Thurs. & Fri., March 28-29, 2024
Thursday was a quiet, stay at home day for us which was much needed.
The new University of Washington
Men's Baskeball Coach, Danny Sprinkle,
had his first Press Conference
Coach Sprinkle, holding the basketball, was a popular choice for the job after the splendid job he had done as the Head Coach at Montana State and Utah State in recent years.
He was an extremely popular choice among a group of old UW alumni who had played football for the Huskies in the late 1960s because one of our teammates was Coach Sprinkle's dad, Bill.
Bill Sprinkle, seen here holding a football, was a fun loving, Husky Defensive Back in the glory days of yore.
All of us who are UW alums wish both Danny and Bill a great experience on the hardwoods of the UW's Clarence S. "Hec" Edmundson Pavilion in the years to come.
I liked this photo that Michael sent
us of Jacob with his soccer coach at
the Cabrillo M.S. game on Wednesday
The European League of Football
will get tons of media coverage this
Summer in year four of operation
On Friday, son Michael did not have school, so we headed to Thousand Oaks to watch an NCAA DIII, Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SCIAC) baseball game.
Occidental College Tigers
8 Wins - 17 Losses Overall
4 Wins - 6 Losses in SCIAC Games
Seventh Place in the SCIAC
at
California Lutheran University Kingsmen
13 Wins - 6 Losses Overall
5 Wins - 5 Losses in SCIAC Games
Tied for Fourth Place in the SCIAC
The Tigers and Kingsmen were scheduled to play a doubleheader today but we were only going to attend the opening game that had the first pitch set for 11:00 a.m.
Carpenter Pagett
Occidental Assistant Baseball Coach
and Recruiting Coordinator
One of the reasons that Michael wanted to go to today's game was to see Coach Pagett. He was one of Michael's former students at Newbury Park H.S. and was also a member of the NPHS Panthers C.I.F. Division I Championship baseball team that Michael helped coach back in 2012.
We thought that the weather might be an issue as it had rained a bit overnight, but it turned out to be a splendid day.
The La Verne University Leopards
Softball team was warming up for
their game vs. CLU just behind our
third base dugout
As I have stated in the past about CLU sports, there is no, zero, zip, nada entry fee for any sporting event, male or female, on their campus.
This created the possibility of easily catching a few innings of both games but we were having too much fun at the baseball game.
The softball game was all CLU's, beating the Leopards by a comfortable margin, 5-0.
The CLU Kingsmen own a
rich baseball tradition
The Umpires and Head Coaches
going over the ground rules at
George "Sparky" Anderson Field
A truly gorgeous day for a game
The Kingsmen were sharp from the
get-go in building a 5-0 lead after
four innings of play
A huge four run, seventh inning gave CLU a commanding 9-0 lead.
The Sun was shining over the
City of Thousand Oaks
It was now the top of the ninth inning with CLU still leading 9-0 just needing three more easy outs to win the contest.
NOT SO FAST!
The Tigers, seen here batting with a runner on third base, were certainly down but decidedly not out!
Rally caps firmly in place, Oxy mounted a massive, last ditch effort as they strung together one Hit by Pitch, three Walks, a Wild Pitch, three singles, two Doubles and a three run Home Run blast to score eight runs in their final at bat.
Close but No Cigar for Oxy!
Well, that last inning certainly made for an interesting finish to what had been, up to then, an absolute drubbing.
It was a good start to our day to be sure.
We left after the game but later found out that CLU also one the nightcap in less dramatic fashion, 13-5.
The all-time baseball record between these two fine small colleges now has CLU way in front with 82 wins vs. only 16 Occidental victories.
I said that CLU has a rich baseball tradition as this dominance against SCIAC rival Occidental indicates.
We were both happy to have attended
another great DIII sporting even at CLU
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