Ask Slugger #1

Chris Asks:

“So this is my question. Can you describe what most pro baseball players wear under their uniforms? I know sliding shorts, a.k.a. spandex compression shorts, are probably popular. But what percentage wear cups? Any commentary on this sportsgear question would definitely be appreciated.”

Well, for me it depends on the day. I know that when I play ball I like to wear compression shorts. Some days, when it's really hot I wear just a jock. What makes that fun is when your team wears white pants at home. I played on a summer team in college where our home uniform had white pants. This guy from a college down south loved it. One day during a rain delay he was talkin by his locker which was right nxt to mine about how his school's team had white pants and they showed off some days for the ladies. If you only wear a jock, it's sometimes pretty noticable. These guys are trying to show off to the girls who are in the stands watching them.

If you go to a minor league game you may see some guys only wearing jocks under their uniforms, you now know why.




I do know that most catchers I have been on teams with will wear a cup along with a spandex kind of short over the jock.

Hope you found this helpful Chris. Keep those questions coming in.

Back in the swing...

Well everyone, I am in my new condo. My parents are staying in the guest bedroom on an air mattress. My bed was delivered yesterday so when I walked in, it was here, which is nice. This was the first time I had a say in what furniture I was getting for my own place and it felt good. Queen sized bed, leather couch, flat screen will be here later this week, I am pumped.

I met up with the manager of my new team and I am already working out most of the days ahead. I am also excited to get to know the guys on my new team.

I left California and Joe behind. It kinda sucked. This was the first guy I felt really crazy about. I don't want to say that four letter L-word but it was close. Joe is a senior in college and when he graduates he is going to make a decision on where he wants to go.

That is all that is really going on now. My mother gave me the, "You should find yourself a nice southern girl while you are here." I made up an excuse saying I was too busy with baseball and working out but would try to find one for her. She smiled and was so proud. She then went off to buy me all my kitchen stuff that I won't really use because I don't know how to cook very well.

Ask Slugger

This is your chance to ask me questions about me and life. I have been growing more and more as a person these last few months and it's making me feel a lot better about myself. So, I decided that I would create an "Ask Slugger" section for the blog. It will also help me with coming up with ideas for the blog. I will only post your first name along with the question that you ask.

You can send your questions to Clubhousecloset@gmail.com


Also, some of you guys have been sending pictures of yourselves to me, which is awesome and I have a LOT of hot readers. Some have said I could post these pictures and some do not want them shared. I only post pictures of guys that give me permission to post. So, if you want to include a picture of yourself, you may get something in return... ;-)

So, ask away readers! This only works if you guys send me something.

Seriously?

Life is crazy right now. I found a condo to move into and it's not that far from where I will be playing and practicing. My dad is going to meet me at the airport there and we are gunna go get stuff for it. My mom is excited to decorate.

I want a place that is more mature than I am. So I can at least think that I am a grown up. Though, I do play baseball and we (players in general) are boys playing a game.

I got kind of freaked out back in December. I was contacted by a guy who said he played in the minors too. We started chatting on AIM and he seeemed like a cool guy. After about a week of comparing stories and talking he started trying to guess my real name. It freaked me out and I signed offline. He kept going on emailing me and even started asking JP about me. Which he didn't give in.

I understand guys are interested in who I am. I understand that I am putting myself out there by using a blog as a method of dealing with who I really am. But to be in the closet and have someone try to rip me out is not cool. Even trying to abuse my friends is not cool.

There are guys out there that appreciate what I am doing. I like being able to talk to high school, college and professional athletes. I was there in high school, and had someone to turn to. There are guys who don't have anyone to turn to, which sucks.

Anyway, I like talking to guys on e-mail so hit me up. Don't be shy. It will still be a few weeks before I have a DSL at my condo, when I move in I will get back on AIM... I swear!

Happy New Year

Hello everyone and Happy New Year. I told everyone it would be a while in between postings. This will be a long post so bare with me.

First off, thank you for all the holday/new years messages. I know this blog means a lot to a lot of people. I have been neglecting you guys and it's you guys who have given me a lot more courage in myself to be who I am and enjoy life outside of baseball. It's still very hard to maintain my staright life and my gay life. My time in California is up. I have an offer to play baseball a little WEST of here. It's like, south middle west... does that sound vauge enough?

Anyway, I move from here in California to there. Most of my roommates are moving elsewhere too. One is going to be in Las Vegas so it will be nice to see him every once and a while. Pop up to Vegas, have a good time and know that I have friends there.

I had to tell the guy I was seeing that I was moving. I also told him what I did. I was so fucking nervous when I told him. We were at his house last week when I got word that I was leaving. We were on his couch chillin out, playing Madden (very straight of us) and I told him that I was going to be leaving California. Joe asked me why I was leaving.

At first I couldn't tell him. I looked into his blue eyes and saw that he was hurt. This was the first time that I had fallen really hard for another guy. I sucked it up and then let loose everything. I started to cry as I told him that I played baseball and that I couldn't tell him because of the game and was so nervous. He looked at me and hugged me.

When we broke away he looked at me and said, "So what you are saying is that I have been fucking a professional baseball player?" I started to laugh. Iresponded with, "No, I have been fucking an all american lacrosse player." We both laughed and talked about what I would be doing and he started helping me find a place to live in while I am with my new team. Joe has been busy with LAX shit so I don't see him as often as I wanted to. I know how it is with baseball and playing at the college level. It's a big commitment.

I am sure I will post about where I am but right now I am trying to keep it hush hush. But I will be back into the swing of things so to speak. I am looking forward to being with my new team, living in a new area of the country and meeting new people. It sucks that I met Joe when I did. but, the past month has been just amazing with him. We both really clicked together. He said that over the summer he wants to come visit and see me play. I have no problem with that because he is the straightest guy you would ever meet. Which is why I fell for him so hard. He has a messy room, loves playing video games, eating pizza and drinking beer. How could you not love that.....


I also want to give a couple shout outs, Micifus Phil came out of the closet to everyone, even his parents. I remember when I first started this blog back up, he talked to me about going into college and being a gay athlete and how he would handle it. I have been a reader of his, and I lack on leaving comments for people so I was a ghost when reading his entries and I have to say he has more balls than I ever could have. He has come a long way from when he first contacted me to where he is today as a person. If you read this blog still Phil, I am proud of you bro.

Someone else I neglect, JP.

JP and I have had a long friendship. It goes back to our days at football camp when we met and the summers he would invite me with his family to his lake house up in Vermont. We had a great time on those nights by the lake, and we still keep in touch, which is more than I can say for a lot of my friends from high school. He wrote me an e-mail saying that a lot of guys have e-mailed him who found his blog through mine. JP is a good guy, and I encourage you to all to check out his blog and shoot him an e-mail. I told him I wasn't really keeping up with it because I was always with Joe, I sat down and read all of his posts and he has an awesome thing going over there.

There are a lot of people I have lost touch with as well. I am never online anymore because we don't have internet at my house and I have to come to cafe's to make posts.

What this blog has shown me is that there are a lot of guys out there that are just like me. There are professional football, baseball, basketball and hockey players out there that read. College, high school athletes... and regular readers who aren't into fasion, show tunes and going to gay bars all the time. There ARE GUYS OUT THERE that are regular guys just like me. I met Joe. I get e-mails and IM's from guys.

My New Years resolution is to be more interactive with the blog. Back to how I was last summer. To those who knew the old Slugger before he disappeared from the face of blogland sometime in November, I am back. As soon as I move and get internet.

Sorry for the long post, I wanted everyone to know what was up and what I had on my mind.

To those of you out there that have emailed me in the past, shoot me an email when you read this. If you see me online, say hello, don't be shy. 2007 is going to be a big year for me, I can feel it.

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