She Gone

394

That's the distance of my first NEBL home run. Not going to lie, it felt pretty damn good watching that ball carry. Don't get me wrong, that's not my game and that's not what I'm going to try to do on a regular basis. I am and always will be a player that gets on base by hitting to all fields.

This was the perfect opertunity to go for the big one though. Ulrichson has a tendency to toss some creampuffs. With a two run lead and two outs in the second (that's a lot of twos) and nobody on base, I figured what the hell. He tried to bring the heat and left it over the plate, I was able to get a good read on it, got around on it and boom, it was gonzo. One thing about the home run is that you can feel it off the bat when it's going to travel. On a typical line drive or bloop shot it there is a bit of vibration. But when you get the ball in the sweet spot and get a good swing on it you don't feel a darn thing. Hear the crack and skip.

Got an email with a link to a radio talk show from one of my buddies yesterday. The host was talking about my "wreckless" play. A bunch of calls supportive of my hustle on that program. My favorite was from the guy out of Buffalo that said I was a big mouthed kid and he hoped I would run into a wall and break my jaw so I couldn't talk anymore. A classy bunch of people up in that area.

Well, 20 minutes until BP. I appreciate all the supportive fan mail. Jenna from Providence, make sure your watching the game tonight. I'll make a play out there for you.

Loving the Life

Not gonna lie. Life in the Big Leagues is sweet. I love the post game interviews, I like the autograph signings, I love hearing my music when I step up to bat and I especially love how the crowd gets behind you when you make a big play. Lights, cameras, action. This is what it's all about. I've found myself more motivated to come to the park these past few weeks, knowing that I'm going to be roaming the field and getting live game action.

The best part is that I'm starting to get my bat going now. I'm really getting comfortable at seeing some of the different pitches. There are still times that I go up there and just get completely overmatched, but those appearances are getting fewer and farther in between.

The biggest turning point was facing Casey Lane and Shannon Young when we played Hartford. Those two have been around for awhile and have proven they know what they are doing. I stepped up against them with the idea that I'd just take what they gave me instead of forcing the issue. It worked well too. I got a single and a walk against Young as we roughed her up in what may have been her worst outing of the season.

One thing has led to another and now I really feel like a major contributor to this team. Even though we are sucking pretty badly right now things will turn around soon. We have a nice young nucleus. In the meantime, I'll gladly except my new-found stardom. I was suprised the other day when an old friend sent me a column from the Life section of the Boston Herald, where one of their young female columnist mentioned me as an up and coming local hottie and wrote a paragraph about how I'm going to be the next heart throb in town. I've also since started recieving more and more fan mail from our female fan base. Since I'm only 18 the main age range of these fans has been 16-25. I've recieved some interesting pictures from some of them. But just for further notice, any of my young lady fans under the age of 18, please, keep the pictures legal. Over the age 18? Keep 'em coming.