by Dirk Hayhurst | Apr 3, 2019 | MILB, MILB Survival Tips, MLB, Uncategorized
When you go to your first career-level job interview after baseball, you’ll most likely get asked this question:“What’s your passion.”You could say baseball. You wouldn’t be lying.But, look, unless this is a baseball related job, the interviewer will most likely... 
by Dirk Hayhurst | Mar 27, 2019 | baseball, MILB, MILB Survival Tips, MLB
Right now, a lot is changing for you. That driving, all-consuming force that propelled you is gone. The sun is gone. The seasons don’t change. You have no sense of direction. Where are you? What are you? Your first instinct will be a fear reaction. Flight. Run to... 
by Dirk Hayhurst | Mar 24, 2019 | baseball, MILB, MILB Survival Tips, MLB
The day of the interview, you may feel a slight sting. That’s just pride, fucking with you. Fuck pride. It only hurts. It never helps. You interview through that shit. Because a year from now, when you’re kicking yourself in a cubicle, you’re going to say to yourself,... 
by Dirk Hayhurst | Jan 27, 2017 | baseball, MILB, MILB Survival Tips, MLB
**Unedited Proof**“I need some ice.” I said, tapping myself in the arm and leaving The Panther to search for it. When I arrived at the locker room, an athletic assistant serving the team as part of a college sports internship said that we could get it for me. What he... by Dirk Hayhurst | Aug 31, 2013 | baseball, Blue Jays, MILB, MILB Survival Tips, MLB
I have a lot of time for Tom Seaver. He’s a stud, one of the best pitchers ever, and he sure as hell doesn’t need to listen to a guy with a career as short as mine to know it. Fortunately, I don’t need a long career to tell Seaver to pipe down with his “today’s... 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...