Hold on to your Stetsons, folks! Looks like Reunion Tower stole the sun’s spotlight in Dallas. We’ve got a rare case of a “Ball-lipse” happening – Reunion’s got the sun all eclipsed!

DaughterGeeding got her second hit of the season. It got out of the infield and brought in a runner. You may or may not be able to hear me, and I may have or may not have added a tiny bit of flair. I thought she would be either impressed or upset at it, but her reactions was really more of a “meh.”

The solar eclipse will happen on Monday. Based on what happened during the 2017 solar eclipse in Denver and Wyoming, there will be a lot of traffic.

The Denver Post reported more than half a million cars hit the road in a record-breaking traffic jam total solar eclipse on August 21, 2017. Drivers became frustrated after waiting in bumper-to-bumper traffic for about 10 to 12 hours, according to the Denver Post. Wyoming Department of Transportation spokesman Doug McGee told the publication the highway system was taxed like it’s never been before. He said roads weren’t designed for that volume of traffic. And, it wasn’t just Wyoming dealing with traffic. A recent analysis found an estimated 20 million people in the U.S. traveled away from home to another city to view the 2017 eclipse, resulting in substantial road traffic.

Many folks are wondering why a four-minute event will cause traffic issues. You have to remember that totality will only last four minutes, but the actual event will last over two hours. So, there’s probably about 40 minutes in the middle when traffic will congest because curiosity will get the best of us. Many drivers will pull over, and others will drive slowly, looking up at the sky and not paying attention to the road. That’s why I’ll be off the streets, and I’m sure there will be an increase in accidents. Rain is in the forecast, so it may not be as cool of an event as we hoped.

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• Here’s something for you baseball fans to pay attention to so you can say you heard of her before she was cast into the spotlight.
  • Australian two-way fireballer Genevieve Beacom commits to college baseball
    • She’s been on the mound — and at the plate — for Team Australia in the Women’s World Cup at the tender age of 18. She was the first woman to pitch in the Australia Baseball League, taking the mound for manager Peter Moylan’s Melbourne Aces in 2022. She can hit 86 mph on the radar gun. Now, Australian pitching sensation Genevieve Beacom has committed to East Central College, a DII junior college in Missouri.
      

      Genevieve Beacom Professional Debut Highlights

      Seventeen-year-old Genevieve Beacom becomes the first woman to pitch professionally in Australia, recording a scoreless inning against the Adelaide Giants in the Melbourne Challenge#GenevieveBeacom #ABL pic.twitter.com/1YdGK6ar33

      — Melbourne Aces (@MelbourneAces) January 9, 2022

       

  • I wasn’t aware there were already women playing baseball in college.
    • Beacom is just the latest woman to commit to playing college baseball, joining USA National Team players Olivia Pichardo (Brown University), Elise Berger (Bard College) and Alexia Jorge (St. Elizabeth University) as some of the trailblazers on campus. As women’s baseball continues to grow in popularity and with more baseball programs willing to give chances to female ballplayers, we should expect to see more of this in the years to come.