That’s the name of a very interesting blog by Phillies minor league pitcher Eric Pettis. Eric was a 35th round draft pick out of UC Irvine last June but he really opened a few eyes by going 8-0 1.37 with 7 Saves at Williamsport last summer. Eric’s likely 2011 destination will be the Lakewood BlueClaws. I enjoyed going back and reading his thoughts from his first professional season and he just added his first entry of 2011 titled “Day 1: Season 2”. I’ll copy the link and the initial 2011 post below. Perhaps Dan can add the link to the blogroll on the homepage. Be sure to follow Eric on Twitter as well (@eric_pettis).
Day 1: Season 2
So here we go again. The inevitable moment that still doesn’t seem quite real to me has finally arrived. I have officially reported to Spring Training. Minor League Baseball isn’t about smooth transitions. You get thrown into and out of the fire at will and only the mentally strong survive. This morning when I arrived at the airport I tweeted (insert shameless plug for @eric_pettis on twitter) “initiate survival mode”. And thats really what it is, it’s about surviving. I think I talked about this in one of my posts last year, whoever can make themselves the most comfortable being uncomfortable will prevail. So this morning, as I left the comfort of home, I flipped the switch. For the next six months there is no such thing as comfort. There is only survival. And if you survive, you win. And winning is the ultimate comfort.
….Enough philosophizing and on to the logistics. Today was basically the standard travel day mixed in with some preliminary medical testing that will undoubtedly go on for the next few weeks. Oh, and I got my first taste of Lenny’s, the place where I will be dining every day for the next month (you can bet there will be a post about that later on down the road). Tomorrow is a 5:15 AM wakeup call for blood work and our official physicals. Reporting from Clearwater, FL I’m Eric Pettis, back to you in the studio……
noisenation.mlblogs.com 
Just picked up my tickets.
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The gift this year is a canvas print of The Coke. It’s nice. More on it later. The coupon book looks like it has more in it, but I haven’t investigated yet. BP practice party on a Friday, tickets to come, same as last year. Two ticket holder appreciation nights: July 12 for ML All Star Game and September 22 for Phils last home game.
What a cool blog.