New Updates from Matt Large for 2011 Season

This year one of our pitchers, junior Matthew Large, will be blogging about the everyday life of a college baseball player in our program.

This blog started in 2008 and has continued since then with different players writing about everything that goes on as a college student-athlete over the course of a baseball season.  Matt's first entry is below as the Warriors are entering their 6th week of strength and conditioning.  There will be one more player (position player) to join the blog as soon as someone volunteers.

Matt's Entry:

The life of a collegiate baseball player is a tough road. The difficulty has already hit us before games have ever started.

Each day we are being pushed as far as we can. Baseball practices as a pitcher this year are very challenging; however, everyone is improving and getting better. We have had four weeks of conditioning and weight training to start the year. They have made some of us throw up, made some of us lose weight, but we all have gotten better. Everyone has went up weight in the weight room and every has gotten to be a faster runner. As pitchers we have ran the the 2 mile Exxon run, sprint jogs, sprint poles, and as every pitcher would say our favorite Mullinax Mountain.


Coach Howard has put us through a lot, but it has made us a lot better. We have two more weeks of conditioning before we start fall practice. I can't wait to see what we have as a staff this year, and we all cant wait to touch the field again. We will be better this year and I know everyone can't wait to see what we have. We are improving each and everyday.
I would like to leave you with a quote which describes our conditioning everyday.
"The soreness I have is expected. I have total movement." -Roger Clemens