Going to practice his swing, perhaps with that rubber-band contraption that recently left him with a welt on his head. Going to review video of his most recent at-bats, whether it’s on his cell phone or a big screen. Going to shag fly balls, to lift weights, to stretch. Going to grab another bottle of 5-Hour Energy from his locker, his pick-me-up when the Red Bull wings start to fade.
Saturday should be a holiday. The Phamiversary. A celebration of a late-blooming career that has produced one of baseball’s most impressive players, an appreciation of unvarnished accountability and no-holds-barred truth-telling that encourages others to do the same, a realization that Pham has not just continued to excel, but discovered a way to improve.