Tigers Minor League Baseball Blog

As the old saying goes, all good things must come to an end. Well for myself, the dream of going unbeaten in my professional ended today after a tough 10th inning loss. I have to admit, after last year going unbeaten, I thought that it was a fluke and I would come back to earth sometime soon thereafter. However, after seventy plus games into my first full season of professional baseball the streak was still in tact. It’s kind of like having a no hitter going, you don’t really think about it until it’s over. Some may say that all this is just wishful thinking and no one could ever go unbeaten in the game of baseball. Well that my friends, is all the motivation a player needs to accomplish the impossible. Baseball is a game based around failure and the best players and coaches who have ever played will agree when I say it is not about how you deal with winning; that’s easy, everyone is happy and according to Benny, “jokes are funny.” But, it is how you are able to deal with losing and coming back to the park to try and get right back to a positive state of mind. A small part of me died today, but the sun will come up tomorrow, and a baseball game will take place and I will get right back in there and try to start a new streak.

Side Note: 2007 Stats- 0-0 0.00 ERA in 3 innings following season long injury
2008 Until today- 1-0 in 18 appearances
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