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The following is an excerpt from the journal of Dave Mason, a 22-year-old pitching prospect from Somerville, Mass., that has recently been acquired via trade by his hometown Boston Red Sox. Mason has been assigned to the Pawtucket Red Sox of the International League, Boston's AAA affiliate.
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Thursday, June 9, 2011
The good news is I went to 3-0 since joining the Red Sox last month. I pitched six innings tonight in Columbus, holding the Clippers to one run on six hits and two walks. I struck out seven and threw 107 pitches. The bullpen came on and did a great job, holding them to two meaningless hits in the last three innings of the game.
I'm pitching as well as I've ever pitched right now and it's exciting. The downside of it is even though I'm pitching pretty good, I don't see myself getting called up anytime soon because of the staff up in Boston. I'm sure I'll be up as a September call-up but I'd sure like a chance to prove myself before then. But for now I just have to concentrate on what I'm doing down here and get ready for Syracuse next week.
In some ways, being close to home has become a little difficult because its actually made it more difficult not to see Kate. She's been great about the whole being away for several months of the year thing, but she knew that was the way it'd be when I got that phone call I had been drafted.
It was difficult enough when I was in Kansas City with the Royals, because I knew I'd only be in Boston once and then there'd be the All Star Break so unless she was going to fly out to wherever we were playing, I wasn't going to see her. But now that I'm in Pawtucket, it's somehow more difficult because I can see her so much more often but it just doesn't always work out that way. And some of these road trips are tough because now I'm a little spoiled, I'm used to spending some more time with her than I would have if the Royals didn't trade me. It's a weird little catch 22. Right now we're on the road but we go home for three games with Richmond Saturday, Sunday and Monday only to be in Syracuse on Tuesday, New Orleans on Friday and then back to Pawtucket for three games before we go back on the road again. It's a crazy part of the schedule, but we'll get through it. We have some longer homestands next month to look forward to.