draft day

Last Saturday was the open tryout and draft for Detroit Men's Senior League Baseball. I was a mid-first round draft choice. Well, actually, we were all first round draft choices, but I was 7 out of 13 and I'll take that gladly. I was selected by the A's. The team has a number of guys I played with three years ago, the Royals, so I guess I had an in.

So far, I ache like hell, and we don't play a game for at least a month. I twisted my right ankle shagging flies at the tryout and my back is killing me from the batting cage. But the worst of it is my throwing. I don't really expect to hit much, or to be a defensive wiz, but I'm having real difficulty just tossing around the pill. I've taken time away from the game before, but have never struggled with this. It's pretty disappointing.