Off-Day TV Guide: August 9

Another Monday, another look through the TV listings. I'll probably be watching the first disc of Season 3 of The Wire. The Marlins might want to study some Stephen Strasburg tape, since their last outing against him did not go so well...

• 7 pm EDT, MLB: Cardinals at Reds (ESPN): Real baseball, hopefully not rained out.
• 7:30 pm EDT, College football: Alabama vs. Virginia Tech (ESPNU): A rebroadcast of last year's season kickoff. Spoiler alert: Alabama wins.
• 8 pm EDT, Michael Clayton (AMC): George Clooney plays a burned-out fixer at a large corporate law firm who gets caught up in some shit. I recommend it.
• 9 pm EDT, Last Comic Standing (NBC): Has anyone been watching this? 
• 10 pm EDT, Curb Your Enthusiasm (TV Guide Network): "Chet's Shirt," one of my favorite episodes from Season 3, my choice for the top season of Curb.

Tonight's book recommendation is The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, by Stieg Larsson. I'll be starting this one tonight. We'll see how it goes.