Meeting with the Miners

After last night’s loss to the Hoppers, the Railroader move on to face off with the Miners tonight at the Yard.  The Railroaders remain in third place and still a game and a half ahead of the Bombers who fell to the Oilers on Wednesday.  Fulton’s slim chance at first place is gone now, but second seed is not out of the question.  The Oilers and Hoppers play a twin bill tonight as the Railroaders try to get back on the winning track against the Miners.

I’m now considering a new career as an umpire.  I know I couldn’t do worse than what we saw last night at the Yard.  I’ve seen strange games and poor calls before, but never one where a runner was clearly tagged out in a run down between third and home that was missed by 2 officials on the field.  The same umpire who couldn’t wait out a rain delay in an earlier game because he had to work the next morning.  My understanding is Fulton couldn’t secure any other umpires for the game and had to use these blind mice.  Should the situation occur again I hope my training has me ready to take over, although I'm not sure I could take the abuse.

Oh well, on to the next game tonight.  The Railroaders have 5 games left, 3 with the Miners and 2 more with the Hoppers.  Let us finish the season with WINS, and hope for a little help from the Oilers and Bombers to also take down the Hoppers a little.  The Railroaders are now 3 games behind Hoptown with Friday and Sunday games against them that we should take.  First the Miners who have failed to beat the Railroaders this season.  Let’s keep that way! 

Fire up the engine and let’s get going!