Important Announcement - Hunter Pence

[Kori Ellis]

As many of you all may know, I'm the sports channel editor at b5media (a blog network) where I manage 23 sports blogs/bloggers.

Well as of tomorrow, we have a new blogger joining my team - Hunter Pence of the Houston Astros.

This is a pretty big deal for me to have him on board. So I'd appreciate it if you all could read and comment on the blog from time to time.

http://www.insidetheballpark.com/ - his first blog post is up now.

If any of you post frequently at Astros/baseball forums and can put a link in your sig there, it is also appreciated.

Thanks.

Any support you all can give me on promoting this project is great.

Thanks and Happy New Year.

--Kori

[johngateswhiteley]

great young player.

[samikeyp]

Awesome. :tu

[leemajors]

nice! i'll try to keep up but if you can drop a link here and there when he updates i know more than a few of us will keep clicking. :clap

[Horry For 3!]

My grandpa is a fan of Hunter Pence. He really likes his play and thinks he is a genuine nice guy.

[duncan228]

That's cool! I liked his blog.
It's interesting to read something from the "inside" of any pro sport.
Thanks for letting us know.
And, as leemajors said, please remind us now and then so we can keep up with his training. By the time the season gets here I'm sure lots of us will be reading him every week.

[BeerIsGood!]

Very nice player. Too bad his team sucks.

[Horry For 3!]

I emailed my grandpa the site.

[ATRAIN]

Very nice player. Too bad his team sucks.


Wait and see.......wait and see!!

[ATRAIN]

Kori I have been whoring out your site all over the place and the general reaction from everyone is they love what pence brings to the team and his overall positive attitude. A lot love that he said this.

"It looks like a lot of my old buddies are off to play elsewhere, and we are going to have some new teammates with the Astros. The emotions are strange because on the one hand I’m really sad that all my friends are gone because I have shared so many games and experiences with them. On the other hand, I’m also happy for them because they are going to have new opportunities, and I am excited about the great players that we received for them."

Hopefully I can get some more hits for you.

[Kori Ellis]

Kori I have been whoring out your site all over the place and the general reaction from everyone is they love what pence brings to the team and his overall positive attitude. A lot love that he said this.

"It looks like a lot of my old buddies are off to play elsewhere, and we are going to have some new teammates with the Astros. The emotions are strange because on the one hand I’m really sad that all my friends are gone because I have shared so many games and experiences with them. On the other hand, I’m also happy for them because they are going to have new opportunities, and I am excited about the great players that we received for them."

Hopefully I can get some more hits for you.

:tu Thanks!

[johngateswhiteley]

Very nice player. Too bad his team sucks.

the 'stros will be back next year.

[deadratsam]

I can add to the views of his blog but I doubt I could add to the coments anything constructive. The only time I ever met him I was an incoherent mess.

[Kori Ellis]

His latest blog post will be up a little after midnight.

Thanks!

[Horry For 3!]

I read it and commented on it.

[DOMINATOR]

is that really him? almost sounds like his agent wrote that up. sry just sounds funny for 24yr old. guess im used to gilbert arenas blog or something.

[Kori Ellis]

is that really him? almost sounds like his agent wrote that up. sry just sounds funny for 24yr old. guess im used to gilbert arenas blog or something.

:lol Yeah, it's him.

[duncan228]

It's interesting to read how hard they train. It's easy to watch any pro athlete and see the talent and not realize how much effort goes into maintaining and improving the natural talent they have.
Thanks again Kori for letting us know about this. I'm fascinated by the inside look.

[Kori Ellis]

You are welcome. It's normally going to be updated by him every Friday night (or Saturday morning) but I'll still post about it.

Thanks.

[Kori Ellis]

Update:

http://www.insidetheballpark.com/a-typical-day-working-out-and-ihop/

[FromWayDowntown]

Good work by Hunter.

[Kori Ellis]

Newest post - http://www.insidetheballpark.com/more-to-life-than-baseball/

Thanks.

[Kori Ellis]

http://www.insidetheballpark.com/hunter-pences-hitting-tips/

- Update

[Kori Ellis]

http://www.insidetheballpark.com/from-hunter-more-about-hitting/

Thanks.