Ugh!

DK has always had a rough start out of the box, no excuses but a lot of it has to do with a lot of adrenaline pumping and a live arm that is sometimes hard to control but last night was THE worst I can ever remember. He's been working on it through breathing excercises and mental preparation, but I guess last night was just one of those nights. He was missing by a hair, and that becomes frustrating, and he is one of those that needs to have complete control and forgets there are 8 other players behind him.
But the good part was he settled down nicely, after teh firs tinning, he adjusted, unfortunetly at the end of the 4th inning his team was ahead, but he had almost reached his max pitch count, so he had to be replaced and he didn't get the win. Something he will have to learn to work on, and I am hoping with the first start done and over, he's over it. He's a pitch hit groundout pitcher, all he has to do is let them hit it, who cares about how many you strike out! Let your defense do the work!

He didn't get ragged on because he did make the adjustment, and that is what this game is all about, making adjustments, if you can't do that, learn from your bad days, you will never move forward, and this is why most don't move forward. Luckily he's got a lot of velocity, so sometimes that makes it forgiving. Even at the AA level there is lots ot learn.

The good thing is that we haven't heard one thing about the arm, so that in itself is a plus. :)

Springfield has a young team, they seem to be coming together, which is good because it's a looooooong season ahead.