Five Things to Know Today: September 28

1. Weather: There's a 50 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms today. The National Weather Service forecast for our area says otherwise it will be a cloudy day with a high near 71.

2. In Case You Missed It: Brandin Kasick Althea and Jeannette Walbert.

3. Happy New Year: "May you be inscribed and sealed for a good year."

4. Coming Up: Marc Silverstein loves being a

5. Today in History: On this day in 1941, the Boston Red Sox's Ted Williams played a double-header against the Philadelphia Athletics on the last day of the regular season and got six hits in eight trips to the plate to boost his batting average to .406 making him the first player since Bill Terry in 1930 to hit .400. Williams, who spent his entire career with the Sox, played his final game exactly 19 years later, on September 28, 1960, at Boston’s Fenway Park and hit a home run in his last time at bat, for a career total of 521 homeruns.