POLLEN GETTING BAD

I have to say after running outside yesterday that the pollen is really starting to get bad.  Don't get me wrong I would much rather have temperatures in the 70's and 80's even if it does bring the pollen out than to have temps in the 40's like it has been most of baseball season.  Speaking of baseball season the Colonials went 1-1 this past week beating Hopewell and losing to Dinwiddie, we will be at home this week against Prince George and Meadowbrook.  The Virginia baseball team ended it's 2 game losing streak yesterday beating Georgia Tech, the Cavs will try to win the series against the Yellow Jackets later today.  Kyle Busc won Friday nights Nationwide race at Texas and last night he won the Sprint Cup race as well making it a clean sweep for him this weekend.  The Nascar Truck Series will race at Rockingham today a track I think the Sprint Cup Series should still race at, besides Richmond I have seen more races at Rockingham than any other track.  Well it looks like another heat wave will hit the area by the end of the week with temps reaching into the lower 90's.  MICKEY 

LOUISVILLE WINS THE NATIONAL CHAMPIOSHIP

Well I have to say I did not stay up to see the finish of lasts nights game but Louisville Cardinals beat the Michigan Wolverines 82-76.  I wish they would start these games earlier because the older I get the harder it is for me to stay up and see the finish.  The Virginia baseball team improved to 30-3 last night holding on to beat Wake Forest 9-7, next up for the Cavs is a game on Wednesday against Radford before heading down to Atlanta next weekend to face Georgia Tech.  The Colonial Heights baseball team will be at home tonight against Hopewell with the first pitch scheduled at 6pm.  Well its going to be very warm today with temps climbing into the mid 80's, the only bad thing about the warm temps now is that the pollen is really starting to get bad which is causing my allergies act up.  MICKEY   

MICHIGAN TO FACE LOUISVILLE IN THE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME

The Michigan Wolverines beat Syracuse last night 61-56  and the Louisville Cardinals beat Wichita State 72-68 to advance the championship game tomorrow night in Atlanta.  I will be rooting for the Wolverines to win tomorrow night.  The Virginia baseball team improved to 28-3 on the season with a come from behind win at Wake Forest 7-6, the Cavs scored 5 run in the top of the 9th to come away with the win and will face the Deacons again this afternoon.  The Sprint Cup Series will be in Virginia this afternoon at the Martinsville Speedway where Jimmie Johnson will start from the pole and by the end of today's race I am sure there will be some drivers with some short fuses.  It does look like we will finally get some good baseball weather this week with temps in the 70's and 80's all week, the Colonials will be at home Tuesday night against Hopewell and will be at Dinwiddie on Thursday night.  MICKEY

COLONIALS SPRING BREAK TOURNAMENT

The Colonial Heights Spring Break Baseball Tournament starts today with 4 games at Shepherd Stadium starting at 10am this morning.  In this years tournament are Monacan, Clover Hill, Henrico, Varina, Dinwiddie, Hopewell, Prince George and Colonial Heights.  The Colonials will play all there games at 7pm and the tournament will continue tomorrow and Thursday.  I am hoping the that the weather will cooperate and we can keep the tournament on schedule.   MICKEY

SIGNS OF SPRING

Well it looks like we are finally going to see some sign of Spring with temperatures climbing into the lower to mid 60's the next 3 days before dropping back into the 50's for a few days next week.  All I know is Spring is about 2 weeks late and every baseball game and scrimmage we have played this year has been pretty darn miserable.  The Colonials baseball season has got off to a bit of a slow start only playing 3 games in weeks because of the bad weather and our record has been a bit slow as well going 1-2 in those games.  Next week the Colonials are scheduled to play 3 games in 4 days weather permitting at Shepherd Stadium with all three games starting at 7pm.  The Virginia baseball team continued it's winning ways last night beating Miami 15-4 and our now 24-2 on the season and will play Miami again today in game 2 of there series.  Well there is only 1 underdog team left in this years in NCAA basketball tournament after Florida Gulf Coast got beat last night by Florida, I will be rooting for Wichita State to upset Ohio State tonight.  The NASCAR Sprint Cup Series is off this week for Easter.  I want to wish everybody a Happy Easter.  Mickey
  

FIREWORKS AT THE END OF YESTERDAYS RACE

Well the feud between Denny Hamlin and Joey Logano continued yesterday at the California Speedway when it appeared once Logano knew he wasn't going to win the race drove into the side of Hamlin wrecking both of them allowing Kyle Busch to win the race.  In an interview after the race Logano pretty much made it clear that he wrecked him on purpose as well.  The after the race Logano had a bit of another problem when he was confronted by Tony Stewart on pit road and had a brief altercation with Stewart, it's pretty clear Logano is not making to many friends on the track but plenty of enemies.  I have to say that's what Nascar needs though a clear cut bad guy and some confrontations.  The print Cup Series will be off next weekend for Easter before heading to Martinsville.  Well in the NCAA basketball tournament last night Florida Gulf Coast continued it's magical run beating San Diego State and advancing to the Sweet 16 where they will play the Florida Gators next.  I will also be rooting for Wichita State and LaSalle as well.  The weatherman sure messed up on the forecast yesterday and will be explaining what went wrong today with there forecast.  We where suppose to have a baseball game today and tomorrow as well, today's game has been postponed and I am guessing tomorrows game will be as well.  Well I am heading to work.  MICKEY   

CAN VCU MAKE ANOTHER NCAA TOURNAMENT RUN

Can the VCU Rams make another NCAA Tournament run this year?  This afternoon the Rams will face the Michigan Wolverines right in there own backyard in Auburn Hills, Michigan and with a win today would put the Rams in the Sweet Sixteen again.  The Wolverines are favored by 3.5 points but I think the Rams can win the game and I think that it will be a very close game.  In the biggest upset of this years tournament so far Florida Gulf Coast upset Georgetown last night.  I will be rooting for all the underdogs now since my brackets have been totally destroyed.  GO RAMS, MICKEY

COLONIALS FALL

The Colonial Heights Colonials baseball team lost last night to Thomas Dale 8-5 on a very cold blustery night in the Heights 8-5.  It was a game that went back and forth on the scoreboard most of the game with Thomas Dale just doing a bit more coming away with the win.  I just hope it will warm up soon because I am tired of freezing to death during the game, baseball was meant to be a game played in warm weather.  I just hope it warms up soon.  MICKEY

ITS GOING TO BE A COLD NIGHT FOR BASBALL

The Colonial Heights Colonials baseball team will play its second game of the season tonight at home at 6pm against Thomas Dale.  It will be the 1st district game of the year for both teams and its going to be a very cold night for baseball.  The temperature at game time is suppose to be 40 with winds 15-20 mph which means the wind chill will below freezing.  So needless to say if your are coming out to the game you should dress accordingly, I know I will be.  Also the NCAA basketball tournament get into full swing today.  MICKEY

THE WEATHER JUST HAS NOT BEEN GOOD FOR BASEBALL

The weather since baseball started in February just has not been good at all.  If it has not been freezing cold and windy it has been raining and even sometimes even some snow.   I just heard the weatherman say this morning it looks like temps will be below normal for at least the next 10 days which is not good at all, I just want Spring to hurry and get here.  MICKEY

IT LOOKS LIKE 3 TEAMS FROM VIRGINIA IN THIS YEARS NCAA TOURNAMENT

Well with Virginia's loss to N.C. State in the ACC basketball tournament yesterday it looks like there will be only 3 teams form Virginia in this years NCAA basketball tournament.  Liberty, James Madison and VCU will represent the commonwealth this year.  The Cavs appear to be heading to NIT where the can play a few more games.  The Virginia baseball team came from behind to beat Clemson last night 6-5 in extra innings, they will play game 2 of there series today against the Tigers and the game can be seen on ESPN3.  It looks like the temps are going to be very mild today with temps in the 60's before dropping back in the 40's with rain tomorrow, I wish Spring would come and stay for a while.  MICKEY

OPENING DAY

Well we are suppose to play our first game of the season at home tomorrow against Fredricksburg Christian at 6pm but it looks like Mother Nature will have a say in whether we play or not.  I have to say it's not looking good with 100% chance of overnight into the morning hours.  We will also be at home on Thursday night at 6pm as well against Henrico, so if you don't have anything else today com on by the Stadium and catch some Colonials baseball action.  MICKEY

SPRING & SUMMER CANT GET HERE SOON ENOUGH

Well after sitting through 2 very cold scrimmages the last two weeks I have to say Spring and Summer cannot get here soon enough.  We need some baseball weather tom move in before Tuesdays season opening game against Fredricksburg Christian.  The Virginia baseball team will open up ACC playing Maryland in a double header today, the were suppose to open up the series yesterday but the field was still a bit soft.  Qualifying for this weeks Nascar race at Las Vegas was rained out yesterday so they will up by last years points.  Also don't forget set your clocks forward an hour before you go to be tonight.  MICKEY

IT'S MY FAVORITE DAY OF THE WEEK AGAIN

Well I sure am glad that is Friday, it feels like it has been a long week.  Well we our going to try to play our 2nd scrimmage again tonight against Manchester  if the field dries out enough for us to  play, I hope we are able to get the game in tonight.  The Virginia baseball team will open up ACC play this weekend against Maryland, they were schedule to start the series tonight but field conditions have pushed things back to Saturday.  Also after today some Spring like temperatures will be arriving for the weekend which is just fine with me.  The Nascar Sprint Cup Series will be at Las Vegas this weekend.  Well I am going to work.  MICKEY

I AM GLAD IT THAT HAS BEEN MOSTLY RAIN

I know there allot of people out there who wanted to see allot of snow but I have to day that I am not one of them.  If all the rain we have received since last night would have been snow  it would have caused some major problems with our baseball schedule that is suppose to start next week.  We were suppose to scrimmage Manchester tonight but that is obviously not going to happen, there is a chance we could play of Friday but with all the rain  we have got so far that is even in doubt, however it is suppose to turn windy later today but we need it to stop raining soon.  I hoping we can play then but it is not looking good right now.  MICKEY

WILL IT OR WILL IT NOT SNOW

The big question this week is whether or not it will not snow Tuesday night into Wednesday.  Some of the weatherman  in the area forecasting up to a foot of snow while others say it is just going to be a cold rain.  I have to say I am hoping just for a cold rain because any snow this time of year is much worst for out baseball season.  It does appear a northeaster will develop somewhere of the Atlantic Coast and where it develops will determine the type of precipitation that we get, I am hoping this storm is bust.  I have to say yesterdays baseball scrimmage went pretty well with the exception of 1 inning.  Our pitching staff did very well and we hit the ball ok but not great but we need to improve a bit defensively.  We are scheduled to scrimmage Manchester Wednesday but with the impending weather its not looking to good for that scrimmage.  The Virginia baseball team improved to 11-0 with a pair of wins yesterday.  MICKEY

BASEBALL SCRIMMAGE TOMORROW

We will have our 1st baseball scrimmage of the year tomorrow morning at 11:00 am at Shepherd Stadium against Park View South Hill.  We are suppose to have another scrimmage Wednesday night but it looks like  Mother Nature may have something to say about that.  It is going to be a bit cool in the morning so if you are coming out to the scrimmage you need to dress accordingly.  The Virginia baseball team improved to 9-0 today with a 3-0 over Harvard, the Cavs will play 2 tomorrow.  MICKEY

DUKE AT VIRGINIA

The Virginia basketball team has a huge game at home tonight against Duke.  A win tonight against Duke I think would put the Cavs in this years NCAA basketball tournament.  The Virginia baseball team improved to 8-0 with a 11-0 win over George Washington yesterday, the Cavs will be at home this weekend for 3 games.  The Colonials baseball team will hold its first scrimmage at home Saturday morning at 11am, I have to say it is going to be a bit cold.  The whole right side of my body is very sore and I seem to be trying to catch a cold.  Speaking of cold some of the weatherman in the area are predicting a big snowstorm next week, I don't want any snow period.  I am going to work.  MICKEY 

DAYTONA 500

Well the Nascar season officially starts this afternoon with the running of the Daytona 500.  There was a very bad wreck on the final lap of the Nationwide yesterday in which several fans where injured and two of the fans where critically injured.  All of the drivers walked away from the incident and after watching video of the wreck it's a miracle that more fans were not seriously injured with a couple of tires and the engine coming off the car and numerous other parts.  I think we could have a surprise winner of the 500.  The Virginia basketball team will be back at home today against Georgia Tech looking for another ACC win.  The Virginia baseball team will be looking for a series sweep against Toledo this afternoon.  Well it is suppose to make to 60 degrees today but this morning I have to say I don't think it is going to make it that high.  MICKEY

1ST SCRIMMAGE A WEEK AWAY

Well our 1st baseball scrimmage of the year will be next Saturday at Shepherd Stadium.  I am hoping the weather will cooperate and will be sunny and warm but I don't think that is going to happen.  We did have a pretty good week of practice despite the colder weather, the only day that I was really cold was on Thursday.  The Virginia baseball team improved 5-0 yesterday with 15-0 win over Toledo, the Cavs will face the Rockets again today and tomorrow weather permitting.  The Nascar Sprint Cup Series officially kicks off the season tomorrow with the running of the Daytona 500.  Have a good weekend.  MICKEY

FIRST DAY OF PRACTICE

Well we had our 1st official day of baseball practice yesterday and yes we where able to get on the field despite it drizzling most of the day.  The only area the field that was really soft was the area around home plate but we stayed off of that area yesterday.  It was a bit cool but once I started moving around a bit it wasn't to bad but it does look like it is going to be a bit cooler today even though the sun is going to be out.  MICKEY 

VIRGINIA WINS

The Virginia Cavaliers baseball team opened up the season yesterday with a 14-4 win at East Carolina in game 1 of a 3 game series.  They will play game 2 of the series this morning at 10am, the game was moved up due weather conditions.  We will have our fist baseball scrimmage 2 weeks form today and baseball practice officially begins on Tuesday.   The Virginia basketball team has a big game down at North Carolina today, the Cavs need a wind today to make there case for making this years NCAA basketball tournament.  Down at Daytona tonight they will run the Sprint Unlimited which use to be known as the Bud Shootout and the Busch Clash an this qualify tomorrow for the Daytona 500.  It looks like we might get a bit of snow this afternoon which is not very good for baseball practice, hopefully it will only be a flurry.  MICKEY

RAINY START TO THE WEEK

Its going to be a rainy start to the work week today with about a 70% chance of rain but it is going to be a warm day day which is good with temps near 70.  There is also a pretty good chance of rain on Wednesday and there is another chance of precipitation next weekend.  Its hard to believe that baseball practice starts next week, I hoping that the weather weather will cooperate.  I went to the beach this weekend and it was bit cold but it was the beach none the less.  MICKEY

LEGS A BIT SORE

Well my legs are a bit sore after running outside yesterday for the 1st time in about a month, I have still been running but only on the treadmill since it has been so cold and windy.  It looks like some more rain is on the way tonight and it should last through Friday.  My arm is feeling pretty good despite throwing allot of pitches on Tuesday night but I will throw allot more pitches tonight.  I hope to update my blog on a more frequent basis once baseball season starts however I might just switch all my thought to Twitter.  MICKEY

IT IS SUPER BOWL SUNDAY

Well it is Super Bowl Sunday and yes I will watch the game even though the Packers and Redskins didn't make it again to this years game.  I really do not have a rooting interest in this game but 49ers are favored by 4 which usually means Baltimore will win the game.  There will be also another Super Bowl played today in the advertising world because of the amount of people watching the game and I am sure there will be some very creative commercials for sure.  The New York Rangers look pretty good last night beating Tampa 3-2, hopefully it will be the start of a long winning streak.  The Virginia basketball team will be on the road at Georgia Tech this afternoon, so far the road has not been to good for the Cavs falling to both Clemson and Wake Forest on the road.  MICKEY