Friday Night

Last night was pretty much a chill night, as are most of our nights. We were bored after hours of video games and eating, so we decided to go to a movie.

We went to the 11:40 pm showing of The Hangover 2. If you haven't seen it, it's the first Hangover in a different country. It was a decent laugh and after the day I had it was a mood fixer. Today we just hungout and went to Chipotle. I have a double header tomorrow and I will most likely see some work in relief until I know when my next start is. Hopefully soon.

First Win Today

Today I was in the bullpen. I was told I'd be needed for 2 innings and possibly more. Our starter threw really well and by the 4th inning his pitch count was getting up around our team's limit. I hate pitch count, but in this league we try to get everyone work. I went to warm up in the bottom of the 4th and was in the next inning.

I walked the leadoff batter. I hate uttering those words but it happened. After a few hits and 2 awful calls in the field I gave up 3 runs. Not happy, I then realize our pitchers are hitting tonight due to a lack of players. We're now down one run and I'm up to bat. I worked myself into a 2-2 count against a D1 kid. I smoked the next pitch into right field. Opposite field hit. I continued to score a run and tied the game up.

The next 2 innings went smoothly and we were leading by 4 when I came out of the game. My first hit in 2 years got me a victory in a college-level game. Not a bad night

I'm writing this on my phone as we have a 1.5 hour drive back to our place. I'm pretty happy about tonight. Even though I struck out to a lefty throwing 90 the next at bat. Oh well. I got the win.

Relief Work Last Night

Last night, I arrived at the field we were playing on and instantly discovered that there was a major key item missing.  A bullpen.  Being in relief for that game, I was pretty upset.  However, I went through my normal pregame; stretching, joking, jogging, throwing, joking, sitting.  Our starter threw a decent first few innings.  He gave up a lot of balls and wasn't working ahead in the count, but got out of jams.  Our second reliever threw just as well.  By this point, I began to realize the number of pitchers we had on hand.  I was called over by my coach and asked if I could sit this night out and be in first relief tomorrow (tonight).  I figured, "I'm already sitting, so why not?"

However, by the time our 3rd reliever came in, his pitch count was getting rather high.  I was told to stretch out and start throwing, with no bullpen.  I threw about 30 balls to get loose and spun a few off speeds to get a feel for my pitches, and of course we go 1-2-3 at the plate.  I was in.  I was told I was only going to pitch to two batters so we could get our closer some work as well.  I worked the first batter to a 3-2 count and got him to lazily fly out on a two-seamer inside which he fisted.  The second batter should have struck out as I put a two-seamer by him twice.  I went with slider in and he lazily flew out to left as well.

That was the extent of my time on the mound last night,  I was pretty happy with the performance being as it was the first time on a mound at all during the game.  I'm in long relief tonight and will surely see an inning plus.  I'm excited as the team we're playing won the entire league last year.  Should be a fun competitive game.

Game Today. Finally!

It feels like it's been forever since I've been to a baseball game. With Sunday's games being cancelled, I've pretty much just been lifting and hanging out.  Tonight it should be a perfect night for baseball.  Playing under the lights is always fun no matter what game you're playing.  I expect to throw one or two innings tops tonight as we have a lot of arms that need some work in.  I've been keeping loose by throwing outside on our quad and doing a lot of band work.  I really can't wait to throw tonight.  I'll most likely post later tonight with how the game went and such.  Until then, I'm off to find food.

Chilly Today

Hey all, pretty cold today as the sun doesn't want to come out.  Just got done at the gym and my room mate put me through a pretty solid rotator cuff band workout.  We're going to do this about twice a week and hopefully it will put some good velocity on my fastball.  My arm feels great after doing it and I can tell the tendons are getting stronger with each workout.

Tomorrow we play a night game and apparently I'm in the bullpen for this one.  Most likely, I'll get two innings tops.  I'll make the best of it and get some work in along with some side work in the bullpen working on keeping my mechanics in line.  Can't wait to throw.

Good Day Today

Today was a solid day.  Had a great workout in the gym.  One of those workouts where your entire body feels great after.  The suitemates and I followed it up with a game of wiffleball outside our building.  Good youth fun.  Tomorrow should be good as we're working out and heading to the beach if the weather allows for it.  It was cloudy all day.  Hopefully I can get some tan going again.

Start Cancelled

Well, I woke up at 8:30 am with the intent of throwing game 2 of my double header only to find out that it rained through the night.  Our games were cancelled.  This is extremely frustrating to me as I have about a 36-hour pre game mentally.  I take my starts pretty seriously as it's the only time I see the field as a player.

To fill the day out, my suitemates and I were going to lift over at the field house only to realize that it closed at 1 pm on Sundays.  Not too happy about that, we searched for a gym somewhat near us.  We found one 15 miles away.  It worked out really nicely as the owner didn't even make us pay as long as we helped get his name out to people.  Elite Fitness Center in New Jersey is a damn fine establishment.

Other than that, I'd like to congratulate my brother Ryan on graduating high school today.  Wish I could have been there to see him walk, partly because there's a shot he would have tripped.  He knows what this game means to me and he's fine with me missing a ceremony.  We had our good times together in high school and that's more important to him.

Finally, I'd like to thank everyone who's called or texted me regarding this blog.  Especially the post yesterday.  I think it's something everyone needed to know as I'm kind of tired of telling the story, and I needed to get some feelings out.  Have a safe weekend everyone.