But first thing is first, the game updates. Right now we are in Danville, Virginia playing the Braves in the final series of the regular season. We have already clinched a playoff spot and now we are battling to see who comes in first or second. Obviously, first place would be better in my opinion.
The previous series we played the second place team in the other division, Elizabethton Twins. There is no other way to put it besides....they whipped our ass. They won all three games and won them easily. Granted, we did not play the brand of baseball that we typically do, but nonetheless they gave us a reality check. Our manager said that the game has a way of humbling everybody and there are two kinds of people in the game, the ones that are humble and the ones that are fixing to get humbled. Thankfully, we came out today and beat the Danville Braves pretty bad. It was good to see us playing how we are supposed to play.
Before the Elizabethton series, we played the Greenville Astros. We won the series, but the biggest thing that stuck out to me was their field. It was UNBELIEVABLE. It was the nicest field we have played on this year, hands down. It was located on Tusculum College's campus. They use the field as well. As you all know, I went to Marshall University. It is sad, but Marshall University has NO home field. Their facilities are lack luster to say the least and it is truly a shame that the administration does not do something about it. Being in CUSA (Conference USA) which is the 5th best conference in the country, they are the only team without a field and it is an absolute joke. I could go on for days about this topic and I wish I could really express my feelings about it, but it would be quite inappropriate....
Moving on...We played Pulaski for a three game series before the Greenville series. We won that series as well and nothing special happened that I can remember (the days are starting to string together if you could not tell...).
Personally, I have been working on trying to stay tall and throw downhill as well as stay on my line rather than fall off toward the first base line. When I do not stay tall, the pitching coach says it flattens my ball out making it easier to pick it up. For those of you that do not understand what I am talking about, when I say stay on line I mean that I want to stay on line with the catcher and throw through the catcher. I do not want to fall off toward the first base side of the mound because it makes it harder for me to repeat my delivery and throw consistent strikes. When I say I need to stay tall to throw downhill, I mean that I do not want to collapse my back leg, I want to stay strong on the back side and throw the ball downhill to the catcher (some little league coaches call it the drop and drive which is the absolute WORST way to teach a kid and if your kid is being taught that or if you are even teaching that, you should look elsewhere...sorry if it's harsh, but its the truth.). I have been doing countless amounts of Towel drills on my own to get better acclimated with the new pitching mechanics. I think I can finally say that I am starting to feel comfortable with it and it has been working for me (Go figure, I would finally get the hang of it at the end of the year!)
There is just over a week left and I have always been told that it is not how you start but how you finish. I am trying to finish strong and hopefully win that ring!
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