When Kailua rallied to edge Kaiser 10-7 today in a key OIA Red East baseball game, it wasn't an anomaly. More scores this season have entered double-digit territory than I can remember in 18 years of covering prep sports -- more so in the past two weeks.

Is it a lack of pitching depth? Are hitters getting stronger and better? Tough call. My guess is that pitching quality goes through a cycle, like most everything else in sports. There are several standout pitchers, but just about every team in the state doesn't have experience, depth and talent on the mound this season.

No complaints here, of course. Watching homers soar over outfield fences can be beautiful, even to a neutral observer. But there's also nothing quite like watching a diamond in the rough, a future Sid Fernandez or Tyler Yates, dominate batters. We've got a lot of crafty pitchers, smart guys with great off-speed stuff. This is not the year of the heater. It's the year of the tater.

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