Play Ball!

For me, the 2008 baseball season couldn't get here fast enough. I'm traveling this week to Jupiter, FL this week for work. As luck would have it the St. Louis Cardinals hold their spring training in Jupiter at Roger Dean Stadium. I love baseball and anyone that really knows me knows that I get to the stadium early enough to see batting practice (bp) and infield.

So, since this is my first spring training game i have no idea what time the stadium opens and what time bp and infield are. To make sure i didn't miss anything, I arrived at the stadium at 9:00 a.m. I arrived so early that the parking lot attendant wasn't even there yet so free parking for me!! I finally found out that the stadium didn't open till 11:00. What in the world was i going to do for 2 hours? I walked around the stadium and ran into the practice fields. I got to see all the players in the Cardinals farm system practice.

One of, if not the best catcher in the MLB - Yadier Molina

Albert (nothing else needs to be said)

This made me laugh so i had to take a picture. The lady on the phone owns her own business and is apparently in the process via the phone writing up one of her employees for telling one of their loyal customers that he smelled, needed to take a bath and change clothes as well as brush his teeth. At the end of her phone conversation she tells her husband who also owns the business that she is going to fire the employee on Monday. Apparently the employee wanted her tickets to today's game and she wouldn't give them to him. I guess he thought insulting the customer would get back at the owner. What an idiot.

Albert

The game was sold out and my seat was awesome (5th row)! Even though the Cardinals lost, it was great to finally hear the crack of the bat, smell the hotdogs and popcorn, and the sound of the ball hitting the glove. It's been a long cold winter and baseball is finally here! Play Ball!!