Checking In

his past week hit the ground running and never slowed down. A lot of work in the rental business and on the baseball field. And since rental stuff is boring, let's talk some baseball.

Rocky Mount had a week to remember as they faced off with their top two competitoras for the Big East title in Hunt and Fike. The old proverb is that good pitching beats good hitting. Check this one off in favor of that piece of wisdom.

Rocky Mount - 5
Hunt - 0

Rocky Mount - 4
Fike - 0

When you have Hobbs Johnson (top) and Benton Moss on the mound, those "0's" on the other teams scoreboard have a good chance to stay there. These two have pitched a combined 27 of 28 innings against the pair of Wilson schools this season and have given up a grand total of 0 runs. And those are two of the better offensive teams in North Carolina. If the offense can continue to produce run support, it's going to be a tough task to knock this version of the Gryphons out when the playoffs roll around. RM is now 19-2 (8-0), ranked #1 in the state and have clinched at worst a share of the conference title. A win over Southern Nash Tuesday night or Northern on Thursday will clinch the outrite title.

The Red Sox just finished their first losing April since 1996 as the go 11-12 in the opening month. I'm not quite ready to jump off a bridge about it though, as injurys have hurt this team early. The starting pitching, which is supposed to be the strength, hasn't really come around yet. I just feel if the Sox get healthy, the pitching straightens up and we can get a big bat in June (Adrian Gonzalez, Line 1) then the Sox will compete to the end. I think this is the Wild Card team in the AL.

Ok, that will do it for this update. Gotta head in at noon today. I believe we're heading down to Bayboro and Pamlico County High School to pick up the equipment for their Relay for Life. So it should be another long day. But so far, the paychecks are making it worthwhile and it'll slow down some soon. And then I can get my chill action on. Have a great weekend everybody.

PS: You knew I would leave you something. Chazz Michael Micheals. The world's greatest male figure skater in all his glory...