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Tales from Spring Training both as a fan and as a pro. Autograph hounding, sunburn, parking in people’s lawns, meeting ‘old timers,’ seeing young prospects, tales from the clubhouses and press boxes of Florida’s Grapefruit League and Tampa’s Legends Field.

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Monday, March 16, 2009

Igawa got out of the fifth without giving up a run but he didn’t look good. How much of that is our expectation, I don’t know but he threw a lot of balls. Second inning of work Igawa’s bacon was saved by an amazing but ugly grab to start a DP by Edwardo Nunez. Nunez […]

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Monday, March 16, 2009

Today’s game is moving a lot slower than the previous two. Both pitchers have struggled with control. Apparently today I am struggling with typing. Must be the after effects of last night’s pilgrimage to Bern’s Steakhouse. Lots and lots of Phillies fans here today. Joba is still missing some of the time but he is […]

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Monday Live from Steinbrenner Field

Monday, March 16, 2009

Well, the USA staved off elimination in the WBC so we still have no Jeter. The thing I miss most is watching him play long toss before every game. Looking forward to Joba today! Although he just walked the first batter on 4 pitches, then struck out the next on 3… (cue ominous music). 1:26 […]

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Sunday, March 15, 2009

Huge hand for Jorge. He has been DHing so it is not like he hasn’t played but still. Wow, Jorge beat out an infield hit! And because they were holding that speed demon on, Damon’s grounder became a hit instead of a double play. And then he tagged and took third on a foul pop! […]

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Sunday at George M Steinbrenner field

Sunday, March 15, 2009

[Blogging Live via the Steinbrenner Field Wifi] The weather is perfect again today. 81 degrees, breezy, and we were just treated to a special forces parachute drop. With any luck, we’re about to be treated to Jorge behind the plate and Pettitte on the mound. [I’ve now consolidated all the live blog posts into a […]

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Injury visit

Saturday, March 14, 2009

Hideki Matsui just hit a comebacker that knocked pitcher Alberto Arias from the game. The Yankees couldn’t do anything with him as it was, as he struck out the side in the third. Burnett has continued to impress. Four inings so far and not a single baserunner. The ‘stros are looking weak and foolish against […]

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Blogging live from “the Boss”

Saturday, March 14, 2009

So, today is my first spring training game. Renaming Legends field to Steinbrenner Field, the Yankees also made some renovations. There are new ribbon boards for video. And there is Wifi! So I am sitting behind home plate and typing this on my iPhone. Burnett looked really good in the first, punctuating his inning with […]

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Winter Is Officially Over

Saturday, March 14, 2009

Winter is officially over, because I’m on the plane to Tampa as I type this. My words look calm, but the excitement is bubbling as I look around me and all of a sudden everything seems to be about baseball. We arrived at Logan Airport with enough time to grab a meal before boarding, and […]

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Waiting For Spring Training…

Friday, December 19, 2008

(Originally posted on February 20, 2000. Reposted to new site on December 19, 2008.)

I’ve said before how I “can’t wait” for the season to start. (Or even for Spring training to start!)

Going to see games at Spring Training is something that, when I was a kid, I never thought I would get to do. We would see little news bits about it on tv, and for some reason I had it in my head that only a few really special people ever went to Spring Training. Now I realize it’s the special few who either live in Florida, or who can surf the Internet for tickets months in advance, take time off to fly down there, and, as the Nike commercial says, “Just Do It.” There are serious advantages to being an adult and not a kid anymore…

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March 17, 2008: Another winner!

Monday, March 17, 2008

The Yankees beat the Red Sox today. Yeah, sure, you can say it was only spring training and that the games don’t count and that if it were a real game, for example, Andy Pettitte probably would have pitched more than 3 1/3 innings. But it was the Red Sox, which always adds excitement, and it was St. Patrick’s Day, meaning that the crowd looked rather like it had sprouted moss overnight…

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