We haven't taken the summer off that's for sure.
American Legion baseball, an extension of the high school or college season for some, has reached just about it's halfway point and, so far, things have gone as expected.
Despite missing the three best pitchers of the high school crop, Rob Bono, Matt Harvey and Jesse Hahn, Waterford and New London have been rather dominant thus far in Zone VI.
New London is currently on a one-week break from the local Legion battles as they're in upstate New York playing in the World Youth Baseball Classic. If they were around, they would be happy to hear that for only the second time this season, Waterford lost. Niantic did New London the favor on Sunday which put New London a 1/2 game ahead of Waterford although they still have played three more games than Waterford has.
Norwich and Montville both sport 7-5 records while Niantic, Jewett City and Danielson are all at or near the break-even mark.
The final three Zone teams, Tri-Town,Ledyard-Pawcatuck and Moosup have their work cut out for them if they want to make the state tournament. Tri-Town would have to win 11 of it's last 15, Ledyard-Pawcatuck 12 of it's final 17 and Moosup 13 of it's last 15.
Remember to check out the American Legion baseball notes section in the Norwich Bulletin and Norwich Bulletin.com every Monday.