The middle of the new week was uneventful except for Tuesday lunch with Jenny, she and her mother had an appointment in Willow Street that morning. The big news was developing in the southeastern part of the country, specifically in North Carolina for baseball and Florida for weather. Game #1 of the Atlantic League Championship Series was on Tuesday night in High Point, the Barnstormers prevailed in extra innings 6-2. In game #2 on Wednesday the boys rallied from a 6-2 deficit with a seven-run seventh inning, two more in the eighth salted away an 11-6 win and a 2-0 series lead. The series continues on North Prince Street on Friday the 30th with the Stormers needing one win over the final three games for their first league title since 2014. How it all plays out may depend on the weather more than anything else, as the week began a strong storm system was approaching Florida and was expected to track in a northerly direction. They are saying that Friday may be OK but Saturday and Sunday are expected to be more questionable, I guess we'll find out when it arrives. As it stands I'd be absent from the game on Friday (at least at the outset), on Tuesday I had a call from the athletic director at Lancaster Catholic HS. They play at home on Friday and he asked if I'd be available to sub in on the mic. Many will remember that I did the PA there from 1996 to 2017 but over the years there were conflicts with McCaskey that took me away from LCHS. At the end of 2017 it was decided that my substitute (who teaches at LCHS) would take over fulltime since he was actually there more frequently than I was. It was logic that made perfect sense: if your substitute is working more often than the regular guy maybe your substitute should BE the regular guy. The parting was amicable with no hard feelings and I told them to reach out if they ever needed me. That never happened until now and in a way it will feel good to be back if only for one night. Take care, thanks for reading.
