Tigers Minor League Baseball Blog

Well my second season has officially begun and so far has been pretty well for me and my fellow Canefires. We are 3-0 and have put up some very impressive numbers offensively winning two games by an eight run margin. As for myself I have gotten myself off to a hot start as well throwing five innings, striking out five and giving up one run. It feels good to talk about myself once and awhile so bear with me. I am picking up on my foreign relations plan I enacted during the season with our Spanish speaking friends, expect now it’s with my Japanese teammates. Yes I am trying to learn Japanese, and it is just as hard as I thought, so I have defaulted to broken english and hand signals to get my points across. While they simply nod and laugh occasionally, I really don’t think they are getting anything I am trying to say. The way of going about business is a little different to the players of the far east than us, what was most shocking was the relief pitcher who went through almost a pack of cigarettes before throwing in the game. I’m not even mad, or wanting to ask him, what’s going on. I actually don’t mind it; it gives us Americans something to talk and share a few laughs about. I can definitely get used to this whole playing baseball and living in Hawaii thing.