Tigers Minor League Baseball Blog

Hello again, I am back to give everyone a look at this past week’s activities. For starters, well actually this starter, I took my first loss of the season yesterday at the hands of the Tampa Yankees (more like the Damn Yankees at the time). So much for that unbeaten streak again, guess I will have to wait once more until next year. It was just one of those days where the ball bounces and just doesn’t seem to take a bounce your way. Hey, it’s baseball, these things happen. I was pleased with how I was able to keep my composure and manage a decent outing, which was never really my strong suit in the past (if I was going down, I was going to take as many of the opposing hitters down with me). Now, prior to this current series, we made the trip over to Daytona Beach for the first time for a series with the Daytona Cubs. I must admit that was a pretty good trip, I felt like it was more vacation for me than baseball. I knew I wasn’t going to throw and our hotel was right on the beach; to many ballplayers, this is know as a lethal combination. For the record, I was able to stay in control and enjoy myself while making sure I wasn’t letting the work I had to do on the field get lost in translation. Ahh the life of a starting pitcher. And yes I have already received much grief and, well what I call envy, from some of my fellow teammates. It’s ok, I love them and they love me back. Back to the present, my dad came down for the last few days to see me throw and just hang out a bit which was good because it isn’t too often that I get visitors down here, as opposed to last year when I was playing right in my backyard. Spending time with those closest to me is one of the things I make sure never to take for granted because you never know when a time will come where you might need them the most. I am planning on mid-July this season for that help, to get me through the mid-season hump, and most of all the heat. I never thought I would look forward to cold until I just thought about that.