The end of the first half...

The first half is almost over, and it seems like it’s flown by. We just got done with our all-star break and now we’re in Fort Myers playing the final game of a three game series. That’s right our first half didn’t end at the all-star break. My only explanation as to why they set it up that way was so that they could have the all-star break on the weekend, which worked out just fine for us.

The first half has been a roller coaster ride. I’ve finally come to the conclusion that until I become a completely polished hitter, then that’s just how it’s going to be. I also think that part of becoming a polished and smart hitter is minimizing the drops in the roller coaster from day to day to pitch to pitch. But that’s part of the whole process and I’m in it for the long run, there’s nothing else that I would rather be doing right now with my life.

I ended the first half on the upper end of the roller coaster but as a whole I didn’t accomplish a lot of the things that I would have wanted to in the first half. I’ve been telling myself that the second half is a fresh start; I plan to throw everything out from the first half and go from Thursday on. I also know that I played my best baseball of the year during the second half last year, so I really feel as if it’s my time to turn it on.

I know how everyone always has questions about professional baseball so I figured I would explain how my day at the park went today. We had a 12:05 game so that meant we were to catch the bus at 10:15. Once we got to the field we were greeted by three men dressed in collared shirts and slacks, which only meant one thing…it was drug test time. Since it was the morning I didn’t have to pee because like everyone else in the world I pee as soon as I get up. After about an hour of waiting around I was finally able to get something out, but it wasn’t enough. By this time it was about 20 minutes until game time. We ended up sealing up what I had and I had to finish up after the game. Moral to the story is that I didn’t have a chance to stretch, run, or throw before the game…all because of guys like Sammy Sosa and Mark McGwire!

I’ve started reading a book called “Talent is Never Enough”; I absolutely recommend it to everyone out there. It’s basically about taking your life to the next level. It talks about how people wouldn’t recognize themselves if they lived up to their full potential. It tells a lot of stories about people who have gone above and beyond the limitations of their talent. But anyways, check it out…

Hopefully everyone out there is doing well. Don’t be scared to come visit me in South Florida, I love visitors and Jupiter is one of the nicest places ever! Thanks for reading and one of my resolutions for the second half is to blog more often, hopefully I keep all of my resolutions alive!

“Obstacles in life are like logs in your path. You can step over it or movie it out of the way. You could cut it up and make firewood.”