Joe Burrow On the Sidelines

[Forever Spinning Vinyl]

Before I injured my elbow, I was being scouted by four MLB teams. I was batting 3rd and either starting in Right Field or I was the Starting Pitcher, playing every inning for three years . . . until the coach ''rested'' me one game. Longest, most boring three hours of my life and I love baseball. I'd go to other local high school games on nights that we weren't playing and have no problem with just sitting for hours and watching a game.

But sitting while watching my guys out there without me was difficult and not fun or interesting at all . . . and I was only out for a game. While I was the . . . ahem . . . ''star'' of our team, I wasn't dealing with my season being over and staring down surgery the next day or dealing with the unwarranted, yet very real, feeling of letting down my teammates along with an entire region of people.

Non-issue.