Wednesday, May 21, 2008

Nerves, nerves, nerves

So, I am Mike's wife and I am just going to blame his first outing on NERVES.  Mike came in during the 7th inning with 2 guys on, 1 out, and a tie game.  Unfortunately, both of the runners scored, 2 outs occurred and then the inning was over.  He threw great pitches, but was hit in the wrong spots.  The positive side is that his velocity stayed consistently at 152 km which the reporters were really going crazy about.  That is approximately 94-95 mph.  He feels good and is glad his first outing is out of the way.  I guess there is something about 40,000 people watching that might shock you at first.  I have some cool pictures from the stadium and Mike's outing, but I will post them when we return from the road trip on Sunday.  The coaches are really supportive and think highly of Mike, so hopefully the future holds better outings in store.

4 comments:

Jamie Cormier Photography said...

Way to go, Mike! That is NOT a bad introductory outing at all and the first one is out of the way - yay! Y'all enjoy it!! :)

alec said...

Yea Baby! Mike pitches in the majors, lakers come back from 20 points, nice start to the morning.
Way to go shultzy! Sarah, look at you riding the bullet, and controlling your two little bullits!.
Love to all
A

Jessie said...

it's seriously like nothing you've ever seen, isn't it? the sheer volume of people, and the fact that the all cheer together, singing the same songs, crazy, huh? hope you are having fun!

Elizabeth said...

Woo hoo! Congrats on the new scenery. :) Sounds like it must be a blast. Did you ever think that maybe the twins' "secret language" is Japanese? Maybe they've decided they like it there and want you to stay. Not so sure you'd go for that ... Hope Mike keeps up the good work and you keep enjoying your adventure!