It seemed a curious word choice, but Duluth Marshall baseball coach Joe Wicklund says his immediate reaction after ace pitcher Ben Pedersen surrendered three runs in the first inning of a state-tournament quarterfinal vs. Glencoe-Silver Lake was one of excitement.
When you think of all the elements comprising ideal running weather, they’d usually include a temperature right around 50 degrees, dry conditions, low humidity and — if you wanna get greedy — a tailwind.
Radio analyst Charlie Mahler summed up the rather tenuous state of Grandma’s Marathon leader Boniface Kongin when, approaching Lemon Drop Hill, he cracked: “If the wheels aren’t coming off, he’s losing tire pressure.”
The good news: The Huskies scored the first two runs of their Northwoods League game vs. the St. Cloud Rox on Monday night in front of 559 fans at Wade Stadium.
