A nice interview with a son of HSBBW. I like his advice to others: "Go have fun."
Original Post
Replies sorted oldest to newest
Really a nice story, and I found it hard to believe while reading his thoughtful statements that Daniel is only a senior in HS.
Julie
Julie
Very thoughtful indeed...
Daniel obviously has his interview skills down. When you add that to his 94 to 97 MPH heater I'll go out on a limb and say I think he is looking at a pretty exciting next few years! (be it college or pro).
Midlo Dad (and Mom) has reason to be very proud!
Daniel obviously has his interview skills down. When you add that to his 94 to 97 MPH heater I'll go out on a limb and say I think he is looking at a pretty exciting next few years! (be it college or pro).
Midlo Dad (and Mom) has reason to be very proud!
Fine young man from a great family that just happens to be very talented at the game of baseball. I enjoyed the interview and you can tell that Daniel is very mature for his age. Good luck!
Midlo Mom gets all the credit! (Well, today anyway. 
)
)
If I could share one other thing with you who have been my friends here:
Back on April 18, Daniel got hit in the eye during what I could only describe as good natured high school male horseplay (not baseball related). He had some blood in the eye but the doctor didn't think it was anything serious. He played the following week without any trouble at all. But then he had a sudden blurring of vision. Back to the doctor, to another doctor, and bad news: a slight detachment of the retina. (Probably caused by the loose blood tugging at it for the prior week.)
His vision was never seriously threatened, given that his situation was very minor as retina problems go, was caught early, and they deal with these things all the time now. But you can't let this sort of thing get worse. So, he had to go through an outpatient laser and cryotherapy procedure on April 30 to fix the retina back down to the back of his eye. Then he had to go through several days of zero activity, followed by several more days of reduced activity, to let it heal right. Right when things had started to really heat up for him, he had to sit out four games and two pitching starts.
The good news is, he got the "all clear" this past week and is now heating back up to play and pitch this week. Hopefully he'll get 3 more starts in (if we can do OK in the playoffs) before the season ends, so that all those scouts can get their looks in.
Mom and I have been tearing our hair out through all this. We just can't believe the bad luck, the bad timing of it all. But through it all, D remained unbelievably level headed. At the time of the PGX interview, he was only 4 days post-surgery and not totally sure if it had all gone just right. How he keeps from letting all this stuff mess with his head, I'll never know.
And the first thing he did when he got back to school? He took 2 AP exams those first 2 days, then 2 more a few days later, all without asking for any grace or postponement.
It's Mother's Day and mom is pretty proud, and so is dad as you can see. We are blessed with three pretty awesome kids. Sometimes we worry about their futures as all parents do. But one of them, I don't think there's anything life could throw at him at this point that he couldn't handle.
Back on April 18, Daniel got hit in the eye during what I could only describe as good natured high school male horseplay (not baseball related). He had some blood in the eye but the doctor didn't think it was anything serious. He played the following week without any trouble at all. But then he had a sudden blurring of vision. Back to the doctor, to another doctor, and bad news: a slight detachment of the retina. (Probably caused by the loose blood tugging at it for the prior week.)
His vision was never seriously threatened, given that his situation was very minor as retina problems go, was caught early, and they deal with these things all the time now. But you can't let this sort of thing get worse. So, he had to go through an outpatient laser and cryotherapy procedure on April 30 to fix the retina back down to the back of his eye. Then he had to go through several days of zero activity, followed by several more days of reduced activity, to let it heal right. Right when things had started to really heat up for him, he had to sit out four games and two pitching starts.
The good news is, he got the "all clear" this past week and is now heating back up to play and pitch this week. Hopefully he'll get 3 more starts in (if we can do OK in the playoffs) before the season ends, so that all those scouts can get their looks in.
Mom and I have been tearing our hair out through all this. We just can't believe the bad luck, the bad timing of it all. But through it all, D remained unbelievably level headed. At the time of the PGX interview, he was only 4 days post-surgery and not totally sure if it had all gone just right. How he keeps from letting all this stuff mess with his head, I'll never know.
And the first thing he did when he got back to school? He took 2 AP exams those first 2 days, then 2 more a few days later, all without asking for any grace or postponement.
It's Mother's Day and mom is pretty proud, and so is dad as you can see. We are blessed with three pretty awesome kids. Sometimes we worry about their futures as all parents do. But one of them, I don't think there's anything life could throw at him at this point that he couldn't handle.
I'm glad that Daniel is 100 percent and ready to go. He obviously is a great kid and a great talent and we wish him the best in the upcoming draft.
I do know a catcher who would like to meet him on the Wake Forest campus in the fall, however....
MJM
I do know a catcher who would like to meet him on the Wake Forest campus in the fall, however....
MJM
Looks like that will happen!
Very nice interview. Daniel seems like a great kid.