Opening salvo
The Wild Things won their season opener Friday night, which over their history has been rare.
The 4-3 win over the Evansville Otters leaves Washington's record at 3-8 in season openers. It was their first win on opening night since a 4-1 victory over the Slippery Rock Sliders in 2007. That was the night Washington pitcher Aaron Ledbetter tied the Frontier League record for career wins.
The win also marked the first time Washington ended a day with a winning record since July 31, 2009, when they won at Florence 4-3 to improve its record to 32-31. As luck would have it, the Wild Things' bus broke down that night on a trip from Florence, Ky., to Ypsilanti, Mich., for a series against the Midwest Sliders and spent 8 1/2 hours at a Sunoco station in Dayton, Ohio. The Wild Things were swept by the Sliders and had not been above .500 since the start of that series. ... until today.
Here is the game story from the Evansville Courier-Press, though it does not include quotes from anybody from Washington.
http://www.courierpress.com/news/2012/may/19/score-line-otters-hed-herppppppp-deck-hed-goes/
Update: After checking some things Sunday night for Radio Randy, I found a note in one of my statistics books that corrects the above post. The last time the Wild Things were above .500 at the end of a day was June 2, 2010, when they had a 6-5 record. This was in large part because of a road sweep at Kalamazoo in the second series of the year.
The 4-3 win over the Evansville Otters leaves Washington's record at 3-8 in season openers. It was their first win on opening night since a 4-1 victory over the Slippery Rock Sliders in 2007. That was the night Washington pitcher Aaron Ledbetter tied the Frontier League record for career wins.
The win also marked the first time Washington ended a day with a winning record since July 31, 2009, when they won at Florence 4-3 to improve its record to 32-31. As luck would have it, the Wild Things' bus broke down that night on a trip from Florence, Ky., to Ypsilanti, Mich., for a series against the Midwest Sliders and spent 8 1/2 hours at a Sunoco station in Dayton, Ohio. The Wild Things were swept by the Sliders and had not been above .500 since the start of that series. ... until today.
Here is the game story from the Evansville Courier-Press, though it does not include quotes from anybody from Washington.
http://www.courierpress.com/news/2012/may/19/score-line-otters-hed-herppppppp-deck-hed-goes/
Update: After checking some things Sunday night for Radio Randy, I found a note in one of my statistics books that corrects the above post. The last time the Wild Things were above .500 at the end of a day was June 2, 2010, when they had a 6-5 record. This was in large part because of a road sweep at Kalamazoo in the second series of the year.
Labels: Aaron Ledbetter, Evansville Otters, Opening day, Slippery Rock Sliders
posted by Chris Dugan at
1:08 PM
8 Comments:
Mike Bando is hitless, but his on base % is 500.
The Wild Things average is .500.
Mike Bando's average is .000.
Evansville is another Frontier League ballpark that does not charge for parking unlike the $5 you pay to park in Washington.
Just think - some of the good parking spaces will be gone when you arrive at CEP on opening night.
The stupid (I mean wonderful)Ferris wheel will be parked there instead. Hey, you can't have everything. You already have cheap parking, low price concessions, and a great baseball team. So don't complain so much.
A Ferris wheel at a baseball game? Woopie. I can hardly wait. But just watch the idiots taking there little darlings there for a ride, free of course.
Mike Bando's replacement hit the game winning home run. He is batting .400. Mike is still .000.
Will he be the first cut on the team after the season has begun?
If you cut Bando what do you do with Anderson (0 for 7) or the 4 others who are batting .100 or worse. By the way, they've already cut one player since the season began. Please try to stay up to date.
Can you spell N-e-p-o-t-i-s-m?
It's a western Pennsylvania tradition. Since Bando will be here five years he figures he might as well join in now.
Bob H
Bando made two, maybe three, outstanding defensive plays last night, and laid down a perfect sacrifice bunt that put the winning run in position to score on the single to left. Yeah, he's o-fer right now, but he is certainly contributing to the 3-1 start.
Mike is a beast
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