Washington Meets Brian Goodwin

The big question last Wednesday night during the Brian Goodwin celebration in Don and Ashley Fish's  back yard was when and where  will the Nationals send Brian. Slyvester Goodwin told me that Washington wanted to bring their top three picks into Washington today and meet the press.  If that schedule is on then the Goodwin clan is in Washington this morning. It is so late in the minor league season as the regular season ends at the end of the month that Brian may wait until Winter ball or a rookie instructional  league this winter in Florida.

Former Goodwin teammate in Babe Ruth Baseball Xavier Macklin has hit the proverbial Wall while playing for Vermont in the New York Penn Rookie League.  You see in college they normally play a Wednesday game and then Fri-Sat-Sun.  Pro baseball players get one day off every three weeks unless there is a rain out and then you are probably at the ball park when it gets rained out.  X has  leveled off at around 235 and after finishing second in D-1 in home runs he has yet to yank one in the NY-P League.

Most Monday night high school football  games don't get much of a crowd but I bet there will be a great crowd tonight at Nash Central.  Two time defending State 2-A champs the Tarboro Vikings kick off their season against the Bulldogs of Nash Central.  This is a tough start for either one of these teams.  What ever happened to finding a easy one for opening night.  Northern Nash will kick off their season hosting Beddingfield.  Both games wills start at seven.

Just a final follow up on the Renegades the little league team that played last week in Cooperstown New York.  If you go on line the MLB folks rated  every team  from one right on up to the 104th position of all the teams that took part last week.  The Renegades finish sixth.  They played 9 games in five days  and finished 7-2 for the week.  The team that knocked them out in the quarter finals lost to Cherry Hills New Jersey in the championship game.