Mustangs' Home Opener

Last night we joined 4,000 other fans to welcome the Ponies to Cobb Field for another season. It was a great game against the Great Falls White Sox. (I told Mom that I needed to see a team called the "White Sox" get whipped...) We carried a shut-out into the top of the ninth, but of course the Sox had to get a run in the top of the ninth.

The shutout wasn't "tame," though... the Sox had runners in scoring position 6 out of 9 innings. They stranded a lot of runners! There were four exciting double plays, two perfectly executed bunts, a home run, a triple, a successful pickoff, a stolen base. . . it was great baseball.

The nachos weren't too bad either. :)

Alternate Service Option

Have you guys heard of this? Apparently our friendly neighborhood Army decided that if a guy is good at a sport, he shouldn't have to fulfill his military commitment. . . If he can get a sports contract after two years, he can opt out of his payback time and just go reserves/recruiting. The Mustangs center fielder is a 2003 West Point grad who is now playing pro-ball "for the Army." I understand this is probably a PR thing to up enlistment, but do you really want guys joining the Army so they can play sports? We are in a time of war here, aren't we?

2 outa 3

Well, we took two out of three from the Yankees. Today's game had to hurt (them, I mean!) I wouldn't be surprised if Kevin Brown smashed both his hands against the clubhouse wall after his. . . uh. . .interesting. . .6th inning. It's just a bad day for a pitcher when he "hits" a run in!

Silva, on the other hand, had yet another quality start. The guy has gone at least 7 innings in all 10 of his starts this year - you have to love the consistency!

And how about Jesse Crain? He has 5 wins on the year, and a miniscule .76 ERA.

We won today with good starting pitching, great bullpen work, and, that Twinkie sweet surprise -- more "who's that?" callups from Triple A. Three cheers for the FARM!