







The highlight of the drive was an exchange with Travis Osborne and now there is getting together tomorrow to look forward to!
Year 18 here at West Virginia Tech University Baseball is well underway and the team has won three of four heading into today.

By normal standards, the changes for today are minor in nature as the park remains the same and the opposition is the same. The lone difference being instead of playing one nine inning game we will play a pair of 7 inning affairs starting at 3pm.

What triggers a relationship / partnership that is closing in on two full decades ? An opportunity to work with someone who takes what they do every bit as serious as myself. Those things are truly hard to find.

Golden Bears π» Baseball βΎοΈ is about Family πͺ and the drive for the absolute best you can be in everything you do !

Today I will have the opportunity π to work with a young Man who has an interest in learning more about how to frame a ballgame with a π€ππ€ and Skipper will try and Win one or two on his side of the White Lines.
West Virginia Wesleyan is there to poke the Bear π» and we are up to the challenge !!!




There are some ties π between the Golden Bears π» and the WV Hall of Fame !






First Pitch 3:01, Game Time temp 77Β°
Play βΆοΈ Ball !!!!

After 1st, Bobcats lead 3-1
Bottom 4th, we are down 4-2

Top 3rd – Golden Bears π» lead 6-1
81Β° First Pitch, 6 : 01 pm
Middle of the 4th, Golden Bears π» 6-1….
Night has fallen as the clock β° ticks toward 8pm…..
Golden Bears π» 12, Bobcats 1, Bottom 5th
8:11 pm – Final out recorded in our 12-1 victory. Just over seven hours after we arrived we are finished playing !!!









Romans 13:10Β Love worketh no ill to his neighbour: therefore love is the fulfilling of the law.

Home π‘ date 5 of 16 for our Golden Bears π» Baseball team is up in the State Capitol within sight of the Golden Dome. What was called Power Park forever is now Go Mart Park.
It’s always a treat to announce when it takes place in a professional Stadium π, as will be the case today for our Mid Week date.
Hopefully we will see some photos π· from Cavalier Park tonight π and we are set for the season opener next Wednesday versus Galax High School

Lake Taylor was set to be my High School when Dad was stationed in Tidewater and then we bought our first home across town and I attended Norview. Princess Anne would have been the Senior year but retirement took us to the Midwest.
Skyline High School has a Grandson of ours and Luray was home for a long time and three Granddaughters are set to attend there. Don Ehlers is still the Athletic Director there and has double duty with both teams in the building.
Clarke County, Handley and Central Woodstock were both schools that I covered for the Northern Virginia Daily.
Fort Chiswell and Galax are our neighbors and Abingdon is representing our Region.
We played Hampton every year at Norview and the Crabbers were always loaded with talent.
We played at Green Run High School their very first season in existence (1979-1080).
I think that is 14 out of 22, some with serious connections. So there will be some scoreboard watching π later this week !

Both Coach Mayo and Brother Osborne sent in their thoughts as I was creating this = its going to be a Good Day !
Have a Blessed Day ππ !!