This, That and the Other...

The first four days of practice have progressively gotten better and better....

Day One: A little sloppy and the guys were dragging a little. Maybe the conditioning test wore down their legs...but hey, the whole team made it, that has to be a first.

Day Two: Wind, rain and the dreaded indoor practice. The Schmidt Center or "Mustard Jar" is great for....well.....just about nothing. Its hard to see the balls against the yellow walls, the rubber floor is so darn slippery, running drills are like watching ice capades. Tim Ernst and Brendan Pilger will now perform the double hitch, full frontal, single side swipe.....oh.....too bad....Ernst can't hold it....too bad.....

Day Three: Back outside, this time in the arctic tundra. The worst part is practice starts at 6pm...just in time for the sun to duck around the other side of the world. Batting practice, tee work and soft toss rule the night and sting the hands. Dragging the infield at 9pm in slight freezing drizzle is always a good time.

Day Four: Back inside...more tee work, soft toss and wiffle balls. Pitchers have their first workout with new pitching coach David Wolensky. I think this pitching staff is going to surprise some people.

Day Five: Batting practice and batting practice...I'm not going to lie, my arm hurts and my body is sore. But the first rule is: Don't show the guys any weakness....The hitting today is much better than any other time this week. Saturday will bring some live pitching and hitting together, should be interesting.

Basketball has a double-header against Sewanne on Saturday starting at 6pm....see you there.

Go PETRELS !!