Dirk Hayhurst's Blog
Words and thoughts still trying to make it to the big leagues...Lets Talk India
In a few days I'll be off to India for my international MBA sanctioned business trip. I'll tour some local and multinational businesses, including KPMG and Ford India. I'll see the sights, meet the local government officials in charge of vetting international...
Feb 7th
2015. I'm a little late for posts about new years resolutions, but I feel like that's what this is. Maybe that's what every post is when you take a long time to write posts—a post about how you resolve to write more posts. Grad school sucks the life out of you when it...
My Brother = Sober for 9 Years
Hey everyone. I just wanted to let you know that my brother, Brak Hayhurst, has been sober for 9 years as of today, January 15, 2015 Many of you have read about him in The Bullpen Gospels or Out Of My League and write to ask how that is going. Well, here...
Drive, Accomplishment, and Striking a Balance
People ask me, “why are you back in school instead of pursuing some kind of baseball related job? You don’t really want to be a business man when you could be around the game, do you?” They list off a litany of reasons for why I should be back in baseball, any part of...
Bullish on Masterson and His Value Upside
I’m bullish on the prospect of the Red Sox signing Justin Masterson, and I think Justin Masterson should dig it as well. He’s going to get a lot of run support, the upgrades to infielding make Boston a nice match for a sinker-baller, and he’ll be reunited with John...
Advice For Baseball Job Seekers
A little while back an individual who was about to hatch from the business world and flutter into the real world asked me about getting a job in the baseball world. He’d sent out all his resumes, and, after months of anxious perseverating over whether his...
Zduriencik Made Saunders Trade Inevitable
Last night, on TSN, I was asked if the JA Happ for Saunders trade was a good deal, or, considering that Happ was one of the Jays' most dependable pitchers going down the stretch in the second half of last season, if the Jays didn’t give away too much with him....
Hunter, Gammons, and Sabre the Unicorn
Hey Blue Jay fans. Aren’t you glad you didn’t get Torii Hunter? First, he’s old. Second, he’s overpriced. Third, he’s in decline. And fourth, you can’t tell him that he’s in decline unless you've played. Oh, and then there is that thing about same sex marriage...
A’s Flush Donaldson Down Jays Toilet
So it turns out that Donaldson is actually a real turd of a human being because he allegedly called Billy Beane, “Billy Boy." Wow, the hyperbole used to describe this is just fantastic. Scott Miller actually wrote that, according to a source inside the A's, Donaldson...
That Bad Outing Feeling
I'm not much for poetry. Don't think I ever wrote one that wasn't part of a high school english project, and I don't know much about it. But, last night, for whatever reason, I just started putting down some rhymes. I thought I'd share it. Don't worry, I'm not going...
How to Wet The Bed on Brian Kenny’s Show
Brian Kenny had me as a guest on his MLB radio show today. It’s always a treat to join Brian, who is, for my money, one of the smartest men in baseball. Seriously, he’s so smart that I get a little intimidated coming on his show, so I can only imagine how Harold...
8 Tips on Writing
A couple of days ago my EMBA classmates and I were hit with requirements for six papers at once. Four case study breakdowns and two final reports that are—because of the way the holidays are spread out over our class dates—due all at the same time. In total, it’s over...