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Sunday Sundown Rundown - 9/6/26

The Sunday Sundown Rundown (formerly in the format of "3 Up and 3 Down") is where I share thoughts on three topics that piqued my interest, along with my favorite photo from the week.


Chandika Shrestha

I found so much of this story this week to be fascinating. Chandika Shrestha, a 64-year-old woman, was found alive - ALIVE! - after ten days below a collapsed house among the Nepal flood wreckage. The human spirit element and the sheer will to survive, combined with what can only be divine intervention. So much there to the spirit of life and an unexplainable reasoning. 


Western Michigan vs. Michigan Ending

Look, I'm as casual as they come when it comes to the college football space, culture, and fandom. 

Nonetheless, somehow, I found myself (with my wife - who has about 3,485 things she would rather do before watching football) watching the final five minutes of this game on Saturday night. Little did we realize what we would witness. 

I have no dog in the fight. But I feel immensely for those kids from Western Michigan. What should have been a lifetime achievement and memory for that band of student-athletes will now be a scar that they will carry. I genuinely feel they were robbed. Watching the game live, you just knew that added one second would come back to create controversy. 


The Twisted Cap of Grace

I despised and respected everything about this Doug Eddings story this week. I know, such clashing concepts, but nuance and sympathy are missing in today's world. 

Eddings was completely out of line with his "wear the cap correctly on my field" edict toward St. Louis Cardinals rookie pitcher, Hancel Rincon. What an awful debut for the kid, and mostly, what are we doing in MLB? Seriously, "not on my field". 

And as we do, society came for Eddings' head because of his mistake. The Cardinals and Rockies silently protested the next day by wearing their caps tilted to the side. Respect to the players. 

Then the next day came, and Eddings apologized to Rincon. And Rincon responded with the kind of grace that is admirable: "Don't worry, it's nothing personal, and everything stays here."

What a roller coaster, but a lesson in life. 


Cover Photo

People visit a McDonald’s restaurant that was the first to open in Ukraine, in an area hit by ​​numerous Russian missile attacks.

Photograph: Gleb Garanich/Reuters

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