In This Week's Episode Of "Ask Mumba"

A few days ago via Twitter, Riversharks hitting coach Kevin Wilson let all his followers know that our own Mumba Rivera was now tweeting. Mostly about Tupac.

In fact, pretty much exclusively about Tupac.

Now, it just so happens, Constant Reader, that yours truly his his own Twitter account. And there was one question about Mumba that had been bothering me ALL SEASON. Namely, what the hell does he write on the back of the mound as he's warming up to pitch an inning or two??

You can sort of see what I'm talking about at the end of this short video. Ignore the obnoxious Ducks fans.

Turns out, it's his kid's initials: AR and HR. Muumzy, that's adorable. Kudos.

So, I Took A Lot Of Pictures At Today's Game.

Mathes, At First Unhittable, Quickly Becomes Very, VERY Hittable

Early on, J.R. Mathes was cruising. He retired the Bluefish lineup in order through the first three innings, and looked to be well on his way to his 6th win of the 2011 season.


But in the top of the 4th, Mathes suddenly found himself unable to get ANYONE out. The Bluefish batted around, eventually scoring 7 runs on 8 hits before Von Hayes made the call to the bullpen, bringing on reliever Mumba Rivera to close out the inning.

Bridgeport made it 8-0 in the fifth when left fielder Steve Moss blasted his 15th home run of the season over the centerfield wall.


The Sharks only offense came in the bottom of the 7th when centerfielder Jonel Pacheco hit a 3 run shot that also scored Shea Harris and Danny Richar.

The Bluefish added one more in the 8th when first baseman Wes Bankston's double scored Felix Molina, making it 9-3.