One month to go

Going into the stretch towards playoffs, my son has had a pretty good summer. Even with a struggle in AAA he has managed to take back with him what he has learned. We told him it didn't matter, as long as his shoulder felt good (which it has). That meant, mo matter what, a successful summer. Unfortunetly something else has come up.

http://www.news-leader.com/article/20100802/SPORTS02/8020373/Pitchers-shine-in-doubleheader-split

The elbow has been cranky off and on since June, seems to be elbow tendinitous, the only cure would be rest, he won't do it. Instead he has resigned himself to let them hit him to cut down time on the mound, and let his defense do the job, which they have been doing, but in the first game the lefty shut them down. In the second game, the birdies lefty shut the other guys down, that's just how it works sometimes. BTW, the HR was from a lefty, something son struggles against at times and he made a mistake, and mistakes cost you bigtime.

But he had a great game, goes in the record as a complete one, which is good because those 3 innings last monday don't count. And his ERA in AA is terrific.

He told me today he felt ok, the medication seems to be working, he's bound determined to make a full season.