by Dirk Hayhurst | Jan 26, 2013 | baseball, Books
Unedited excerpt from Rays Book Pitch first draft. Errors are OK. We all sat in a huddled half moon on outfield grass, Joe Maddon at our core with a few coaches and staffers in a deep orbit behind him. He wore white rimmed sunglass with a designer inlay and held a... by Dirk Hayhurst | Jan 23, 2013 | baseball, Books
“Your mom called me while you were out.” Said Bonnie. “Did you tell her I was dead?” “No, I told her you were at the gym.” “What’d she want? No. No, don’t answer that. I know what she wanted.” I took near drum sized canister of protein from a cabinet in the kitchen... by Dirk Hayhurst | Jan 22, 2013 | baseball, Books, Rays
What I really needed was a reason to get up and hit the gym. A better reason. My agent would advise me to keep training as if I had a job. Coaches would say a prepared man creates his own luck. But my heart, that silly, skittish, vessel of illogic kept telling that if... by Dirk Hayhurst | Sep 2, 2012 | baseball, Blue Jays, MLB
I talked with Jeff Niemann after the game yesterday, before the media scrum jumped on him to ask him what his physical malfunction was out on the field. It was a strange encounter. I knew he was ready to address the media, and when a player gets ready to talk to the... by Dirk Hayhurst | Sep 1, 2012 | baseball, Blue Jays, MLB
I had a chance to talk with Joe Maddon today. I also had a chance to talk with Price, Jennings, Moore, and, well, everyone else on the team. I know just about all of them, and their personalities and it was great to be around them again. It’s a treat to be in a...