Opening Day: Play Ball!

Today was the day so many people were waiting for, for a loooong time…Opening Day! And the Mets win! Not too shabby for day one!
A lot of people were pretty excited for this day. I have to say it was pretty anti-climactic for me mostly because I just spent [...]

Complete: Second Supersized Spring Training Tour of the Grapefruit League v.2008!

I have returned from a 1200+ mile road trip (no, that is not a typo…yes it was an over 1200 mile road trip) watching 9 games over 6 days all over the great state of Florida.  The breakdown of all the cities visited is as follows:  West Palm Beach (airport), Vero Beach (no games, but [...]

Spring Training Review: Progress Energy Park

The nightcap of the Friday doubleheader was at Progress Energy Park in St. Petersburg, spring training home of the Tampa Bay Devil Rays.
This was the last year that the Rays were out here at Progress Energy. It’s an okay stadium. Aesthetically it is one big concrete block. The enjoyable part is that [...]

Spring Training Review: Brighthouse Networks Field

Stop #6 – Brighthouse Networks Field in Clearwater, spring training home of the Phillies.
Okay, so what I am about to say is totally sacrilegious, but if I discount Tradition Field in the best of the best spring training stadiums just because of the immense bias I have towards that location, I do have to say [...]

Spring Training Review: Osceola County Stadium

If I want to get reviews done of all the stadiums I went to last year before I go *this* year, I’d better get a move-on!
Today’s review is on the topic of Osceola County Stadium, spring training home of the Houston Astros.
This game was the nightcap of our day (earlier we had been [...]