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 | Feb 20, 2012 | baseball, Books, MILB
You know what, I hope you read my new book, Out Of My League. Besides the obvious reasons that I want the book to do well, and that it’s my main source of revenue at this juncture, I want you to read it because I have something to say to you through it. I did an... ![Russ Canzler]()
by Dirk Hayhurst | Feb 1, 2012 | baseball, MILB
I’d like to add onto the sentiment expressed by my writing peer, the honorable Rob Neyer: Russ Canzler is a vastly underrated player that will, if nothing else, hit in the big leagues. Let me speak first of Russ’s character, which I feel will be something severely... ![Russ Canzler]()
by Dirk Hayhurst | Jan 27, 2012 | baseball, Books, MILB, MILB Survival Tips
Chapter Thirty-five On Monday, after losing a day game with the Bees, we packed up and hopped a flight to Colorado Springs, home of the Rockies’ Triple A team, the Sky Sox. Sky Sox Stadium is the highest-altitude park in baseball, even higher than the infamous Mile... 
by Dirk Hayhurst | Jan 23, 2012 | baseball, MILB, MILB Survival Tips
I’m going to say this as plainly as I can: stop doing stupid shit just because everyone else on the team is doing it. It’s not a good reason to do something in any other walk of life so don’t be fooled into thinking it’s a good reason now. Being on a team is a...