by Dirk Hayhurst | Apr 7, 2012 | baseball, MILB Survival Tips
(Here is my latest advice to a college kid going through a rough patch. Hope it helps anyone else going through rough time as well. Names have been changed to protect the innocent.) Hey Dirk, My name is Harry Doyle, I am a Freshman Pitcher for the Mel’s Barber... by Dirk Hayhurst | Apr 6, 2012 | baseball, General, MILB
Here are a few observations I took from yesterday’s Jays/Indians marathon opener. There is always a lot of speculation around the beginning of the year. Fans tend to look at the opening day game results and extract some kind of foreshadowing from it, as if it... by Dirk Hayhurst | Mar 29, 2012 | baseball, MILB, MILB Survival Tips
So I’m not playing ball right now, and I’m fine with that. I don’t miss it. Maybe I will later when the scent of fresh cut grass and hot dogs and Latin player pre game cologne catches my nose again, but I doubt it. Don’t ask me what’s next. What I do know, I can’t... by Dirk Hayhurst | Mar 19, 2012 | baseball, General
I received an email from a college pitcher the other day. He was recovering from surgery, unsure if things were going to work out in favor of triumphant on field return. Understandably, this had shaken him. He felt he would be robbed of a life long dream, especially... 
by Dirk Hayhurst | Mar 11, 2012 | baseball, Italy
I’m all packed and ready to go… and this time, I have a plane ticket. I think it’s pretty safe to say that I don’t know what I’m getting myself into. I don’t speak a lick of Italian. I don’t have any friends waiting for me. I don’t even know much about the Italian... by Dirk Hayhurst | Mar 4, 2012 | baseball, MILB Survival Tips
While training with the Kent State University baseball team the other day, I struck up a conversation with one of the players about what it’s like to play in the professional ranks. These kinds of conversations are interesting because the candor of the player always...