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Sportsgist.com recently spent five days with Tampa Bay Ray pitcher Chris Mason down in Durham, North Carolina. Chris is in Durham pitching for the Durham Bulls who are the AAA affiliate of the Rays.  This is day 5 in his pitching cycle.  One in... Read more

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Sportsgist.com recently spent five days with Tampa Bay Ray pitcher Chris Mason down in Durham, North Carolina. Chris is in Durham pitching for the Durham Bulls who are the AAA affiliate of the Rays.  This is day 5 in his pitching cycle.  One in which he mentally prepares for his upcoming start, but most importantly he gets to relax a little bit from his daily baseball activities.

BOYS WILL BE BOYS:

In this video, Chris is on his last day before his next start.  This is a day to recover and get ready to take the mound tomorrow.  His work routine…the conditioning, workouts, and bullpen…have allowed him to keep his body in shape and adjust some of the flaws he had with his delivery.

Now we get to talk with Chris’ roommate, Nick DeBarr, and find out some inside information about Chris.  Nick talks about Chris sleeping all day long and eating lots of hot pockets each day.  As with many minor league baseball players, Chris loves to play video games.  He is the man with the new Nintendo Wii.  Nick offers Chris some words of advice, telling him to keep working hard and “maybe” get some more sleep.  As all baseball players now, the journey is very long and difficult at times.  There are many highs and lows throughout the season, but ultimately the ones who succeed are the ones who keep their emotions on a straight line.  Never let your highs get to high or your lows get to low.  As Nicks says, “Stay the course.”

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