Baseball Really Is a Game of Inches
Baltimore Orioles win their first game 3-2 over the Toronto Blue Jays in the 11th inning. Read more. Mark Trumbo hits first opening day walk-off home run in Orioles history. Trumbo picks up where he left off last season, as he led the majors in home runs with 47 in the regular season and he also added one in the wild card game. Speaking of which, it had to feel good for the Orioles to take down the Blue Jays in similar fashion to how the wild-card game ended. The Trumbo walk-off winner here was historic, as it was the first walk-off home run on opening day in Orioles history. It’s also the first in the majors since 2014, when Neil Walker, then of the Pirates, did so to the Cubs. Read more
Unfortunately, our Junior Orioles U12 Little League team lost our home opener vs. the Bearcats 5-4. However, we were not able to finish the game in 6 innings of regulation play on account of darkness (7:25 PM – approximately 85 minutes – 5 complete innings) and the umpire was concerned about safety. Who knows if we had another 30 minutes of daylight what would have happened? Read more. Also, if you recall the letter from an earlier blog by Mike Matheny, he said, “We will lose a lot of games”.
Blake and I stopped to get something to eat on the ride home and anxiously awaited the NCAA Championship game. It was no surprise that the game was decided in the last 60 seconds. North Carolina (1) prevailed over Gonzaga (1) 71-65. Roy Williams deserves a lot of credit! I really enjoyed watching the FINAL FOUR this year. In particular, I loved what South Carolina’s Frank Martin, Head Coach said in an interview,
“People keep score when you play games 35, 36, 37 times a year, and sometimes you win and sometimes you don’t. That score eventually goes away. When you impact people by the masses the way these kids have, that means you’re a winner as a human being and that’s what matters. When we get home and they realize what they’ve done in our community, their hearts will open up with joy because they’ll be so happy that the pain of losing a game eventually goes away.”
South Carolina lost to Gonzaga in the Final Four on Saturday, but Gamecocks head coach Frank Martin believes his players are still winners. 
In the press conference, he was asked what he has to say to the kids who are fans of the team. Martin took his time with his reply, while trying to hold back tears. Read more.
In addition, our Brewers Over 40 Baseball Team also lost 12-4 in our season opener vs. the Diamondbacks. However, the score was a lot worse after 9 innings than any of the previous games mentioned. Yet, the score was 0-0 after my first 3 innings of pitching on the mound.
Tonight’s Most Valuable Player (MVP) award goes to Richard McLeod. He received the game ball and starting Thursday we will start handing out the trophy below (similar to the “Stanley Cup“) for the kids to take home till the next game (please be GENTLE so it does not break). He sparked the bench in the 2nd inning with a standup triple and later scored our first run to put us on the board.
Human Vacuum Cleaner 