The only one who limits your dreams is yourself- Me
"I can do all things through Christ who strenthens me"
Sunday, August 16, 2009
Thursday, August 13, 2009
Pitching evaluation
So I went to D1 today to get an evaluation on my pitching by former all star mlb pitcher Kent Bottenfield. Probably the most nervous/intimidating pitching experience I have ever pitched under. I have always been an accurate pitcher but was inaccurate today to say the least. I am not ready to give up just yet, Kent gave me a couple tips to help me with my accuracy. I didn't have a catcher, but I will on Tuesday.
I am hoping I can be more accurate this next time. It was just crazy to think that this man has basically played in every mlb stadium and pitched in the mlb all star game. Not many people can say that. I was encouraged to know that I have the speed to play college baseball...I thought I did, but accuracy was surprisingly terrible today. Maybe it was just a bad day. My nerves need to just chill out.
I was going to come back to Oxford,Ms tomorrow, but I am going to meet with Kent again on Tuesday and I will head up to Oxford most likely after I meet with him in the morning.
If I have another bad performance I guess I will just have to hang up the cleats, I surprised myself with my inaccuracy though. It will be interesting to see how I do with a catcher on Tuesday.
Its worth a shot...and its a long shot if I can get control of my accuracy to even make the team as a senior left handed pitcher. Being left handed helps though...but walking on as a senior thats another story although I would have two years of eligibility.
Going to all the Ole Miss baseball games yesterday just made me want to be out there. I guess I have the Favre disease but just in baseball. My body can only take me as far as it will left me. God gives people different amounts of ability in different things. Some people can throw harder than others and there is no explanation for it.
Worth a shot, it would be a dream to play college baseball...I know I would have maken the team at MTSU or alot of colleges coming out of high school, but SEC ball I was too small for at the time!
Kent threw in the high 90s when he pitched and said I was throwing about 85..I didn't think I was throwing as hard as I could, but more concerned about my accuracy which was definately the problem.
Giving it a go!
I am hoping I can be more accurate this next time. It was just crazy to think that this man has basically played in every mlb stadium and pitched in the mlb all star game. Not many people can say that. I was encouraged to know that I have the speed to play college baseball...I thought I did, but accuracy was surprisingly terrible today. Maybe it was just a bad day. My nerves need to just chill out.
I was going to come back to Oxford,Ms tomorrow, but I am going to meet with Kent again on Tuesday and I will head up to Oxford most likely after I meet with him in the morning.
If I have another bad performance I guess I will just have to hang up the cleats, I surprised myself with my inaccuracy though. It will be interesting to see how I do with a catcher on Tuesday.
Its worth a shot...and its a long shot if I can get control of my accuracy to even make the team as a senior left handed pitcher. Being left handed helps though...but walking on as a senior thats another story although I would have two years of eligibility.
Going to all the Ole Miss baseball games yesterday just made me want to be out there. I guess I have the Favre disease but just in baseball. My body can only take me as far as it will left me. God gives people different amounts of ability in different things. Some people can throw harder than others and there is no explanation for it.
Worth a shot, it would be a dream to play college baseball...I know I would have maken the team at MTSU or alot of colleges coming out of high school, but SEC ball I was too small for at the time!
Kent threw in the high 90s when he pitched and said I was throwing about 85..I didn't think I was throwing as hard as I could, but more concerned about my accuracy which was definately the problem.
Giving it a go!
Wednesday, August 12, 2009
“God whispers to us in our pleasures, speaks to us in our conscience, but shouts in our pains: It is His megaphone to rouse a deaf world”-C.S. Lewis
Susan Haskins, an ole miss junior died in a sudden auto accident yesterday morning around 2 in the morning where the truck she was riding in flipped over a bridge and she drowned. I did not know this girl, I have several friends that did and from what I have heard she was one of the sweetest girls they knew. Absolutely terrible story and to make it worse for this family..her parents lost their son about 10 years ago in a very similar accident.
I feel like I knew Susan and by looking at her pictures I know I have seen her before. My heart aches for this family. To have to go through this once is hard enough,but a second time ten years later...I can't even fathom the agony they are feeling.
How and why does this happen and twice to the same family?
All I can say is God is not just sometimes sovereign..He is always sovereign. He is always in control. I think of the story of Job in this tragedy. Job questioned God when he lost his family and just look at God's response starting in Job Chapter 38-42.
G.K. Chesterton once said The riddles of God are more satisfying than the solutions of man.
God never fails. Some things are not for our understanding. One day we will have answers to all our unanswerable questions.
All I know is that Susan's breath and short life has been cut short for unknown reasons and her breath remains taken away right now because she is in heaven standing in awe being in presence of God for the first time. What a sight to think about. The lamb of God so bright there is no need for the sun anymore. Life is good here, but we often are blinded by this life on earth and the things of earth and forget what we are living for and forget how unbelievable heaven is and is going to be. Susan is experiencing that right now.
No one knows why this has happened, but although I didn't know Susan her life has changed mine in several ways. I have almost been killed twice in a car accident, I am honestly more nervous than before as I travel back to Oxford as I was almost killed by an 18 wheeler two weeks ago. God is not done with me yet and I am going to use this for his glory. Its amazing to see how many lives Susan changed and impacted while she was here.
"I think that we should never take one single day, friend, laugh, or breath for granted. We do not know when it could be taken away from us. Life is too short so share all the happiness and love you have and always always live well, laugh often, and love much. All in all, life is beautiful, i love every minute of it, and wouldn't change a thing."-Susan Haskins
Lives have been changed and are being changed because of the way Susan lived her life.
Draw close to God and always be ready because you never know when God is going to let you see him face to face. Tell your friends and family how much they mean to you every day.
Its my regret I didn't get the chance to know Susan, but I will one day.
I feel like I knew Susan and by looking at her pictures I know I have seen her before. My heart aches for this family. To have to go through this once is hard enough,but a second time ten years later...I can't even fathom the agony they are feeling.
How and why does this happen and twice to the same family?
All I can say is God is not just sometimes sovereign..He is always sovereign. He is always in control. I think of the story of Job in this tragedy. Job questioned God when he lost his family and just look at God's response starting in Job Chapter 38-42.
G.K. Chesterton once said The riddles of God are more satisfying than the solutions of man.
God never fails. Some things are not for our understanding. One day we will have answers to all our unanswerable questions.
All I know is that Susan's breath and short life has been cut short for unknown reasons and her breath remains taken away right now because she is in heaven standing in awe being in presence of God for the first time. What a sight to think about. The lamb of God so bright there is no need for the sun anymore. Life is good here, but we often are blinded by this life on earth and the things of earth and forget what we are living for and forget how unbelievable heaven is and is going to be. Susan is experiencing that right now.
No one knows why this has happened, but although I didn't know Susan her life has changed mine in several ways. I have almost been killed twice in a car accident, I am honestly more nervous than before as I travel back to Oxford as I was almost killed by an 18 wheeler two weeks ago. God is not done with me yet and I am going to use this for his glory. Its amazing to see how many lives Susan changed and impacted while she was here.
"I think that we should never take one single day, friend, laugh, or breath for granted. We do not know when it could be taken away from us. Life is too short so share all the happiness and love you have and always always live well, laugh often, and love much. All in all, life is beautiful, i love every minute of it, and wouldn't change a thing."-Susan Haskins
Lives have been changed and are being changed because of the way Susan lived her life.
Draw close to God and always be ready because you never know when God is going to let you see him face to face. Tell your friends and family how much they mean to you every day.
Its my regret I didn't get the chance to know Susan, but I will one day.
Wednesday, August 5, 2009
Fantasy Football
So college football and NFL is right around the corner (thank goodness). This is the best time of the year in my opinion. You gotta love football in the fall on a monday night,thursday night, high school football on friday, a beautiful 68 degree fall day around 3:00 in the afternoon football game on CBS ,Sunday football. Its the best time of the year. It always a long offseason for me.
I have set up a fantasy football league on ESPN so let me know if you want to join! I am a bigger fan of college football, but fantasy football has really helped me like the NFL more.
32 days away until the Rebels kickoff the season in Memphis!
I have set up a fantasy football league on ESPN so let me know if you want to join! I am a bigger fan of college football, but fantasy football has really helped me like the NFL more.
32 days away until the Rebels kickoff the season in Memphis!
Monday, August 3, 2009
Fear The Beard Greer no more
So I shaved today for the first time since May 31st..never doing that again during the summer time. I guess the next time I would not shave in 2 months is when I get older, but hey I can grow a nasty beard now! Well its not as nasty as it used to be. Never make a bet with yourself because you have nothing to win, but everything to lose. I was suppose to shave on September 5th, but just gave in..I had enough. Now I look like a little kid again..it was funny i bought beer with my beard and that was the first time I have never been carded...now its back to the real world and being carded everytime. Funny...people stare at my ID forever when I got to the 21 and up bars!
Sunday, August 2, 2009
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