After a restful night in the Days Inn hotel, we headed to the ballpark for the triple-header against conference opponent Ozark Generals. The ballpark wasn't far, so we didn't have to get up very early. I pulled a prank on a few of the players by calling their room as a radio DJ to make sure they were up. I put on my best DJ voice I could and told them they were live on the air. Each room hung up the phone on me, but one young man wondered if a contest was at stake. He was disappointed that he hung up. Of course this sets him up for the next road trip as I'll be sure to call him with another contest. I love road trips!
We were at the park around 10:30 for pregame batting practice and started at noon. The staff really had no idea what to expect from our pitchers, but the defense is solid. Wouldn't you know it our first pitcher threw a complete game shutout and we won 4-0. The second game didn't fare as well, the game got out of hand, and we left our weaker pitchers in to take the blow; we lost 12-5. The rubber game started around 4:00 and our guys did a real nice job staying excited and eager to play. You could really tell the difference from the other team, as our guys rallied around each other and won the game 6-5. These guys are awesome and genuinely like one another, which helps them play better as well. Sure there's the usual ribbing, but they like to play on this team. The staff needs to work on a few mental aspects of the team, but it's coming around.
We got back to KC around 1 o'clock in the morning and we gave them the day off to do whatever. I found a fitness center in Kearney owned by believers and enjoyed working out to burn some energy.
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