The Albany Empire announced on Friday that the team will host a vaccination pod at Times-Union Center prior to next week's home opener. Fans who are given the 1-dose Johnson & Johnson coronavirus vaccine will receive free tickets for the team's next home game two weeks later (June 12). Now, if that isn't an incentive, I don't know what is.
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Has Troy High's baseball team peaked?
Chris Strack's club has lost three of their last four, and the last two in a row, after a 4-2 home loss to Columbia on Saturday. Austin Francis was undone by his defense, which gave up two unearned runs in the fifth inning. Francis went five, gave up one earned run, and struck out six for Troy (6-3).
In sharp contrast, the softball team has won three straight, riding the arm of Olivia DeCitise, who pitched another complete game Saturday, beating Columbia, 5-1. DeCitise scattered four hits while striking out eight in hurling another gem.
Predictably, the lacrosse & tennis results were not reported, or not included in today's newspapers due to space limitations.
This week's Troy schedule sees the baseball & softball teams on a three game road trip:
Monday: @ Burnt Hills-Ballston Lake.
Wednesday: @ Bethlehem.
Friday: @ Averill Park.
The softball team returns home for a 10 am matinee Saturday vs. Cohoes, now a single game instead of a double-header. The JV's will play their game on the adjoining diamond, a rare case of the varsity & JV's playing at home on the same day.
The tennis team will also have that same three meet road trip, hoping to finally win a set, if not a match. The lacrosse team's road trip will be a day behind. In other words, their games are Tuesday, Thursday, & Saturday.
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Watching Mets-Marlins on CW15 on Saturday, we noted that unlike in 2019, WCWN is not airing the Mets' WPIX-produced pre-game show, sponsored by Spectrum Cable, preferring instead to run infomercials in order to make some extra money for the station. I wonder how many Mets fans have complained to station management.
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