Future is looking Bleak...

Why worry about next year ? Ply hard and hone your skills and worry about next year next year.

If you sweat out the future it could affect your performance now. That in turn could mess with your future chances. Just give it all you've got, let them know you are having fun and want to play.

Do you have some kind of Japanese ties considering your screen name?

Hey Yakyu Kid,
You've got so much time, and so much baseball before next season! My son was a freshman last year, and between his school season, and his summer legion team, he played something like 60-70 games last year. He was always on time, always prepared, and always tried to have a good attitude! For now, let next year go, and live in the moment. Show your coaches that you're eager to learn, and willing to work.

Bust your rump this season,...dont just go through the motions, I mean go all out 100% of the time. Set team standards,...practice when others aren't.
Have a good attitude. Keep up your grades.
Arrive early and leave late. Practice practice practice. Dream it,..breath it, do it.

Next year will come soon enough,..and if you do all of the above,..and I mean really really do it, you wont have time to worry about next year,..nor should you have to! You'll already be way ahead of the game!

Enjoy your year. Its good to make goals and to think about and plan on what its going to take to get there. Just make sure you do more doing, than thinking.

Best of luck!!! Go show em what your made of!!!
P.S. Like your avatar!!

i don't remember who sais it but it's a great saying. live by it and you'll go far.

play every game like it's your last, someday you'll be right.

good luck with your freshman year.

Hang in there Kido alot can happen in a day, in a week let along in a year I'll tell you a story about myself. I was a running back at my highschool and I was the second back on the dept chart(behind a very good running) well one day the starting back was running down the hallway at school and fell(got hutr), So guess who started the next game....Yup I did and I thought I would never get to start, long story short.

The moral of the story is you never know whats going to happen Kido Oh and the running back I started for was Ricky Williams.

Never give up.

All good advice here. Stay in the now and play hard today. Remember also that you never know what the coach is "seeing" in a player...do you stand up and cheer the team even when you're on the bench...do you appear "ready" to play at every point during the game? Bat in hand or tossing a ball while you wait? Are you the first one to practice and the last one to leave? Do you mentor other players who might not be up to your speed or do you hang out with the better players exclusively? Just a couple of thoughts.Good luck and have fun!

There are many things in life you cannot control---do not worry about tomorrow let alone next year---do what you have to do this year--- work your hardest and it will all come together for you

Thanks a lot for all the good advice people. You all are really helpful and positive.

In my first game today, I went 1-3 with a Triple, all of my at bats were long and solid. So I guess that left a good impression on the skipper.

Great news, I got to play on JV yesterday! I get to play at all the games that aren't interfering with the Freshmen games.

ATTA BOY!! Keep up the good work! Stay positive and good things can happen.