Déjà vu

The club has the day off from play, and I've taken more than a day off from this blog to play, so it's time to quit playin' and get back to work. Darn.

Déjà vu, from the French, meaning, "Let's hope the second half of the baseball season doesn't mirror the first." JK. That's really not how Webster's defines it.

As I type these lines the local nines have begun the second half of their 2007 season and at present stand at the top of the leaderboard at 5-0 (1.000. Yes, I did just type that if only because I really and truly like that baseball number, particularly when that number represents the team I'm rooting for!).

The first three wins of the second half came at St. George (which just goes to show that the club can win on the road, thank-you-very-much) and the latter two wins the Scorps dropped the Armada at Desert Sun Stadium, where the club seems to be playing exceptionally well. If memory serves, the club began the 2007 season 6-0 (all home games) before losing a closely contested match 3-2 at Desert Sun v. Long Beach to go 6-1. Now you see where I'm going with this...the club has today off and resumes play Tuesday at Reno for a three-game series.

The boys last played Reno at Reno and the Silver Sox took the series two games to one. Previous to that series the Scorps hosted the Sox and took all three games of that series. Which I would venture to guess basically means this series on the road could go either way. However, the Yuma club seems to be gelling now and playing - with the exception of the close 8-7 win over Long Beach on the 21st inst. - some pretty decent ball.

The pitching has tightened up and the offense is scoring runs so, dang, I guess right now there isn't a whole heck of a lot to complain about.

I'm looking forward to the three-game series at Chico. As you Yuma fans will recall, the Scorps last faced the Outlaws at Chico in late June and dropped all three. The Chico side won yesterday, but their last ten games have them at an even .500 (5-5) but they will have the home field advantage, always a tough prospect at Chico. We'll see how it plays out.

This six-game road trip (three games each at Reno and Chico) is the longest of the season (another six-game away trip faces the club in late August) so hopefully it won't be as ugly as the 15-game away trip of mid-late June, early July.

In closing I'd like to address the many of you who sent emails asking which one is the monkey. I only have two words for you: very funny.

Bear with me here. Been gone a bit and getting my groove back. Later.