CMWS: Sunday Leftovers

The Danville (Calif.) Hoots are headed home after losing 7-6 to the Dallas DBAT Mustangs.

Some other tidbits after a full day of baseball:

* Someone discovered red luggage in the bathroom at Ricketts Park. The more I think about why someone would need luggage at the stadium, the more bizarre this seems.

Is someone camping out? Are they "showering" in the sink between games? Surely they aren't hiding in the bleachers. The cleanup crew is doing a thorough job combing them as I type.

* Former Piedra Vista boys basketball coach Rick Hoerner does a fantastic job with the public address system. He handled the first game between the Yankees and Dodgers. It may not have worked out for him as a coach with the Panthers, but I think he's got Major League talent. He also does a good job with the radio broadcasts occasionally.

* The price of the rather Frito pies here at Ricketts has soared faster than inflation to $4.50. It's tasty, but you can get three times as much food from Taco Bell for the same price without sacrificing much in quality.

* A flash photographer with great seats behind home plate constantly took pictures just as DBAT Mustangs pitcher Josh Easley let loose. That had the potential to be disastrous if it blinded Easley during a line drive back to him.

* A foul ball into Section 13 hit a man in a floppy hat and blue shirt. It appeared he was bleeding from the nose considerably, although I'm in the press box and don't have binoculars. His diagnosis was unclear -- I asked several times -- but he was escorted out of the stadium during the fourth inning. 

Several people huddled around him for an inning with their back turned to the field as a hard foul ball headed their way catapulted back to the field at the top of the protective net.

* The games today finished in great time, especially with our 11:30 p.m. deadline -- the Hoots-Mustangs were in the top of the fifth before the Thunder-Dodgers game had started on Friday.

* Some of the day's best defensive plays:

- East Cobb (Ga.) Yankees first baseman Stafford Booth caught a chopper down the line near the back of the dirt and flipped underhanded to the pitcher to beat Jim Brennan in the bottom of the first.