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Kevin Sherrington’s A La Carte
— The last time the Rangers started a season by taking a series from the Phillies, the adventure ended in a parade. Not saying anyone should be drawing up routes just yet, but there are worse ways to ring in a new era. Especially when the worst start in three games came from Nathan Eovaldi; the best came from the new guy, MacKenzie Gore; and Jacob deGrom is still waiting to make his debut. This could get interesting.
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— BTW: After sweeping the Phillies to start the ‘23 season, the Rangers subsequently lost two of three to the Orioles. Even if they’re determined to run it back, they don’t have to go that far this week.
— Andrew McCutchen made the club off his couch this spring as the right-handed half of a platoon at DH. From the looks of his lightning-quick hands, he’s better than that. Joc Pederson is officially on notice.
— If the Rangers can keep this up, Ray Davis will have to get out his wallet for a closer. Nothing in baseball is as demoralizing as a bullpen frittering away eight innings of hard work.
— Here’s hoping your bracket fared better than my Final Four of Duke, Michigan, Arizona and Houston. Give me Michigan over UConn in the finals, and it won’t be close.
— Of the four point guards assigned as your homework in the tournament, only Illinois’ Keaton Wagler remains. Darius Acuff Jr. would still be my pick for the Mavs if available. But Wagler, like Acuff, is a dynamic scoring threat, and he may have worked his way in front of Kingston Flemings as my runner-up.
— Does the Browns’ latest bookkeeping mean they’re getting Myles Garrett ready for shipping? More to the point, would Jerry Jones be interested? Judged against the failed Maxx Crosby trade, the bidding would start at three firsts. A steep price for a pass rusher who turns 31 at the end of the year. But what’s the future when you’re 83 and desperately trying to turn the clock back to middle age?
— Our Brad Townsend makes a nice ROY case for Cooper Flagg over the latter’s old Duke teammate, Kon Knueppel. Even if Flagg loses out on the award, I’m thinking the Mavs don’t regret the pick.
— Given Tiger Woods’ recent arrest and history, it seems safe to say he might have a problem. If nothing else, maybe it’s time to get him a new driver. And I don’t mean a Titleist.
— Story time: Back in the day, when we were running our four kids through Hillcrest and the lovely wife was in charge of just about everything, I served a long stretch as the auctioneer at the annual spring fundraiser. Not so much because I could talk fast, but because I knew everyone’s weak points.
Like the year I went in knowing that our good friend, Kitty Hinojosa, wife of the superintendent, Dr. Michael Hinojosa, wanted the Chihuahua donated by a shelter.
Wanted it bad.
Once the bidding reached four figures, the rest of the superintendent’s rivals dropped out. Only he didn’t know as much, and I didn’t feel it necessary to let on. Every time he made a bid, I indicated someone had topped it.
Finally, I let him have his little dog, but not before he paid a couple extra bills for the pleasure. Boo, they called him.
Anyway, the Hillcrest auction has come a long way since the days when we had to get creative to make ends meet. Fin Ewing – automobile baron, Cotton Bowl Hall of Famer, bandleader and Hillcrest Class of ‘76 – hosted the show at his Mercedes dealership in Plano on Saturday. Did a bang-up job. One of the bidders was his good pal, Greg Sankey, SEC commissioner, who bought a package in the live auction. We also got an appearance from the new coach of the Dallas Renegades, Rick Neuheisel, who’d just claimed the UFL Championship of Texas by beating the Houston Gamblers, 36-17.
It was good to see how much we’ve progressed from such humble beginnings. Boo’s moved on, too, but he had a nice run. Made such a hit with the superintendent, he didn’t even press charges when I explained to him later how much he’d been overcharged.
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