Greenwalt bounces back

Kyle Greenwalt's professional baseball career began in Greeneville, TN with two solid appearances followed by two very bad ones, including a six-hit, six-run stint that lasted just a third of an inning against the Bluefield Orioles two weeks ago.

But the Souderton grad bounced back and last week, and in the second start of his career, pitched six innings, struck out five, walked one, and allowed one unearned run against the Johnson City Cardinals. However, he was still saddled with the loss as the lowly Greeneville Astros -- the Rookie-A affiliate of the Houston Astros who selected Greenwalt in the 20th round of last month 's draft and owners of an Appalachian League-worst 6-27 record -- looked listless at the plate.

The Bristol Herald Courier declared the Astros "wasted a rare good outing" by Greenwalt. I'd like to be the first to congratulate the unnamed reporter who wrote that bit prose on his promising career covering the lowest ranks of minor league baseball as a mediocre sports hack. Since it's apparent, the writer does know really know the definition of "rare," here it is, in case he reads this.