If you were interested in the golf this afternoon on TV you got a chance to see Professional Golf played the way it use to be before all the pros made it to the big time. Just them an the golf course no throng of people watching. Last night's super storm in Washington DC made a mess of the Congressional Country Club where this week's pro tour stop is played. Several trees and limbs were down and for public safety they decided to not let any paying customers on the course only the players and a few others.
Tees times were delayed to after lunch so TV gave us only up to 6PM on CBS. Normally when they over run their time slot Golf Channel would pick up the coverage till dark but today they had the LPGA on so TV wasn't able to have control like they want during any event. The man upstairs was in charge today.
Anybody remember that we had a mild winter and a cool spring? I believe all the weird weather is over and it is summer time now. Thank goodness my air condition still works.
Sunday is July first which means we are one month from High School Football practice.
I have heard from somebody that knows somebody else and the word is Moving day for the new Rocky Mount High School is July 16th.
Post 58 won their 15th game of the season last night in the sweltering heat in Wilson 16-12 over Post 13. Where has all the pitching gone. Didn't see a lot in the Big East and Legion pitching has been hard to find. Post 58 has given up 26 runs in the last two games and yet they are 15-5 and 10-1 on the season. The good news is they seem to be able to score every inning some way some how.
Carolina got four players drafted in the first round of the NBA Draft while Duke had two. I thought the ACC was down this year.
Post 58 will travel to Elizabeth City to Northeastern High School where they will play a double header with Albemarle Sunday at 5PM. They are home Monday for their last conference game of the season and play Windsor the only team to beat them in conference play. Once again home Tuesday with Pitt County and Thursday against Wayne County. Playoffs starts July 12th and Post 58 the #1 seed from the Area one Eastern Division will play the #4 from the western division whom ever that might be.
Saturday, June 30, 2012
Friday, June 29, 2012
Hot,Heated And Treated
If you go to enough baseball games I don't care how many you have ever been to every now and then you come home and say "I've never seen that at a baseball game before". Tonight Post 58 traveled to Wilson Post 13 to meet for the final time during the regular season. Post 58 already has clinched first after P13 split a double header earlier this week so tonight night's game has no bearing what so ever on the out come of the standings other than the fact Rocky Mount and Wilson are playing and Wilson wants to keep P58 from sweeping P13 during the regular season.
Even at 7PM the thermostat sat at 98 degrees and by the games end it was still over 90. I can't remember if ever I have seen a game end after dark and the temp still in the 90's. Whether it was the heat, but tempers flared and at one point Wilson's catcher is tossed from the game. As the game continued the umpire behind the plate went the ground and had to have medical attention. Don Johnson came out of the stands to umpire the bases while the umpire on the bases went behind the plate. Can this game get any weirder or what?
Now for the game, Rocky Mount opened the first by scoring three times and P 13 got two back in the bottom of the first. P 58 got another in the second but Wilson plated four in the bottom of the second to lead 4-6. Rocky Mount scores twice in the third to tie the game at 6 all after three. P 13 finally kept P58 off the score board in the fourth but added three more themselves in the bottom of the fourth to lead 9-6. Rocky Mount hits P13 with a five spot in the fifth to retake the lead 11-9. P13 gets one more in the sixth to cut the Coleman Pitt lead to 11-10. Wilson scores twice in the seventh to retake the lead 12-11 and then the ump went down.
Rocky Mount scores twice in the eighth and and Jordan Taylor who is now pitching for P58 holds P 13 scoreless with the score now 13-12 Rocky Mount. P 58 adds three more in the ninth and Taylor finishes off Wilson with the final score of 16-12.
John Spears was the umpire behind the plate tonight and as far as we know at this hour is waiting to be carried home to New Bern as suffering from dehydration. We pray that everything will be fine. The game ended near 11pm and the game ending temperature was 94 degrees. All those who stuck to the end tonight were able to go home and tell others "you will not believe the game I saw tonight".
Even at 7PM the thermostat sat at 98 degrees and by the games end it was still over 90. I can't remember if ever I have seen a game end after dark and the temp still in the 90's. Whether it was the heat, but tempers flared and at one point Wilson's catcher is tossed from the game. As the game continued the umpire behind the plate went the ground and had to have medical attention. Don Johnson came out of the stands to umpire the bases while the umpire on the bases went behind the plate. Can this game get any weirder or what?
Now for the game, Rocky Mount opened the first by scoring three times and P 13 got two back in the bottom of the first. P 58 got another in the second but Wilson plated four in the bottom of the second to lead 4-6. Rocky Mount scores twice in the third to tie the game at 6 all after three. P 13 finally kept P58 off the score board in the fourth but added three more themselves in the bottom of the fourth to lead 9-6. Rocky Mount hits P13 with a five spot in the fifth to retake the lead 11-9. P13 gets one more in the sixth to cut the Coleman Pitt lead to 11-10. Wilson scores twice in the seventh to retake the lead 12-11 and then the ump went down.
Rocky Mount scores twice in the eighth and and Jordan Taylor who is now pitching for P58 holds P 13 scoreless with the score now 13-12 Rocky Mount. P 58 adds three more in the ninth and Taylor finishes off Wilson with the final score of 16-12.
John Spears was the umpire behind the plate tonight and as far as we know at this hour is waiting to be carried home to New Bern as suffering from dehydration. We pray that everything will be fine. The game ended near 11pm and the game ending temperature was 94 degrees. All those who stuck to the end tonight were able to go home and tell others "you will not believe the game I saw tonight".
Thursday, June 28, 2012
Big Time Revenge
Last night Johnston County got their revenge on Post 58 for knocking JC from the ranks of the unbeatens on Tuesday night. Johnston County beat P 58 14-2 in from of the home folks in Rocky Mount. Like Tuesday night don't make too much out out of losing by double digits in front of the home folks.
The lost stopped a eight game winning streak. P58 is now 14-5 on the season and this was their first lost this season in Rocky Mount. The next three playing days will tell all about this season. Friday a single game at P13 in Wilson. Sunday a double header in Elizabeth City and the final conference game of the season with Windsor at home. Monday night we should have some idea who we begin the playoffs with even thought P 58 has two more home games next week.
North Carolina State has named it first Hall of Fame class of ten and it is rather obvious that basketball is king in Raleigh. Everett Case the father of ACC basketball as we know it today heads the class along with David Thompson just maybe if their was a first team all College team he would surely be the small forward on that team.
Jim Valvano and Kay Yow basketball coaches along with Genia Beasley a player for Yow make up half the first ten. Football is represented by Roman Gabriel who was the #1 draft pick of both the LA Rams and Oakland Raiders and even was voted MVP of the NFL in the late 60's. Outland Trophy winner Jim Richter and Ted Brown State's all time leading rusher are in the first class. Julie Shea who was in her day was the best long distance runner in the country and Tab Ramos a long time soccer Player make the first ten.
The lost stopped a eight game winning streak. P58 is now 14-5 on the season and this was their first lost this season in Rocky Mount. The next three playing days will tell all about this season. Friday a single game at P13 in Wilson. Sunday a double header in Elizabeth City and the final conference game of the season with Windsor at home. Monday night we should have some idea who we begin the playoffs with even thought P 58 has two more home games next week.
North Carolina State has named it first Hall of Fame class of ten and it is rather obvious that basketball is king in Raleigh. Everett Case the father of ACC basketball as we know it today heads the class along with David Thompson just maybe if their was a first team all College team he would surely be the small forward on that team.
Jim Valvano and Kay Yow basketball coaches along with Genia Beasley a player for Yow make up half the first ten. Football is represented by Roman Gabriel who was the #1 draft pick of both the LA Rams and Oakland Raiders and even was voted MVP of the NFL in the late 60's. Outland Trophy winner Jim Richter and Ted Brown State's all time leading rusher are in the first class. Julie Shea who was in her day was the best long distance runner in the country and Tab Ramos a long time soccer Player make the first ten.
Wednesday, June 27, 2012
Big Road Win
Regular season in Legion Baseball is totally getting prepared for the playoffs. There have been days where they played five games in four days and the test there is to see who can pitch against Legion hitters and vise versa who can hit legion pitching.
You have to remember Legion is basically the all star high school players from every area that plays legion. It is hard sometime to wonder why would they lose to one team and turn around and beat another the next night. The one thing I really like about baseball is the pitcher on the mound makes it a different ga
me every night.
Last night Post 58 traveled to Selma and played Johnston County at Smithfield High School. Going into last night JC had not lost all season. It was predetermined that they would only play a seven inning game and of course in a non conference game why wear you pitchers out when there are more important conference games to play as July 5th approaches.
Jeremy Lucas got the start last night and Lucas went the distance as Post 58 put four runs on the board and Lucas and his defensive teammates held JC to only one run and P58 knocks Johnston County from the ranks of the unbeaten with a 4-1 win. Johnston County gets a chance for revenge as they play Post 58 in Rocky Mount tonight at 7PM.
P58 is riding a eight game winning streak as they are now 14-4 on the season and heading to Wilson Friday night are 9-1 in conference play. Those who are interested in seeing playoff potential caliber baseball tonight will be a good one and of course traveling Friday night to Fleming Stadium in Wilson which is rea
lly a good place to watch baseball.
You have to remember Legion is basically the all star high school players from every area that plays legion. It is hard sometime to wonder why would they lose to one team and turn around and beat another the next night. The one thing I really like about baseball is the pitcher on the mound makes it a different ga
me every night.
Last night Post 58 traveled to Selma and played Johnston County at Smithfield High School. Going into last night JC had not lost all season. It was predetermined that they would only play a seven inning game and of course in a non conference game why wear you pitchers out when there are more important conference games to play as July 5th approaches.
Jeremy Lucas got the start last night and Lucas went the distance as Post 58 put four runs on the board and Lucas and his defensive teammates held JC to only one run and P58 knocks Johnston County from the ranks of the unbeaten with a 4-1 win. Johnston County gets a chance for revenge as they play Post 58 in Rocky Mount tonight at 7PM.
P58 is riding a eight game winning streak as they are now 14-4 on the season and heading to Wilson Friday night are 9-1 in conference play. Those who are interested in seeing playoff potential caliber baseball tonight will be a good one and of course traveling Friday night to Fleming Stadium in Wilson which is rea
lly a good place to watch baseball.
Tuesday, June 26, 2012
Hudgins Signs With Queens
Tia Hudgins who just in May was named the top female athlete at Rocky Mount High School signed with Queens College in Charlotte on Monday to continue to play basketball. She will join former Gryphon team mate Dyonna Battle.
Hudgins who played four years of varsity basketball for Pam Gainey who at only five feet seven will probably have a new role once she hits the college hardwood. Tia only and average outside shooter will probably have to play guard in college and while playing for the Gryphons used her jumping ability to secure rebounds and put rebounds back in the basket.
Her four years of playing Rocky Mount basketball the Gryphons won 85% of their games. She scored over 1,250 points and she is probably a better volleyball player at 5'7" her game at the net with her jumping ability made her one of the best VB players at Rocky Mount in the last ten years but at the college level that's no where near tall enough. If you never saw her play and only looked at her stats you would assume she is at least six feet tall but those that did know she has the heart of a champion.
I hear that Khalil Macklin did not make the U18 USA baseball team. You know Khalil is probably the youngest player invited to the Baseball USA Complex in Cary and he did so well he has already been invited back to try out next year. Even then Macklin will be one of the youngest players as he is only a rising Junior at Nash Central. Most of the team members picked graduated high school this spring. Getting this much attention this early by the time he graduates in two years he will have a real chance to be a top ten pick in the MLB baseball draft of 2014. Thank Goodness he will be back in uniform soon for Coleman Pitt Post 58.
Post 58 will be in action tonight at they play Johnston County at Smithfield Selma High School. This game had been scheduled for the second game of the season but got shifted to tonight along the way. P58 record has jumped to 13-4 but these next two games Wednesday at home to Johnston County don't mean half as much as the game Friday at Wilson. I doubt if any pitcher pitches more than a couple of inning in each of the next two.
It's update time for Brian Goodwin as he continues to play for Hagerstown Md in A ball for the Washington Nationals. Brian missed almost a month when he pulled a groin about a week into the season and the Nationals because they prize Brian so highly kept him on the side lines well after he was healed just to make sure he had no lingering effects from the injury.
Brian is hitting 316 in 37 games played of the 70 that Hagerstown has played. He has hit 6 home runs and driven in 30 runs in 37 games. Stolen 11 bases and has ten doubles. He is listed on the Washington Nationals website as their 7th top prospect in the minors. Remember now he is 7th and playing A ball. Doubt he will stay in Hagerstown much longer.
Hudgins who played four years of varsity basketball for Pam Gainey who at only five feet seven will probably have a new role once she hits the college hardwood. Tia only and average outside shooter will probably have to play guard in college and while playing for the Gryphons used her jumping ability to secure rebounds and put rebounds back in the basket.
Her four years of playing Rocky Mount basketball the Gryphons won 85% of their games. She scored over 1,250 points and she is probably a better volleyball player at 5'7" her game at the net with her jumping ability made her one of the best VB players at Rocky Mount in the last ten years but at the college level that's no where near tall enough. If you never saw her play and only looked at her stats you would assume she is at least six feet tall but those that did know she has the heart of a champion.
I hear that Khalil Macklin did not make the U18 USA baseball team. You know Khalil is probably the youngest player invited to the Baseball USA Complex in Cary and he did so well he has already been invited back to try out next year. Even then Macklin will be one of the youngest players as he is only a rising Junior at Nash Central. Most of the team members picked graduated high school this spring. Getting this much attention this early by the time he graduates in two years he will have a real chance to be a top ten pick in the MLB baseball draft of 2014. Thank Goodness he will be back in uniform soon for Coleman Pitt Post 58.
Post 58 will be in action tonight at they play Johnston County at Smithfield Selma High School. This game had been scheduled for the second game of the season but got shifted to tonight along the way. P58 record has jumped to 13-4 but these next two games Wednesday at home to Johnston County don't mean half as much as the game Friday at Wilson. I doubt if any pitcher pitches more than a couple of inning in each of the next two.
It's update time for Brian Goodwin as he continues to play for Hagerstown Md in A ball for the Washington Nationals. Brian missed almost a month when he pulled a groin about a week into the season and the Nationals because they prize Brian so highly kept him on the side lines well after he was healed just to make sure he had no lingering effects from the injury.
Brian is hitting 316 in 37 games played of the 70 that Hagerstown has played. He has hit 6 home runs and driven in 30 runs in 37 games. Stolen 11 bases and has ten doubles. He is listed on the Washington Nationals website as their 7th top prospect in the minors. Remember now he is 7th and playing A ball. Doubt he will stay in Hagerstown much longer.
Monday, June 25, 2012
Just What The Doctor Ordered
So far this summer Post 58 is proving they are the best team in their conference and right now with four conference games to go stand at 9-1 in conference play. All but two they have score at least seven runs in every game. Once they scored nine and lost by giving up ten. That one they gave up ten was the sixth game in six days and the pitching staff was slam worn out. Oddly enough the two they didn't score seven they won any way.
Saturday night P58 got a good home test from their arch rival Wilson in which P58 lead the entire way but the last few innings Wilson kept coming but the relief staff would not give in. Blowing out Edenton in game one of a DH last night Edenton got the lead in the fifth inning and once again the relief staff would not give in the next five innings until finally the winning run scored in the tenth.
P58 needs some close games just to be in the atmosphere so they will be use to it come playoff time that is now just around the corner. The quarter finals start July 12th which is slightly over two weeks away. They still play at Johnston County Tuesday, home against Johnston County Wednesday. Their only regular season trip to Wilson is Friday, then a DH in Elizabeth City Sunday against Albemarle. Three straight home games end the regular season July 2 against Windsor. July 3 they play Pitt County a team they very well might meet in the playoffs. The final game of the regular season is July 5 against Wayne County another potential playoff foe.
You can best better believe of the games left Albemarle, Windsor and Wilson will see P58 best pitchers while coach Hank Jones may not want to tire his staff in the non conference games this close to the playoffs plus he may not want to show his pitching hand to possible teams he may face in three weeks.
This team has added a very good bat last week when Jay Aparicio played for the first time after being injured during his high school season. This kid can fly and his added bat only aids a team capable of scoring near ten runs a game.
North Carolina is the only Legion State in the country that still plays nine inning games so P 58 starting pitching needs to go at least six or more innings every outing and then let the Relievers shut the door.
Saturday night P58 got a good home test from their arch rival Wilson in which P58 lead the entire way but the last few innings Wilson kept coming but the relief staff would not give in. Blowing out Edenton in game one of a DH last night Edenton got the lead in the fifth inning and once again the relief staff would not give in the next five innings until finally the winning run scored in the tenth.
P58 needs some close games just to be in the atmosphere so they will be use to it come playoff time that is now just around the corner. The quarter finals start July 12th which is slightly over two weeks away. They still play at Johnston County Tuesday, home against Johnston County Wednesday. Their only regular season trip to Wilson is Friday, then a DH in Elizabeth City Sunday against Albemarle. Three straight home games end the regular season July 2 against Windsor. July 3 they play Pitt County a team they very well might meet in the playoffs. The final game of the regular season is July 5 against Wayne County another potential playoff foe.
You can best better believe of the games left Albemarle, Windsor and Wilson will see P58 best pitchers while coach Hank Jones may not want to tire his staff in the non conference games this close to the playoffs plus he may not want to show his pitching hand to possible teams he may face in three weeks.
This team has added a very good bat last week when Jay Aparicio played for the first time after being injured during his high school season. This kid can fly and his added bat only aids a team capable of scoring near ten runs a game.
North Carolina is the only Legion State in the country that still plays nine inning games so P 58 starting pitching needs to go at least six or more innings every outing and then let the Relievers shut the door.
Sunday, June 24, 2012
Night Cap A Barn Burner
Post 58 has proven so far this year that they love playing in Gryphon Stadium. They are 7-0 outscoring their foes 70-27. That's an average win of 10-4 per game. Road games they are now 6-4 after defeating Edenton in a doubleheader tonight 15-5 in game one.. P58 scored 4 in the sixth inning and added seven more in the seventh to secure the victory. Game two saw P 58 jump out to a 3-1 lead but by the 7th inning Edenton held a 5-4 advantage. Post 58 scored once and held Edenton to send the game into extra innings. Finally plating a run in the 10th Post 58 won their seventh game in a row sweeping Edenton in the night cap 6-5. P58 has not lost since they took the week off for graduation and are 7-0 since. It gives them a 13-4 record for the season.
Tonight while P58 was playing game one of their doubleheader with Edenton Khalil Macklin was being interviewed on Ch 5 sports. He is one of only a few North Carolina players in Cary trying to make the U18 National team.You can go on line on WRAL.com and see it if you missed it during the Sunday news.. Nice Job Khalil.
I think this years team is better than last year but not as good as either team that made the state tournament in the past few years. I would also like to point out that even Rocky Mount High's State Championship Baseball team is 2008. I thought both the 2007 and 2009 teams were better but they didn't win the championship. Comparing one year to the next is hard because we don't know what anybody else across the state has compared to what they have been in the past.
I see in the Rocky Mount Telegram today that former North Edgecombe basketball player Montrezl Harrell was a member the USA U18 basketball team that won the World Championships in Brazil. NC Wesleyan Coach John Thompson was one of the coaches on that team. There is a segment of people who say that we put too much emphasis on sports but how many people have ever been able to go on a trip to Brazil. Talk about learning something. Sports can be very important education tool when used properly.
This area sure has had a run in recent years of athletes going on to bigger and better things beyond high school. Harrell is heading to Louisville to play Big East basketball, Xavier Macklin playing pro baseball in the minors for Oakland A's. Brian Goodwin in the minors of the Washington Nationals. Andrew Morales starting for Duke soccer will be a sophomore this year. Both Benton Moss and Hobbs Johnson playing baseball at Carolina. Tyler Joyner making an impact at ECU on the baseball diamond. Ben Fish at Campbell. That is just a few on those that have reached beyond the Twin Counties.
Tonight while P58 was playing game one of their doubleheader with Edenton Khalil Macklin was being interviewed on Ch 5 sports. He is one of only a few North Carolina players in Cary trying to make the U18 National team.You can go on line on WRAL.com and see it if you missed it during the Sunday news.. Nice Job Khalil.
I think this years team is better than last year but not as good as either team that made the state tournament in the past few years. I would also like to point out that even Rocky Mount High's State Championship Baseball team is 2008. I thought both the 2007 and 2009 teams were better but they didn't win the championship. Comparing one year to the next is hard because we don't know what anybody else across the state has compared to what they have been in the past.
I see in the Rocky Mount Telegram today that former North Edgecombe basketball player Montrezl Harrell was a member the USA U18 basketball team that won the World Championships in Brazil. NC Wesleyan Coach John Thompson was one of the coaches on that team. There is a segment of people who say that we put too much emphasis on sports but how many people have ever been able to go on a trip to Brazil. Talk about learning something. Sports can be very important education tool when used properly.
This area sure has had a run in recent years of athletes going on to bigger and better things beyond high school. Harrell is heading to Louisville to play Big East basketball, Xavier Macklin playing pro baseball in the minors for Oakland A's. Brian Goodwin in the minors of the Washington Nationals. Andrew Morales starting for Duke soccer will be a sophomore this year. Both Benton Moss and Hobbs Johnson playing baseball at Carolina. Tyler Joyner making an impact at ECU on the baseball diamond. Ben Fish at Campbell. That is just a few on those that have reached beyond the Twin Counties.
Saturday, June 23, 2012
Strangle Hold
Tonight Coleman Pitt Post 58 has put a strangle hold on first place in the Area 1 Northern Division of Eastern North Carolina American Legion baseball. P 58 beat Wilson Post 13 for the second time this season 6-4. The victory gives Coleman Pitt and 8-1 conference record while that is the fourth conference loss for P13.
There is an old saying always be ready for you never know when your chance comes up and tonight Tyler King found out after the lineup cards had already been sent to the other dugout that he was pitching. He hit the opening batter of the game Corey Nygard who scored before the inning was up. Post 13 was a gracious visitor tonight as P 58 scored 4 times in the first after P13 committed 4errors.
King would get into the sixth inning before he was relieved by Cam Webb and King left the game leading 6-3. Webb would give up a run in his 1.2 innings and Jeremy Trevathan shut the door on P 13 with the final two innngs of scoreless baseball.
Post 13 out hit CP 58 12-6 but they also made more errors 6-1 and P58 took advantage of every extra batter. Jay Aparicio tripled in a run for one of his two hits. Matthew Berry's first of two hits drove home a run. Jeremy Lucas and Tyler Wooten collect the other P 58 hits.
Post 13 had several players with at least two hits. Logan Butts was 3-5. Then Corey Nygard had two singles, Spencer Boykin two, Charlie Vaughn two hits, and Nathan Boykin two.
Post 58 plays two Sunday afternoon at 5PM at Edenton.They have six conference games left and three non conference games to go in the season which ends on July 5th. They play at Johnston County Tuesday and are home Wednesday against Johnston County. P 58 has now won five games in a row and stand at 11-4 on the season.
Khalil Macklin missed tonight's game as he was invited to complete for a spot on Team USA U18 team which invited 50 players from around the country to the USA Baseball complex in Cary
There is an old saying always be ready for you never know when your chance comes up and tonight Tyler King found out after the lineup cards had already been sent to the other dugout that he was pitching. He hit the opening batter of the game Corey Nygard who scored before the inning was up. Post 13 was a gracious visitor tonight as P 58 scored 4 times in the first after P13 committed 4errors.
King would get into the sixth inning before he was relieved by Cam Webb and King left the game leading 6-3. Webb would give up a run in his 1.2 innings and Jeremy Trevathan shut the door on P 13 with the final two innngs of scoreless baseball.
Post 13 out hit CP 58 12-6 but they also made more errors 6-1 and P58 took advantage of every extra batter. Jay Aparicio tripled in a run for one of his two hits. Matthew Berry's first of two hits drove home a run. Jeremy Lucas and Tyler Wooten collect the other P 58 hits.
Post 13 had several players with at least two hits. Logan Butts was 3-5. Then Corey Nygard had two singles, Spencer Boykin two, Charlie Vaughn two hits, and Nathan Boykin two.
Post 58 plays two Sunday afternoon at 5PM at Edenton.They have six conference games left and three non conference games to go in the season which ends on July 5th. They play at Johnston County Tuesday and are home Wednesday against Johnston County. P 58 has now won five games in a row and stand at 11-4 on the season.
Khalil Macklin missed tonight's game as he was invited to complete for a spot on Team USA U18 team which invited 50 players from around the country to the USA Baseball complex in Cary
Friday, June 22, 2012
Dumb Luck Or What?
We might have been disappointed when we heard the news that Friday night's Legion game with Wilson had been moved to Saturday night. Now with 20-20 hindsight with us the weather outside would have washed the game out any way. The weather forecast is much better for Saturday night so expect to see you at the Legion game when Post 58 Host Wilson Post 13 7PM.
Everyone can get off his back now as LeBron has won his first NBA title. You have to give him credit since about the sixth game against the Celtics he's been playing like a man in a different body. Well now let me see. I had predicted just before the season ended that San Antonio would win it all. When it got down to SA and OKC I said the winner of that series would win the finals. 0-2.
I am like many other people and was not happy when LeBron left Cleveland in a circus like he did with a live 30 minute show on ESPN. Like all of us who grow into what we become and you can just see from this year to last how much James took it more on his shoulders to make sure they won this year. You know we can never say the word never like LeBron will never win the title because we change every day. Sometimes for the worse in his case he has gotten better every year. Anybody who averages a triple double in any series has got to be the MVP and he was.
The Charlotte ---Cats as they will be know now have a new coach and who knows whether this is good for the Cats or not. Seems to me Michael Jordan Micro manages so much that just to make you think he is intelligent in his thinking. I think he is just like Jerry Jones is in the NFL. He knows just enough about how to run the team to run it in the ground.
Everyone can get off his back now as LeBron has won his first NBA title. You have to give him credit since about the sixth game against the Celtics he's been playing like a man in a different body. Well now let me see. I had predicted just before the season ended that San Antonio would win it all. When it got down to SA and OKC I said the winner of that series would win the finals. 0-2.
I am like many other people and was not happy when LeBron left Cleveland in a circus like he did with a live 30 minute show on ESPN. Like all of us who grow into what we become and you can just see from this year to last how much James took it more on his shoulders to make sure they won this year. You know we can never say the word never like LeBron will never win the title because we change every day. Sometimes for the worse in his case he has gotten better every year. Anybody who averages a triple double in any series has got to be the MVP and he was.
The Charlotte ---Cats as they will be know now have a new coach and who knows whether this is good for the Cats or not. Seems to me Michael Jordan Micro manages so much that just to make you think he is intelligent in his thinking. I think he is just like Jerry Jones is in the NFL. He knows just enough about how to run the team to run it in the ground.
Thursday, June 21, 2012
Friday Legion Game Moved
The Friday night home game of Post 58 against Post 13 from Wilson has been moved to Saturday night at 7PM. So far since P58 has come back from the week off to let the players graduating do so and for the others a week to go to the beach Post 58 has played four games in what as of tonight is in seven days.
Moving the conference tilt with Wilson to Saturday P 58 travels to Edenton on Sunday for a double header. They return home Wednesday for a non conference game with Johnston County before going to Wilson next Friday night or five games in six days. That is a real test for your pitching staff since only the Johnston County game doesn't effect the conference standings.
Where did life go wrong? Use to be sports was play on a field or play ground but in our society today sports happens in court rooms more than any where else. I think many of you had your mothers keep keepsakes during your life and on our daughter Morgan's birth on June 15th 1994 O J was being chased in his white Bronco. That started what has become an almost daily court battle by someone being charged with something and that person has something to do with sports.
Barry Bonds, Yes I think he did performance enhancing drugs but how in a court where you are presumed innocent until proved guilty can you prove such with out having film of him shooting up. A whole lot of tax dollars wasted.
I think we all know O J is guilty but he is in jail today over something else not murder.
Just to throw a little politics into the fray. Do I think John Edwards covered up and used of campaign funds to finance a mistress is guilty? Yes he's guilty but if I had of been on the jury from the evidence I heard I would not have convicted him either.
Back to sports, just maybe the best pitcher ever in major league baseball Roger Clemens found innocent this week of not lying to congress. How can you convict anybody who lies to other liars and in this case congress? Is he guilty of using performance enhancing drugs? You know he is. How do you prove it?
I just have one more question to ask. Since the PGA put the drug testing in place how many tournaments has Tiger Woods Won?
Between performance enhancing drugs and the court house life sure has change.
Moving the conference tilt with Wilson to Saturday P 58 travels to Edenton on Sunday for a double header. They return home Wednesday for a non conference game with Johnston County before going to Wilson next Friday night or five games in six days. That is a real test for your pitching staff since only the Johnston County game doesn't effect the conference standings.
Where did life go wrong? Use to be sports was play on a field or play ground but in our society today sports happens in court rooms more than any where else. I think many of you had your mothers keep keepsakes during your life and on our daughter Morgan's birth on June 15th 1994 O J was being chased in his white Bronco. That started what has become an almost daily court battle by someone being charged with something and that person has something to do with sports.
Barry Bonds, Yes I think he did performance enhancing drugs but how in a court where you are presumed innocent until proved guilty can you prove such with out having film of him shooting up. A whole lot of tax dollars wasted.
I think we all know O J is guilty but he is in jail today over something else not murder.
Just to throw a little politics into the fray. Do I think John Edwards covered up and used of campaign funds to finance a mistress is guilty? Yes he's guilty but if I had of been on the jury from the evidence I heard I would not have convicted him either.
Back to sports, just maybe the best pitcher ever in major league baseball Roger Clemens found innocent this week of not lying to congress. How can you convict anybody who lies to other liars and in this case congress? Is he guilty of using performance enhancing drugs? You know he is. How do you prove it?
I just have one more question to ask. Since the PGA put the drug testing in place how many tournaments has Tiger Woods Won?
Between performance enhancing drugs and the court house life sure has change.
Wednesday, June 20, 2012
Teammates
John Wooten the former Eastern Wayne baseball player and ECU multi position player was drafted in the 37th round by the Oakland A's and this past weekend he signed with the A's and he was shipped off to the Vermont River Monsters of the New York Penn League. This is the same team in which Xavier Macklin of Nash Central is playing with again this year.
Understand X is injured but I will get more details from either his mom or brother Khalil at the Legion game Friday. Why mention about John Wooten? If you remember Wooten was a member of the Eastern Wayne team that beat Northern Nash in the Eastern Finals the year Tyler Joyner was a senior and Joyner never pitched in the Eastern Regional because he had to pitch that Monday leading into the Thursday/Friday Regional. Why else would we mention Wooten? He is the son of former Gryphon great Sonny Wooten.
Friday night is maybe the biggest game of the year for Coleman Pitt Post 58 as they host Wilson for the second time this season. Last Thursday P 58 beat Post 13 8-3 but P13 had four players and their coach who were involved in the State games and did not play last time. P58 has a two game lead on P13 and after last night and we saw the team from Albemarle and we have now seen every team in the league this year, it surely looks like a two team league and if P58 can win Friday and stretch their lead to three games that would put P58 in the driver's seat for taking first place in the division and getting the home field advantage at least in the first two rounds of the playoffs.
Heard this rumor from a Nash Central fan. He hears that the weight room at Rocky Mount High School is full every time the weight room doors are open with players wanting to play football this year for Jason Battle. We all had heard last year that several players chose not to play for Dickie Schock but those seem to be back with Jason Battle as coach.
I still have the impression that the best team in the NBA playoffs in the finals is the OKC Thunder. However since their opening game rout they have played like a team that they thought they were suppose to win while LeBron has by far been the best player on the court every minute he has been in there. Miami looks like the team that wants to win while OKC looks like they are not ready to win yet. If I were a betting man I would say there is a 75% chance Miami wins it Thursday but if OKC can somehow get it back to game six and seven the pressure will then change to Miami's shoulders. If it goes back to OKC I'm still going with the team I think is the best(OKC) but it is Miami's title to lose.
Understand X is injured but I will get more details from either his mom or brother Khalil at the Legion game Friday. Why mention about John Wooten? If you remember Wooten was a member of the Eastern Wayne team that beat Northern Nash in the Eastern Finals the year Tyler Joyner was a senior and Joyner never pitched in the Eastern Regional because he had to pitch that Monday leading into the Thursday/Friday Regional. Why else would we mention Wooten? He is the son of former Gryphon great Sonny Wooten.
Friday night is maybe the biggest game of the year for Coleman Pitt Post 58 as they host Wilson for the second time this season. Last Thursday P 58 beat Post 13 8-3 but P13 had four players and their coach who were involved in the State games and did not play last time. P58 has a two game lead on P13 and after last night and we saw the team from Albemarle and we have now seen every team in the league this year, it surely looks like a two team league and if P58 can win Friday and stretch their lead to three games that would put P58 in the driver's seat for taking first place in the division and getting the home field advantage at least in the first two rounds of the playoffs.
Heard this rumor from a Nash Central fan. He hears that the weight room at Rocky Mount High School is full every time the weight room doors are open with players wanting to play football this year for Jason Battle. We all had heard last year that several players chose not to play for Dickie Schock but those seem to be back with Jason Battle as coach.
I still have the impression that the best team in the NBA playoffs in the finals is the OKC Thunder. However since their opening game rout they have played like a team that they thought they were suppose to win while LeBron has by far been the best player on the court every minute he has been in there. Miami looks like the team that wants to win while OKC looks like they are not ready to win yet. If I were a betting man I would say there is a 75% chance Miami wins it Thursday but if OKC can somehow get it back to game six and seven the pressure will then change to Miami's shoulders. If it goes back to OKC I'm still going with the team I think is the best(OKC) but it is Miami's title to lose.
Tuesday, June 19, 2012
Post 58 Rolls Again
There is good news with a ten run win in seven innings and I need to let you know there is bad also. Tonight Coleman Pitt Post 58 met Albemarle Post 84 for the first meeting ever between the two Posts since this is the first year of ball for P84. P58 now goes to 7-1 in conference play but the bad news is this. Our division this year is not very good at all. Only Wilson Post 13 can be rated as a good team and the other four Albemarle, Edenton, Ahoskie and Windsor are not very good at all.
The problem is this, we are not really getting enough good competition to get prepared for the playoffs, Not one of the bottom four has any quality pitching at all. Tonight P58 collected nine hits and received ten walks and hit batters to put Post 84 away in seven innings 13-3. That's not Post 58 fault but they need some 3-2 games that go nine innings just to get the feel of the competition. If you remember our division got knocked out of the playoffs quickly last year and the teams in our league were better last season. You can only play the teams on the schedule but we need a real test Friday night when Post 13 from Wilson returns to play Post 58.
Between last night and tonight Post 58 scored in all six innings that they batted in last night and they started tonight scoring in the first five innings to plate 12 runs. There is no way to check that but I would bet that is a record for consecutive innings scored in 11.
Kyle Pratt had three hits and three rbi while Matthew Berry had three and two rbi. Spires Miller has gotten a hit in each game last night and tonight but has walked seven times to reach base nine times in a row. Jeremy Lucas a hit and rbi. Jay Aparicio had a hit and two rbi.
There was a forty minute rain delay in the bottom of the first as Jeremy Sloops was the starting pitcher and he did not come back to pitch in the second. Coach Hank Jones used as many as he could trying not to use up any arms waiting on Post 13 Friday night. Chase Johnson, Tyler King and Jeremy Trevathan all threw two innings each.
That opening night rainout against Pitt County Post 39 has been added to the schedule as that game will now be played in Rocky Mount on July 3rd. That is a week before the playoffs starts and that is really a needed game against a quality team.
The problem is this, we are not really getting enough good competition to get prepared for the playoffs, Not one of the bottom four has any quality pitching at all. Tonight P58 collected nine hits and received ten walks and hit batters to put Post 84 away in seven innings 13-3. That's not Post 58 fault but they need some 3-2 games that go nine innings just to get the feel of the competition. If you remember our division got knocked out of the playoffs quickly last year and the teams in our league were better last season. You can only play the teams on the schedule but we need a real test Friday night when Post 13 from Wilson returns to play Post 58.
Between last night and tonight Post 58 scored in all six innings that they batted in last night and they started tonight scoring in the first five innings to plate 12 runs. There is no way to check that but I would bet that is a record for consecutive innings scored in 11.
Kyle Pratt had three hits and three rbi while Matthew Berry had three and two rbi. Spires Miller has gotten a hit in each game last night and tonight but has walked seven times to reach base nine times in a row. Jeremy Lucas a hit and rbi. Jay Aparicio had a hit and two rbi.
There was a forty minute rain delay in the bottom of the first as Jeremy Sloops was the starting pitcher and he did not come back to pitch in the second. Coach Hank Jones used as many as he could trying not to use up any arms waiting on Post 13 Friday night. Chase Johnson, Tyler King and Jeremy Trevathan all threw two innings each.
That opening night rainout against Pitt County Post 39 has been added to the schedule as that game will now be played in Rocky Mount on July 3rd. That is a week before the playoffs starts and that is really a needed game against a quality team.
Monday, June 18, 2012
UGGGLY
Coleman Pitt Post 58 picked up their seventh conference win in eight tries tonight beating Ahoskie Post 102 in seven innings 12-2. If this game had to have Russian judges to determine a winner then neither side would have been declared a winner. Post 58 committed 5 errors and three straight batters reached at one point on errors. Not to be outdone Post 102 had six miscues and two plays accounted for four of them. Twice on throws to second the ball was throw to center field and while trying to throw the runners out at third the balls were throw out of play allowing the runs to score.
Post 58 managed to score in all six innings that they batted collecting 13 hits. They were lead by Khalil Macklin who went 4-4. Chase Johnson was 3-5. Colton Vaughn collected two hits. Spires Miller, Matt Berry, Dillon Moore, Jeremy Sloop all had one hit but Post 102 pitching also walked or hit seven more batters.
Tyler King started on the mound for Post 58 and pitched into the fourth inning when Post 58 committed the three errors back to back to back. King had walked in a run in third Spencer Ramsey came in and once Post 58 got past the fourth Post 102 never had another base runner. Ramsey had two innings of three up and three down and Jeremy Trevathan did the same in the seventh. Ahoskie had four hits on the game and three came off King and only one from Ramsey.
P58 is right back on the diamond Tuesday night hosting Albemarle and this is a conference game. This is the new team from Elizabeth City that has joined the conference and game time will be at 7pm Tuesday.
Since returning from the graduation break P58 is 3-0 all conference wins and are now 9-4 overall and 7-1 in league play. They have a return game with Wilson Friday night at home. Going into tonight's game P58 had a two game lead in the conference race with Wilson at 5-3. Ahoskie, Windsor, Edenton and Albemarle are all battling to make the top four positions as the top four make the playoffs.
Post 58 managed to score in all six innings that they batted collecting 13 hits. They were lead by Khalil Macklin who went 4-4. Chase Johnson was 3-5. Colton Vaughn collected two hits. Spires Miller, Matt Berry, Dillon Moore, Jeremy Sloop all had one hit but Post 102 pitching also walked or hit seven more batters.
Tyler King started on the mound for Post 58 and pitched into the fourth inning when Post 58 committed the three errors back to back to back. King had walked in a run in third Spencer Ramsey came in and once Post 58 got past the fourth Post 102 never had another base runner. Ramsey had two innings of three up and three down and Jeremy Trevathan did the same in the seventh. Ahoskie had four hits on the game and three came off King and only one from Ramsey.
P58 is right back on the diamond Tuesday night hosting Albemarle and this is a conference game. This is the new team from Elizabeth City that has joined the conference and game time will be at 7pm Tuesday.
Since returning from the graduation break P58 is 3-0 all conference wins and are now 9-4 overall and 7-1 in league play. They have a return game with Wilson Friday night at home. Going into tonight's game P58 had a two game lead in the conference race with Wilson at 5-3. Ahoskie, Windsor, Edenton and Albemarle are all battling to make the top four positions as the top four make the playoffs.
Sunday, June 17, 2012
U S Open Champ A Demon Deacon
Raleigh native and Charlotte resident Webb Simpson who went to Wake Forest on an Arnold Palmer Scholarship and tonight he is the U S Open Champion after shooting two 68's on the weekend. He posted his one over score and stood in the clubhouse to make sure that Jim Furyk didn't come back to tie and Graeam McDowell did make back to back birdies on 17 and 18 to tie and send the championship to a Monday playoff.
Lauren Doughtie shot a one over 73 today and finished tied for 23rd spot. on the Futures Tour Players Championship. She stays in the top ten for the year with her performance. She shot a -2 for the weekend.
Game three of the NBA finals goes to the Miami Heat in a really close game from start to finish. OKC needs to win one of the next two games to even be able to get the final two games back in Oklahoma. You know these two teams are rather close and this looks like a seven game series now but OKC needs to win one this week
Monday night at Gryphon Stadium Rocky Mount Post 58 plays their third straight home game as they host Ahoskie in a conference game. P58 is 5-1 in the league with Wilson coming back on Friday for another conference test. Tuesday a team from Albemarle will split up the conference matches with a trip here to Rocky Mount.
I have a rather busy week lined up PA work Monday and Tuesday night. Little League finals on Wednesday for the All New Sports Show and back for PA again on Friday. Maybe by Thursday I will find something to do then.
It will be interesting to see how the TV ratings turn out for the U S Open and for the NBA Finals without Tiger being in contention by the time the basketball game hit the airways. If you have direct TV you could see every shot he made as his group was the #2 group when they followed his group every step of the way. I personally didn't see much of the b ball game as I followed golf all night.
Lauren Doughtie shot a one over 73 today and finished tied for 23rd spot. on the Futures Tour Players Championship. She stays in the top ten for the year with her performance. She shot a -2 for the weekend.
Game three of the NBA finals goes to the Miami Heat in a really close game from start to finish. OKC needs to win one of the next two games to even be able to get the final two games back in Oklahoma. You know these two teams are rather close and this looks like a seven game series now but OKC needs to win one this week
Monday night at Gryphon Stadium Rocky Mount Post 58 plays their third straight home game as they host Ahoskie in a conference game. P58 is 5-1 in the league with Wilson coming back on Friday for another conference test. Tuesday a team from Albemarle will split up the conference matches with a trip here to Rocky Mount.
I have a rather busy week lined up PA work Monday and Tuesday night. Little League finals on Wednesday for the All New Sports Show and back for PA again on Friday. Maybe by Thursday I will find something to do then.
It will be interesting to see how the TV ratings turn out for the U S Open and for the NBA Finals without Tiger being in contention by the time the basketball game hit the airways. If you have direct TV you could see every shot he made as his group was the #2 group when they followed his group every step of the way. I personally didn't see much of the b ball game as I followed golf all night.
Saturday, June 16, 2012
Prime Time Golf
Brace yourself for a Father's day late afternoon of golf and early evening before you know who is the 112th U S Open Champion. A 17 year old kid has a shot and Tiger looks dead. There is something about watching golf when the pros are putting ten footers for par on every hole that just makes me feel good. My guess the winner Sunday will either be Furyk, Dufner or Webb Simpson from Raleigh. I told you this yesterday that Tiger's putter no longer can save him on days when he is all over the golf course.
Talk about feeling good Lauren Doughtie has another great day in the Players Championship on the Futures Tour. She shoots an even par 72 and she moved from tied for ninth to tied for fourth in the biggest Futures tour event of the year.. Lauren's last five rounds of golf have been 72,71,69,69 72. This is by far the best golf of her life and ironically she was four shots back last week when she won. She starts Sunday four back and the Tournament is in Decateur Illinois. I guess it is to keep from being in conflict with the U S Open she tees off Sunday morning at 9.25 AM in the next to last group of the day. That tournament will be over by the time the leaders in the OPEN tee off.
Sunday night on the All New Sports Show you can see the Legion game played last Thursday between Rocky Mount and Wilson. This coming Wednesday night I will be at the Sports Complex doing what could be the championship game in the Little League Tournament in Rocky Mount.
Sunday night we will be back to NBA basketball as game three will be played. I don't know why they take so many days off between games in the NBA. They last played Thursday night. I like the way hockey does it. Every other night. If you make the hockey playoffs you know you will play every other night until you are knocked out. It does not matter what round they drop the puck and play.
Talk about feeling good Lauren Doughtie has another great day in the Players Championship on the Futures Tour. She shoots an even par 72 and she moved from tied for ninth to tied for fourth in the biggest Futures tour event of the year.. Lauren's last five rounds of golf have been 72,71,69,69 72. This is by far the best golf of her life and ironically she was four shots back last week when she won. She starts Sunday four back and the Tournament is in Decateur Illinois. I guess it is to keep from being in conflict with the U S Open she tees off Sunday morning at 9.25 AM in the next to last group of the day. That tournament will be over by the time the leaders in the OPEN tee off.
Sunday night on the All New Sports Show you can see the Legion game played last Thursday between Rocky Mount and Wilson. This coming Wednesday night I will be at the Sports Complex doing what could be the championship game in the Little League Tournament in Rocky Mount.
Sunday night we will be back to NBA basketball as game three will be played. I don't know why they take so many days off between games in the NBA. They last played Thursday night. I like the way hockey does it. Every other night. If you make the hockey playoffs you know you will play every other night until you are knocked out. It does not matter what round they drop the puck and play.
Friday, June 15, 2012
Post 58 Wins Again
It is amazing what playing at home can do for almost every team. Coleman Pitt Post 58 remained undefeated at home with a 15-7 win over Edenton tonight in Rocky Mount.
I missed tonight's game so I don't have many details other than this is their fifth win in six games within the conference for Post 58. They will continue their five game home stand with their third home game in a row Monday night as they host Ahoskie for the second time this year. You may remember it took a seven run 7th inning for P58 to beat Ahoskie 7-3 a couple of weeks ago in Rocky Mount.
There is one really good thing about major golf championships on the west coast. You can watch golf to dark thirty on TV. Tiger is right at the top. He seems to have his golf game as good as it has been in the last several years. His biggest problem is he can no longer count on making every putt within eight feet like he use too.
Follow up in the next tournament after her biggest day in golf. This week in the Futures Tour is their biggie tournament of the year The Players. Lauren Doughtie shoots an opening round 69 which is good to be tied for ninth. The good news is cloud nine did not effect her game this week as she is three under par and I don't care how big the tournament is every week just that I will take her shooting 69 every day and if it doesn't win so be it.
So far the first two games of the NBA finals have almost had the same script in both games. Game one once OKC got rid of the first time in the finals jitters they were by far the best team. Game two OKC played like they thought they were going to win and Miami was going to lay down for them and that didn't happen.
The next three games will be in Miami so the pressure now falls on OKC to at least win one in Miami in order to get games six and seven back home. I still see OKC winning as in both games in the fourth quarter Miami looked old and tired compared to OKC.
I missed tonight's game so I don't have many details other than this is their fifth win in six games within the conference for Post 58. They will continue their five game home stand with their third home game in a row Monday night as they host Ahoskie for the second time this year. You may remember it took a seven run 7th inning for P58 to beat Ahoskie 7-3 a couple of weeks ago in Rocky Mount.
There is one really good thing about major golf championships on the west coast. You can watch golf to dark thirty on TV. Tiger is right at the top. He seems to have his golf game as good as it has been in the last several years. His biggest problem is he can no longer count on making every putt within eight feet like he use too.
Follow up in the next tournament after her biggest day in golf. This week in the Futures Tour is their biggie tournament of the year The Players. Lauren Doughtie shoots an opening round 69 which is good to be tied for ninth. The good news is cloud nine did not effect her game this week as she is three under par and I don't care how big the tournament is every week just that I will take her shooting 69 every day and if it doesn't win so be it.
So far the first two games of the NBA finals have almost had the same script in both games. Game one once OKC got rid of the first time in the finals jitters they were by far the best team. Game two OKC played like they thought they were going to win and Miami was going to lay down for them and that didn't happen.
The next three games will be in Miami so the pressure now falls on OKC to at least win one in Miami in order to get games six and seven back home. I still see OKC winning as in both games in the fourth quarter Miami looked old and tired compared to OKC.
Corn Stalks In Rocky Mount
Tonight Coleman Pitt Post 58 put everyone on a bleacher in a cornfield in Iowa. There was a time tonight I could see Shoeless Joe Jackson looking from within the cornstalks wanting to come on the field and be a part of the fun. Tonight Post 58 wore brand new throw back uniforms that looked of the White Sox of the 20's.
Having a week off Post 58 sent Cam Webb to the Hill where he pitched eight innings of 11 hit baseball. He seemed to always be in trouble but never in danger. Seven of the eight position players got at least one hit lead by Khalil Macklin with two hits and two rbi, Tyler Wooten two hits a a ribby, Jeremy Sloop had two dings and a run knocked in while Colton Vaughn has two singles and a rbi.
In all Post 58 plated eight runs on 12 hits and got back on the winning track with a 8-3 victory of Wilson Post 13. Every time you looked around Webb had base runners on as Post 13 had 11 hits but managed only a single run in the first and two more in the fourth. Jeremy Trevathan came in and pitched the ninth for Coleman Pitt who now goes to 7-4 on the season but the most important stat is they are 4-1 in league play.
They will not have long off as they will play home again Friday night as Edenton will be in town for another conference game. Tonight The All New Sports Show was in the house taping the game which can be seen on WHIG-TV this Sunday night at 8PM. Wes Bradshaw did the call and Edward Green ran the camera and color.
Having a week off Post 58 sent Cam Webb to the Hill where he pitched eight innings of 11 hit baseball. He seemed to always be in trouble but never in danger. Seven of the eight position players got at least one hit lead by Khalil Macklin with two hits and two rbi, Tyler Wooten two hits a a ribby, Jeremy Sloop had two dings and a run knocked in while Colton Vaughn has two singles and a rbi.
In all Post 58 plated eight runs on 12 hits and got back on the winning track with a 8-3 victory of Wilson Post 13. Every time you looked around Webb had base runners on as Post 13 had 11 hits but managed only a single run in the first and two more in the fourth. Jeremy Trevathan came in and pitched the ninth for Coleman Pitt who now goes to 7-4 on the season but the most important stat is they are 4-1 in league play.
They will not have long off as they will play home again Friday night as Edenton will be in town for another conference game. Tonight The All New Sports Show was in the house taping the game which can be seen on WHIG-TV this Sunday night at 8PM. Wes Bradshaw did the call and Edward Green ran the camera and color.
Wednesday, June 13, 2012
Best Team Wins Game One
Last night the Thunder won game one of the of the NBA Finals and it is obvious that the best team in the finals is OK City. It is a wonderful thing how teams play at home. There were several things that stood out watching the games. OKC is younger, faster, more athletic and they have a more complete team.
Miami has the best player on the court in LeBron but he can't beat every team every game by himself. Already today the LeBron can't win the big one has started. Anybody who watched any of the game last night saw James carried the Heat but he didn't get enough help to offset Kevin Durant's fourth quarter because the fourth, fifth and sixth players for OKC were better than Miami's.
I think OKC wins this series in six games they are simply the better team.
Thursday starts the US Open Golf Championship in San Francisco and in the wisdom of the USGA they have paired Phil, Tiger and Bubba. I think they have totally been unfair to the buying public who would like to see that pairing. How many tickets on any day can they sell on any golf course. If they sell 50,000 per day you know 35,000 wants to watch this group but a person standing the 20th row deep you will not see a thing from that far back. You know I'm only kidding as this threesome is one of the best pairings in the last 20 years.
Do I think anyone from this group wins this week I doubt it. You know Tiger is going to shoot low one day but his problem for the rest of his playing golf life will be that five foot putt which all of a sudden it is no longer guaranteed like it use to be. Phil hasn't played that well lately and Bubba has not done much since the Masters. Regardless of how well or poorly he plays Tiger still plays a game that he can still finish tenth if his putting is terrible. I think as least two round Tiger won't make a putt all day. There was a time in Tiger's golf life all he had to do was aim the ball at the hole and it went in. Not any more
Legion hits the diamond Thursday night for their first home game in two weeks. The pitchers should be rested and these games against Wilson Thursday and Edenton Friday will tell us about this team for the rest of the season. The regular season for Legion ends July 9th so the end is not all that far away. First pitch starts a 7PM both nights. Post 58 right now stands at 6-4 and 3-1 in conference. Three of those losses last week to Pitt County once and Cherryville twice. Post 58 might not play another team all year any better than those two. The closes would be Thursday against Wilson.
Miami has the best player on the court in LeBron but he can't beat every team every game by himself. Already today the LeBron can't win the big one has started. Anybody who watched any of the game last night saw James carried the Heat but he didn't get enough help to offset Kevin Durant's fourth quarter because the fourth, fifth and sixth players for OKC were better than Miami's.
I think OKC wins this series in six games they are simply the better team.
Thursday starts the US Open Golf Championship in San Francisco and in the wisdom of the USGA they have paired Phil, Tiger and Bubba. I think they have totally been unfair to the buying public who would like to see that pairing. How many tickets on any day can they sell on any golf course. If they sell 50,000 per day you know 35,000 wants to watch this group but a person standing the 20th row deep you will not see a thing from that far back. You know I'm only kidding as this threesome is one of the best pairings in the last 20 years.
Do I think anyone from this group wins this week I doubt it. You know Tiger is going to shoot low one day but his problem for the rest of his playing golf life will be that five foot putt which all of a sudden it is no longer guaranteed like it use to be. Phil hasn't played that well lately and Bubba has not done much since the Masters. Regardless of how well or poorly he plays Tiger still plays a game that he can still finish tenth if his putting is terrible. I think as least two round Tiger won't make a putt all day. There was a time in Tiger's golf life all he had to do was aim the ball at the hole and it went in. Not any more
Legion hits the diamond Thursday night for their first home game in two weeks. The pitchers should be rested and these games against Wilson Thursday and Edenton Friday will tell us about this team for the rest of the season. The regular season for Legion ends July 9th so the end is not all that far away. First pitch starts a 7PM both nights. Post 58 right now stands at 6-4 and 3-1 in conference. Three of those losses last week to Pitt County once and Cherryville twice. Post 58 might not play another team all year any better than those two. The closes would be Thursday against Wilson.
Tuesday, June 12, 2012
Freshman All American
Former Rocky Mount High School Gryphon baseball pitcher has earned his second Freshman All American recognition when the NCBWA announce that Benton Moss Freshman pitcher for the University of North Carolina baseball team had been named second team All American. The first All American honor was given by Louisville Slugger last week. Moss finish his freshman year with a 7-2 record his 1.94 ERA was the third lowest in the ACC this season.
Moss a rising sophomore as part of the Morehead scholarship this summer is in Africa. Last summer he spent in the Colorado Rockies. Moss was only one of three ACC players to make Freshman All Americans
NC State has two players on the first team and they are the only school that can say that. Trea Turner the Wolfpack third baseman who lead the nation in steals this year with 56 which is also a new Wolfpack record by 25 steals is on the team along with Carlos Rodon who today was named Freshman Baseball player of the year in college baseball. Sometimes we don't know how good we have it when back just a couple weeks ago Moss and Rodon met on a Saturday night in the ACC Tournament and both pitchers put up goose eggs against each other while they were in there.
Post 58 finishes their week off for graduation Thursday when they will start a five straight home game stand with home games Thursday(14th), Friday (15th), Monday (18th), Tuesday (19th) and Friday 22nd. Four of the five will be conference games and two will be with arch rival Wilson 14th and 22nd. After playing ten games in 19 days Post 58 was a little tired by the end of that stretch but coach Hank Jones had to get enough games in to see and give everybody a chance to earn playing time. I think come Thursday we will see the lineup that will carry us through the rest of the schedule. All games times are at 7PM at the old Gryphon Stadium.
Moss a rising sophomore as part of the Morehead scholarship this summer is in Africa. Last summer he spent in the Colorado Rockies. Moss was only one of three ACC players to make Freshman All Americans
NC State has two players on the first team and they are the only school that can say that. Trea Turner the Wolfpack third baseman who lead the nation in steals this year with 56 which is also a new Wolfpack record by 25 steals is on the team along with Carlos Rodon who today was named Freshman Baseball player of the year in college baseball. Sometimes we don't know how good we have it when back just a couple weeks ago Moss and Rodon met on a Saturday night in the ACC Tournament and both pitchers put up goose eggs against each other while they were in there.
Post 58 finishes their week off for graduation Thursday when they will start a five straight home game stand with home games Thursday(14th), Friday (15th), Monday (18th), Tuesday (19th) and Friday 22nd. Four of the five will be conference games and two will be with arch rival Wilson 14th and 22nd. After playing ten games in 19 days Post 58 was a little tired by the end of that stretch but coach Hank Jones had to get enough games in to see and give everybody a chance to earn playing time. I think come Thursday we will see the lineup that will carry us through the rest of the schedule. All games times are at 7PM at the old Gryphon Stadium.
Monday, June 11, 2012
Let's See What You Got
I think in the past you have heard from me that I am not a person who likes to save my best for last. Example during Benton Moss's senior baseball year at Rocky Mount there was two weeks during the conference season that Rocky Mount played three conference games in one week and both times the third game was against Hunt. Moss had pitched the Tuesday game both times and by the time Saturday rolled around the pitching staff was hope we can out score them. In that case I think Kent Cox did what he had to do.
My thought is, if you don't win Tuesday then Thursday and Saturday don't mean a thing. This past weekend N C State played the game of when do we pitch Carlos Rodon. In many eyes in college baseball Rodon is seen is the best pitcher regardless of what year they are in college and Rodon is a freshman. State decided to wait until the second game which was a Sunday and Rodon would have had a week of rest going into Sunday's start.
I'm going on the premise that Rodon should have pitched Saturday. State should have said here he is let's see what you can do with him. The three innings he worked Sunday showed me that he would probably done the same on Saturday. If State wins Saturday then they have got to be beaten twice. Saving Rodon until Sunday to even the series if they had of won Sunday they still had to win Monday.
Here is the reason I always play the best I got the first time every week. State found themselves down and another loss and there season is over so Rodon did exactly what State needed until the rains came. Yes, there was a rain delay in the 7th inning Saturday but Rodon would have pitched about what you would have wanted from him by then anyway.
State saved their best to only pitch three innings in what now is the most important game of the season a game they must win. Baseball is played in summer and in the South there is a threat of thunder showers everyday. If Saturday's game is rained out he is still available to pitch Sunday. Every decision I would make about who is my best, I will always put the best I got on the field first because you don't know what the weather will do. Back in Moss's Senior season suppose on of those Saturday games got rained out and played on Monday. I'm putting my best out on the field the first of the week and worry about rest of the week later.
Despite getting three innings from Rodon because of Rain the Wolfpack gave a great effort and I am not upset one bit of the bad call on the last out. That's part of baseball.
The aftermath:Lauren Doughtie jumps all the way up to fourth in the money earnings on the Futures Tour money list with her win on Sunday in Iowa. There are only 16 tournaments per year on the Futures Tour so if Lauren came either win another event this year or even finish in the top five that just might keep her in the top ten in money earnings for the year which would qualify her for the LPGA Tour in 2013. The best thing she could do right now is play consistant for the remainder of the year.
My thought is, if you don't win Tuesday then Thursday and Saturday don't mean a thing. This past weekend N C State played the game of when do we pitch Carlos Rodon. In many eyes in college baseball Rodon is seen is the best pitcher regardless of what year they are in college and Rodon is a freshman. State decided to wait until the second game which was a Sunday and Rodon would have had a week of rest going into Sunday's start.
I'm going on the premise that Rodon should have pitched Saturday. State should have said here he is let's see what you can do with him. The three innings he worked Sunday showed me that he would probably done the same on Saturday. If State wins Saturday then they have got to be beaten twice. Saving Rodon until Sunday to even the series if they had of won Sunday they still had to win Monday.
Here is the reason I always play the best I got the first time every week. State found themselves down and another loss and there season is over so Rodon did exactly what State needed until the rains came. Yes, there was a rain delay in the 7th inning Saturday but Rodon would have pitched about what you would have wanted from him by then anyway.
State saved their best to only pitch three innings in what now is the most important game of the season a game they must win. Baseball is played in summer and in the South there is a threat of thunder showers everyday. If Saturday's game is rained out he is still available to pitch Sunday. Every decision I would make about who is my best, I will always put the best I got on the field first because you don't know what the weather will do. Back in Moss's Senior season suppose on of those Saturday games got rained out and played on Monday. I'm putting my best out on the field the first of the week and worry about rest of the week later.
Despite getting three innings from Rodon because of Rain the Wolfpack gave a great effort and I am not upset one bit of the bad call on the last out. That's part of baseball.
The aftermath:Lauren Doughtie jumps all the way up to fourth in the money earnings on the Futures Tour money list with her win on Sunday in Iowa. There are only 16 tournaments per year on the Futures Tour so if Lauren came either win another event this year or even finish in the top five that just might keep her in the top ten in money earnings for the year which would qualify her for the LPGA Tour in 2013. The best thing she could do right now is play consistant for the remainder of the year.
Sunday, June 10, 2012
OMG
Today has been one of those agonizing days of trying to watch baseball on TV between the showers and watch golf on the computer. Cousin Lauren Doughtie started the day four shots out of the lead after a Friday even par and a one under 71 yesterday.
This is her fifth tournament of the year and to say that to be tied for ninth as the day started is from way out in left field the way she has played so far this year. She has missed the cut twice and the first time she made the cut she was last when they handed out the pay checks 73rd out of 73. A couple of weeks ago finished 59th.
Just about tee time for her in Marion Iowa the Wolfpack is beginning and I am back and forth between my computer and the TV. A two hour rain delay of the game helped to be able to watch the golf on the computer but watching scores flash up every fifteen minutes or so is pure agony. Lauren was three holes ahead of the leaders so at the turn she trailed by three after a one under front nine.
Hole 17 and 18 Lauren birdied both to cut the lead to one so at about 5.40PM Lauren is the clubhouse leader at -4 and the leader is still on 14 at -5. The baseball game is back under way and the Wolfpack is doing everything they can to win despite two TV announcers who thinks Florida is the best thing going since sliced cheese.
All of a sudden a third player has jumped into the fray and is tied with Lauren at -4 after she has played 16. The leader is through 15 still in the lead. On the 18th hole the third player drops to -3 while the leader bogie's 16 to put Lauren in a tie.
All the while the Pack keeps coming back and tying Florida and the game is in extra innings. Marissa Steen finally finishes her last two holes and there will be a playoff.
One good thing about the computer when there is only two players they did give written play by play on every shot. No live streaming which would make my life easier on Sunday's but at least I knew both players were in the fairway after their first shot. Florida just scored two in the tenth on the Pack. Steen second shot 18 feet from the hole Doughtie's nine feet. Another ten minutes pass until the written explanation is Steen pars on to next tee Doughtie birdies.
OMG they are not playing a three hole playoff are they , why don't they say Lauren wins. Finally on the official scoreboard which I have been looking at all afternoon long a * pops up by Lauren Name which was at the top anyway since she was the first player in the clubhouse at -4. By this time the Pack has lost 9-8 in ten innings but right now I don't care.
Lauren Doughtie who started this week 89th on the money list on the Futures tour wins her first professional tournament winning the Ladies Titan Tire Classic in Marion Iowa. You go girl.
This is her fifth tournament of the year and to say that to be tied for ninth as the day started is from way out in left field the way she has played so far this year. She has missed the cut twice and the first time she made the cut she was last when they handed out the pay checks 73rd out of 73. A couple of weeks ago finished 59th.
Just about tee time for her in Marion Iowa the Wolfpack is beginning and I am back and forth between my computer and the TV. A two hour rain delay of the game helped to be able to watch the golf on the computer but watching scores flash up every fifteen minutes or so is pure agony. Lauren was three holes ahead of the leaders so at the turn she trailed by three after a one under front nine.
Hole 17 and 18 Lauren birdied both to cut the lead to one so at about 5.40PM Lauren is the clubhouse leader at -4 and the leader is still on 14 at -5. The baseball game is back under way and the Wolfpack is doing everything they can to win despite two TV announcers who thinks Florida is the best thing going since sliced cheese.
All of a sudden a third player has jumped into the fray and is tied with Lauren at -4 after she has played 16. The leader is through 15 still in the lead. On the 18th hole the third player drops to -3 while the leader bogie's 16 to put Lauren in a tie.
All the while the Pack keeps coming back and tying Florida and the game is in extra innings. Marissa Steen finally finishes her last two holes and there will be a playoff.
One good thing about the computer when there is only two players they did give written play by play on every shot. No live streaming which would make my life easier on Sunday's but at least I knew both players were in the fairway after their first shot. Florida just scored two in the tenth on the Pack. Steen second shot 18 feet from the hole Doughtie's nine feet. Another ten minutes pass until the written explanation is Steen pars on to next tee Doughtie birdies.
OMG they are not playing a three hole playoff are they , why don't they say Lauren wins. Finally on the official scoreboard which I have been looking at all afternoon long a * pops up by Lauren Name which was at the top anyway since she was the first player in the clubhouse at -4. By this time the Pack has lost 9-8 in ten innings but right now I don't care.
Lauren Doughtie who started this week 89th on the money list on the Futures tour wins her first professional tournament winning the Ladies Titan Tire Classic in Marion Iowa. You go girl.
The Way It Ought To Be
Saturday was the fourth graduation that I have attended at Rocky Mount High in the last 12 years. As I told you on this blog earlier that Principal Farrow had not only sent out letters to each parent but twice the week phone messages had be sent to warn students and parents that the graduation would done in a dignified and respectful manner. I am sure that every other high school had done the same.
I find that there is only two things missing from public education Prayer and discipline. Today is not the day we will debate prayer. There were rumors that there had been people removed from some of the other graduations as the day went by for disruptive actions and if those rumors were true then by 3.45PM everybody was in place at RMHS after being told no one would be allowed in the gym not there by 3.50. During the walks across the stage every child had his moment and his family was able to watch without disruption.
I think yesterday is a perfect example of when discipline is used it will work. Public education has fallen into the trap that we will talk big but the first time someone threatens a lawsuit we will back down. There should never be a back down when you are right. There should never be a back down when it comes to doing the right thing and the right thing is to educate our children to be useful citizens in this world.
Since I have not been to to every graduation every year I can only speak about what I saw yesterday compared to others. Yesterday's graduation is the way it should be. Regardless of who's idea in Central Office or at RMHS or any other school within the system I applaud the way graduation went down.
I have even told you of how please I was with Leon Farrow since he has finished up his first four years with this class. He told a private story of his seven month old child that had died and if he had lived would have graduated yesterday. I don't think there was a dry eye in the house. We were able to hear the story because there was no disruptions around all of us.
Our country has lost track of the right way to live. I have the up most respect that people can do anything they want to do as long as it doesn't effect others in a harmful way. Yesterday's graduation was a step in the right direction.
I find that there is only two things missing from public education Prayer and discipline. Today is not the day we will debate prayer. There were rumors that there had been people removed from some of the other graduations as the day went by for disruptive actions and if those rumors were true then by 3.45PM everybody was in place at RMHS after being told no one would be allowed in the gym not there by 3.50. During the walks across the stage every child had his moment and his family was able to watch without disruption.
I think yesterday is a perfect example of when discipline is used it will work. Public education has fallen into the trap that we will talk big but the first time someone threatens a lawsuit we will back down. There should never be a back down when you are right. There should never be a back down when it comes to doing the right thing and the right thing is to educate our children to be useful citizens in this world.
Since I have not been to to every graduation every year I can only speak about what I saw yesterday compared to others. Yesterday's graduation is the way it should be. Regardless of who's idea in Central Office or at RMHS or any other school within the system I applaud the way graduation went down.
I have even told you of how please I was with Leon Farrow since he has finished up his first four years with this class. He told a private story of his seven month old child that had died and if he had lived would have graduated yesterday. I don't think there was a dry eye in the house. We were able to hear the story because there was no disruptions around all of us.
Our country has lost track of the right way to live. I have the up most respect that people can do anything they want to do as long as it doesn't effect others in a harmful way. Yesterday's graduation was a step in the right direction.
Friday, June 8, 2012
I Think They Mean Business
We have receive some type of daily telephone information from Rocky Mount High School almost daily over the four years that Morgan has been at RMHS. Most of the time it's one of the assistants passing along what ever information they feel us as parents need to know just in case the note that was sent home got lost.
The last two days the big guy himself(Leon Farrow) has been on the other end of the line giving a warning to all who attend graduation that there will be no noise , whooping and hollering whistling any kind of distraction that may interfere with anyone who can't hear their child's name called out when they walk across the stage to receive their diploma. The word is you will be escorted out of the building an and charged with trespassing.
I can tell you I am very please with the way Mr. Farrow has run RMHS during Morgan's four years there. I applaud him and the County trying to make the graduation an enjoyable event for those who have a love one walking the stage and I hope every other Principal in the County has done that to all the parents of the other schools also.
I left it last night waiting to find out the score of the second game of the double header for Post 58 in Cherryville. I glad I didn't wait up to hear the bad news. Coleman Pitt lost in six innings 13-2 in the second game. They have now slid to 6-4 on the year and lost four of their last five. They will not play again until next Thursday night when they host Wilson which they will have over the week after that five home games in a row.
I hate to hear that I'll have another has been scratched from the Belmont Stakes and will not have a chance to win the Triple Crown in horse racing. He has developed Tendinitis. I have a feeling his stud value will plummet too because if I had the money to breed a horse I would want one that seemed to be perfect and Tendinitis sounds a lot like me, over the hill.
The Wolfpack plays in the Super Regional at 2PM Saturday afternoon on ESPNU. Thank goodness for DVD recorders. Looks as if Florida State is having no trouble with Stanford tonight and Stoney Brook has gone 12 innings with LSU until the rains came. Looks as if there has a chance to be a few surprises in the eight who make it to the College World Series.
The last two days the big guy himself(Leon Farrow) has been on the other end of the line giving a warning to all who attend graduation that there will be no noise , whooping and hollering whistling any kind of distraction that may interfere with anyone who can't hear their child's name called out when they walk across the stage to receive their diploma. The word is you will be escorted out of the building an and charged with trespassing.
I can tell you I am very please with the way Mr. Farrow has run RMHS during Morgan's four years there. I applaud him and the County trying to make the graduation an enjoyable event for those who have a love one walking the stage and I hope every other Principal in the County has done that to all the parents of the other schools also.
I left it last night waiting to find out the score of the second game of the double header for Post 58 in Cherryville. I glad I didn't wait up to hear the bad news. Coleman Pitt lost in six innings 13-2 in the second game. They have now slid to 6-4 on the year and lost four of their last five. They will not play again until next Thursday night when they host Wilson which they will have over the week after that five home games in a row.
I hate to hear that I'll have another has been scratched from the Belmont Stakes and will not have a chance to win the Triple Crown in horse racing. He has developed Tendinitis. I have a feeling his stud value will plummet too because if I had the money to breed a horse I would want one that seemed to be perfect and Tendinitis sounds a lot like me, over the hill.
The Wolfpack plays in the Super Regional at 2PM Saturday afternoon on ESPNU. Thank goodness for DVD recorders. Looks as if Florida State is having no trouble with Stanford tonight and Stoney Brook has gone 12 innings with LSU until the rains came. Looks as if there has a chance to be a few surprises in the eight who make it to the College World Series.
Thursday, June 7, 2012
Pack's Ready In Florida
The NCAA baseball Super Regionals get underway Friday and Saturday as it is down to who will make it to Omaha for the College World Series. North Carolina State is in Gainesville Florida all ready to meet Florida starting Saturday. Before the Pack left Wednesday night the entire squad made a visit to the Memorial Bell Tower which was lit up in all red in honor of the teams quest for it's first trip to the College World Series since 1968.
Carlos Rodan the Wolfpack pitcher was named the freshman of the year in college baseball. There is strategy in when you pitch your ace or when not too. Rodan can't pitch but once in the series with Florida and when is the best time is a major decision. My gut feeling is pitch him Saturday and hope you win and worry about the next game come Sunday and then worry about Monday's game if needed.
Tonight Coleman Pitt Post 58 journeyed far to play a double header. Hank Jones has never been one to worry about records but show me who are my best players and when it is playoff time let's see what we got. Rocky Mount played rand game one of the DH goes to Cherryville by a score of 7-6. The seven inning game Post 58 had every chance in the world to win as they left 11 men on base. Cam Webb started on the mound but surrendered two three run homers. As they say in the newspaper business game two had not finished by(press time) aka bed time.
I find it hard to see that any team out of the Eastern Division can beat the Oklahoma Thunder in the NBA finals. Wednesday OKC beat the San Antonio Spurs in the Western Finals. The never ending NBA playoffs finally gets down to the last series next Tuesday. Tonight Miami wins as LaBron James put on a show and there will be a game seven in the East.
Carlos Rodan the Wolfpack pitcher was named the freshman of the year in college baseball. There is strategy in when you pitch your ace or when not too. Rodan can't pitch but once in the series with Florida and when is the best time is a major decision. My gut feeling is pitch him Saturday and hope you win and worry about the next game come Sunday and then worry about Monday's game if needed.
Tonight Coleman Pitt Post 58 journeyed far to play a double header. Hank Jones has never been one to worry about records but show me who are my best players and when it is playoff time let's see what we got. Rocky Mount played rand game one of the DH goes to Cherryville by a score of 7-6. The seven inning game Post 58 had every chance in the world to win as they left 11 men on base. Cam Webb started on the mound but surrendered two three run homers. As they say in the newspaper business game two had not finished by(press time) aka bed time.
I find it hard to see that any team out of the Eastern Division can beat the Oklahoma Thunder in the NBA finals. Wednesday OKC beat the San Antonio Spurs in the Western Finals. The never ending NBA playoffs finally gets down to the last series next Tuesday. Tonight Miami wins as LaBron James put on a show and there will be a game seven in the East.
Wednesday, June 6, 2012
He's Back
Sad News to report but maybe two month ago I told you that Gray Capps was hospitalized in Greenville. I heard today Gray has died of Leukemia. Gray along with Ken Capps has filmed every football game at Rocky Mount since I think they both were in school. He was one of the unsung hero's of Rocky Mount that loved the Gryphons and did what he could to support them and that was give the coaches film in order to improve the team. He will surely be missed on Friday nights.
Do you remember the name Casey Martin. He is known for a lot more than just being Tiger Woods teammate while the two played golf at Stanford. Do you remember now? He's the guy that sued the PGA tour because they would not allow him to ride a golf cart in order to try to qualify for the PGA tour.
Remember now?, Martin has Klippel-Trenauney-Weber Syndrome. That is a rare circulatory disorder which causes him pain when he tries to walk 18 holes of golf. Walking 18 holes of golf gives me pain too. That of course would be about four miles if you keep it in the fairway on every shot. He asked the PGA for an exemption because of his physical condition and they said no and he sued and the Supreme Court agreed with Martin. He failed to keep his players tour card after that first year and since has become the Golf coach at the University of Oregon.
I personally agreed with the PGA tour that Martin should not be allowed to use a golf cart. I also don't think every kid should get a trophy for playing in a Tee ball league. The PGA Tour just knew that every Tom, Dick and Harry would come running with some excuse that they should be allowed to play on tour but now looking back it didn't happen.
Next week the U S Open goes back to the Olympic Club in site of the city of San Francisco. 1998 Casey Martin qualified for that Open and believe it or not finished 23rd. Recently Martin realized that the Open qualifying was occurring near his home and now at 40 years old said what the heck. Monday he sank a five foot par putt on the last hole to shoot a 136 for the two day qualifier and he is in the tournament next week.
He will tee it up next week in the U S Open for the second time. He is surely a person who has taken his disability and used it to his best advantage. I will be pulling for him next week.
I read with sadness in my hometown newspaper on Monday the death of Dan Herring. The name may ring a bell here in Rocky Mount as his son Danny has lived here for many years and retired with Carolina Telephone, Sprint, Sudden Link or Country Link what ever the name of the Telephone company is now.
I was a member at Beechwood Country Club in Ahoskie while Dan was the pro there and back in the day I played golf every chance I got. Dan as a Club Pro qualified for the U S Open twice and even qualified once for the Senior Open. I never took a lesson from him but any time he was riding by on a golf cart and watch me flail away he would make suggestions trying to keep me from killing people on the other fairway. You talk about someone who could tell a good golf story but Dan had many. He was head pro at Beechwood for 35 years and after retirement moved to Franklin Virginia and was Pro there.
Dan was 88 years old leaves three sons Danny, Jack who is one of the craziest people to go to a ball game with and Charlie who was a year older than me when we were in school.
Do you remember the name Casey Martin. He is known for a lot more than just being Tiger Woods teammate while the two played golf at Stanford. Do you remember now? He's the guy that sued the PGA tour because they would not allow him to ride a golf cart in order to try to qualify for the PGA tour.
Remember now?, Martin has Klippel-Trenauney-Weber Syndrome. That is a rare circulatory disorder which causes him pain when he tries to walk 18 holes of golf. Walking 18 holes of golf gives me pain too. That of course would be about four miles if you keep it in the fairway on every shot. He asked the PGA for an exemption because of his physical condition and they said no and he sued and the Supreme Court agreed with Martin. He failed to keep his players tour card after that first year and since has become the Golf coach at the University of Oregon.
I personally agreed with the PGA tour that Martin should not be allowed to use a golf cart. I also don't think every kid should get a trophy for playing in a Tee ball league. The PGA Tour just knew that every Tom, Dick and Harry would come running with some excuse that they should be allowed to play on tour but now looking back it didn't happen.
Next week the U S Open goes back to the Olympic Club in site of the city of San Francisco. 1998 Casey Martin qualified for that Open and believe it or not finished 23rd. Recently Martin realized that the Open qualifying was occurring near his home and now at 40 years old said what the heck. Monday he sank a five foot par putt on the last hole to shoot a 136 for the two day qualifier and he is in the tournament next week.
He will tee it up next week in the U S Open for the second time. He is surely a person who has taken his disability and used it to his best advantage. I will be pulling for him next week.
I read with sadness in my hometown newspaper on Monday the death of Dan Herring. The name may ring a bell here in Rocky Mount as his son Danny has lived here for many years and retired with Carolina Telephone, Sprint, Sudden Link or Country Link what ever the name of the Telephone company is now.
I was a member at Beechwood Country Club in Ahoskie while Dan was the pro there and back in the day I played golf every chance I got. Dan as a Club Pro qualified for the U S Open twice and even qualified once for the Senior Open. I never took a lesson from him but any time he was riding by on a golf cart and watch me flail away he would make suggestions trying to keep me from killing people on the other fairway. You talk about someone who could tell a good golf story but Dan had many. He was head pro at Beechwood for 35 years and after retirement moved to Franklin Virginia and was Pro there.
Dan was 88 years old leaves three sons Danny, Jack who is one of the craziest people to go to a ball game with and Charlie who was a year older than me when we were in school.
Tuesday, June 5, 2012
Pack Heading To Gainesville Florida
Five teams from the State of North Carolina made the NCAA playoffs. North Carolina State is the only team that is still alive and they made it by the skin on their teeth. Six runs in the last two innings send them to take on the Florida Gators the # one seed in the Tournament.
The Super Regional starts Saturday at 2PM and again Sunday at 1PM. Both of the those games will be carried by ESPNU. Should a third game be needed that will be played on ESPN 2 Monday at high noon.
We are all disappointed that the ACC didn't get more teams into the Super Regional other than Florida State and the Pack. They started with seven and got two in the next faze of the run to the College World Series. The numbers point to the fact the ACC did all right since they started with seven out of 64 which is roughly 11% of the teams were from the ACC. Now that it is down to sixteen teams they stand at 12%.
What is missing is the fact that two teams were hosting on their home fields and didn't get to the next round. The SEC started out with eight which is 12% of the teams in the field and heading to this weekend still have four or 25%.
There are two big surprises Stoney Brook and Kent State. Stoney Brook is a college on Long Island New York and the most famous thing Kent State is known for was shootings that killed students during protest back in 1970. Parity has really reared it's head this year.
Tonight Coleman Pitt Post 58 traveled to Pitt County tonight and after Thursday we will have some idea whether this team has potential to make the up coming state Legion Tournament.
Pitt County Post 39 just could be a first round foe when the playoffs starts but Thursday Post 58 travels to Cherryville to take on the perennial Legion power. After Thursday legion takes the weekend off for high school graduations in the area.
Tonight Post 58 takes it on the chin as Pitt County Post 39 is back to the only team in the area since Winterville no longer has a team and they cleaned Post 58's clock by a 12-4 score. 39 lead at one point 11-1. Post 58 is now 6-2 on the year.
The Super Regional starts Saturday at 2PM and again Sunday at 1PM. Both of the those games will be carried by ESPNU. Should a third game be needed that will be played on ESPN 2 Monday at high noon.
We are all disappointed that the ACC didn't get more teams into the Super Regional other than Florida State and the Pack. They started with seven and got two in the next faze of the run to the College World Series. The numbers point to the fact the ACC did all right since they started with seven out of 64 which is roughly 11% of the teams were from the ACC. Now that it is down to sixteen teams they stand at 12%.
What is missing is the fact that two teams were hosting on their home fields and didn't get to the next round. The SEC started out with eight which is 12% of the teams in the field and heading to this weekend still have four or 25%.
There are two big surprises Stoney Brook and Kent State. Stoney Brook is a college on Long Island New York and the most famous thing Kent State is known for was shootings that killed students during protest back in 1970. Parity has really reared it's head this year.
Tonight Coleman Pitt Post 58 traveled to Pitt County tonight and after Thursday we will have some idea whether this team has potential to make the up coming state Legion Tournament.
Pitt County Post 39 just could be a first round foe when the playoffs starts but Thursday Post 58 travels to Cherryville to take on the perennial Legion power. After Thursday legion takes the weekend off for high school graduations in the area.
Tonight Post 58 takes it on the chin as Pitt County Post 39 is back to the only team in the area since Winterville no longer has a team and they cleaned Post 58's clock by a 12-4 score. 39 lead at one point 11-1. Post 58 is now 6-2 on the year.
Monday, June 4, 2012
Harrell Commits to Louisville
Former North Edgecombe basketball player Montrezl Harrell who committed to Virginia Tech but when Tech fired Coach Greenberg decommitted has decided that the best place for him is at the University of Louisville. There was a chance that N C State would get him but due to the fact that would have been within the conference he would have had to sit out a year.
Coleman Pitt Post 58 traveled to Ahoskie tonight to meet Post 102 for the second time in four days and even though Post 58 lost the second game of a double header Saturday at Windsor the bats are beginning to come around. Since the seventh inning against Post 102 Thursday Post 58 has scored 49 runs in twenty two innings and tonight they dispose of Post 102 13-2 in an eight inning game.
Post 58 is now 6-1 overall and 3-1 in conference play. They are right back on the road Tuesday as they travel to Pitt CC and meet Post 39 from Greenville. Post 39 is the team that was here for the season opener that got rained out in the bottom of the third and it looks as if that game will not be made up.
A comeback for the ages as N C State down 7-3 in the top of the eighth inning scored three in the eighth and three again in the ninth to top Vanderbilt and qualify for the Super Regional to play Florida this weekend. Relief pitcher Ryan Wilkins shut the door on Vandy the last four plus innings as the Pack becomes only the second ACC team to make the Super Regional along with Florida State.
This weekend's Regional surprises were many but one of the biggest and best was the Mountaineers of Appalachian State being in the winners bracket and having a chance to qualify for the Super Regional. It was not to be as App State lost 14-6 and 5-2 to lost out to Oklahoma.
Coleman Pitt Post 58 traveled to Ahoskie tonight to meet Post 102 for the second time in four days and even though Post 58 lost the second game of a double header Saturday at Windsor the bats are beginning to come around. Since the seventh inning against Post 102 Thursday Post 58 has scored 49 runs in twenty two innings and tonight they dispose of Post 102 13-2 in an eight inning game.
Post 58 is now 6-1 overall and 3-1 in conference play. They are right back on the road Tuesday as they travel to Pitt CC and meet Post 39 from Greenville. Post 39 is the team that was here for the season opener that got rained out in the bottom of the third and it looks as if that game will not be made up.
A comeback for the ages as N C State down 7-3 in the top of the eighth inning scored three in the eighth and three again in the ninth to top Vanderbilt and qualify for the Super Regional to play Florida this weekend. Relief pitcher Ryan Wilkins shut the door on Vandy the last four plus innings as the Pack becomes only the second ACC team to make the Super Regional along with Florida State.
This weekend's Regional surprises were many but one of the biggest and best was the Mountaineers of Appalachian State being in the winners bracket and having a chance to qualify for the Super Regional. It was not to be as App State lost 14-6 and 5-2 to lost out to Oklahoma.
Sunday, June 3, 2012
Rocky Mount Area Pitching Dominates Regional
Benton Moss pitch six innings and allowed ECU only one run and kept Carolina alive in the Chapel Hill Regional as Carolina beat the Pirates 5-3 to advance to the championship round against St Johns tonight at 6PM. The Heels have to win tonight and then come back and beat St Johns Monday night. Only one win is all it takes for the Red Storm to come in to Chapel Hill and steal the regional in North Carolina's back yard
Over in Raleigh State scored 17 runs against UNC Wilmington and won over the Seahawks knocking them out of the tournament. State must now beat Vanderbilt twice as they are in the same boat as Carolina and need a win tonight and tomorrow in order to win their own hosted Regional.
Both Benton Moss and Hobbs Johnson former Gryphons got wins for the Heels in their starts in the Regional while Northern Nash's Tyler Joyner recorded a save for ECU in their only win in the regional.
Vanderbilt had a chance to walk into Raleigh and taken home the golden egg but if they are to do so they must wait to Monday to do it as the Wolfpack jumped to a 5-1 lead and saw Vandy tie it up late but tonight the Pack scores in the bottom of the 8th inning to beat the Commodores 6-5. This sets up a winner take all Monday night at 7PM with the winner advancing to the Super regional.
North Carolina was not so lucky as for the second time in a row St Johns beats the Tar Heels at the Bosh and the Red Storm has knocked the #6 seed out of the tournament. Final 9-5. In their two losses in this Regional Carolina did not get enough relief pitching or score enough runs for the pitching they got in the losses.
Over in Raleigh State scored 17 runs against UNC Wilmington and won over the Seahawks knocking them out of the tournament. State must now beat Vanderbilt twice as they are in the same boat as Carolina and need a win tonight and tomorrow in order to win their own hosted Regional.
Both Benton Moss and Hobbs Johnson former Gryphons got wins for the Heels in their starts in the Regional while Northern Nash's Tyler Joyner recorded a save for ECU in their only win in the regional.
Vanderbilt had a chance to walk into Raleigh and taken home the golden egg but if they are to do so they must wait to Monday to do it as the Wolfpack jumped to a 5-1 lead and saw Vandy tie it up late but tonight the Pack scores in the bottom of the 8th inning to beat the Commodores 6-5. This sets up a winner take all Monday night at 7PM with the winner advancing to the Super regional.
North Carolina was not so lucky as for the second time in a row St Johns beats the Tar Heels at the Bosh and the Red Storm has knocked the #6 seed out of the tournament. Final 9-5. In their two losses in this Regional Carolina did not get enough relief pitching or score enough runs for the pitching they got in the losses.
Saturday, June 2, 2012
ECU Junior and former Northern Nash baseball player Tyler Joyner with his team on the verge of elimination from the NCAA Regional in Chapel Hill came in and pitched 4.1 innings of one hit relief and saved the Pirates and let them play another day.
Joyner entered the game in the 6th with the Pirates leading 7-6 but Cornell had the lead runners on base but Joyner snuffed out the sixth inning rally and the Pirates managed to add three more as they stay alive beating Cornell 10-6 They play the first game Sunday and they will meet the host team UNC Tar Heels who were stunned with a three run homer in the bottom of the ninth and lose to St Johns 5-4. One or the other will go home a loser when they meet in the first game in Chapel Hill Sunday and the winner will meet St Johns at 6.00pm and have to beat them twice to go to the Super Regional.
N C State was cruising along leading 8-3 in the bottom of the eighth inning when with two out the third out reached base on a strike out wild pitch and before Vanderbilt was through score five times and then added one in the bottom of the ninth to shock the Wolfpack 9-8. State now falls to the losers bracket and plays UNC Wilmington and the winner of that game plays Vandy at 7PM.
Coleman Pitt Post 58 played a double header in Windsor tonight and scored 29 runs in both games and lost one of them. Post 58 won the opener 20-3 but in the night cap lost their first game of the year 10-9. That is six games in seven days for Post 58. That many games puts a whole lot of tired arms in action as five runs had been the most runs scored against Post 58 in their five wins and there lone lost they give up ten.
In the category of this is a small world: Yesterday "Baseball" Britt Johnson was in Chapel Hill watching the Chapel Hill Regional but there was one player that Johnson wanted to meet on the Cornell roster. Who does Cornell have that "Baseball" wanted to talk to. Jeeter Ishida. Who in the world is that. Ishida played for the Honolulu Hawaii team that beat Nash County in the Babe Ruth World Series in 2004 when the games were in Wilson. Ishisa pitch for Hawaii in that game and Britt was the coach for Nash County.
Joyner entered the game in the 6th with the Pirates leading 7-6 but Cornell had the lead runners on base but Joyner snuffed out the sixth inning rally and the Pirates managed to add three more as they stay alive beating Cornell 10-6 They play the first game Sunday and they will meet the host team UNC Tar Heels who were stunned with a three run homer in the bottom of the ninth and lose to St Johns 5-4. One or the other will go home a loser when they meet in the first game in Chapel Hill Sunday and the winner will meet St Johns at 6.00pm and have to beat them twice to go to the Super Regional.
N C State was cruising along leading 8-3 in the bottom of the eighth inning when with two out the third out reached base on a strike out wild pitch and before Vanderbilt was through score five times and then added one in the bottom of the ninth to shock the Wolfpack 9-8. State now falls to the losers bracket and plays UNC Wilmington and the winner of that game plays Vandy at 7PM.
Coleman Pitt Post 58 played a double header in Windsor tonight and scored 29 runs in both games and lost one of them. Post 58 won the opener 20-3 but in the night cap lost their first game of the year 10-9. That is six games in seven days for Post 58. That many games puts a whole lot of tired arms in action as five runs had been the most runs scored against Post 58 in their five wins and there lone lost they give up ten.
In the category of this is a small world: Yesterday "Baseball" Britt Johnson was in Chapel Hill watching the Chapel Hill Regional but there was one player that Johnson wanted to meet on the Cornell roster. Who does Cornell have that "Baseball" wanted to talk to. Jeeter Ishida. Who in the world is that. Ishida played for the Honolulu Hawaii team that beat Nash County in the Babe Ruth World Series in 2004 when the games were in Wilson. Ishisa pitch for Hawaii in that game and Britt was the coach for Nash County.
Friday, June 1, 2012
Dodging Rain Drops
All four teams from the State Of North Carolina who made it to the NCAA baseball playoffs played today and they were all in the Triangle. UNC Wilmington and ECU lose while State and Carolina do what they had to do.
We are all creatures of habit and Mike Fox has so many good pitchers you have to find a place to use them. Since Carolina didn't make it last weekend to the ACC Championship game Hobbs Johnson got left out as the guy who only pitched an inning. Today Fox gave Hobbs the ball and Johnson for four innings held Cornell to only one hit. Then not pitching in two weeks reared it head. Johnson gave up a two run homer in the fifth and then gave up a single to start the sixth and Mike Fox took him out of the game. Carolina already lead by that time 5-2 and the Heels went on to win their opening round game 7-4 and Hobbs wins the first game of the NCAA Tournament for Carolina. Carolina plays St Johns on Saturday afternoon in the Chapel Hill Winners bracket game.
ECU never was in their game with St Johns as they trailed 8-1 going into the eighth inning when the Pirates put up their only crooked number on the score board and then turned around and gave up three more runs in the ninth to lose 11-3. ECU faces elimination Saturday afternoon when they play Cornell.
They could score but seven runs in three games of the ACC Tournament but tonight the Pack trounced Sacred Heart 16-5 to advance to the winners bracket in Raleigh. The final outs of the game were played in a driving rain as the umps tried to get the game in because the way the rain was coming they probably would not have been able to finish tonight. State meets Vanderbilt a team that made it to the College World Series last year Saturday night. UNC W now in the losers bracket takes on Sacred Heart Saturday afternoon.
The ACC went 5-1 opening day with Virginia rained out. I just have a feeling the ACC is finally going to win the WS this year. Don't know who but this is their year.
Post 58 plays a double header against Windsor Saturday afternoon at five. These are conference games. Heading into Saturday Post 58 is 4-0 and have started four different pitchers who have gone at least five innings in every game.
We are all creatures of habit and Mike Fox has so many good pitchers you have to find a place to use them. Since Carolina didn't make it last weekend to the ACC Championship game Hobbs Johnson got left out as the guy who only pitched an inning. Today Fox gave Hobbs the ball and Johnson for four innings held Cornell to only one hit. Then not pitching in two weeks reared it head. Johnson gave up a two run homer in the fifth and then gave up a single to start the sixth and Mike Fox took him out of the game. Carolina already lead by that time 5-2 and the Heels went on to win their opening round game 7-4 and Hobbs wins the first game of the NCAA Tournament for Carolina. Carolina plays St Johns on Saturday afternoon in the Chapel Hill Winners bracket game.
ECU never was in their game with St Johns as they trailed 8-1 going into the eighth inning when the Pirates put up their only crooked number on the score board and then turned around and gave up three more runs in the ninth to lose 11-3. ECU faces elimination Saturday afternoon when they play Cornell.
They could score but seven runs in three games of the ACC Tournament but tonight the Pack trounced Sacred Heart 16-5 to advance to the winners bracket in Raleigh. The final outs of the game were played in a driving rain as the umps tried to get the game in because the way the rain was coming they probably would not have been able to finish tonight. State meets Vanderbilt a team that made it to the College World Series last year Saturday night. UNC W now in the losers bracket takes on Sacred Heart Saturday afternoon.
The ACC went 5-1 opening day with Virginia rained out. I just have a feeling the ACC is finally going to win the WS this year. Don't know who but this is their year.
Post 58 plays a double header against Windsor Saturday afternoon at five. These are conference games. Heading into Saturday Post 58 is 4-0 and have started four different pitchers who have gone at least five innings in every game.
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