From April through August, Josh gets 9 days off. You read that correctly, a whopping 9 days off. The official schedule would lead you to believe that he gets 12 days off, but that is misleading. Two of those days are spent on the bus traveling to and from North Carolina to play there. Over eight hours on a hot bus without air-conditioning, surrounded by 25 sweaty guys does not constitute an off-day. The other 'off-day' is the third day of the All-Star break. Rather than have that third day to relax, they schedule a practice. These guys play from April through August, everyday; a total of 140 games with very little breaks (9 to be exact). Now I ask you, is taking away that third day of the all-star 'break' so they can practice really necessary?
So, we're coming off the 2 day all-star break. Interestingly enough, the last game before the break was rain-delayed and then went into extra innings. Then once the game finally ended, they had a 2.5 hour bus ride back to Montgomery. Josh got home at 5:30 in the morning, the very morning of his first day off.
But we are very excited for the end of this break... Josh is coming off of the disabled list! He should be in the line-up Wednesday or Thursday! He has been on the disabled list since May 22! That's TOO many days off, and now its time to PLAY BALL!
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