Saturday night my son and I were in Salisbury, Maryland, to see the Delmarva Shorebirds take on the Kannapolis Cannon Ballers. (I swear both of those team names are real.) The Shorebirds are the single-A affiliate of the Baltimore Orioles, meaning Franklin and I have now completed the set as far as seeing Orioles farm teams. And damned if the Shorebirds didn’t play like a double or triple-A team against some rookie league washouts, whipping the Cannon Ballers 8-0. It was Franklin’s fourth win in a row, the third in three different states, and back-to-back shutouts!

   Clearly a good luck charm wherever he goes.