The Sacramento River Cats opened the month of August by continuing their mastery of the Colorado Springs Sky Sox after taking a 4-3 walk-off victory on Monday night. With the win, the River Cats are now 10-1 this season against the Sky Sox. The River Cats have won nine of their last ten games with six of those being one-run decisions. Catcher Josh Donaldson hit the River Cats’ third home run of the night after fellow catcher/first baseman Anthony Recker had his second multi-home run game of the season with a solo shot in the third inning and again in the eighth inning. Over five innings of work, River Cats starting pitcher Josh Outman allowed just two hits and a run, all in the second i

       Eating good food, drinking good wine, and keeping the kids off the streets. These are three of my of my favorite pastimes. Unfortunately, it is rare that I get to indulge in all three at once. Every so often, however, the stars align just so, and offer up an event that allows me to eat, drink and help kids.   The food- and wine-pairing fundraiser for the VIBE Foundation at Le Cordon Bleu Friday night was one such occasion.   The gala was sponsored by Infuze Marketing, who work with local, lesser known wineries at a variety of events throughout the Sacramento area. Infuse selects a specific nonprofit to benefit from each one of their events.   The VIBE Foundation is creating a

 The first two innings of Wednesday morning's River Cats 9-7 roller coaster loss to the Tacoma Raniers were very uneventful.  The only man to reach base was Matt Watson, and he did so on a walk.    Everyone else from either team who stepped to the plate was set down with alacrity. There was no sign of the slugfest to come.               Four pop outs, two fly outs, a couple ground outs, three K's and a line out.  The innings flew by.  By 11:50, a mere 15 minutes into the game, it was 22.22 percent over.  If they'd kept up that pace, they may have set some kind of record.               The first two outs of the top of the third came nearly as quickly.  I was beginning to speculate as to t

Executive Chef Gary Gainey keeps the Sacramento Kings nutritionally healthy and is dedicated to educating children on healthy eating and making smart eating decisions. I attended one of his classes at Raley's Supermarket in Fair Oaks with Kings star Jon Brockman. Check out my video! video by: Chris Morrow Follow Chris on Twitter: www.twitter.com/morrowchris