A comedy of errors

Baseball is a game of inches.  A misstep, a slight hesitation, just a moment when you let your mind wander.  Any of these can be the difference between a win and a loss.  Pile a few together and you’ve created a nearly insurmountable obstacle.  That’s the best way I can explain our loss in game 2 of last night’s double header.  Game one was a pitcher’s duel.  Another one run loss that could have gone either way.  Game two was a different story. One of the reasons that baseball is my favorite sport is because it is such a cerebral game. A thinker’s game.  Nearly every other popular sport is all about brawn.  Shear power.  Baseball is so much more.  But when mental lapses occur, the end result almost always shows on the scoreboard.

There were a couple of highlights tho’.  One was Dan Voglebach’s 3 RBI blast in the 6^th inning.  Last year Dan showed us why he was drafted in the 2^nd round.  He has a lot of power and is a pretty decent defender at first.  He was a big guy.  When he arrived in Daytona this year, he had slimmed down considerably.  I spoke to his dad who told me that Dan was working out 3 to 4 hours every day to bring his weight down.  He looked great, very fit, but there was some concern that his bat might be affected.  Last night put those fears to rest.  I have no doubt he’s going to put up some impressive numbers this season.  Another highlight was the way the team kept pressing.  They were down 6-1 when they came up in the 6^th, but they put together a series of hits that had us believing that the Cardiac Cubs were going to pull it out!  Alas, they fell short, but it sure made it easy to stick around for the 14^th inning of the night.  Tonight is the final game of the series before the guys head out for the major road trip of the season.  Here’s hoping they head out with a win in their pockets.