Tonight was hella cool, to borrow a phrase. I felt good out there firing the fastballs that nobody was expecting. I went 76 with a change, then 92 and those guys didn't know what hit them. We're all trying to reinvent our pitching styles and keep the hitters off balance. I was proud of Fop last night, too. Everyone kept saying what a terrible ( Read more... )

Too busy practicing to update this journal lately, but I wanted to comment on all the changes. I remember, when I first started reading this, Niekro posted "Can't stop the kids!" I didn't realize exactly how prophetic that was going to be. It's sad to see the end of an era, in a way--all the pitchers I started out with in the bigs going down one by ( Read more... )

It was hairy, but I got out of that one clean. I guess all the practice I've been taking has done some good. Been pitching so much I haven't even had time to watch any "mystery" DVDs or call Kirstie. KIDDING, JUST KIDDING! I've adjusted almost everything and hoped that something would take. (But unlike some of my fellow players, I don't "adjust" ( Read more... )

I thought I had all my movies when I left Brett and Julia's, but now it looks like I'm missing The Incredibles and got some blank DVD without a label on it that was put into the Incredibles' box. Time to do a switchoff I guess. I don't even have time to watch anything with the amount of training I'm trying to do right now to try to locate my ( Read more... )

So I'm going to Brett and Julia's for movies, candy, pizza tonight. I said I'd bring the movies-- stuff to get our minds off baseball and depression. My Netflix was waiting for me when I got home. Omar's going to come by and we're going to see Shaun of the Dead, which is really funny and should make Brett laugh, and Napoleon Dynamite, which Julia ( Read more... )

Just because we don't have the same taste in corny movies and bad '80s music, why does that mean we can't be as close as some of our teammates are? We have some similar interests. We just need to discover them. We could watch some good movies like "Napoleon Dynamite" and "Twin Falls Idaho." We could have fun without being weepy ( Read more... )

To confuse and throw off the gossip hounds is working.

I'll fill in my teammates later in the clubhouse on the REAL situation.

Gotta know how to play 'em right back!

We're doing good, knock on wood. Brett pitched an awesome game last night, but I haven't seen any updates about it, and instead of hanging out with us like he usually does, around the clubhouse after a win, he just took off. I hope that's something to do with the woman needing attention and not with... anything else ( Read more... )

When I decided I wanted a career as a pro baseball player, there were a few people who told me, "It's not all baseball." I said of course not. It's drinking and hanging out and meetings and eating together and sometimes fighting. They said, no, it's not just that stuff. I didn't get it, but I think I do now ( Read more... )

I rule

I RULE

No more time to type, I've just snuck into Omah's (geddit?) computer room to let you all my loyal readers know that

I RULE

THANK GOD
FOR A WIN

THANK GOD

P.S. Brett if you wanna name your baby after me ... that's cool... but I think the form would be "Noelle"

Shit here comes Fonzie on the cellie, gotta rocket outta here.