2 Responses to “Yankees Release Tim Battle – You Might Be Next!”

1. Don Ervin
   July 16th, 2009 @ 1:12 pm

   Timmy battles 1and 2,
   A sad ending to a still young enough apparently top notch ball player thought of so highly by the major league people to draft him in the third round just six short seasons ago, if you still has those same talents and abilities and if you have not already contacted every other organization, do so,the Yankees drafted you very high and signed you because you obviously were/are one very excellent ball player,Get some body to even send you to a minor league team, play with a top notch independent league team and keep after them to scout you when you play I do not know your circumstances, but barring injury, I do know that some players who do not start hitting with wooden bats at least at the beginning of their junior year in high school or college have a terrible time adjusting,due to the fact that metal bats are lighter and have a much larger area of good solid bat to ball contact area compared to wooden bats, there are numerous players such as yourself, great players who just could not make the adjustment, whatever your decision is, I wish you the very best of luck, look at what Josh Hamilton accomplished after all of those life threatening drug problems and time away from the game, “amazing”
   My story is just the opposite from yours, I was very fortunate to have been good enough play in the Ban Johnson league in Kansas City, Mo. which consisted primarily of college players during my last two Legion ball seasons also, when one is that young and has the opportunity to play with and against college players it really enhances one’s abilities and potential tremendously,which it certainly did, but I was totally immature and could not accept and handle individual defeats,”STRIKING OUT” “THERE GOES THE BAT AND A LOT OF TEMPER TANTRUMS” and making an error, The scouts never told me, they never even wanted to talk to me,”A HEAD CASE” WHO THEY DID NOT WANT TO BABY SIT THROUGH MY IMMATURE TANTRUMS” They did tell my mom though and bless her loving soul she kept telling me,Son you blew your chances again, Finally after some long arguments with his head Philadelphia,scout, my ,Ban-Johnson league team coach who was at that time a bird dog scout,talked them into signing me to a contract with the stipulation that during spring training or elsewhere throwing bats and throwing tantrums for any reason which takes one’s mind totally away from their game I would get a ticket home, I had what I considered a not so good spring training and I wrote home and said I may be home soon, my step mom wrote me back with a direct and blunt statement that if I was not released and just quit that I had no place to come home to, due to that and that I was getting free room and board and I surely did like to play baseball, and they kept me I remained until spring training was over, I was sent to the KOM league in Oklahoma, I had a great season, Broke the home run record, had 102 Rbi’s and other good stats, went to Korea for two yrs. came back went back to playing ball,couldn’t accept the fact that I needed some time to get back on track, became totally disgusted and just walked away from the game,what bugs me the most other than”QUITTING”is seeing guy’s I played with and against who kept playing and ended up playing major league ball, one pitcher ended up being a pitching coach with Houston in 1978-79 etc. two others played several years in the majors and several others played at several levels of minor league ball.
   You probably ask why did I write all of these comments, well,the “MORAL TO MY COMMENTS”"STORY”IS”HAVE DREAMS”"LET NO ONE DISCOURAGE YOU”"WHEN YOU START SOMETHING FOLLOW IT THROUGH TO THE FINISH”"NEVER-NEVER”"EVER-EVER”QUIT”if you do you will always carry a number 13 boot in your back side and will always wonder just how far could I have gone had I not quit, I know several ex players who have quit and feel the same way I do, always wondering just how far could I have gone had I not quit, well I certainly do hope I have made some sense out of all of my comments.
   The best to all.
   “PURSUE YOUR DREAMS “NEVER QUIT”
   Don Ervin
   kom_ervin@yahoo.com

2. Tim 1
   July 20th, 2009 @ 8:21 pm

   Mr. Ervin, thanks for the refreshing point of view. I am very surprised at the tone of the negative comments from the others. Tim2 above everything else is a very kind and gentle person. He is very giving. He has tried to start a youth home for under priviledge young men. Which he could have been selfish and spent his funds on himself. He has helped his family in numerous ways. He has been through a serioius illness. And come out smiling. He is still a very young man. If you look at his numbers compared to others in the organization, he heads above. Yes, he needs to cut down on his strike out. But, when the game is on the line, he produces. NO one has the combination of speed, power and mental skill. I trained him. He doesn’t care about the nay sayers. God has blessed him. This is only a bump in the road. See you in the Majors.
   Tim1

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