My Day Job has taken precedence over my blog the last couple of days, and it was pure torture to sit inside the office yesterday on one of the most beautiful days in the history of the world and listen to the Business Special on the radio. The last two games have gone rather well for the Tides, and I wanted to see the improvements in person. Duty called, however. I was a Good Employee and multitasked by following along with Gameday and with the audio stream on the ESPN 94.1 app (which is pretty good, by the way).

One thing that has been nice to see is Canzler’s improvement over the last few games. Last Saturday night he went 0 for 4 and struck out three times. Now he’s batting well over .300 (I want to say .333, but you need to check me on that one). He has hit home runs in the last three games and is tied for first place in the International League for RBI.

Jackson also looked good in the matinee with three hits. He’s also batting over .300.

We also learned yesterday that Dickerson’s contract has been selected by Baltimore. This transaction should complete their 40-man roster. Good thing we have Robinson now in the outfield. He has been doing a good job for us – he put up a nice RBI single yesterday. After 20 at-bats, he’s batting around .450.

I was also sorry that I didn’t see Navarro’s walk-off RBI single Tuesday night. This was a nice come-from-behind win, considering that the Tides trailed 4-0 going into the eighth inning. Stinson had a decent debut. His outing was definitely an improvement over Petersime’s last Monday.

The Tides are down in Durham for a couple of games, and then head back to us for the weekend. The weather may turn tonight in Durham, but hopefully they can get the game in before the front comes through. – RR