Vs. Cologne Cardinals

Baseball is a weird sport. At times it can be so good to you, other times it can be so bad, and sometimes just very fickle. Our first game against Cologne, I was 2-4. I hit one ball hard, and it went right at someone. My two hits....one was a blooper...which I was able to turn into a double, the other was a half ass swing right down the left field line for an RBI single. I consider neither one of them a good hit, but it helped the batting average none the less. We ended up winning the first game 12-1. It's sad because you could actually see the other team giving up. One of our guys hit a ball into the right center gap that should have been caught, however the opposing team's outfielders just jogged to the ball, and instead, got a double out of it. Baseball was good to our team, but bad to them.

Second game was a much closer game....in their eyes. In our eyes, nobody really cared. We pretty much went through the entire game have fun, just swinging the bat not really accomplishing anything. Myself in particular as I went 0-4. I hit a couple balls hard, just didn't get rewarded, but I know it just wasn't me playing today. It was almost like I was going through the motions. It was a good reminder for me that I can't take things for granted. Last year in the states, i was into every bat always thinking and focusing. Here, I haven't been the same. Maybe I've been too occupied with the fact that I'm in Germany. I don't know. either way, I need to get it back and the good thing is, I know I can. We won this game 5-1.

I think I can say that Cy is back. We was 1-3 in the first game, and 2 for 4 i believe in the second. He just getting good wood on the ball now and he's getting rewarded for it as well. With him in the lineup doing what I know he can do, we will be stacked.