Holy Bowl victory 2010

The rivalry between St. Augustine HS and Cathedral Catholic HS in San Diego is huge. I have a lot of friends that go to CCHS, and we really like to beat each other. The sports program at CCHS is enormous, which makes it even more fun when Saints wins.

Last Friday was the annual football match up, and it was big this year as it would determine league champ and playoff rankings. Saints jumped out to an early lead, holding off a late CCHS surge to win 28-21 (details here). It is the first time the Saints football team has beat CCHS since I have been at Saints.

Felt good, and hopefully Saints baseball will have similar success this spring.

Here is a highlights video (Saints in Purple).

Baja baseball

My dad sent me this photo of baseball being played at an area called Turtle Bay that is in Baja California, Mexico. I can only imagine how baked hard that field is.

Race for the Cure San Diego 2010

There aren't too many things that get in the way with my game schedule, but last weekend I was not able to play in my games because I participated in the Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure San Diego 2010.

The Susan G. Komen foundation helps raise funds and awareness for breast cancer, and the Race for the Cure is a 5K Run/Walk at Balboa Park. I read where over 15,000 people registered, raising more than $400,000.

My mom is a breast cancer survivor. I am very proud of her and wanted to do the walk with her and my family. There is an incredible amount of energy along the route with all the families and friends. I was glad to have taken a part in it.

  

First rain

It is just only October in San Diego, but the rain delays have begun. It was sunny on Friday, and it was sunny Saturday afternoon and Sunday, but it was raining hard enough Saturday morning to cancel my Halos game on Saturday and my Warriors game on Sunday.

Video - pitching sample innings

Here are two sample innings from the Arizona Junior Fall Classic 2010. They are edited to include only each pitch for the batters I faced in these innings.

Sample 1


Sample 2


Click here for additional details from the tournament.

Video - Arizona Junior Fall Classic 2010

When I committed to attending the Arizona Junior Fall Classic, there were two things that I wanted to learn:

1) How I would do when put in a situation where I don’t anybody. The team was assembled based on nationwide tryouts, and I was meeting everybody for the first time at the tournament. I was flying alone for the first time, was rooming in a hotel with a teammate I just met, and was living within a five day schedule without any parental support.

2) How I would compete at the tournament level. This event attracts the top teams, and I figured I would be facing some pretty nasty pitching. Also, since I was attending as a pitcher, I was eager to see if my focused training since August would give me the tools to battle against the big bats.

I am happy to report that it all went really well. I survived and thrived, met a bunch of good guys on the team, and was coached by guys with MLB experience (Jimmy Johnson, Josh Muecke, Brice Cutspec). I am eager to continue my training, and look forward to the rest of the fall season.

Here are a few sample videos from the tournament.

Introduction



Pitching



Hitting

Arizona Junior Fall Classic Roster & Schedule

Getting ready to go to the Arizona Junior Fall Classic.

A list of all the participating teams is online.

I will be flying out tonight. Here is my team. Here is my schedule