UNDER OUR NOSE.

One beautiful sunny autumn evening, I happen to be at the Hamden high school Stadium field. Several people running or walking on the track. The football team was just finishing practice and the field hockey team was on the field warming up for their game.

On the baseball field. there was a fall baseball game being played and the softball field had several lacrosse players tossing a ball around. If you walked up to the top of the stands you passed people running or walking the stairs. While at the top, the tennis courts were full and a youth hockey team was practicing at the rink.

Although I complain about some of its obvious faults, the stadium is functional and diverse. Sometimes we don't see what is obviously right under our nose.

FOOTBALL STREAK ENDS.

The Hamden high football team’s win streak actually ended on Friday against Xavier at Palmer Field in Middletown. The Green Dragons jumped out to a 14-0 lead in the first period, but the wheels just seem to come off the cart after that. An immovable Xavier defense and several penalties stopped the high-scoring dragons dead in their tracks.

WORLD SERIES.

It was unfortunate that due to weather conditions the first game in Philadelphia started after 10 PM. Many people I talked to either went to bed or fell sleep and missed a very entertaining game.

The game had to be played that night, or it would have screwed up network programming for several days.

The third game in Philly was again played in horrible weather conditions. It was finally called a suspended game to be resumed the next day. They got lucky because Tampa Bay tied it in the sixth. It probably should have been called in the fifth with the Phillies ahead 2 -1. That would have meant the game was over and the Phillies would have won the World Series in a rain shortened one run game.

As I write this, we still are trying to finish a game that never should have started It is taking three days to finish a game. That's really compromises the integrity of the game.

Pitching has been screwed up; players' personal lives with hotels and family travel plans are disrupted. These are the premier games of the season and should be treated as such. I am still not sure what rule lets them play suspended games unless there are special rules for World Series.