MSSH BASEBALL: THE CONVERGENCE OF SUCCESS
– by Bob Best
I urge all of you to read Bill Daley’s (Miami Herald writer) post on Saturday
evenings’s Regional opener vs. St. Brendan’s – where Springs prevailed (‘dominated”)
7-2. A fine specimen of Sports Journalism.
We’ll treat the game somewhat differently here in addressing some of the trends I
see which seem to have come together just at the right time.
Let’s start with the long ball. I have never seen a Springs squad collectively hit as
many home runs within such a short time in my nine years of announcing Golden Hawk
Baseball.
I mean, really – this is unprecedented. Of note: in spite of all that offensive
firepower, still – Springs left ten runners on base (seven, sadly in scoring...
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By now the St. Brendan baseball team has probably figured it out.
They have their kryptonite and it has come in the form of the Miami Springs
Golden Hawks baseball team.
Despite...
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as...
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