Wednesday, July 22, 2009

Wednesday's Thoughts

(Hometown View returns on Monday, July 27)

The good times continue to roll for Todd Frazier, who hit his 11th home run of the season last night for the Carolina Mudcats, the Double-A affiliate of the Cincinnati Reds. Frazier, who played in the Southern League All-Star game recently, is batting .313 with a league-leading 32 doubles and 50 RBI’s. The former Toms River South and Rutgers University star is seeing action in leftfield on an every day basis and there is reason to believe the 23-year old will get his first taste of the major leagues before the season is over. Those who have followed Todd are not surprised by his success as it was 11 years ago that he led the Toms River East American All-Stars to the Little League World Series Championship in Williamsport, Pennsylvania.

The Mets won’t admit it but the season is over and they need to start thinking about next year and how they’re going to convince fans to shell out money and fill the seats at Citifield. Their off-season slogan should be “We’re healthy again and won’t suck.” By the way the Yankees and Phillies are playing terrific baseball…how about a Turnpike World Series come this fall?

It’s Lifeguard Tournament season at the Jersey Shore and last night the Lavallette Beach Patrol hosted their inaugural Female Championship which it appeared they would win. However a disqualification in the final event forced Lavallette to settle for a tie with Barnegat Light for the team title.

This Sunday eight teams will compete in the 2nd Annual Island Beach Motor Lodge Tournament on the 24th Avenue Beach in South Seaside Park and next Tuesday the Seaside Park Beach Patrol will host their annual event on the Stockton Avenue beach.

Congratulations to Shannon and Craig Korb on the birth of their second daughter. Lucy June Korb arrived on Monday afternoon, weighing in at 5 pounds and 10 ounces and mother, daughter and 3 ½ year old sister Marley are all doing fine. Craig is the head chef at the Crabs Claw Inn which is owned by Shannon’s parents Louise and Sam Hammer. I would expect Lucy June will be a future West Virginia Mountaineer and probably won’t have much choice in the matter.

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