03/28/2024
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If you have been praying for hot weather, maybe you need to take a break. Forecast for the next week or so expected to be in the mid 90s, with triple digit heat values. One bright spot, a slight chance of rain, like 20% daily.

Former Whiteville Wolfpack pitcher moved up to Double-A Texas team. First outing for Amarillo in the Texas League, Mackenzie Gore allowed two hits and struck out four in 5 1/3 innings in leading his team to a 9-0 victory over Frisco.

Former East Bladen star Sincere Smith is playing on the New York Yankees Gulf Coast League (West) team. He has 15 at bats, five hits, including a home run, has scored six runs, five RBI’s and just three strikeouts.

Did you see where pro baseball leaders are experimenting with rules of the game, using robots as umpires in an Independent League? They are ‘toying’ with the idea of banning the shift, using radar tracking to help call balls and strikes, moving the mound back and allowing batters to steal first base on any pitch the catcher misses. More later…

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Filing continues for upcoming municipal elections.

“My life is like a stroll on the beach … as near to the edge as I can go.” Henry David Thoreau

“In every walk with nature one receives far more than he seeks.” John Muir

Life is like the ocean. It can be calm and still or rough and rigid, but in the end, it is always beautiful.

robert g hester
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