Saw recently where this blog has surpassed 35,000 views since its debut in 2010. As I've mentioned before: I don't know who reads the tripe and drivel I write about around here but obviously I have an audience and I appreciate it. With the Royals on the road for the week it was another slow go, the only noteworthy event was a Tuesday afternoon baseball scrimmage at McCaskey. The club had a scrimmage at home on the 14th but I was not there, it was a bitterly cold and windy day and I simply thought better of it. As it turns out I didn't miss much, one of the assistant coaches told me they actually called it early because of the brutal conditions. The weather on this day was much more spring-like, it was about sixty degrees with only a slight breeze. Gilbert Vega is back for his second year as the head coach, when the scrimmage started I actually sat in the dugout for the first few innings (a rare view for me since I'm obviously upstairs in the booth during a regular game). The league schedule has a new format, similar to basketball the crossover games with Section Two have been eliminated. Each team in our division now plays three games against each opponent, for JPM that means two home games each with Penn Manor and Cedar Crest plus one each with Warwick, Hempfield and Manheim Township. The club also has five non-league games, three of those are at home which evens out the overall schedule at ten home and ten road. It all starts for real at home on Monday the 27th. The Royals went 2-1 on the road trip, they come home for four straight beginning on Wednesday the 29th. Take care, thanks for reading.
