PSSBL Mid-Season Update
Originally published at Kyle Boddy dot com. You can comment here or there.
This year I'm having a pretty good season in PSSBL with the Mustangs. Fresh off a 3-3 game, I'm batting .435/.576/.565 with 3 doubles, 7 walks, and 2 strikeouts. No home runs yet, but I have a few close calls. It's only a matter of time before one clears the fence! I lead the team in OPS and OBP and rank 2nd in batting average.
On a bad note, I haven't been in the gym or the batting cage as much as I should be, what with my laziness and the busy life I'm currently involved in (getting married, flying back to Cleveland, moving in a week, starting a new job). Furthermore, I have been fully pushed out of the rotation (and the bullpen), since I can't seem to throw strikes for the life of me. This is really annoying to me, but expected, given that I didn't work nearly hard enough on pitching and videotaping myself to analyze my mechanics; most of my focus was on my hitting, which fortunately has been good to date. Not having a dedicated bullpen catcher or pitching partner hasn't helped matters, but there's nothing stopping me from throwing into a net, as boring as that sounds.
The Mustangs have so far had a disappointing season. After high hopes going into the season, we are currently 2-8, and our pitching is mostly to blame. Clearly I am part of the problem, since I was brought on to pitch for the team and haven't had any success in that regard. We have two solid starters, but they're going to have off days once in awhile, and our relievers haven't been very good despite some of them with plenty of talent. Our defense plays well for the most part, but we give up too many runs in the late innings and make mental errors. We have scored so many runs in the first part of the game only to let teams back in the game, which really sucks. We're also not getting much production from the bottom half of the order, which is to be expected, I guess.
Anyway, I should say that I love playing for the Mustangs. It's a team full of plenty of great guys, and we're all pretty damn dedicated. Our talent level is higher than what our record currently is, and I think we'll start turning things around in short order. I'm going to start throwing more often and with any luck I'll be contributing again. I think that I have figured out a small mechanical flaw that kills my control, but I've said that before. Pitching is frustrating.