Unglaub, B.                1       0     0     0     0     0      
  P     Fisher, T.                 1       0     0     0     0     1      
  PH    Gandil, C.                 1       0     0     0     0     0      
  P     Phillipe, D.               0       0     0     0     0     0      
  PH    Graney, J.                 1       0     0     0     0     1      
  P     Benz, J.                   0       0     0     0     0     0      
  TOTALS                          34       6    10     6     6     6      
                                                                          
  BATTING:                                                                
  2B:   Myers, H.,                                                        
        Dodge, J.                                                         
  HR:   Archer, J. 2                                                      
  IBB:  O'Rourke, F.                                                      
  GDP:  Myers, H.,                                                        
        Dodge, J.                                                         
                                                                          
  BASERUNNING:                                                            
  CS:   Cassidy, J.                                                       
  Team LOB:  7                                                            
                                                                          
  FIELDING:                                                               
  DP:   1                                                                 

Detroit Batting/Fielding Data:
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  DETROIT                         AB       R     H    RBI   BB    SO      
  3B    Grant, E.                  5       1     1     0     0     0      
  CF    Hooper, H.                 5       2     3     0     0     0      
  RF    Doyle, L.                  4       2     2     3     1     0      
  2B    Collins, E.                3       0     0     0     1     0      
  1B    Stahl, J.                  2       1     1     2     2     0      
  LF    Zwilling, D.               3       0     1     0     1     0      
  C     Bresnahan, R.              4       1     1     2     0     0      
  SS    Bush, D.                   3       0     1     0     1     0      
  P     Mitchell, W.               2       0     0     0     1     0      
  P     Kinsella, E.               0       0     0     0     0     0      
  PH    Easterly, T.               1       0     0     0     0     0      
  P     Melter, S.                 0       0     0     0     0     0      
  TOTALS                          32       7    10     7     7     0      
                                                                          
  BATTING:                                                                
  2B:   Hooper, H.,                                                       
        Bush, D.                                                          
  HR:   Doyle, L.,                                                        
        Bresnahan, R.                                                     
  IBB:  Bush, D.                                                          
  GDP:  Bresnahan, R.                                                     
                                                                          
  BASERUNNING:                                                            
  SB:   Hooper, H.,                                                       
        Stahl, J.                                                         
  PickOff:                                                                
        Hooper, H.                                                        
  Team LOB:  7                                                            
                                                                          
  FIELDING:                                                               
  DP:   2                                                                 

Pittsburgh Pitching Data:
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  PITTSBURGH                        IP     H     R    ER    BB    SO      
  Lush, J.                         1.0     3     2     2     1     0      
  Fisher, T.                       5.0     2     2     2     3     0      
  Phillipe, D.                     2.0     2     0     0     3     0      
  Benz, J.                         0.0     3     3     3     0     0      
  TOTALS                           8.0    10     7     7     7     0      
  Benz, J. pitched to                                                     
        3 batters in the 9th.                                             
                                                                          
  PITCHING:                                                               
  L:    Benz, J.                                                          
  IBB:  Phillipe, D.                                                      
  Pitches - strikes:                                                      
        Lush, J. 38-26,                                                   
        Fisher, T. 100-55,                                                
        Phillipe, D. 39-20,                                               
        Benz, J. 15-9                                                     

Detroit Pitching Data:
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  DETROIT                           IP     H     R    ER    BB    SO      
  Mitchell, W.                     7.0     6     2     2     3     4      
  Kinsella, E.                     1.0     1     0     0     2     1      
  Melter, S.                       1.0     3     4     4     1     1      
  TOTALS                           9.0    10     6     6     6     6      
                                                                          
  PITCHING:                                                               
  W:    Melter, S.                                                        
  HLD:  Kinsella, E.                                                      
  IBB:  Melter, S.                                                        
  Pitches - strikes:                                                      
        Mitchell, W. 117-68,                                              
        Kinsella, E. 31-16,                                               
        Melter, S. 24-15                                                  

Game data:
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Played at: Tiger Stadium in Detroit, MI
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Oh, Kentucky

Here's how Kentucky newspapers played last week's eclipse, which was amazing.

Shoney's reopens https://t.co/eOhX7243nt pic.twitter.com/oKo366GuHw

— WHOP AM/FM (@WHOPradio) August 28, 2017

Paducah has a new Dairy Queen. 

Marcella's Kitchen, which serves hot meals to folks in need, is moving across Marshall County and doubling its capacity.

Oh, Kentucky

"THE RICHMOND REGISTER GARAGE SALE INTERACTIVE MAP" is the best. The! Best!

Also, in Monroe County, "MARK YOUR CALENDAR FOR A BIG WEEKEND!"

"RISE UP MADISONVILLE" on Sunday morning.

On his visit to see the Democrats in Marshall County, supported by the Democrats in Calloway County, Martin O'Malley tells Channel 6 that he might again run for president.

Meanwhile, Rep. Comer ... "I'm continuing my mission to hold a town hall in all 35 counties in the first district. I recently just finished my 18th town hall, and I'm now halfway to the goal."

I think Brian D. McLaren gets his bracketing exactly right in The Christian Century: "A church that goes against the grain in a politically and socially conservative area has three main options. It can be a community for liberal refugees, a place for the political or social minority to gather with kindred spirits. Or it can be a bridge-building community, seeking to bring together people who see things differently, helping them understand and perhaps influence each other. Or it can be an activist community, seeking to change the social and political climate of the region in a progressive direction." The pastor at Morgantown Community Church counts his congregation in McLaren's first category.

I love Cadiz's downtown antique mall, and I love ice cream, and I love driving old U.S. 68, so I am thrilled by this WKDZ report.

Hiring in Lyon County, too.

Good jobs news from Coal Run Village and Debord.

July 4 fireworks are returning to Winchester.