FINALLY Monday post

Well, the PIAA spring season is FINALLY over! Congrads to all six champs. The eastern schools won bragging rights, as they were 4-2 on Friday. Here are the results:
Baseball AAA: Chambersburg 12, Peters Township 5
Baseball AA: Northeastern York 6, Huntingdon 3
Baseball A: Neshannock 8, Muncy 4
Softball AAA: Shaler 3, Chambersburg 2
Softball AA: Mifflinburg 3, Bald Eagle Area 0
Softball A: Blue Ridge 2, Sto-Rox 0

Props to Peters Township, down 11-1 after 5 innings they scraped back to score 4 in the top half of the sixth thus avoiding the 10-run rule which would be most embarrassing in a state final.

The North won the Ken Lantzy game 7-0 in the lowest scoring game since they beat the South 6-0 back in 1991. Someone please tell me how an all-star game in which the rules are changed to encourage MORE passing can be so low scoring? That’s like putting Bayern Munich and Manchester United in a match with no goalkeepers and getting a scoreless draw!!! I’m just upset that Sponsky beat Arcurio again in a low scoring game.

Pirates got swept by the Mariners this weekend. All you need to know is M’s pitcher Jamie Moyer had a 2 RBI single Friday night (yes, the Pirates lost by one run that night!) The 41-year-old hadn’t had an RBI since the late 80s! Par for the course for the Bucs this year.

Will somebody tell me how Dick Vitale found his way into the Fox Sports Pittsburgh booth during yesterday’s broadcast? This guy is the Cyril Wecht of sports, has he found a camera or microphone that he doesn’t like?!

Congrads to Ken Griffey Jr. who FINALLY got his 500th home run yesterday. Did it on Father’s Day with Ken, Sr. in attendance. The only thing sweeter would have been getting in Cincy but he had his chances! Those critics who don’t find him worthy of hall of fame status are out of their mind.

Watched another ho hum Ferrari one-two finish in yesterday’s US Grand Prix. Two bright spots: BAR Honda’s Takuma Sato became the first Japanese driver since 1990 to be on the podium. I really like this guy, he’s not afraid to race. Also, I was glad to hear that Ralf Schumacher was OK after what looked like a violent crash yesterday on the fastest stretch on any F1 course. Was it just me, or did it take FOREVER for a safety crew to get to his car?

I FINALLY got to start reading The Da Vinci Code over the weekend and I’m upset I didn’t start earlier because I couldn’t put it down. I guess all the hype is true on this one.

Have you heard? Bill Clinton has a book coming out tomorrow!