First-year Butler BlueSox manager Cody Herald looks things over during his team's season opener Tuesday night at Kelly Automotive Park.

Cody Herald has had to rewire his brain.

For so long, the 24-year-old has had the mentality of a baseball player — something he did exceptionally well for Butler High School, Seton Hill University, the Butler BlueSox in the Prospect League and even the Washington Wild Things in the Frontier League.

Herald is still in uniform and still on the field for the BlueSox now, only he wears the uniform and the pullover of a manager and his position is in the third base coaching box.

It's a transition that is still a work in progress following his first game as the BlueSox manager Tuesday night at Kelly Automotive Park, a 9-5 loss to Champion City.

“One thing that's so hard, especially since I'm done playing, is not to think about playing and not think about what a player thinks about,” Herald said. “You have to think like a coach.”

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