I just got back from watching Fontbonne play and I have to let my feelings be felt about something. I am sick and tired of going to baseball games just to watch the worst umpires ever. Today at Fontbonne's game was the worst officiating I have ever seen, and I have gone to little league games so I have seen some bad umpping. They were the worst kind of officials because of instead of officiating (which is their job) they wanted to become the show. Instead of letting the game be the entertainment they thought "hey look at me. Look at what I can do." They threw out Fontbonne's assistant coach for arguing a call at second when the coach clearly was not talking at the moment. It was hideous. They also missed many plays by not paying attention to tag ups. I understand that it is a very tough job to try and watch everything on the field and that no one is going to get every call right, but it was just an add on for these officials. I thought that the umps thought that they get paid more for throwing people out and holding up the game. I was just astonished. I feel bad for both of the teams that had to put up with that. It is a game and your job is to make calls, not think you are on a reality show and get your 15 minutes of fame. All I say is let the players be the show, and do your job. It gives umps that do a great job a bad name. Not all umps are bad, but the ones that officiated at this game were. I am just begging the SLIAC to find the good umps so we can all just enjoy watching these great players play baseball.

Oh yes the season is on its way and my blood is running the the waters of the great Nile River. How do you not love baseball. It is the greatest sport ever played (closely followed by badmitton). Time to show off to everyone how hard you have worked all fall and winter. Even though this game is played in Spring it is won in the Fall and in the workouts in winter. This is where the extra rep in workouts and the extra sprint in conditioning pays off. When running the obstacle course one more time pays off. Its when your mom told you to stay in side because it was 37 degrees and drinching rain and you still decided to go run the loop one more time but maybe decide to take a detour because you found a cool trail. Or not. Either way but this is where it all pays off. Bring it on baby. One of the best parts though is to pick how you think the standings will end and then at the end of the season say "Oh Yea, I told you so." And since your buddy lost the bet he has to go pay for his gas naked next time. Either Way, here are my predictions:


1. Fontbonne
2. Marryville (go marryville)
3. Webster
4. Westminster
5. Blackburn
6. Eureka
7. Greenville
8. Principia
9. MacMurray

I am sure people have their questions about my rankings but I have my reasons and they are legit. Honestly I don't know how the top three will lay out at the end of the year but I do believe that the top three teams are Fontbonne, Marryville, and Webster.

I put Webster in the top 3 because last year they were very strong and finished in first, but they lost a lot of depth at pitching and I haven't seen much to fill that hole. They are still a great team and if their pitching gets some confidence then they could easily end up at that top.

I put Marrybille in the top 3 because they have a lot of returners that can really play. I can see that their chemistry is really starting to come together. Their major strength is their outfield (really strong out their, on both sides). And Marryville is not going to beat themselves with errors.

I put Fontbonne in the top 3 because honestly they have a great team that no one knows about. They have really brought in some great players. Fontbonne's pitching staff is questionable but if they get any confidence they should do fine. They have a lot of seasoned postion players especially in the infeild, and they can flat out rake. The scores should be high.

But besides rankings I am very excited to watch everyone play this year. Peace to my Homies