The blogging fool is back

Hello Blue Devil Nation. Did you miss me?

No X-Man, I have not abandoned my blog by any means. I had planned to take a quick break to recharge the batteries after doing a ton of high school stuff, and next thing I knew it was the middle of April. There's not a ton to talk about, but we'll try and get this thing restarted if you guys are still interested.

Touched on a bunch of baseball stuff in the paper over the last two weeks, hope you guys have been reading. But here's some short thoughts:

1) Love the pitching. Central has two or 3 kids I wouldn't be afraid to throw in a big spot, and that's just as starers. If a couple of the younger guys fill in, the Devils could be in good shape for an NEC run.

2) The order is kind of fun to watch because of its different parts. The top of the lineup does its thing, then come the big bats (which go further down the order than a lot of teams), and the bottom is a scrappy group.

3) Youth is all over the place on this roster. That's good news for the future, but it means some untested guys are going to have to make big contributions right away. This weekend is a big series, it'd be nice to stay near the top as we get about halfway home.

4) Get out to Beehive. The place has been redone to a large extent, and it's not bad. Certainly better seating accommodations than at the old field.

As for football:

Had some notes on the spring objectives in the paper when the sessions started, and have a few other notes stored away in the computer. The main thing Central hopes to do get a leader in the QB race heading into training camp. Mac seems intent on avoiding any semblance of a QB controversy, and my instinct says he already has one in mind.
My theory, and this is just my observations and nothing from the staff, is that part of the reason the Devils have run so much in the last couple of years is that they haven't had a ton of confidence in the QBs. Handing the reigns to a single offensive leader could help alleviate that issue, but I think those looking for Central to implement the Run N' Shoot will be disappointed next week to some extent.

One thing I did speak to Coach Mac about recently was the defense. He wasn't happy with it last year, and he's looking to turn things around. I think you're going to see a revamped group this year, with some tweaks in how they run it.

But I'll have a story on those soon with an update, then more as we head into the leadup for the spring game.

Hoops: The recruiting stuff tends to be formalized and announced all at once at the end for various reasons. I don't think the roster for the men will turn over as much as a lot of people seem to think. I'm going to put the over/under for transfers at 1.5. And we know most of the recruits already. I've even done a story on them already, so they're out there.

That's it for now, just the foundation for things we'll be talking about between now and June. Then comes the real down time. I might even try and take my first real vacation in two years this time.