This & That

A little of this and a little of that on the first Monday of May:


Less than three months ago as we were still digging out from the last of several snowstorms and winter seemed like it would never end I’m sure there were many of us who vowed not to complain about heat. Well as the temperature climbed to near 90 and the humidity kicked in over the weekend how many of you went back on your word and moaned about it being too hot?

Baseball truly is a funny game. After crushing the Phillies Friday night for their 8th consecutive victory I’m sure there were plenty of Mets fans thinking about a weekend sweep. After all the Amazins’ had their best two pitchers going on in the next two games in Mike Pelfrey & Johan Santana. So what happens…the Phillies score 21 runs and win both games in a laugher and move back into first place in the NL East. Remember it’s a long season.

It will probably be quite a while before we know all the details that led to the death of Darnell Myres but he is the latest in a long line of star high school athletes who never really found great success once his playing days were over. The 43-year old Myres fell into a coma following a skirmish with security guards last Wednesday at Community Medical Center…he was eventually transferred to Monmouth Medical Center and the family removed him from life support on Sunday. Myres won the NJSIAA heavyweight wrestling title as a junior at Toms River South in 1984 and the following year while at Central Regional was the 189 pound state champ. He was also a pretty good football player and made the WOBM All-County team as a defensive lineman in his junior season with the Indians. A sad ending for sure but the kind we hear far too often.

The Lakewood BlueClaws begin their second homestand of the season tonight and Yankees and Mets fans can see some of their future prospects over the next eight games. The BlueClaws play four against Charleston, the Class A affiliate of the Yankees and then four against the Mets single A team…the Savannah Sand Gnats.