After a long wait and a lot of prodding, the CEO of Baseball Operations for the Cleveland Indians called and informed Josh that he did not get the internship. Sometimes people (and their organizations with them) can be so stupid. I mean, there is simply no one better for the job than Josh. And even though this is specifically PITCHf/x job, and Josh is the PITCHf/x guru (google PITCHf/x and Josh's site is the third hit, right below Sportvision, the producer of the technology), they hired someone else, someone who hasn't worked with the data, and probably doesn't have an advanced degree in physics or experience coding with the ROOT statistical analysis program.

Needless to say, we're quite disappointed. Sure, it makes me short-term happy that my husband and I will get to spend the summer together, but this job was a step forward for our long-term goals, and now that's not happening.

My reliably optimistic husband has taken it well. He's still working hard, doing new and wonderful things with the data. He's optimistic about working with MLB teams as a consultant. Here's to hope.