It used to spring time was a relatively slow time for local sports in Charleston. Between the Stingrays playoffs and SoCon Baseball there wasn't much going on. No more. The Family Circle Cup kicked things off and before you know it we'll have back to back big time golf tournaments at the end of May. I'll be interested to see which tournament draws more interest from area golf fans. Will they be more excited to see the best male golfers over 50 at the Senior PGA Championship on Kiawah Island starting May 24th or the best women golfers in the world at the Ginn Tribute Hosted by Annika starting a week later at Rivertowne CC in Mt. Pleasant? Should be a fun few weeks of golf, but we'll keep our fingers crossed that Annika will host and play.
We're now starting to see some of the first former Riverdogs get called up by the Yankees. When Charleston was the D Ray's affiliate it was pretty common to see players up in the big leagues 2 years removed from low "A" ball. When the Yankees came on board as the parent club it looked like it would be a longer road to the Majors from Charleston....until the Yanks all the sudden became a near last place team in the AL East. Phil Hughes gets the start Thursday and if you saw him play at Riley Park in 2005, it's not much of a surprise.
I'm going to start a new blog tradition this week giving you the "North Dakota fact of the day". It all started on Fantalk on ESPN Radio 910 the Team. Long story short Bobby Hartin and Darren Goldwater found out I moved here from North Dakota and was a walk on quarterback at the University of North Dakota. I've now become the North Dakota expert in the Lowcountry. So here goes the fact of the day.....
The UND Fighting Sioux used to be called the UND Flickertails....named after the state bird. I prefer the Sioux. Fantalk can be heard Monday through Friday on 910am.
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