It's official: Jamie Moyer is the fifth starter and Kyle Kendrick will start the season in the bullpen. It was pretty much Moyers' job to lose, but he certainly seems to have come back strong from his three surgeries since late last season, giving up just one run in 11 and two-thirds innings. Kendrick, too, had a strong spring training but a stint in the bullpen should not blunt him.Friends who have a son playing collegiate baseball gave me this program, from last year's Atlantic Collegiate Baseball League. Their son played last summer for the Blazers, located in nearby Quakertown. It turns out that Jamie Moyer, when in college more than 20 years ago, also played for the Blazers. Thanks to funding provided by Moyer, the Blazers have a bus to take them to and from away games, the only team in the league, said my friends, to enjoy that particular luxury. On other teams, the players have to drive themselves to away games, which can be as much as a four-hour drive, one way.
My friends much appreciated that their son and his mates were able to go to away games by bus rather than by car. Moyer's generosity gave them peace of mind. It also seems very much in character that Jamie Moyer, known, along with his wife, for extensive, hands-on charitable work across the country and abroad, remembers his roots.
