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Milb Spring Training begins

infielddadinfielddad10,000+ posts
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But probably a good thing...at least you know someone wants you. Smile



Yup. Everyone in Milb is playing for 30 teams, not one.
Having someone want you, and moving to the pitcher friendly parks of the Eastern League might be a nice development for one of the winningest pitchers in Milb for the last 2 years.
I did a quick search of AA/AAA and MLB pitching staffs for the Nats and ED is also one of the younger guys in the system now, too. Nothing but thoughts for you, your son and family today, justbb.
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justbaseballjustbaseball10,000+ posts
Thanks for the kind words everyone. I know he sees it as a good thing and thats about all I care about right now. He had a nice talk with the GM and minor league director yesterday. He is excited about the new opportunity.

I really don't like posting stuff about my own kids in this personal manner, but I believe one of the great things about this website is for others to read firsthand accounts of life in baseball beyond youth baseball and beyond HS.

I know reading others' stories on here along with some of the terrific friendships I've made through this site with others' whose sons have played or do play pro baseball...helped my wife and me to process yesterday's events a lot better than we would have without that background. I knew something was up when a parent of one of his Stanford teammates (closer with the Nationals) posted 'We're on the same team again!' on my Facebook page. When our son called, my wife was well prepared and ready to respond to his initial shock (he read it on Twitter minutes before anyone called him 'officially'). I think her initial reaction back to him was very helpful indeed.

I hope he doesn't mind me recounting this story, but I once read a PGStaff post on here about sitting in a big league stadium in which 40,000 fans were not too happy with his son's performance that day. I posted back that I hoped to enjoy the same experience some day myself. Wink I got a little of that yesterday as there were plenty of blog posts on both the Padres and Nationals fan sites...many were quite nice to read, but some were awfully difficult to read too. Eek

I remain envious of PGStaff and hope to someday experience the 'full Monty' in a big league park! Razz

I do know one thing and that is I gave up booing players about 7-8 years ago (not that I did it often, but I wasn't squeaky clean either Roll Eyes ). Ya never know when the kid's dad might be sitting right in front of you! Big Grin
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TPMTPMHSBaseballweb Member since 2003
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Originally posted by TPM:
The Nats like the young smart pitchers, they took Dave's teammate (same age as ED) in the rule 5 last fall and he made the 25 man opening roster.

Congrats ED and family and welcome to the the right to play baseball! Smile


My bad that's what happens when you post quickly at 7:30am.

Congrats ED and family and welcome to the right COAST to play baseball! Smile

See ya in FL@ next year's spring training!
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S spizzlepop1,000+ posts
Just got word that son will be staying in Ft. Myers for extended ST. Not good news, but not all bad. Somebody there must still like him a little. It could be much worse; considering that somewhere in excess of 60 talented and highly accomplished baseball players were cut today, from one team. It ain't so bad.

My heart goes out to all those players who were released this week, and to their loved ones sharing that pain tonight. That feeling must be, as infielddad wrote back on the first page of this thread,
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about as hard as it can get in baseball.
infielddadinfielddad10,000+ posts
spizzle,
Thank you for the update. Great to have you posting.
I too can relate to the dynamics which occurred with your son and ST. In 2005, we got a nearly identical call from our son.
Not too long after that, some coaches who liked him stepped up apparently. A roster spot opened and his name got filled into it.
Your son has every reason to look at a glass being 1/2 full.
Experiences like this are why I think a primary lesson taught in Milb is to focus and pay attention on only those things you can control...what you do on the field and the preparation before and after game/practice to improve what you do on the field.
I am hoping for the very best for your son in achieving his very best on what he can control.
IB Innocent Bystander500+ posts
Loved CD's "Whammy" story, great stuff!
I was down for the final week a few years back and saw some very talented and sad players leaving the parking lot. A few goodbye hugs from buddies and they were on their way. I'm sure for many of these kids it's very tough because so many from their family and community just "know" they're going to make it. The fact that it's been an amazing run for them to just get to this point seems hard for some family members and friends to understand. It's interesting being around MLB players, observing and finding out how normal and human most seem to be. Smile
TPMTPMHSBaseballweb Member since 2003
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Originally posted by njbb:
Won't be long now..... Good luck everyone... Hope its a healthy season!


My pitcher's season will be a bit delayed due to some minor issues, he will remain in FL on the DL for a few weeks. This minor stuff is really annoying. Roll Eyes

Good luck to all of your players, enjoy!
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