Traditions

If it’s the day before the All-Star Game, that means Home Run Derby, which means watching it with Clare. Evidence of her winning and tying two such contests available on request. Of course, we had hot dogs, and of course we rooted for Munetaka Murakami of the White Sox. He did better than the Yankees’ Ben Rice, so I’m happy. Leo was more bothered than I was that Munie didn’t move on to the second round. MLB may want to take note of this—my grandson, three weeks short of five years old, grew tired of it all after 1-1/2 hours. He left the adults on the back porch to watch the ballplayers while he went into the living room to turn on Bluey. I wanted to join him.