Hoghead Is Back

Upon request, I have returned from the grave to make a comment. Here we go!

After the first 2 completed games for 2021 the Railroaders find themselves with a 1-1 record and 42 regular season games to go. For sure, its too early to know how we’ll shape up at this point. That said, there are a few interesting points to look at after these early games..

Our first game was a victory over the Chiefs on the road at Paducah. Our loss was to the Rhythm at Home in Fulton. In the last active season of 2019, the Railroaders opened on with a road loss in Paducah follow by a win at home.

This year in two games we had 54 batters and runners put out. Of those, 31 were strikeouts. Whoa, that’s a 57% strikeout rate! It has been my observation in the past that the pitching tends to suffer early season and the bats a much better. Maybe we need to settle down a little. I have always subscribed to at least make the pitcher throw a strike first before swinging. Just a thought…..

Lastly, in 2 games we’ve had 7 errors. Another good reason to settle down and focus. This is not a good trend to fall into.

Bottom line for me is this: We haven’t had a .500 or above season record since 2015. Consider this: We were never below .500 in season for 10 straight, 2006-2015! I think we need to turn the tide and make this a winning year! Let’s Go Railroaders and beat the Hoppers at the Yard tonight, game time is 6:00 p.m..