Offseason

It is here. No summer ball, no fall ball (not until October) and now it's just weeks straight of working out, throwing, BP, all on own time. We have captains' practice once a week (no coaches) but even that is indoors so it's pretty annoying.

Basically, the only baseball done these days is coming straight from motivation to get better. Honestly, I don't see how people can let the oppurtunity go, to take BP everyday and get stronger. OK, I get why some people don't like the weight room, but hitting is the most fun part of baseball.

I was listening the other day to an interview with Carlos Pena of the Rays and it was about the mental side of baseball. When the conversation moved to the AL championship team, he was asked what he said to the team before the games against the Red Sox. Basically, he said how it was everything they wanted. All the work they put in, day in, day out, this is why you do it, and now they were there. The grind of putting in the work everyday is finally paying off, and now they have to play like they always have.

So that's the stage I'm at now. I'm going through drills and hitting routines daily, and I absolutely cannot wait until I see when it pays off.