Back

First of all, to my followers I would like to say that I am sorry for not posting in such a long time. I ran into some problems with the website for about two weeks and after that I was never able to get back on the posting wagon. I am back now and ready to start up again.

Well, the last time I posted was the last start of the regular season for Kane County. My actual last start of the year came in the first round of the playoffs against Burlington in which I ended up throwing 1.2 innings and giving up 7 earned runs. Needless to say, it was not the best start of my life. I find it funny how I can still remember every pitch I made that game( two months later), and how I cannot recall one single pitch I had the outing before. A quote from one of my favorite movies, Rounders, kind of sums it up; "Few players recall big pots they have won, strange as it seems, but every player can remember with remarkable accuracy the outstanding tough beats of his career." We ended up losing that game and losing the next day as well, which left us all packing up our lockers and heading home. It was the end to a truly great season for our team.

After the season ended, I immediately went to my Grandpa’s house and started to spend some quality time with him. Not even a week into my off season, I was missing baseball. My Grandpa, being my biggest fan can never keep quiet about baseball, which makes it even tougher. It is good to have a break from the everyday grind but now that we are a couple of months into the off season, I am almost pulling my hair out in anticipation for spring training. I truly cannot wait for March to roll around, and to be back out on that field in beautiful Arizona spring weather. Until then, all I can do is continue to work out and prepare myself for next season.

I have had a couple suggestions on topics to write about, so I will be writing about those for the rest of the off season. Some of the suggestions I have received have been about my work outs, what it is that I do in the off season, and my view point on retaliation in baseball. They are all topics I look forward to writing about.
--Kenny