A Solid Foundation

The initial stages of this year have brought everything from extra innings to blowouts and pitchers duels to hitting explosions. There has been much more baseball played than games normally provide as a handful of the contests have gone beyond just nine innings of play. The team is composed of just about every type of person you can imagine. There is an interesting dynamic in the clubhouse; a team that features class clowns alongside book worms and experienced minor league prospects suiting up next to recent college graduates.


It's an interesting mixture that is for sure.

When I first signed with the Boomers in March, I immediately saw that there was a focus on building a strong clubhouse. Whether it was the coaching staff thinking that was the key to a winning team or just my interpretation of it, the group assembled has worked well for the new franchise.There is variety for sure, but with it has brought success and a bit of fun.

A look at our record is enough to see this.

8-4.

From a player's perspective, there is nothing better than playing with a group of guys who have your back night in and night out. I often reference how things were in the past, particularly because I want the audience to see how much different things are around these parts of town. It is my belief that wherever you go there are always the select few that distinguish themselves on another level, but maybe that is just baseball. 

Life is really what you want to make out it, right?

Thinking about laying a solid foundation brought me to a passage from Matthew 7:25, "The rain came down, the streams rose, and the winds blew and beat against that house; yet it did not fall, because it had its foundation on the rock."

Much like Christians having a strong faith and a strong ground to stand on, a clubhouse must feature the same type of setup. When the going gets tough, a strong support group may be the difference between overcoming adversity or caving into failure.

Speaking of Christians, there is a strong group of us within the clubhouse. It's a group that is slowly growing. A brotherhood has begun to develop as several of us have been able to speak our thoughts on different passages and have been able to break them down amongst each other. A connection of being able to confess our sins and confide personal information has turned into a successful technique for us as well. I'm sure it will develop into positive and productive relationships that we all will be able to enjoy.

We leave bright and early tomorrow morning for Southern Illinois. Tonight's triumph is one that will surely carry over into tomorrow and it's one that we can all build on.

See you all in Marion.

God Bless.