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Opening Day 2010 – Mark Buehrle

4/6/2010

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You’ve seen the email that goes around asking you to answer 15 questions and then send it to other folks; they change your answers to theirs and send it out to you with their friends and so on. One of the questions is always, “What is your favorite holiday?” And my answer is always the Chicago White Sox Home Opening Day.  It’s Christmas, Thanksgiving and my birthday all rolled into one. The day did not disappoint.

The White Sox played the Cleveland Indians at Comiskey Park II with Mark Buehrle on the mound surpassing fellow lefty Billy Pierce’s record with his 8th straight Opening Day start. Buehrle held the Indians scoreless for seven innings allowing only three hits and striking out three while spotting his fastball and throwing his straight change. But the play that marks this game and will probably be on all the highlight reels all season came in the 5th inning while pitching to Lou Marson. Marson hit a shot back up the middle which Buehrle blocked with his left leg; it ricocheted into foul territory on the first base line, he chased it down and with his glove hand, flipped it through his legs to Paul Konerko his first basemen who in turn grabbed it with his bare right hand for the second out of the inning. Truly amazing and it looked even better as the replay was shown from a couple angles. Buehrle was looked at by Herm Schneider, the trainer to make sure he was alright, got the third out and walked to the dugout to a standing ovation. He completed two more innings before being relieved in the 8th by J.J Putz and Matt Thornton closed out the 9th for the White Sox 6 – 0 win.

Might as well pencil Mark in for a Gold Glove right now. If you missed the game, check out the highlights on any of the sports channels, they’ll be showing that replay for days. YouTube has it as well. 

Joe DiMaggio, the Yankee great once said about Opening Day, “It’s like a birthday party when you were a kid. You think something wonderful is about to happen.”
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Monday it did. Thanks Mark.

~ Coach Mike

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Baseball 2010

4/5/2010

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Well I’m not Carnac the Magnificent, the Johnny Carson character who “ascertained the answer without ever having seen the question” but since you asked I will give you my “predictions”.

In the American League it will be the NY Yankees in the East, the Chicago White Sox in the Central, the LA Angels in the West and the Tampa Bay Devils as the Wild Card.

In the National League it will be the Philadelphia Phillies in the East, the St. Louis Cardinals in the Central, the LA Dodgers in the West and the Colorado Rockies as the Wild Card.

As a pre-season pick, I have to go with the team for which I root, the White Sox as the eventual World Series Champions, but I do state that is a pick from the heart.

Some other forecasts are that Jerry Manual of the NY Mets will be the first Manager fired. Carlos Zambrano of the Chicago Cubs will have his first meltdown in May even though he has promised to change his ways for the sake of his daughter. Manny Ramirez of the LA Dodgers will still be “Manny”, playing by his own rules. Bud Selig will still get it wrong and be one step behind any issue. 

There will be pitching gems and walk-off homers; poetic double plays and errors; inspired decisions and bone-headed gaffs; winning streaks and losing streaks; dramatic victories and heart-breaking losses; but most of all there will be baseball.

Let the games begin!

​~ Coach Mike
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