Vancouver Day 3

Today is our 3rd day in Vancouver. We finally got win number 1 out of the way last night. There was a bit of a lighter mood in the clubhouse after the game. After 3 losses to open up the season it was nice to get that win under our belts. We had a heck of a game with almost 20 hits and 2 guys had 4 hits apiece. Our hitting coach, Brian Dayett, told the hitter that anytime they have a 4 hit game, he will take them out for a steak dinner. His wallet will be a little lighter now. I am sure if we keep hitting like last night, he won't mind taking these guys out. He also said if we have a 15 run, 20 hit game he will take the whole team out (not steak though).

Here is something a little funny about our first road trip. We have a lot of guys that are brand new to pro ball that came from the draft. They just really don't know the ins and outs of the pro game yet. Here is one example. When we travel, we have to take extra uniforms, bats, boxes with everyone's hats, training room and strength equipment, throwing balls, etc. At this level, we don't have clubbies that transport everything for us, so we have to assign players to be in charge of them on trips. Half of the guys wanted to take everything down at the hotel when we pulled into town. They were told they could do that if they wanted, but they would just have to bring it right back in the morning. Also some of them thought that they needed to take everything out of the clubhouse every day and wanted to re-load the bus. Little things that like are pretty entertaining.

On a different note, my family is here in Vancouver for the 2nd straight year. Last year was nice to see some sights and get a feel for the city. This year is fun because we have an idea of what we want to do and it's not a brand new city any more. Yesterday we had some seafood down by the water. I went with the halibut n' chips...delicious. Today we went down to Granville Island. It is a neat little island in the middle of the city. Check out their website granvilleisland.com. We had some food down at the market and walked around. Mia got to have fun on the playground for awhile too.