Spring Training: Game 3

Cardinals vs. Braves - Orlando, Florida

Today's game was even hotter than yesterday's - 90 when I left the parking lot. But it's Spring Training, so who cares?! Not I.


One cool thing is that they showed coverage of the Space Shuttle Discovery reentering the atmosphere and since it was landing at the Kennedy Space Center, not far from Orlando, we heard the sonic boom as it reentered. It was pretty cool.


One not so cool thing was that Luis Salazar, a Braves minor league coach, was hit in the face by a foul ball off the bat of Brian McCann as he sat in the dugout. An ambulance came in from right field to the dugout to take him to the hospital.


Here are a few photos:

And you can see the rest of the story HERE.


And it's official...I hate Macs again. I liked them for about a week, but now, on my last few posts, it's putting double spacing between each line of type (at least when I look at the blog on a Mac). I know a few tricks to get rid of that, but none of them are working on the Mac. Thanks a lot Steve Jobs. Jerkface.

Spring Training: Game 2

Cards vs. Red Sox - Jupiter, Florida

It was hot and, in general, people think everything is for them. Selfishness reigns!

Here are a few photos for tiding purposes:

See the rest of them HERE.

Spring Training: Game 1

Twins vs. Cardinals - Ft. Myers, Florida

For some dumb reason, I decided last year that since I had gone to Spring Training the previous five years, it was "been there, done that" and I didn't need to go.


I missed it. BIG TIME.


Three things mean spring to me: the daffodils popping up along the highways in St. Louis, the green pollen dust all over everything and Spring Training in Florida. I learned from that mistake of 2010 and I'm back in Florida driving all over the sunshine state enjoying baseball and getting sunburned. God bless America.


Here's a small sampling of Ft. Myers:

Enjoy the rest of today's photos HERE.