Sorry for the delay. Lots of stuff going on, so haven't had much time to sit and gather thoughts.

Springfield didn't fair too well against Northwest Arkansas at home, hoping to split the series, they took the loss last night. I won't go into much of the details, but DK put in 6 scoreless innings and walked away up 2-0. The bullpen blew up, and 5 runs that scored after that were all unearned. Too many errors on routine plays.

It was a big game for DK, pitching against the Royals top pick from 2009 (Aaron Crow) and he did well and is happy with his performance (and so were we and his manager and pitching coach), but another no decision. As a friend said to me, baseball is a business and he took care of his, that is so true! He went another 6 and hit his highest pitch count since the beginning of the season, too many walks, but that's gonna happen, he pitches low and inside often and sometimes it's just too low and sometimes it's just too inside.

Thursday night is dollar bratwurst nights, so you can imagine the attendance, Dave loves it. They also have HR derby night and run the bases during innings, holds the game up a bit, pitchers don't love that. But that's part of milb, entertainment and cheap food for the whole family.

Heading to Springfield on the 11th, gave in and bringing up the truck. Looking forward to it and to reporting back on my first AA game!

I have had some emails regarding the upcoming draft, picking up on some topics, so I will do that, please send emails for anything you want to discuss, I'll do my best, but please remember it is from a parent's perspective.

The draft is a bit more than a month away, that seems close, but really it's not. Many, many things will change, many top plyers will falter and many unknowns will move ahead. You'll see, that's how it happens. My son's agent told me that the last thing that a scout, a crosschecker or a GM remembers about a player is the last performance. Keep that in mind. During the ACC championship in 2007, son pitched a gem, his first complete game, one run scored late in the game, 121 pitches. The pitcher he was pitching against had not lost a game all year. That following week, son's stock went up and that pitchers stock went down.

The image added is from last nights game, Dave and pitching coach Denis Martinez.