Back to Mesa

So for those of you who do not know yet, I was sent down from Boise back to the team in Mesa in order to figure a couple of things out with my swing. I was struggling to make all of the adjustments that the coaching staff wanted me to make and I was almost overwhelmed at times. Anyone who has been in baseball for a reasonable amount of time will tell you that one thing you cannot do in baseball is think, you have to react, and I was struggling to do this with all of the changes being made to my swing. I'm not going to lie, I was extremely disappointed to suffer a setback, although it may be exactly what I needed.

Life in Arizona is unique to say the least. The temperature is routinely 110-115 and instead of thunderstorms and rain we get lightning and dust storms. That said, I was excited to have a fresh start and to have an opportunity to prove myself once again. Things have been going great on the baseball end as I have been hit my first two professional homeruns and, as of today, have my batting average up over .300. The schedule is a little different down here and is not quite as taxing as we play four days in a row and then have a day off every fifth day.

One of the coolest aspects of being in Mesa is that the facility we use is also where all of the guys in the organization who are rehabbing injuries come for treatment. For about the past week, Cubs catcher Geovany Soto has been here and so has the newly acquired B.J. Ryan. It's pretty awesome to be amongst some guys who have made it to the major leagues and who I have read about and watched on SportsCenter.

The season in Mesa goes until August 28th and hopefully sometime between now and then I can continue to play well and hopefully get another chance at a higher level, but for now I have learned to just worry about what is in my control.

Dance Off USF vs Uconn 2009 Big East Baseball Tournament