Sunday Baseball

Pitcher Nick Montgomery warms up in the bullpen as the Memphis Tigers beat the Georgia Bulldogs 7-6 Foley Field in Athens on Sunday, March 9, 2008.

This is an homage to Chris Detrick (Whom won POYi's Sports Action POY & took Third for Sports Portfolio) whom i met once when i was interning at the York Dispatch. He did something (better) like this while working in Utah. I'll perfect it at some point because i don't like that you can see that i shot it through the fence and not as 100% crisp as i'd like, but its a cool thing nonetheless. Stopping the ball mid-spin. (for those who care, 5.6@1/2000.) Something to work on i suppose.

So Georgia's middle relief did wonders again. Out of their 5 losses this year, at least 4 can be attributed to the 7th & 8th inning relief. Today it was 2 outs, 1 on. Two walks and then a call to the bullpen. Guy gets a routine grounder to third, something grabs the foot, throw goes wide, two runs score. Next batter gets a hit, scoring two more. Goes from a 6-3 lead to a 7-6 loss.

In an attempt to break away from the first base/third base side action, i shot for 2 or 3 innings from right center field.



Shortstop Gordon Beckham swings at a pitch as the Memphis Tigers beat the Georgia Bulldogs 7-6 Foley Field in Athens on Sunday, March 9, 2008.