The radio broadcast during his first game, last Friday, addressed the slight strain John suffered during Spring training. The strain obviously set him back a few days and limited the number of pitches for this early portion of the season. John managed to throw only 3 innings during his first outing of the year of which ended up being the first win for the Naturals in the opening series of the Double-A season. A relatively uneventful start for the 20 year-old left-handed pitcher for his 2011 season but today could bring another type of jaunt in professional baseball.
Today the Northwest Arkansas Naturals (5-1), Double-A affiliate of the Kansas City Royals, will have their first game on the road versus the San Antonio Missions, Texas League affiliate of the San Diego Padres. Game time is set for 8:05 pm ET in San Antonio, TX. With less than an hour before first pitch this dad of a professional baseball prospect will simply pace around the house in a queasy anticipation for the results.
Despite the nervous moments leading up to my son’s pitching performances we plan to turn on the radio broadcast and listen to every pitch during the sashay. John Lamb has not missed a professional baseball start since the 2009 season assignment at the Rookie level with the Burlington Royals in the Appalachian League. John will embark on his 44th start in professional baseball with his fellow teammates on the Naturals roster. Just another start for the young baseball prospect trying to live out his childhood dreams while his dad’s stomach is doing somersaults.
