OPENING DAY

The Colonial Heights Colonials baseball team will open up season today at home at 5pm against Fredricksburg Christian.  Hopefully the rain will hold off until after the game, its going to be a bit on the cool side but if you don't have anything why not come out to the game.  Well after today cool temps in the 50's the rest of the week is going to be in the 60's & 70's and it might even make it to 80 on Friday which sounds good to me.  The Thomas Dale baseball team opened up it season yesterday with a 9-7 win over L.C. Bird.  Today's Virginia college baseball game with James Madison has been moved until tomorrow.  Well I am off to work.  MICKEY

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Today's Birthdays: Musician DJ Fontana is 80. Former astronaut Alan L. Bean is 79. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg is 78. Actor Judd Hirsch is 76. Rock musician Phil Lesh is 71. Singer Mike Love (The Beach Boys) is 70. Rock singer-musician Sly Stone is 68. Rock singer-musician Howard Scott (War; Lowrider Band) is 65. Rock singer Ry Cooder is 64. Actor Craig Wasson is 57. Rock singer Dee Snider (Twisted Sister) is 56. Actress Park Overall is 54. Movie director Renny Harlin is 52. Model Fabio is 50. Singer Terence Trent D'Arby (AKA Sananda Maitreya) is 49. Rock singer Bret Michaels (Poison) is 48. Rhythm-and-blues singer Rockwell is 47. Rock singer Mark McGrath (Sugar Ray) is 43. Actress Kim Raver is 42. Rock musician Mark Hoppus is 39. Actress Eva Longoria is 36. Rapper-musician will.i.am (Black Eyed Peas) is 36. Rock DJ Joseph Hahn (Linkin Park) is 34. Rapper Young Buck is 30. Actor Sean Biggerstaff is 28. Rock musician Ethan Mentzer is 28. Actress Caitlin Wachs is 22.