Wednesday, February 27, 2013

Spring Training Pregame Day 1


So we got home in one piece and I was able to download the pictures from three different cameras (mine, mama Cora, and Mrs Cora).  Overall we have about 2000 pictures from the three days of baseball goodness.  As I am trying to go through them all, I'll post some of them today and throughout Spring Training.  But to get us started, from Day 1 pregame...

Yeah Arizona!

At 9 am when gates open.  Only ones tailgating (game is at 1 pm).
Map of the facility.  Dodgers on the right side, Sox on the left.

More pictures after the jump...(if this jump thing works...)



So many choices...

Lovely stream separating the Dodgers and White Sox

I wasn't allowed over to the Minor League fields on this day

Stream to a lake

More of the lake

Dont most bats fly?
Josh Beckett
 
Josh Beckett

Thunder Thighs Chad Billingsley
Chad Billingsley

Skinny Swag Dee Gordon
Dee Gordon
Gregory Infante and Ronald Belisario
Zack Greinke and Javy Guerra

Fear the Beard Matt Guerrier

Shawn Tolleson and Josh Wall

Ramon Castro

Adrian Gonzalez - the goatee is back

Matt Magill and Kelvin De La Cruz

AJ Ellis and Luis Cruuuuuz

I see you too Hanley Ramirez

Matt Kemp running by quickly

Chris Capuano is all smiles

JP Howell has a crazy beard

Captain K Clayton Kershaw
Clayton Kershaw

The Owners - Walter and Katsen
Team Italy was practicing there as well

Getting those drills in

Chad's backside

Bo Jackson, I mean, Yasiel Puig and Alex Castellanos

The beard is BACK!  Matt Guerrier

Chad looking up

Cute interaction with Matt Wallach and a young fan.  Matt signed the ball, dropped the ball, picked it up and instead of just giving it back to her, proceeded to dust it off on his uniform.  Very cool.


Ecstatic young fans with Matt Wallach.  The boy said "Thank you Mr. Dodger!"  How can you not stop and sign for that kid.

Charley Steiner is going to back to the fence! It is high! It is DEEP!  It could be...!!! Oh wait, he's just giving someone an autograph.

An autograph from Stan Katsen does not make that ball worth a billion dollars, does it?

White Sox practicing.  There were almost no Sox fans around.

White Sox players coming out of the tunnel.

If you are a White Sox fan and want to interact with the players, you might want to consider coming down to Camelback Ranch.  There were only a couple of fans there.
So that is it for Pregame Day one.  I will put more up when I get a chance to go through more pictures!



















5 comments:

Orel said...

"Charley Steiner is going to back to the fence! It is high! It is DEEP! It could be...!!! Oh wait, he's just giving someone an autograph."

Ha ha, bravo!

Steve Sax said...

I second Orel's motion. Your caption on Charley Steiner's picture is frickin' priceless.

Well done AC

Orel said...

Cubs 4, Dodgers 1 after one inning.

Orel said...

Tie game!

Orel said...

Dodgers lead!