Category: Baseball

Dickey shines as Barons lose to FW Snider

On Wednesday night, the Dekalb Barons hosted the Snider Panthers in varsity baseball action.

The Barons fell into an 3-0 hole early, thanks to a couple of Dekalb errors, and some nice at bats by Snider. After the Panthers tacked on 3 more runs in the third to make the score 6-0, it was an uphill battle the rest of the way that the Barons just could not overcome.

Jacob Dickey

The lone bright spot for Dekalb was the work out of the bullpen by Baron senior Jacob Dickey. Dickey came on to pitch at the beginning of the 4th inning, and he proceeded to retire 12 of the 13 hitters that he faced, and most importantly, kept his team in the game by not giving up any more runs.

Unfortunately for Dekalb, they could not get the bats going in any kind of sustained rally, and they lost 6-1. The loss dropped the Barons record to 7-3 as they will next host Blackford this Saturday in a doubleheader that will start at 11:00 am.

Rangers’ Darvish Looking Good in Spring Training

This will be my first update on Major League baseball for the just underway season. I had the opportunity to attend Spring Training in Arizona a few weeks back. I saw the Cubs, the Giants, the Reds, the Angels, and the Texas Rangers up close and personal.

My first observation that stuck out were the smooth swing and hitting production of the Cubs Alfonso Soriano. He homered in the game that I saw, and looked good in his other at bats. Can this continue and keep up for the entire season?

Also, I had the chance to watch Yu Darvish of the Rangers throw an inter-squad game. He has very good “stuff.” He was impressive in the 6 innings that he threw. I’ll have the chance to see him in a real game against one of the most lethal lineups in baseball this Friday as I’ll travel to Detroit to see the Rangers take on the Tigers.

At this point, the Texas Rangers are the team to beat. They are on a mission to win it all this year.