Theoretically the Shorebirds have 35 home games down and 35 to go, tonight begins the second 35. (They actually only had 31 home dates in the first half because of rainouts, not to mention I think it rained on another 10 or 15 games – or so it seemed.) Anyway, our cross-state rival and Washington Nationals affiliate Hagerstown comes in this weekend for the final time this season. You can go to the Delmarva Chicken Festival by day and catch the Shorebirds in the evening, even on Sunday as the Shorebirds switch over to a 6:05 start time for all but one of those remaining Sunday contests.
Also wanted to make mention that both of our SAL All-Stars saw action in Tuesday night’s 13-4 victory by the SAL Northern Division All-Stars over their Southern Division counterparts. Pitcher Sean Gleason protected the North’s 4-2 lead by pitching a scoreless fourth inning, allowing two hits and fanning one. Outfielder Joe Nowicki entered the game in the top of the fifth inning as a defensive replacement in right field and batted twice. Nowicki struck out and walked, scoring the North’s 12th run when Lakewood’s Michael Durant homered in the eighth inning to plate the game’s final runs.
Tonight will be another Shorebird of the Week and tomorrow I’ll get back into politics.
