It was the best of times

The Best:

Yankees win three and are 4 1/2 games out in the wild card.

Watching Roger Clemens pitch.

Seeing Alex Rodriguez hit his 499th career home run.

Or was it his 500th?

Because the Yankees & Baltimore Orioles resume a game today that was suspended on June 28, A-Rod will get to bat and if he homers it statistically would be his 493rd long ball because all stats will be attributed to having occurred June 28. In turn, that would make his Wednesday four-bagger off Kansas City's Gil Meche No. 500.

Seeing an old buddy from radio broadcasting days at "The Hawk" in Cedar Rancid.

Dos Hombres, a Mexican Restaurant in the River Market area. Great Tortilla soup and "Puffy Tacos".

It was the worst of times.

The Worst:

The Royals shut out the Yanks 7 to 0 last night.

Trying to find decent Bar-B-Q.

KC is supposed to be known for this and once again it was weak and the scientific community is united in that fact.

In previous trips I've had Arthur Bryant's and Smokehouse. This time we tried Winslow's and it didn't fail to disappoint.

Inadequate Road Signage to let you know something is coming up, or how to get there.

Because the Yankees are going back, I'm going back in September.