The rigors of being a full-time Doctoral Student has ensured that most of my writing time & effort is being spent on the assignments for the required Coursework, especially if I desire to maintain a higher grade point average. Guess that being said, in order to have more incentive to write here more frequently (at least once per week or more), I need to hear more from those of You that are reading this blog. The best way to do that would be to either leave comments with this or other postings, or e-mail me at my Student/work e-mail address: famartinez@liberty.edu .
Over the past several weeks, even with the demands of the Doctoral Program, my NAVY work with the Office of Naval Research Reserve Unit 105, and the blessed daily moments with the other three members of my Family Tribe, I have been able to maintain a fairly good workout routine in preparation for Our Baseball Camp & Baseball Ministry Event with the Diamond Club Baseball Ministry in Mobile, Alabama. We will be traveling from Lynchburg to Atlanta to Pensacola, Florida (on Delta Airlines Flights) the next Friday morning (15 February). Then we will drive over to Mobile to report for Baseball Duty & Fun at Hank Aaron Stadium! Already told my Son Jason that I will awake Him early next Friday with those words that ring so beautifully in our ears: Pitchers and Catchers report!!! It is like Life begins all over once again, with the arrival of Baseball Season! We will participate in Games, mostly for us over thirty years old that need to get back on the field and like to help out with the Pre-Spring Training Baseball Development of a few at the Camp that may be reporting to Minor & Major League Workouts in the coming days. I may likely have to pitch several innings as a lefty with a “rubber” arm that still has plenty of innings left in that left arm! Jason will work out some with the Baseball warmups and maybe even take some batting practice, but mostly He will be working with the Clubhouse Manager & Assistant Clubhouse Manager. He also gets to hang out and have fun with Bernie Carbo’s Grandson, as the two of them run all over the place and take in this awesome baseball atmosphere! Jason is all “psyched” about cruising down “Satchel Paige Drive” as we work our way into the Player & Coaches Parking Lot of Hank Aaron Stadium!! It should be a truly memorable weekend for My Son and I as we launch into another Baseball Season together. It will be kinda surreal just putting on that Red Sox uniform again and hopefully striking out several Yankees!!Will let You know how it works out for us. Like I said already, just a few more days until Life begins again!!!
Your Comrade in Baseball & Life – Felix (aka FAMDaddy)
