What former Auburn Tiger Tim Hudson delivered in his 200th career Major League Baseball win was nothing short of a storybook that a box score cannot do justice.  Hudson went back to his roots for the win- more to the point, he went back to his bat with a double and home run.

The pitcher who proclaimed in Spring Training he would lead the pitching staff in homers, has six hits on the season and .429 batting average.  These numbers are why the 37 year old had no problem taking control of the top and bottom of innings.  After two failed attempts at the 200 mark, nothing less should be expected from a competitor like Hudson.

If you ask Hudson, he is just holding up his end of the deal but considers himself lucky to be where he is. “I’d have had a better chance of winning the lottery,” Hudson said.  “Out of high school, if you would have told me, ‘In 20 years, this is where your life is going to be,’ I’d be like, ‘You are crazy. There is no chance.’”

What he fails to mention is that he has made his own luck, fighting and defying the odds every step of the way.  The Phenix City, Alabama native was not drafted out of high school, nor did he have any major college offers.  Hudson, determined to prove critics wrong, took his undersized frame to Chattahoochee Valley Community College he where became a First-Team All American leading his team to the Division II Championship.  continue reading

SEC Baseball Weekly honors Hudson as MLB SEC Alum of the Week. (Video)

Okay people, you have proven you cannot be trusted. I leave you with the big boys for a week, and I come back to an eight game losing streak. It is perfectly fine, I was not at all busting it working SEC baseball or anything. It is possible that sleep is overrated and leaving the city will never be necessary. On second thought, you guys just need to learn how to handle these boys!

Was it so hard to get Freddy Freeman his Oakley’s? Can nobody deal with FedEx? What took so long? Again, not to worry, the goggles are here, and obviously did the trick with a first at bat home run by Freeman. Granted, it was solo because Brian McCann, who needed me to bring him an IV bag after suffering from the flu, hit a two run homer. Which reminds me, all you who said “it’s just the flu,” have never had the flu. Here’s a hint, when you call in to work with a 24-hour stomach flu, you have misdiagnosed yourself. That is merely a hangover, and while you may feel as if you may die, you will not if you make it long enough to feel that bad. The flu is a different story. They have a shot for a reason! » Continue reading “MUST I DO EVERYTHING AROUND HERE? BRAVES START NEW STREAK…AFTER I GET BACK IN TOWN”