Pre-blog warm up from OoLF:

Wednesday, August 15, 2007

LYNX: SCALES WEIGHS IN WITH THE BAT

All good things came to an end with a distinctive crack of the bat last night in the sixth inning (boxscore, play-by-play). Happ (4-5, 4.54 ERA), who’d pitched around trouble most of the night, made a mistake and the switch-hitting Bobby Scales turned on it and launched a ball over the left field wall. The former 2006 Lynx, errr, Scran-Yank, check that, Red Barons team-mate made a point with his glove too, robbing Jason Jaramillo of a hit in the fifth.

Another former 2006 Lynx player (but not SWB team-mate) and all-around good guy Ed Rogers, scored what would prove to be the winning run in the seventh after taking third (pictured at right) on a wild pitch. We’d love to hate him, but we just can’t. Pawsox pitcher and 40 man roster guy, Devern Hansack (8-7, 3.78 ERA) did just enough to pick up the win, handing it over to the ‘pen in the seventh.

All talk, no action: Quite literally. The dust-up we’d been promised never materialized (more later over at ottawalynxblog.com).

Tonight’s game sees John Ennis (4-4, 3.73 ERA) matched up with Mike Burns (4-7, 4.25 ERA). In his last start against the Lynx (July 19), Burns was tagged with six runs over five innings. Jim Rushford did the majority of the damage that night with a grand-slam.

[Photo credit: Z. Kiiffner]

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Yes, I turtled.  I know I promised I’d turn the tables on reporters and ask them the hard questions, but when presented with the opportunity, I turtled.  Couple of things - 1) I was feeling pretty miserable due to a cold and b) he really was a nice guy.  After some further consideration, it really isn’t the fault of the person sent to get the story (or not get the story, as the case may be) - I guess my beef is with the assignment editors.  Having said that, I’m sure that someone like Roy McGregor or Wayne Scanlan gets to write their own ticket.

I think the interview went well, and if nothing else, I’m hopeful that I made one lasting point: The Lynx are about far more than just baseball.  As I explained to the interviewer, I’m really not that much of a baseball fan.  Which begged the question: So why do you invest your time in the blog?

Exhibit A:

If that doesn’t answer all the questions, I’ve failed.  As the sub-heading for the blog suggests, for me it’s all about the “experience” of being at the park.  Baseball will continue in Ottawa for as long as kids play the game.  Should the worst come to pass, what I will miss most are the people at the park, and the experience of simply being there.

Watch the video again. 

Look at my daughter’s expression.

Thank the Lynx organization for 15 wonderful years.