Excellent penultimate day of summer

Meteorological summer ends in just a few hours, so this weekend I'm spending lots of time outside. Today, unfortunately, Cassie can't come with me. So yesterday, she and I left the house at 1:15 and didn't get home until 9:15. She got almost 3 hours of walks (including this 8.7-km hike to the Horner Park DFA), tons of pats, lots of treats, and extra kibble for dinner. And perfect weather.

She also met new friends:

And had some time to chill while I read my book:

Isn't she pretty?

Like I said, she can't come with me today as my cousin got me a ticket to the Yankees game at the minor-league park on the South Side. There's a chance the Yankees could win their 10th straight on the road this afternoon, so I'll be cheering them on. (For the record, the Yankees are my 27th-favorite team. The team they're playing is my 29th-favorite team. The Mets are 28th and the Cardinals are 30th. It makes sense if you grew up on the North Side of Chicago in the 1970s.)

Only 14 hours of summer left...

That seems like an awfully high ranking for the Mets. I would put them a lot farther down the list, like somewhere in the 60s? What? There aren't that many teams in professional baseball? Fine, then rank the Mets below all the AAA and AA teams, too.