Perhaps one of the greatest meals anyone has ever eaten is a dog and a beer at the ball park. That meal's place in the pantheon of good eats does not have to worry about any competition from the "soft" pretzels at Fitch Field.
While Arizona isn't as warm as advertised, it's also not raining as reported in this very blog earlier today.
Speaking of this blog, I'm a bit disappointed that no one recognized Jdot as "that cool Cubs blogger guy." I am confident, however, that I'm not as disappointed as Jdot, himself, was.
When the Cubs were having their first catch of the spring to warm up yesterday, only one player dropped a ball. It was Bobby Scales. He dropped two. Oops.
Yesterday morning I thought spring training baseball appeared to be a completely untapped opportunity for groupies. By night I had realized that they must all be busy with their jobs at Tilted Kilt.
The best and worst things I saw at spring training are below.
The best: A father passing on his love for baseball--and presumably the Cubs--is made cooler for me by the fact that this dad wanted to memorialize it with a picture, while his daughter just wanted to watch the players having a catch.
The worst: Sometime in the last decade or decade-and-a-half, a guy getting an autograph switched from a father, grandfather, or uncle getting a signed ball for his son/grandson/nephew to a guy getting ready to set up a new eBay auction. Martin already pointed this out, but when we were growing up it always seemed like the best job in the world was working at a card shop. You'd be surrounded by autographs, memorabilia, and baseball day-in and day-out. Turns out, though, when you get older and look a little closer at the dude above, he basically just looks like this guy (nice job Matt Groening, you hit the nail on the head):
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Great observations. I am a bit bummed that Scales got singled out for the folly tho. I expect to see him win a job (not as a starter tho) out of Spring Training. Thanks for keeping us updated.
ReplyDeleteIt's supposed to start warming up tomorrow. Might hit the 80s during the day.
ReplyDeleteHonestly, Scales could have been the best player out there for all I know. I love baseball, but unlike Jdot and Martin I don't know a lot of the nuances of the sport.
ReplyDeleteAt the same time, if he's dropping balls during catch, it does make me feel better about my own skills since I've been known to drop a few...of course that's in co-ed C league softball, so I'm not holding my breath for an invite to next year's camp.
Wait, I don't want to close any doors here with that last comment. So--in case Jim Hendry is reading this--I could be a good pinch runner, you know, if you're looking to sign someone at the league minimum or whatever.
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