Nut Job

Since I last blogged we have been playing some pretty solid baseball over here. We started the season 0-5, now we are 9-9 in second place. I could tell this would be a good team and we are starting to come together pretty good here.

We have already seen a few changes with the team with people getting injured and recovering from injury so we have got shuffled around a bit in the early going...such is the system in minor league baseball.

I had strung out some solid performances in the early going until Saturday which was a setback for me. I struggled with my control a little bit and walks will kill you once you reach this level. I feel like it was just one of those fluke days but the truth is I can't have those. Its like you're walking around having a nice day and then you step in some dog doo...it stinks and you gotta clean it up.

I had a great day yesterday. It was our day off which is a very rare thing. We play 140 games in 150 days and 4 of those days come all in a row for the all-star break. So I woke up early and one of my buddies on the team and I headed over to Irvine and Newport Beach for the day. We did a little workout at UCI in the morning and then hit the beach for most of the day.

It was great to just chill and look at the ocean, its a comfort zone thats for sure. The water was cold to quite cold but we jumped in and just body surfed anyway for about an hour. My fingers remained numb for 3 hours but it was well worth it. It was awesome to just sit there and take it all in, watch the waves and listen to the sounds of the world, read my book (The Shack), talk, and get a terrible sunburn haha.

As we were leaving this 43 year old OC housewife came over and talked to us...Ill just tell you she was a nut job but totally hilarious ended our day with lots of laughs.

Tonight we have a commuter trip to Rancho Cucamunga. Cha Seung Baek, the Padres' number 3 starter has a rehab assignment with us and will make the start tonight. The best thing about getting big leaguers with their rehab assignments is that they buy us all food for after the game. Now it makes me wonder what Baek will get us....could be interesting. My bet is he tries to be a crowd pleaser and buys us pasta.