The Tigers had three games total in post-season. We got past Minnewaska at the start 1-0, then got stopped by top seed Montevideo 6-3. Monte's Griffin Epema fanned 15 batters. A top seed is likely to have a stellar ace pitcher. Well, we had our own pretty high-caliber pitching. But we just came up short in the Saturday effort.
Two losses means you're out in double-elimination, of course. Just like our MACA softball Tigers had to exit section with two losses experienced in one day. Softball had a familiar problem at the end: struggling against teams from southern Minnesota. I would like to see an analysis sometime of why this happens.
The books are closed on baseball and softball for our '26 spring in Motown. Lots of great memories of course.
Now let's enjoy the summer? Awfully wet yesterday (Sunday) and today. Another very wet summer unfolding? A sign of climate change? Our president says climate change is a "hoax." If I suggest anything negative about our president, I'll be on the receiving end of some worn-out lines: "You have Trump Derangement Syndrome," "You're a Trump hater."
How do you feel about the Iran war? How do you feel about the new round of inflation that will surely be on the way? Are you willing to take it in stride as a gesture of supporting the president? People were already struggling to keep up with costs.
Government largesse aggravates inflation. Here's a comment I saw to a Yahoo! News article this morning. Please read!
So far estimates put the cost of the war at 32B and counting. Oh yeah, no money for health care or to fix our infrastructure, but plenty of money to waste on BS.
11 hours ago · Live tracker of US spending on the Iran war (Operation Epic Fury). Currently $32.94B over 93 days since Feb 28, 2026. Phased model from CSIS, Pentagon, and Penn Wharton estimates.
We have a congressperson here in western Minnesota who I don't think has ever spoken a word of criticism about Trump. She has to be worried about getting primaried from the right. Look what happened to John Cornyn in Texas. And now America's 250th birthday is going to be turned into a giant MAGA rally. This only happens because we allow it to.
I have wondered for so long how a majority of Americans have lost their basic grasp of good common sense. Maybe it goes back to about 15 years ago when "gay rights" was suddenly such a flashpoint. Looking back, I think this caused something to "snap" in the minds of a lot of people. In their view, the issue was so fundamentally unpleasant, they gravitated to the political party that they felt was most positioned to resist this and other progressive things: the Republicans.
I will again bring up the late Truman Carlson of Morris. So iconic and respected here. But something in him seemed to "snap." And I'm sure he'd favor Ken Paxton in Texas. Has an "R" next to his name.
Carlson was a teacher and athletic director here in the days when Fred Switzer was superintendent. Switzer moved on to the next life recently. I remember when the Morris teachers hated the guy and had no hesitation about expressing this all over town. I found that to be an undesirable, dysfunctional situation.
Even today our teachers act so aggrieved so much of the time, getting in our faces by coming to school board meetings and complaining about their lot in life. Teachers all over are complaining about their health insurance. The whole situation may be solved when "AI" simply replaces teachers. Oh how I'd like to see that.
Teacher unions have been the bane of our existence. They'll be with us for the immediate future, so try to hold your nose.
Paynesville 2, Tigers 1
This was an "elimination game" in the 3AA affair. And it became a pitchers' duel. On the Paynesville side: Esau Nelson. For Motown: Alex Asmus. Nelson's complete game gem saw this Bulldog strike out 13 batters. Asmus did fine by the strikeout yardstick himself: 11 K's.
Heartbreak: the Tigers scored one run in the first and ran up against a brick wall after that. Our line score was one run, three hits and one error. And Paynesville's line was 2-6-0. A cleanly-fielded game.
Paynesville's Nelson issued no walks. Asmus walked two batters and allowed six hits.
Our three Tigers who hit safely were Riley Saito, Ozzy Jerome and Kye Suess. Saito stole a base. Jerome's hit was a double.
Two Bulldogs each had two hits. Reed Johnson doubled as part of going two-for-three. Matthew Hemingson also had a double as one of his two hits. Two other Bullsogs hit safely: Brayden Vanderbeck and Eric Paulson. Vanderbeck's hit was a double.
A loss at the end for MACA, yes. But look at our final W/L under coach Sayles: 16-8.
- Brian Williams - morris mn minnesota - bwilly73@yahoo.com
