We are in Myrtle Beach this weekend , maybe the tourist capital of the world. Our game got rained out yesterday, so we have a double header today, I pitch tomorrow. My last start went well, I got lots of groundballs and was economical enough to go 7 strong innings. My last post stirred up some talk with a couple of my teammates.

Seth Loman now asks me everyday "axe you hot? you tired?" Seth's main interests include: bad movies, mma, having big-league hair, and snuggies. Another teamate, Jon Gilmore also likes the blog. Gily enjoys smashing baseballs, watching intense weight training videos on youtube, drinking gallons of milk daily, and being a heartthrob for 13 year old girls.

I am getting hungry, probably gonna go hit up Joe's Crab Shack in a little bit. Here are some of those killer youtube vids to get you PUMPED!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RpqksKiImCk&feature=related
-last 10 seconds are priceless

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-6mRbQG-PL4

In my last post I wrote that the days are going fast now...after a 23 day hiatus I am giving ya'll (my new southern slang) an update. As the temperature rises in July and August, I am doing all I can do for my body to function at a high level. Honostly, it would be super easy to get lazy with my nutriiton, weight training and mobility, sleep, and overall well-being. Sometimes you have no other options than to succomb to the visiting clubbies spread before and after games, but I do all that I can to be aware of how my body is doing.

Besides that, it is easy to stay up late and waste time. Believe it or not, it is hard to go to sleep right away after a 10 hour day of being in 100 degree humid weather. It is especially hard after an intense game or after I pitch when the game runs through my head over and over and over. I have tried to wake up around the same time every day, Usually in the 915, 930 range unless we are getting in from a road trip and I dont get to bed until the early morning.

This is the time of year that I love. I love it because everybody else hates it. This is when I resolve to seperate myself and finish strong. I have learned to never say things like "I'm hot" or "I'm tired." It enforces that thought into your subcouncious and the subconcious of those around you.

I will finish this blog strong too, I will post more often! sorry Grams!

Again the days have gone by quickly, this time of year that's what seems to happen. The first have of the season seems so long and then the last couple months zoom by. I am now back in Winston-Salem after having 2 starts in AA. One of the pitchers there came off the DL. I knew going in that they had lots of guys on the DL and I might only be there for a little bit, so its not like I'm shook up or nothin. I did really well in my last start against Chattanooga (Dodgers). We played there for 6 games, they are a pretty loaded team. I went 6 innings, 4 hits, 1 run, 1 BB, 5k. I felt good about it because I just attacked them and mixed my pitches well.

The coaches there were really pleased with what I can do and hopefully I will be back up there this year. So after moving into an apartment and getting all that set up, I drove back to Winston haha. This can be a tough deal, you never really know whats going on. Players get moved quickly and you never get too comfortable in one place. Im lucky because I get to stay with family here so it was easy to come back and have a place to go to right away.

So im back wearing that purple...I will be starting Saturday at Lynchburg (Reds), Virginia. Im just looking forward to gettin back on the hill and goin hard...doin what i do.

“Sometimes we stare so long at a door that is closing that we see too late the one that is open.”
-Alexander Graham Bell

"Depreciate every so-called obsticle. Minimize them...Make a true estimate of your own ability, then raise it 10 percent. Do not become egotistical but develop a wholesome self-respect"
-Norman Vincent Peale