Thank Goodness Goodbye Maryland

I was pulling hard for UVA tonight as they laid  the leather to Maryland and are the only ACC  team in the College World Series as the beat Maryland 11-2.  It marks the last official activity of Maryland as an ACC member.  I am so glad the quitters will not represent the the ACC.  It would however been hard to explain if Maryland went to Omaha and won the Series and left the league giving the ACC their second all time World Series championship for the league. It would have been a hard pill to swallow having to hear that the second title ever came from a team no longer in the league.  Thank you Virginia!

The ACC sent seven teams to the NCAA tournament which is about 11 per cent of all the teams in the field.  They are one out of eight that will be in Omaha which is about 12.5 per cent which means the ACC held their own during the tournament.  They still are alive to win it all.  The key for me will be whether UVA hits the ball and scores runs.  The pitching should keep them in every game. Virginia plays their first game in the World Series Sunday at 8pm against Mississippi. Go ACC!

I'm pulling hard for the San Antonio Spurs but after two games the Heat have played better than I expected.  Even though they lost by 15 in game one the Heat was leading with under five minutes to play and then LaBron went down and out.  I don't expect to LJ to miss any more games.  Hope Tim Duncan and company can get one in Miami or they just might be in trouble.

I know TV has a lot to do wth why the NHL is down to game four of the Stanley Cup Finals and the NBA is only looking at game three on Tuesday.  Here it is almost the middle of June and a winter sport hockey and a winter sport basketball is still being played. You know both sports started their playoffs around the 20th of April and are not through yet.

Tuesday Post 58 is home as they host Apex Tuesday night.  If you want to see a good brand of baseball you need to see this team.  They begin conference play with Apex.  Coach Hank Jones wanted to play better quality teams in conference and that is why we are in the same division as the Triangle teams because if you remember last year between Ahoskie, Windsor, Edenton and Albemarle those four could hardly get enough players to play each and every game.

  Last year was once we got to the park was there enough in the other dugout to play tonight.  When we did most of the time only played seven innings and that is not helping your team prepare for the playoffs.  If Post 58 has a good record at the end of the regular season playing in this division then we will be prepared once the playoff starts a July 3rd.  Come see a fun team Tuesday Apex and
Wednesday with Garner.  We will have a good idea about this team by 11pm Wednesday night.

Chase For Triple Crown

I hope you had a chance to hear the  comments by one of the owners of the horse California Chrome. If there is ever an example of poor sportsmanship and you want to hear poor sportsmanship try to find it on the internet some where.

Those that haven't heard it he blamed horse racing as to why his horse lost the triple crown. He thinks in order to win the triple crown your horse should have to run all three of the triple crown races.  The horse that won Saturday's Belmont this is the only race of the triple crown races that the horse had entered.

I have always amagined that when I won the lottery that I would buy a thousand acres of land and put up white fences and go in  the horse business.  I would think horses are just like human athletes that they get injured.  Some horses are slower developers than others and you run them when you think
They are  ready.

California Crome 's  owner claimed his horse was tired where a fresh horse was able to win the race.  You know one of the dramatic parts of the Belmont that the Belmont is a mile and a half which is a brutal race for horses. Just maybe the race was too far for the Crome.

I know nothing about race strategy but if I was in the second lane and the race track is shorter the closer you are to the rail why then do you run your horse as if he has the fourth position.  So the owner admits his horse is tired and now your jockey runs a poor race then why do you think your horse should win

The only time I watch horse racing is the  Triple Crown races and this year I didn't watch one of them live so I didn't care too much about any of the races.  Twenty four hour a day sports TV and radio there is plenty of time to see the  race ten times.  It also leaves plenty of opportunity to hear some one who has every excuse for losing  rant and let the world know what a poor sport he is.