Fresno State was placed in the Fullerton regional this weekend with San Diego, St. Louis and Fullerton. The Bulldogs beat San Diego 9-8 on Friday, in a wild game, then lost to Fullerton, 9-2, on Saturday.

Then they beat San Diego earlier today, in another wild game, again 9-8. If those two teams played a third time, and I had $50, I'd put it all on the score being 9-8. (OK, that's a lie. I'd buy a $49 shirt and put the rest on 9-8, but it's still a dollar, and I'm cheap.)

So I'm sitting at Goodwin Field in Fullerton, and Fresno State is leading 6-3 in the bottom of the fifth inning, and my column has been done for an hour. I theorized that the Bulldogs didn't have much of a chance against Fullerton because they just don't have the pitching. (I didn't even mention how they are in the loser's bracket and would have to beat Fullerton again tomorrow if they did win.)

That should bode well for a Bulldogs comeback, seeing as I would probably have to eat large helpings of crow tomorrow if Fresno State comes back and wins this. Nothing against Fresno State, when you have to finish a column before the game enters the third inning, you have to do some theorizing.

I've included a picture I just took from my seat, just cause this blog needs some photos. It's a crappy photo, with a camera I won at a raffle, so don't expect much.

A couple thoughts before I check out. Is it just me, or is the National Spelling Bee the Super Bowl for homeschooled parents? The rest of the year people make fun of them, call them weirdos, chuckle about how their kids won't date until they're 30, but the National Spelling Bee is their chance to stick it in those parents' faces.

I just imagine them sitting in the audience thinking, "Ha! How good is your public school now!"

Yeah, you're right. They're probably just proud of their kids.

Second thought: Fresno needs a Nordstrom store. We have a Norstrom Rack, which is nice, but not the same. Fullerton has a Nordstrom every 17 feet. It isn't fair. I was there today. They have ties in colors I had never imagined semi-formal wear.

We have 600,000 people. We deserve at least that. OK, I'm done.