West Cocoa Chat

When I went into the dugout I found him stewing on the bench. He looked at me, glared, pointed towards the coaches and said, “They made me get off the field!” I told Steven that the Coaches are smart and know what they are doing with respect to his ankle healing.

Yet, I think I know where he is coming from. Steven has always had a warrior’s heart. He wants to lead and to contribute to the cause, even at (apologies to Alan Iverson and his infamous comments about the importance of “Practice” –

“Now I know that I'm supposed to lead by example and all that but I'm not shoving that aside like it don't mean anything. I know it's important, I honestly do but we're talking about practice. We're talking about practice man. We're talking about practice. We're talking about practice. We're not talking about the game. We're talking about practice. When you come to the arena, and you see me play, you've seen me play right, you've seen me give everything I've got, but we're talking about practice right now. ... Hey I hear you, it's “funny to me too, hey it's strange to me too but we're talking about practice man, we're not even talking about the game, when it actually matters, we're talking about practice ...”) practice.

I also think being a Senior; he sees everything associated with baseball, as he knows it, including practice, as fleeting. Going on to play College or Major League Baseball is by no means a given. So, combine all of the above and you get the opposite of the “Alan Iverson” when it comes to, yes, even practice. I guess my prayer request now is that Steven doesn’t push himself too hard too soon and cause more injury to his ankle.

I hope everyone is having a good weekend. Take care.

// posted by cwinwc @ 5:50 PM