The Tigers ruled the day. It is Thursday morning and the "Minnesota Scores" site tells us the MACA won-lost is 17-1, 12-0 in conference. So that's a mighty bright situation for fans of the Tigers.
My MACA baseball update is on my companion blog, "Morris of Course." There I review the Monday and Tuesday wins by the Tigers over Melrose and Minnewaska. You may read with this permalink, and thanks. - BW
Tigers 10, Benson 0
This West Central Conference action had the Tigers rapping nine hits and committing zero errors. Benson came up with just one hit against our pitcher Yasmine Westerman. Benson had three fielding miscues. The lone Benson hit was off the bat of Bella Wolter: a single in the first inning.
The orange and black rallied for eight runs in the third inning. Westerman struck out eight batters and walked four. Wolter was the Benson pitcher and she struck out four batters. Just four of the ten runs she allowed were earned. She walked one.
Westerman at bat had a hit and a run scored. Brianna Marty doubled, stole a base, scored two runs and drove in a run. Brienna Dybdahl went two-for-three with a stolen base and run scored. Cate Kehoe homered! Cate drove in four runs in this most productive performance. She had two hits and scored two runs. Sydney Dietz doubled and scored a run.
Reilly Gibson rapped a hit, scored a run and drove in one. Then we see Kortney Sanasack with a one-for-two line and a run scored. Shannon Dougherty drove in a run. Bailey Hottovy drew a walk and scored a run.
Tigers 23, Benson 0
Obviously a rout, must have been painful for Benson fans to sit through. The Tigers had two ten-run innings, the second and third. Our line score shows a barrage of 17 hits and zero errors.
Brienna Dybdahl handled the pitching work and she was in command. She fanned six batters, issued just one walk and allowed two hits. Bella Wolter and Ellie Krusemark pitched for Benson.
Yasmine Westerman had a productive bat with a double as part of a 3-for-3 line. She crossed home plate three times. She drove in two runs. She worked the pitcher for a walk. Brianna Marty had a hit, scored three runs, drove in two and walked twice. Dybdahl had a hit and a walk, plus she scored three runs and drove in two.
Cate Kehoe homered again! I'm sure her grandmother Janet was excited (former co-worker of mine). Cate was perfect at bat with a hit in each of her four at-bats. Her RBI harvest was five. Her runs scored total was three. She also drew a walk.
Sydney Dietz had a hit, scored a run, drove in two and walked once. Shannon Dougherty went two-for-four with two runs, an RBI and a walk received. Reilly Gibson came through at two-for-three with two runs and three RBIs. Then we see Bailey Hottovy with a hit, two runs and an RBI.
Kortney Sanasack was a perfect two-for-two with one of her hits a double. She drew a walk, scored three runs and drove in a run. Lakia Manska drew a walk and scored a run.
The Benson hits were by Adysen Himley and Presley Nygaard.
The photo: MAHS history
Photo was brought to my attention by someone who wanted me to confirm its significance. I remembered it immediately from having been in the MAHS trophy case for a long time. Maybe it has now been removed as part of the normal turnover of such stuff. So my evaluation of this photo is that it was taken at the first-ever game at the 1968 gymnasium. It was a really big deal: the move from the old, now-razed building to the new place. The old gym clearly showed its age but I felt it had a charm too. The 1955 Tigers played there and reached the state tournament in the one-class system.
Time marches on and change happens. This community went through an ordeal to get new high school facilities constructed. There were failed referendums, controversy and of course some hard feelings. Finally the corner was turned. So I think the photo above was of the grand occasion when the '68 gym was unveiled for the first game action. I'm pretty sure Roger Schnaser was coach. Is that Chuck Taffe with the basketball?
I was a pretty good fan in those days. A frequent worker at the concession counter always knew I was going to order "orange pop." Who would have thought that the '68 gym would get phased out? Well it pretty much has. Now we have the very large accommodations of the new varsity gym. The '68 gym had its flaws, like too-limited space for fans to exit and enter while the game was on. So the authorities had to limit that. I believe Truman Carlson had to often "lay down the law." Why couldn't the gym have been built just a little larger, a wee bit larger? Lots of fun was hard there, without a doubt.
Postcard from Fischbach
Did you get this in the mail? A little flier from Congressman Michelle Fischbach? I guess she feels abortion must be front-of-mind now. No such thought would be entertained, if the Supreme Court would just leave well enough alone with Roe vs. Wade. There was no need to upset the apple cart.
For some reason, Fischbach seems hair-pulling mad about the "leak" that gave us an indication about what the Court is likely to do. Trump was able to appoint three very "conservative" justices including "Justice Brewsky," Kavanaugh. The U.S. Senate pulled strings to prevent Obama's nominee from getting a hearing. Then, the Senate rushed through confirmation of Amy Coney Barrett, one of the three rigid newcomers.
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| Michelle Fischbach |
What about the ethical issues with what Mitch McConnell did in orchestrating the Republican-engineered stacking of the court with Federalist Society types? This does not reflect the mainstream of America, Congressman Fischbach. Don't you want government and the top court to be a reflection of this country's mainstream? Now we're all going to be driven into a fight over abortion.
I was amused at how Fischbach used the term "abortion services," as if someone of Fischbach's political stripe would consider abortion a "service." She makes it seem so benign, as if this "service" will simply be "returned to the states" for adjudication. She talks about "regulation of abortion services." Republicans just love regulation, don't you know.
How did the "leak" disrupt anything? Isn't it best for all of us to know what's coming?
Women may now have decisions about their body influenced by the likes of McConnell and Ted Cruz. Are you all willing to accept that? "Justice Brewsky" will be weighing in.
Biden? Biden is a Catholic, even though there are Catholic clergy who have suggested that the president be denied communion, based on abortion. Biden ought to reject Caholicism and find a different denomination. How about the ELCA? He'd surely be welcomed. And I think he'd still get into heaven.
How hard can we expect Biden to fight now, since he's Catholic? He will no longer have the "cover" of Roe vs. Wade, i.e. the "law of the land."
Wouldn't it be nice if Fischbach and others would focus their attention on other pressing matters? Didn't Fischbach vote to reject certification of election results? This is our congressperson. She would not have to be our congressperson. Vote for the Democratic nominee next time. "Vote blue."
- Brian Williams - morris mn minnesota - bwilly73@yahoo.com
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