Sunday, July 3, 2011

A Pirates Life

Taken from Josh's Blog...A Pirates Life

Saturday, July 2, 2011

First Start

So i got to the field today and i found out that tomorrow i'm getting my first pro ball start! i'm pretty pumped for it, and hopefully i do really well and i keep a starting role on the team. We won our second game in a row today which is a record for us. Hopefully this is the start of a good winning streak, because at 5-11 we really need one. I just gotta go out tomorrow and help get that 3rd win in a row. Thats all for now.
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New Home

Well now i'm finally with a host family and they are pretty cool people. It should be a lot of fun. I'm staying with another player, and we live in the basement, but it's a pretty nice basement. The only thing that is kinda lame is that the basement is about 35 degrees, so i gotta have clothes on the whole time. My first outing out here didn't go nearly as well as i had hoped, but nothing ever really goes as planned. Hopefully i get to come in again soon, and i do as good as i know i can. The first few weeks i kinda missed my friends and Fresno, but the more i explore this place and get to know the guys on the team i don't really miss fresno anymore. I still miss some.
 
 
Sunday, June 26, 2011

First Bullpen

So yesterday i got to throw my first bullpen out here and it went pretty well. The pitching coach was impressed and said i did a good job! so i'm pretty stoked on that. I think today i find out when i'm pitching and if i'm starting or if i'm coming out of the pen. I think it'll be out of the pen though, because we already have a full starting rotation, but that doesn't bother me. I am now in Ohio for a three game series, it should be fun! e people, but i think i can make do with texting until i come back sometime in september.
 
Friday, June 24, 2011

First Week of Minor Leagues

Well the trip out to Pittsburg to sign was pretty fun, minus the fact i had to get up at 430am to go to the airport. After flying to Arizona and then to Pittsburg, i was pretty exhausted, but i had to meet up with a rep from the team and then check out the Pirates and Orioles game that was going on. After a few innings i left because i was exhausted from my trip. I went o bed at 930pm which was the earliest I've ever been to bed before. I woke up at 4am and couldn't fall back asleep so i had to stay up until 7am which was when my physical was. So after my physical i got to watch more of another game while i waited for my physical to go through. After that i officially signed my papers and got shipped out to state college to meet the team i'll be playing on. After meeting a few of the guys, i got my gear and then went to my hotel to sleep. The next day we headed out Jamestown NY to play our first road series. It was a pretty uneventful trip, but our first game yesterday got rained out, and today isn't looking any better. More to come, time to go to the field.
 
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