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Training on the track during a May morning, gettint ready for the coming racing season at Fort Erie Race Track.
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Detroit Tigers v St. Louis Cardinals. Publix Field at Joker Marchant Stadium. Lakeland, Fla. March 7, 2023. (© Tom Hagerty)
Spring Training starts in less than a month, Why the RAYS train 3 hours away and the Yankees train right in Tampa is amazing to me. (and the Jays, Phillies, Tigers, and more are in Tampa Area,, but the Rays had to move 3 hours south to Port Charlotte..
Brian Wilson's first appearance of the spring. He retired the side on 9 pitches. San Francisco Giants 2012 Spring Training. Scottsdale, AZ.
The GFA Softball and Baseball team joined a handful of other Dragons athletic programs, taking part in spring training over the second half of our two-week break.
The outfield wall and the scoreboard at Billy Parker Field, the spring training home of the Kansas City Royals and Texas Rangers.
Team Puerto Rico plays Minnesota Twins at Hammond Stadium (Fort Myers, Florida) in an exhibition game to promote the World Baseball Classic. Some of the other match-ups were Dominican Republic vs. NY Yankees, Mexico vs. Chicago White Sox, and USA vs. LA Dodgers.
Definitely not your typical melancholy spring training game. Very loud cheers in the stands from Team Puerto Rico fans and the band even came out to beat the rhythms of the island. There seemed to be a sentiment from the twins that a win will be hard earned. And, that it was. Outfielder Angel Pagan, who's day job is with San Francisco Giants, led the offense going 2-3 with an RBI.
I was also perplexed to see Ricky Bones (MLB player 1991-2001) as pitching coach for Puerto Rico. You see, I had previously seen him participating in January at the Joe DiMaggio Legends Game and in February as a coach for the NY Mets when they played University of Michigan. Now its March and he is here, busy schedule.
After this, Team Puerto Rico would head for San Juan to begin the 2013 World Baseball Classic for the first round in pool C at Hiram Bithorn Stadium.
Puerto Rico beats Minnesota Twins 8-7 on Wednesday March 06, 2013.
The GFA Softball and Baseball team joined a handful of other Dragons athletic programs, taking part in spring training over the second half of our two-week break.
Spring Training March 17, 2019. Toronto Blue Jays 9 - Minnesota Twins 8. Dunedin Stadium, Dunedin, FL
As part of a recent trend of opener spring training games, The New York Mets host and exhibition game with the University of Michigan Wolverines. That's an awesome spring break trip. Not all these kids will make it to MLB. But, this game is a memory they will keep forever. I'm glad I was here to witness it.
Historically, 78 University of Michigan baseball players made it to MLB. Derek Jeter was offered a scholarship to play there and even took classes. But, for $800,000 he was drafted to the NY Yankees and you probably know the rest.
The most notable one for me is Jim Abott who was born without a right hand. He went on to be a gold medal Olympian in 1988 and to play for 10 in the Major League level. One day in 1993, he even threw a no hitter. I remember watching him at the Old Comiskey Park where he caught a line drive back at him, hit by Carlton Fisk.
A couple of other things I noticed were two female umpires. Both in the shadows of Bernice Gera(graduate of Florida Baseball School and first female minor league Umpire in 1972) She would pass away in 1992, a pioneer in baseball. Wally Backman of the 1986 World Champions Team was coaching third, on track to remake his coaching career. Good luck to him.
NY Mets beat University of Michigan Wolverines 5-2 on Sunday February 24, 2013.
The Montreal Expos (French: Les Expos de Montréal) were a Major League Baseball team located in Montreal, Quebec, Canada from 1969 until 2004. After the 2004 season, the franchise was relocated by Major League Baseball, its owners since 2002, to Washington, D.C. and became the Washington Nationals. The Nationals retained all the Expos' records, player contracts, and minor league affiliates, as well as their spring training complex in Viera, Florida.
Melky Cabrera, our new left fielder and AJ Pierzynski who once caught for the Giants but now is a white sox catcher.