Another year for the ages!

The year s officially coming to an end. It's been quite a year, with many ups and downs in the game of baseball. The beginning of this year started quite surprisingly with the chance to play professional baseball. it seemed to derail a bit upon my returning back to Okinawa after 3 months of pro ball in Wakayama. The Lord poured out his grace by allowing me to join a new company here in Okinawa after only being back for 3 months. I wasn't sure what the Lord had in store last year about this time, but it was definitely a step of faith. Our lives as Christian should always be a step of faith into the unknown. The Creator in whom we serve has everything under control and in His hands. For those of you who tune in, thank you for your love and prayers! Continue to pray with me as we seek to reach the baseball players in Okinawa and Japan for Christ. I'm looking forward to a new year and a new season in my life. May the Lord go before us in everything we endeavor for His sake! あけましておめでとうございます！

Every evening, all the players meet up at Sola Technical school to hit the weights. The gym is a very nice facility, and the school is fairly new in existence. Enagic company had joined with the school upon arriving in Okinawa last year. A few of the younger guys actually go to school here. It serves as a school of trade. Well, the baseball starts up again in mid-January, which means, a lot of running and getting in shape for the actual season which begins in March. I'm getting too anxious. May the Lord go before us this upcoming season. May He be glorified!

Some Photos

Lately I've been searching for a few photos from my days up in Wakayama. I found 2 pics from spring training and from our media day. Hope you enjoy these! I stick out like sore thumb! God bless you! 主の祝福がありますように！

Osaka Dome

This is a video of the opening game for the season. After the Japanese anthem, you can see me wearing the number 44 uniform lined up with the Rangers.

Kishu Rangers

Found this on youtube from the Kishu Ranger days!

End of the Year

The baseball season is officially over! It's been a wonderful 4 months of being with the team. Our last game was played at the Chatan stadium in Mihama. We fell to Meio University a mist the wind and rain 10-6. It's been a long season for all these guys and I believe everyone just ran out of gas!

Training continues starting next week, but baseball operations are over. We'll see what's going to happen next as the field of dreams continues. Stay tuned! Stay blessed!

robby

Fukuoka

In the beginning of this month, we headed to Fukuoka for a week long tournament. It was baseball and everyday hotel living for the entire week. When we first arrived, the very next day we had a game against the top University in Fukuoka. We lost in the bottom of the 9th 5-4! it was just a practice game to prepare for the tournament. The tournament consisted of about 5 games maximum with losing 2 games and you're out. So it was a double elimination tourny. To make things brief, we lost the first game 8-1 to a technical college team before going on to upset Nissan in the second game. It was quite incredible to have the chance to play Nissan in their last game as a company team and beat them. Nissan has shut down all baseball operations as of November.

The final game for us was against Mittsubishi, who shut us down 13-0. I was blessed to throw a few innings here and there. The first full tourny I was able to participate in was quite interesting. Just another day of life playing ball in Japan while sharing the good News of Jesus Christ. Thank you for continuing to pray for the work God is doing through baseball! Amen.