In chapter eighteen, it talks about how Josh's first Major League baseball season continued. Johnny Narron the who was hired as a video coordinator for the Reds to look over Josh was given Josh's meal money to watch over it. Johnny often traveled places with Josh like eating together and doing devotionals together. Like most rookies, Josh was asked to do specific things for the other guys on the team like carrying beer on road trips. However, he did not feel that it would be a good idea for his sobriety to be carrying alcohol. He told his teammates of his problem, and they did not ask him to do this anymore.
Josh wanted to be one of the guys, but wanted to stay away from things like alcohol just to be safe. He would occasionally have problems with fans shouting bad things like Josh smokes crack, so he tried to ignore it. He believed that the people that did things like this had either been through the same thing or knew someone that had experiences these same issues. He believed they were jealous that he overcame his problems.
Josh's first career Major League hit was a home run against Edgar Gonzalez of the Arizona Diamondbacks on the Reds' first road trip. There were many times when Josh was sick from where drugs had badly damaged his immune system. Even the slightest of colds bothered him. Many times after games, people would come up to Josh who had or knew someone who had problems with drugs and would ask for advice on how to get through all of it. He would also have players from other teams come up to him and tell him that they had heard his story and were rooting for him. He always appreciated what they had to say. Josh's Major League career looked as if it could be a start to something good.
Josh wanted to be one of the guys, but wanted to stay away from things like alcohol just to be safe. He would occasionally have problems with fans shouting bad things like Josh smokes crack, so he tried to ignore it. He believed that the people that did things like this had either been through the same thing or knew someone that had experiences these same issues. He believed they were jealous that he overcame his problems.
Josh's first career Major League hit was a home run against Edgar Gonzalez of the Arizona Diamondbacks on the Reds' first road trip. There were many times when Josh was sick from where drugs had badly damaged his immune system. Even the slightest of colds bothered him. Many times after games, people would come up to Josh who had or knew someone who had problems with drugs and would ask for advice on how to get through all of it. He would also have players from other teams come up to him and tell him that they had heard his story and were rooting for him. He always appreciated what they had to say. Josh's Major League career looked as if it could be a start to something good.
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