‘We are the…Houston Astros. Houston Astros. Houston Astros number one…’
A couple of good ones so far in the early window, one over at Gulf West Calder, the other at Rexdale-Etobicoke Int’l. Woodbine.
Yesterday one-for-two on the fave calls, with the longshot issues all returning double-digits on the win end, or close to it. Of particular gratification was the opener at Santa Anita for your Thursday. As always, hope you had that one!
Cool enough, finally, for a little morningtime tennis in Studio City, so long as your idea of cool is upper-80s°F. This may be Gabrielino Summer’s last stand in the area now. This coming Monday-through-Friday, temps forecast to stay smack in the 70s, what Southern California conceives-of of autumn.
Baseball ready in approx. 3½ hours from now. Roadways unclogged during gametime. Too much tension. Yu Darvish the template for future hurlers: half Japanese, half Iranian. He doesn’t have to decoy bunts today, either.
Favorite-type races: Chas. Town 8, Golden Gate 6 (?), Indiana 9, Los Alamitos 3, Remington 3.
Longshot-style heats: Hawthorne 8, Keeneland 10, PennNat 4, Santa Anita 4.
Pivotal Game 3 tonight. It’s time for Dodger baseball!
