Virtual Postcard from Maryland: The Mascot of the Bowie Baysox

Louie is the mascot of the Bowie Baysox, an Eastern League minor league baseball team in Bowie, Md.

Here is a rundown of the six games played in the league on Wednesday night; Home teams are marked with an (*). It was not a good night for home teams!:

1. Bowie 10 *Erie 8

2. Harrisburg 9 *New Hampshire 6

3. Trenton 8 *Akron 2

4. *Altoona 8 Richmond 7

5. Reading 5 *Portland 2

6. New Britain 11 *Binghmaton 7

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Top Ten Things To Do ...........for the rest of the week...........

Even though it is Wednesday, we thought we'd go ahead and share ten things we need to do for the rest of the week. Assuredly, there are other things that will come to mind as we type this list up!

1. Work-out at the gym

2. Take the trash down and recycle

3. Buy groceries (image #1, ironically, we don't have a Trader Joe's here in this zip code)

4. Look into day trip to Winston-Salem, NC

5. Oil change and wash car

6. Get over the summer time blues (image #2, the late John Lee Hooker)

7. Continue writing 750 words a day

8. Send card to Dutch Ambassador Rudolf Bekink for his country's third place finish at the World Cup

9. DVR "Scarface," the 1983 Al Pacino version directed by Brian De Palma (it airs at 2:00 a.m. Thursday night/Sunday morning eastern time on TCM)

10. Go to a minor league baseball game (#image 3, the mascots for the Akron Rubber Ducks, a AA team for the Cleveland Indians in Akron, Ohio, that was previously known as the Akron Aeros)