The Winking Lizard is a local Cleveland eatery and is the sponsor of a men's baseball team that I am playing on this summer. The league is for those of us at least 38 years old. The Lizard is off to great start this season as we won our third straight game to start the season. We are 3-0 and tied for first place.
The league web site with standings is here: http://www.clevelandhardball.org/2009%20standings%20and%20results.htm.
We have a great bunch of guys that enjoy playing together. Each week I will try and give some highlights to our game and tell you about one of my teammates.
Quick update on our first three games:
Game #1 - May 9th vs. Ballparkers - we have three solid pitchers on our team this year. Unfortunately, none were present when our opener started. We found ourselves down 9-2, only to be rescued by when Ray Carr showed up to pitch. We then went down 12-2, but came back to win 14-13, rallying for 4 in the bottom of the ninth. It was a great comeback.
Game #2 - May 16th vs. Brewers - we won last week 9-6 in a tight game.
Game #3 - May 23rd vs. Lightning & Lumber - today we won 9-3, I think. We played well and won pretty easily.
Go Lizards
Saturday, May 23, 2009
Tuesday, May 19, 2009
Anne Morgan - Track Season 2009
My 13 year old daughter, Annie, competed in track for her Brecksville Middle School 7th and 8th grade team this season. This was Annie's first year running track. As you can see in the above photograph (Anne is 2nd from the right), it was mostly all smiles this season!Anne competed mostly in sprint events running the anchor in the 4x100 and 4x200 relays, and also competed in the individual 100 and 200. Anne enjoyed lots of success, especially in the season's final meet - the South West Conference championships. Brecksville competed against rival schools of Amherst, Midpark, Olmsted Falls, Avon Lake, Berea, Westlake, and North Olmsted. Annie's 4x100 relay finished 3rd. The highlight of the meet for Annie was the individual 200. She competed against some very fast girls, mostly 8th graders. In the end, Annie won the 200 recording a time of 28.2. And even better, Annie and her teammates came in first place as a team.
Congrats to Annie!!!
Tuesday, May 5, 2009
1920, 1948, 1950, 1955, 1955, 1964 ... 2009?
Is this the year Cleveland will have its first major sports championship since 1964?
The Cleveland Cavaliers swept the first round of the playoffs against the Detroit Pistons, 4 games to none. Tonight they won game #1 of the second round vs. the Atlanta Hawks. They need 16 victories to win the NBA title. The Cavs had the NBA's best record during the regular season, therefore they have home court advantage throughout the playoffs. This is a very good sign and the Cavs were 39-2 at home during the regular season.
Even more important than the home court advantage is their best player: LeBron James. James is a hometown hero and was named the NBA's Most Valuable Player this season. He is truly King James here on the northcoast.
Trivia: who is the last Cleveland athlete to win a major sport MVP? See below.
The Cleveland Browns were the last team to win a major sports championship in C-town. I was a mere 7 months old, so technically I have experienced a championship. There have been many heartbreaking moments in my life surrounding Cleveland sports. When the pundits talk about the most starved sports fans, there is really no debate. We win that contest hands-down.
Although the Browns are pathetic these days, they are one of football's most storied franchises. The Browns entered the NFL in 1950 and won the NFL title that year. The Browns first four years of existence were actually in the All-America Football League: 1946-1949. The AAFL only existed those four years and they only had one championship team. The Browns won the league title every year. They also won NFL titles in 1954, 1955 and 1964. In total, they have won 8 football titles, two more than the team down the road in Steel City.
The Cavaliers have never won a title, but did play in the finals two years ago.
My beloved Indians won titles in 1920 and 1948, losing the World Series in 1954, 1995 and 1997. More on the 1920 season in a future blog.
Is this the year? I certainly hope so.
Last major sports MVP? Brian Sipe, Browns QB in 1980, with apologies to the great Albert Belle who should have won MLB's MVP in 1995.
Go Cavs
The Cleveland Cavaliers swept the first round of the playoffs against the Detroit Pistons, 4 games to none. Tonight they won game #1 of the second round vs. the Atlanta Hawks. They need 16 victories to win the NBA title. The Cavs had the NBA's best record during the regular season, therefore they have home court advantage throughout the playoffs. This is a very good sign and the Cavs were 39-2 at home during the regular season.
Even more important than the home court advantage is their best player: LeBron James. James is a hometown hero and was named the NBA's Most Valuable Player this season. He is truly King James here on the northcoast.
Trivia: who is the last Cleveland athlete to win a major sport MVP? See below.
The Cleveland Browns were the last team to win a major sports championship in C-town. I was a mere 7 months old, so technically I have experienced a championship. There have been many heartbreaking moments in my life surrounding Cleveland sports. When the pundits talk about the most starved sports fans, there is really no debate. We win that contest hands-down.
Although the Browns are pathetic these days, they are one of football's most storied franchises. The Browns entered the NFL in 1950 and won the NFL title that year. The Browns first four years of existence were actually in the All-America Football League: 1946-1949. The AAFL only existed those four years and they only had one championship team. The Browns won the league title every year. They also won NFL titles in 1954, 1955 and 1964. In total, they have won 8 football titles, two more than the team down the road in Steel City.
The Cavaliers have never won a title, but did play in the finals two years ago.
My beloved Indians won titles in 1920 and 1948, losing the World Series in 1954, 1995 and 1997. More on the 1920 season in a future blog.
Is this the year? I certainly hope so.
Last major sports MVP? Brian Sipe, Browns QB in 1980, with apologies to the great Albert Belle who should have won MLB's MVP in 1995.
Go Cavs
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