Trading Places

Athletes' Performance is a revolving door of athletic talent. Athletes leave on Saturdays only to be replaced by fresh faces on Monday. The machine keeps chugging along.

Today, Kansas City Chiefs (NFL) running back Larry Johnson said good-bye to the trainers, took his enormous leather backpack and departed around noon PT. At this hour, Johnson has not reported to Chiefs' training camp. As one departs, another arrives. This week, AP welcomed wide receiver Koren Robinson. As I described in an earlier post, he played for the Green Bay Packers (NFL) last year before incurring a one-year drug suspension. Robinson is more outgoing than any of the other football players here with the possible exception of Grant Irons. Koren even played a game of Madden 07 football with me. He chose the Vikings, the team in which his likeness plays in the game, and I was the Ravens. We only had time for one half before our PM workouts and he won 21-14. He scored all three touchdowns with Koren Robinson and praised himself in the third person for the accomplishment. I found Todd Heap for a touchdown and earned Jamal Lewis a rushing touchdown, too. It was awesome; I'll be practicing hard so I can win future encounters.

Since the end of the my first week, there have been two baseball players (me and a pitcher from a Las Vegas high school) and two trainers. Today, we added another: Will, a baseball player from Bellaire High School in Bellaire, Texas. Baseball America calls Bellaire HS "a power house" and if Athletes' Performance helps Will reach the Major Leagues like five Bellaire alumni (Jose Cruz, Jr., Jim Gideon, Chuck Knoblauch, Kelly Wunsch and Chris B. Young), he'll have gotten his money's worth.

Tomorrow is regeneration. It never comes too soon.

Thanks for reading,
Ben