Donneybrook

My guess is that several pitchers were sent back to the minor leagues yesterday - or handed their walking papers. The game was not a welcomed experience coming off the long night game from Thursday night. The teams - KC Royals and Oakland A's - played in a real donnybrook. The score was 9-9, there were 26 hits, 13 pitchers used and the attendance was 6486 hungry fans. We were hoping for a well pitched, short game, and got one that lasted over 3.5 hours. We were beat going into the game, and felt no better following the game. This is easily the longest week of spring training that we have experienced. And, there are still two games to go before we get a break.

The good news is that we came very close to balancing our inventory to sales, and I got out of there before 5:30 which is a relatively quick exit. I didn't have to recount any of the inventory and we should be set to go for today's game between the KC Royals and Chicago Cubs. The Cubs are always a good drawing team, so it will not be an easy day.

We were too tired to take in the Bill Luke Bass Days festival here at the Lake. There was a lot of activity as we heard the music and noise coming from the event, and thought it would make it difficult to get to sleep. We were so tired that it wasn't a problem. Maybe we will get to walk around the event tonight following today's game. There are only eight games to go for us before it ends for another year...