Three days home from Arkansas trip to see Lamb

Orange, CO - With three days having gone by since our return home from seeing my son, John Lamb, in Springdale, AR it is time to add some content to the site. Our trip was somewhat spontaneous in the sense that we needed to work around my scouting responsibilities and John's anticipated starts to make the journey worth while.

Photo credit - Colleen Lamb

We simply hoped for the best to see John get his first Texas League win with the Northwest Arkansas Naturals game against the Frisco RoughRiders, Texas Rangers affiliate. Our two games worth of experiences at the beautiful Arvest Ballpark, were more than accommodating thanks to the Naturals staff and facility. We were very happy to arrive the day before his set start and spend a little time with John and his girl-friend, Paige.

Game went relatively well for four of the five innings of work, but not enough for the Naturals, Kansas City Royals affiliate, to secure the win. Issues not really worth mentioning, based on my professional baseball opinion, continue to impact his current statistics at the Double-A level of his young baseball career. I have complete confidence that John will make the necessary adjustments for improvement and look forward and not dwell on the past results and challenges during his third move in the season.

We were eager to hear tonight's game of the Naturals last road trip for the regular season based on the anticipated start of Lamb, but last night John fell victim to some food poisoning during the game at Arvest Ballpark. The team's doctor confirmed the diagnosis and Lamb was promptly removed from tonight's start on the road versus the Springfield Cardinals, Texas League affiliate of the St. Louis Cardinals.

Photo credit - Colleen Lamb

John Lamb should still get another start in the Springfield series, but for now the West coast side of his family and friends will patiently have to wait for some confirmation of his next Texas League appearance.