Fan Speak July2

Division I starter

I WOULD like to be one of the first to congratulate Central High School graduate Mitch Craft on becoming the starting middle linebacker at the University of Southern Mississippi. I wish him good luck with the rest of his college career and hopefully on to a great career in the pros.

(Craft, a sophomore in eligibility, is listed atop the depth chart at middle linebacker in Southern Mississippi's 2006 preseason football guide.)

Flawed Cardinals

EVERYBODY SAW what kind of team the St. Louis Cardinals had when they played the Chicago White Sox and Detroit Tigers. They were swept by both teams. The Cardinals had better regroup and get some players on the team that want to play and pitch instead of the bunch of Class AAA ballplayers they've got.