News And Views

Gryphon baseball won today in the South Johnston baseball tournament 5-2 over Cleveland.  They meet South Johnston at 2.30pm Tuesday in the fifth place game.

Alex Pearce needs to get all his pitching days to be moved to Monday's.  That would require the Braves to start their series on Saturdays and end on Monday.  Two straight Mondays now Alex Pearce is the winning pitcher on a Monday game for UNC Pembroke as they won today in Florence SC 5-2.  Pearce is now 5-3 on the season and today was the only win the Braves had this weekend against Francis Marion.

Brian Goodwin will be starting out his first full season in pro baseball in Hagerstown Maryland.  This is the A level in the South Atlantic league.  This has to be a major disappointment for Brian.  Signing the multi million dollar contract with the Nationals as he did last August he was expected during the winter and spring training to hopefully start at AA.

The Nationals have shown to be a club that doesn't mind spending money and their top prospect Bryce Harper has been sent to AAA to begin the year.  The Nationals have signed many veteran players this off season and finding slots to play just may have push Brian back to A ball.

2pm Tuesday afternoon the new Carolina Mudcats of the Carolina League will play their first game  as the A affiliate of the Cleveland Indians.  The first team they will play will be the home club the Cleveland Indians.  I heard they were still advertising tickets this afternoon on the radio so if you are free you can't get the majors to come to you any  closer than 35 miles away Tuesday.  The Mudcats this year are the team that use to be in Kinston.

Tonight the National Championship of College basketball is underway and I find that I have no interest in watching this game.  No local team any where near the game I doubt whether I will even watch fives minutes.