The First Days

Well Hello All !!

So I have officially been in AZ for a week, and let me first tell you it is freaking hot!!! However, its kinda like people told me "its really not that bad." The temp may be 100+, but it really doesn't feel the way it would feel in Cali.

I wanted to give you guys a quick run down on what my daily life has been like here. I get to the padres complex at around 12. The players start coming in around 1 to be treated and they basically just put their name on a white board in the order they come in. There are about 18 guys rehabbing for the padres right now. Mostly we are seeing elbow and shoulder surgeries, a few knee surgeries and a couple hand injuries. After a couple hours of treating, the guys go out to stretch and practice, while we chart. Then if we are done with everything and everybody has been seen we go out and watch the game. Here are some quick highlights from week 1:

1. My first day one of the pitchers told me he didn't think I was strong enough to work on him. I told him I was stronger than I looked and in the middle of treating him he tapped out and said "ok ok I think you are stronger that I am!" I loved it.

2. In being the only girl surrounded by 40 boys I've learned even the most innocent of things can be taken the wrong way. I was asking some of the guys about restaurants in az and I said, "do you guys have BJs in AZ?" This comment caused quite a commotion and now they are all calling me, in a most loving manner, BJ. So thats my nickname.

3. After watching a few of our rehab guys throw bullpens the other day, we stayed and watched PFPs (Pitchers Fielding Practice). This has probably been the most fun thing for me to watch. Basically the pitchers stand on the mound and the pitching coaches hit balls right back at them....probably very scary for them, but amusing to watch.

Although I'm the only girl, and I have to take a mile hike to get to a women's restroom, I feel right at home. Its like hanging with my brothers and talking baseball all day. That's the update for the week...today is my day off and "Mam" is coming to town, which I'm really excited about. I'm just trying to take in every day and be grateful that I have my dream internship.

In His Hands,

Katy