Yup CD, things get better as you move up.
quote:Nice to finally see my son's name on his jersey. Thanks everyone for the good wishes!
Post a picture of his jersey with name on it.!!!!
bballmom yours did an outstanding job in two innings of shut out relief late in a tight ballgame,with playoff ramifications.they're gonna try to kick us every time out for the rest of the season. so congratulations to p. c. and we won in extra innings.
rabe62,
Yes, I talked to him last night. Proud of him & the team. That last hit was great!!
He & Mitch are hitting it off well.
Yes, I talked to him last night. Proud of him & the team. That last hit was great!!
He & Mitch are hitting it off well.
Justbaseball's son Erik ended the season with some pretty nice numbers. 
http://web.minorleaguebaseball...=news_milb&fext=.jsp
Julie
http://web.minorleaguebaseball...=news_milb&fext=.jsp
Julie
quote:Originally posted by MN-Mom:
Justbaseball's son Erik ended the season with some pretty nice numbers.
http://web.minorleaguebaseball...=news_milb&fext=.jsp
Julie
Very nice indeed!
Major accomplishment, not too many that can go that far with a no hit game in the Texas League!
Way to go Erik!
Way to go Erik!
Awesome!!! And he looks just like you justbaseball!
Congratulations!!!!!
An action photo from Port Charlotte Florida!
CD,
Love the photo! Tyler looks so tough there. I can see that #31 was trying to take him out with the slide - hope he avoided the collision!
Julie
Love the photo! Tyler looks so tough there. I can see that #31 was trying to take him out with the slide - hope he avoided the collision!
Julie
quote:Originally posted by MN-Mom:
Justbaseball's son Erik ended the season with some pretty nice numbers.
http://web.minorleaguebaseball...=news_milb&fext=.jsp
Julie
Way to go Erik!
Major kudo's to Erik and all for a great season.
It's been fun following them.
It's been fun following them.
Congratulations to Tyler for being part of the FSL champion Stonecrabs!
Way to go T and congrats to CD!
Way to go T and congrats to CD!
the FSL championship isn't decided yet!good luck to all our kids playing at the end of good seasons and the hope for better ones to come.
Interesting how paths cross in the game...
rabe62's son and my son have now crossed paths in college and the pros...
baseballmom's son and my son faced each other last night and I thought how small the world truly is in baseball... baseballmom's son was pitching to rabe62's son and my son was batting...
Here is another picture I came across... my son has struggled at the new level but from this picture, even though he was not playing in the game, you can still see intensity and readiness...
rabe62's son and my son have now crossed paths in college and the pros...
baseballmom's son and my son faced each other last night and I thought how small the world truly is in baseball... baseballmom's son was pitching to rabe62's son and my son was batting...
Here is another picture I came across... my son has struggled at the new level but from this picture, even though he was not playing in the game, you can still see intensity and readiness...
ClevelandDad,
That's incredible that all three of you guy's sons could have been involved in the same game like that. You are right, Tyler just seems to exude an intensity about baseball and don't you worry he will make the adjustments he needs to make. You can tell by looking at him.
That's incredible that all three of you guy's sons could have been involved in the same game like that. You are right, Tyler just seems to exude an intensity about baseball and don't you worry he will make the adjustments he needs to make. You can tell by looking at him.
quote:Originally posted by Three Bagger:
ClevelandDad,
That's incredible that all three of you guy's sons could have been involved in the same game like that. You are right, Tyler just seems to exude an intensity about baseball and don't you worry he will make the adjustments he needs to make. You can tell by looking at him.
Three Bagger - thank you for that wonderful comment. I wish I could take credit for him. It all comes from within and it is no more complicated than he loves the game.
CD,
Tyler will be fine and knowing him he will rise to the challenges of the FSL. Perhaps bringing him up was more for getting a feel for high A for next year. That's a great thing. He'll get in the groove when he plays everyday.
FSL is a good place to play and Charlotte draws great crowds, DK loved that place, his favorite. Travel is easy for players, but the summer heat and humidity, one needs to get used to, hopefully he will be somewhere else when that hits end of June.
It's also very convenient being close to the home team and lots of ML guys will play, every other game in PB there was a current Marlin in the line up (they played against the Hammerheads a lot).
Tyler will be fine and knowing him he will rise to the challenges of the FSL. Perhaps bringing him up was more for getting a feel for high A for next year. That's a great thing. He'll get in the groove when he plays everyday.
FSL is a good place to play and Charlotte draws great crowds, DK loved that place, his favorite. Travel is easy for players, but the summer heat and humidity, one needs to get used to, hopefully he will be somewhere else when that hits end of June.
It's also very convenient being close to the home team and lots of ML guys will play, every other game in PB there was a current Marlin in the line up (they played against the Hammerheads a lot).
Just wanted to say how much I enjoyed reading about the minor league experience. I look forward to seeing more next year. Best wishes for the off season to all. Thanks for sharing
Congratulations to NJBB's son and the NWA Naturals (Royalsfor winning the AA Texas League Championship.
They beat the springbirds to move to the championship game, so I know how hard it was to get to that game.
Way to go!
They beat the springbirds to move to the championship game, so I know how hard it was to get to that game.
Way to go!
It was a fun 2010 season. Son's team won the South Atlantic League championship yesterday (Single A). 
Awesome!
quote:Originally posted by RHP05Parent:
It was a fun 2010 season. Son's team won the South Atlantic League championship yesterday (Single A).
Woo! Hoo! Very cool.
quote:Originally posted by RHP05Parent:
It was a fun 2010 season. Son's team won the South Atlantic League championship yesterday (Single A).
Outstanding!!! Jerseyson said the Blueclaws were by far the best team in the league. Congrats on the Championship!
Thx guys! Though I don't stop by too often these days, HSBBW is still my baseball home. This year was the first full season for son in the Phillies minor league system. It has been exciting to watch him be part of this extremely talented team. Though a couple of minor non-pitching injuries has dampened the experience it has turned out to be a good season for him. Now the challenge of staying healthy and in baseball-shape during the off-season begins. Son will take some time to rest up and then get back to full-time training along with working out with his former college team.
Everyone have a great off-season. Go Giants & Phillies! (We're very conflicted in this household! 
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Everyone have a great off-season.
Go Giants & Phillies! (We're very conflicted in this household! )quote:Originally posted by TPM:
Congratulations to NJBB's son and the NWA Naturals (Royalsfor winning the AA Texas League Championship.
They beat the springbirds to move to the championship game, so I know how hard it was to get to that game.
Thanks, They had a great team this year.
I didn't get to see them play many games this year but the teams media people are great and posted highlights of the home games on you tube..next best thing to being there
A picture from the Florida Instructional League. Nice pants
Priceless!!!
Classical, in the trenches stud!!
Classical, in the trenches stud!!
Congratulations to njbb and her son, Chris.
Just saw he signed a new contract with the Washington National's organization.
2011 can be a season loaded with new opportunities for one terrific player.
Just saw he signed a new contract with the Washington National's organization.
2011 can be a season loaded with new opportunities for one terrific player.
Dirk Hayhurst's hilarious(and accurate) description of a Milb player heading to Spring Training:
How to get to Spring Training.
…if you play in the minors.
When it’s time to put your costume on and go back to being a baseball player in the minors, here is what your itinerary will look like.
Night before flight: Attempt to pack 7 months of supplies into two suit cases and one carry on.
4:30 am. Loathsomely awake and on way to airpot.
5:15 am. Check in. Pay fine for overweight baggage.
5:16 Swear to ship extra baggage next year, then remember I said that last year.
5:45. Board Plane.
5:47. Take seat next to Mr. Business Executive.
6:00. Plane leaves, heading for Chicago.
6:15- 7:00. Mr. Bizec strikes up conversation about weather then finds way to twist it back to himself. Mr. Bizec tells about his high profile job, where its taken him, his golf game, his trophy wife, his car, his stock portfolio, and his credit limit. Mr. Bizec sympathetically inquires what I do or a living. I Tell Mr. Bizec I’m a janitor en route to a cleaning convention. Mr. Bizec asks if I am a baseball fan because of the glove in my lap. I inform Mr. Bizec I don’t really care for baseball but my little brother is a huge fan and the glove is a gift from a popular minor leaguer named Dirk Hayhurst. Mr. Bizec tells me he knows him, personally, and consults with him regularly about his career and retirement investments.
7:25. Plane touches down in Chicago. Mr Bizec hands me his card and suggests contacting him for investment advice.
7:27. Throw away aforementioned business card.
7:30. Rush from terminal to terminal like a running back in NFL films.
7:50. Arrive early at next gate. Gate attendants inform passengers the plane will be late because of maintenance. Looking out the window, I see maintenance men crawling into the planes wing side engine hatch with large wrenches. Sparks shoot out of hatch shortly after.
7:58. Gate attendants deny my request to walk the rest of the way to Phoenix, ensuring me the plane “will be in fine working order before take off.”
7:59. Pray.
8:15. Plane still not ready. Waste time in airport bookstore. In attempt to make myself smarter, I pick up a copy of Fortune magazine.
8:15 and thirty seconds… I am halfway through Sports Illustrated Swim Suite Edition.
8 :20 Sift through personalized key chain rack trying to find one with the name Dirk on it.
8:30 Try to convince the barista at Starbucks to fill a cup up with water but mark on it like its an expensive, mixed drink by explaining, “I wanna look cool drinking your product but I don’t want to pay for it.”
9:00 Plane is ready for boarding.
9:05 take seat next to senior couple with “terminator” sun glasses on.
9:15 while waiting at the runway, the Captain, in soft, sedated voice, tells passengers he is sorry for the delay but informs we will “make up lost time in the air.” The Captain’s last statement makes me wonder why, since we can make a 5 hour trip in 4, we would go slower in the first place?
9:30 Senior couple makes second trip to bathroom.
9:45 Senior couple request headphones from stewardess.
9:46 Senior couple cycles through on plane radio channels using the buttons on the armrests.
9:47- 12:00 pm. Senior couple takes off headphones and begins to complain about “todays music.” Couple makes eye contact with me and launches in to union address about “why, in my day, you could understand the lyrics of singers, and the girls didn’t prance around half naked and shameful. Why I can remember a time when…” Couple carries conversation through better half of the trip, stopping frequently to argue over names and dates.
12:00, noon. I have learned everything I have ever wanted to know about Chattanooga Choo-Choo, Hee-Haw, and Lawrence Welk.
1:36 Touch down in Phoenix, head towards baggage claim.
1:45 Check cell phone. My mother has called twice to make sure her “widdle baseball angel” is doing OK.
1:55 Claim bags. Notice my main bag has a large stain on it resembling school cafeteria gravy.
2:00 Heft baggage to curbside and wait for Padres shuttle van.
2:05 Spot returning teammates waiting for Van as well.
2:06 Pass out “man hugs” (part hand shake, part chest bump, part back pat) before Cycling through generic greetings: “How was your off season,” “hows your arm?”, Hows your girl friend/fiance/wife/law suite?”
2:08 Ask if teammate used the “Janitor on his way to a cleaning convention” line during their flight?
2:15 Board Van, head off to 180 days of nonstop baseball.
How to get to Spring Training.
…if you play in the minors.
When it’s time to put your costume on and go back to being a baseball player in the minors, here is what your itinerary will look like.
Night before flight: Attempt to pack 7 months of supplies into two suit cases and one carry on.
4:30 am. Loathsomely awake and on way to airpot.
5:15 am. Check in. Pay fine for overweight baggage.
5:16 Swear to ship extra baggage next year, then remember I said that last year.
5:45. Board Plane.
5:47. Take seat next to Mr. Business Executive.
6:00. Plane leaves, heading for Chicago.
6:15- 7:00. Mr. Bizec strikes up conversation about weather then finds way to twist it back to himself. Mr. Bizec tells about his high profile job, where its taken him, his golf game, his trophy wife, his car, his stock portfolio, and his credit limit. Mr. Bizec sympathetically inquires what I do or a living. I Tell Mr. Bizec I’m a janitor en route to a cleaning convention. Mr. Bizec asks if I am a baseball fan because of the glove in my lap. I inform Mr. Bizec I don’t really care for baseball but my little brother is a huge fan and the glove is a gift from a popular minor leaguer named Dirk Hayhurst. Mr. Bizec tells me he knows him, personally, and consults with him regularly about his career and retirement investments.
7:25. Plane touches down in Chicago. Mr Bizec hands me his card and suggests contacting him for investment advice.
7:27. Throw away aforementioned business card.
7:30. Rush from terminal to terminal like a running back in NFL films.
7:50. Arrive early at next gate. Gate attendants inform passengers the plane will be late because of maintenance. Looking out the window, I see maintenance men crawling into the planes wing side engine hatch with large wrenches. Sparks shoot out of hatch shortly after.
7:58. Gate attendants deny my request to walk the rest of the way to Phoenix, ensuring me the plane “will be in fine working order before take off.”
7:59. Pray.
8:15. Plane still not ready. Waste time in airport bookstore. In attempt to make myself smarter, I pick up a copy of Fortune magazine.
8:15 and thirty seconds… I am halfway through Sports Illustrated Swim Suite Edition.
8 :20 Sift through personalized key chain rack trying to find one with the name Dirk on it.
8:30 Try to convince the barista at Starbucks to fill a cup up with water but mark on it like its an expensive, mixed drink by explaining, “I wanna look cool drinking your product but I don’t want to pay for it.”
9:00 Plane is ready for boarding.
9:05 take seat next to senior couple with “terminator” sun glasses on.
9:15 while waiting at the runway, the Captain, in soft, sedated voice, tells passengers he is sorry for the delay but informs we will “make up lost time in the air.” The Captain’s last statement makes me wonder why, since we can make a 5 hour trip in 4, we would go slower in the first place?
9:30 Senior couple makes second trip to bathroom.
9:45 Senior couple request headphones from stewardess.
9:46 Senior couple cycles through on plane radio channels using the buttons on the armrests.
9:47- 12:00 pm. Senior couple takes off headphones and begins to complain about “todays music.” Couple makes eye contact with me and launches in to union address about “why, in my day, you could understand the lyrics of singers, and the girls didn’t prance around half naked and shameful. Why I can remember a time when…” Couple carries conversation through better half of the trip, stopping frequently to argue over names and dates.
12:00, noon. I have learned everything I have ever wanted to know about Chattanooga Choo-Choo, Hee-Haw, and Lawrence Welk.
1:36 Touch down in Phoenix, head towards baggage claim.
1:45 Check cell phone. My mother has called twice to make sure her “widdle baseball angel” is doing OK.
1:55 Claim bags. Notice my main bag has a large stain on it resembling school cafeteria gravy.
2:00 Heft baggage to curbside and wait for Padres shuttle van.
2:05 Spot returning teammates waiting for Van as well.
2:06 Pass out “man hugs” (part hand shake, part chest bump, part back pat) before Cycling through generic greetings: “How was your off season,” “hows your arm?”, Hows your girl friend/fiance/wife/law suite?”
2:08 Ask if teammate used the “Janitor on his way to a cleaning convention” line during their flight?
2:15 Board Van, head off to 180 days of nonstop baseball.
That is too funny, though son doesn't fly to spring training, he has flown a lot this year, and his stories are amusing.
Can you share the link?
Thanks.
Can you share the link?
Thanks.
Here you go:
http://dirkhayhurst.com/blog/
He is a real talent with writing and capturing relationships, feelings and people, especially in baseball.
http://dirkhayhurst.com/blog/
He is a real talent with writing and capturing relationships, feelings and people, especially in baseball.