Another Building Block

We didn't start this blog just to brag about Brandon. I swear it. But he is doing so well, and everything seems to be coming together for him so much that alot of our time and energy is devoted to following him and his journey in baseball, so we want to keep everyone up to date on what is going on with him.

The Major League organization that we have been in contact with about Brandon was in Las Cruces to watch BL and two other guys on New Mexico State's team this weekend. Brandon proceeded to go 7 for 15 for the series and play spectacular behind the plate on defense as well. As mentioned in an earlier blog, this is what we have been waiting for, for a team to give him a chance just to get the upper levels of their scouting tier to watch him. He produced. As if that is not enough - another organization gave Brandon a questionare to fill out for their scouting group during the weekend. Brandon told me that the scout for that team had spoken with his pitching coach and said that they were going to be very aggressive in going after Brandon and that they loved him.

All of BL's hard work is beginning to see fruit. He is to the point now where he is relaxing at the plate, knowing that the question when he comes up to bat is not whether he will hit the ball, but instead the question is what the result will be (whether it will be a single, double or homerun) after he crushes the ball. They continue to have him in the four hole covering the All American in the three hole (who by the way is getting pitched to now, because they know that they don't want to face BL because he is so hot right now) which means that Brandon is going through this stretch hitting offspeed pitches instead of fastballs.

Gary Ward (former coach of Oklahoma State, and father of head coach Rocky Ward of New Mexico State) was on the radio today and spoke very highly of Brandon's continued success at the plate and the leadership that he is providing to NMSU right now. He said many things that were highly complimentary of Brandon - and he is not a person that doles out compliments often.

This is a very fun time right now, and exciting to say the least. (Just don't mention to "Mama" that this is Brandon's senior year unless you have a full box of tissue handy). What a time, though, to be involved in someone's life as they are about to achieve a goal that they have set for themselves since the age of five or six.

Tuesday is the next brick in the road. Versus New Mexico University......