Life Lessons with Sam

Older brothers are useful for much more than intimidating boyfriends and making protein shakes. Both of my older brothers (Sam and Will) have given me many "life lessons" that I am very thankful for and,surly, will be useful sooner than later. 

I have learned some valuable lessons just by listening to my brother and his friends who play college baseball. Apparently a pretty clear analogy can be made between baseball and dating. Baseball players talk in a type of code that only a true insider can understand- the pitching rotation for the team is essentially translated into the dating rotation! So ladies, listen closely the next time you happen to be hanging out with a group of baseball players... the conversation may in fact not be about  the past week's game...

Main lesson learned here- Never date a baseball player. 


- The Friday night starter: This is the girl you want to be. If the Friday night starter is not the official girlfriend yet, she is destined to be. The Friday night starter is a strong pick in the personality AND attractiveness categories. Just like a coach usually plays his best pitcher in the first game of a big weekend series, the best girl is chosen to fill that important Friday night spot.

- The Saturday starter: A close second behind the Friday night starter, but something essential is missing. She might be weak in one area, but a strong 10 in another.  Her potential is very high, but consistency is not quite that of the Friday night starter. It wouldn't be the end of the world if the Saturday starter had to go in for the Friday night starter, but it's definitely not the Coach's (or guys) primary choice. 

- The Sunday starter: A wild one. Either you are going to get 7 really good inning... or you are going to give up 8 runs in the first inning. You either get a lot of good or a lot of bad. You never quite know what you are going to get with this one. This person has a lot of upside, but they are not consistent enough to be your Friday or Saturday. I mean, it's the last game of the series at this point so you kind of just have to take a risk. 

- The Mid-week: Like a coach can depend on the mid-week pitcher to throw strikes, this girl is always dependable for a "good time." The mid-week pitcher is pretty dependable to throw strikes no matter the circumstance, but nothing too fancy. The growth potential just isn't there. From what I have picked up on, this is not where you should aspire to fall in the pitching rotation.