Tony Hurla has entered the building ladies and gentlemen. we picked him up from the airport earlier and brought him back for his first meal in Germany...pizza. My first meal was lasagna...not your typical german entrees, but good nonetheless.
I just left the Wedemeyer household and Tony was sleeping like a baby, his route to Dohren started in KC, then to Charlette, NC, then to Frankfurt, and finally landing in Hamburg and he started yesterday at 7 am. the man needs some rest, but only 2 hours because then its off to the field for youth practices and 3rd man's practice. this is all followed by a meet and greet (aka introducing Tony to German beer and getting drunk) at 9 at the sporthouse.
and tomorrow he will be joining me at Wistedt for our last day of practice before the Pitch, Hit, and Run day on wednesday. Talk about throwing a guy into the fire right off the plane, geez. but he seems eager to get started so i say why not. he studied phy ed and rec management in school with plans of becoming a coach, so i think this will be a good starting block. and he said that he likes working with kids so that is great too since that is the majority of what ive been doing.
Today i got a key to the sport house, now i can go in and take a shower or use the bathroom whenever i want and dont have to wait for Martin, or Johst, or one of the Hassenpflugs. this means that i can take a shower after all the youth practices or after the softball practices, and i can go in and have a beer whenever i want too. my key ring is getting pretty loaded and i like it.
it has been exactly one year since i graduated from college and while i gave the "real world" the ol college try, i think i like what i'm doing now a lot more. never would have dreamed i'd be playing baseball, let alone in Germany, but damn i'm glad i am.
well it's time to go to work aka baseball practice,
A-Ron
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