Mariners Pitchers and Catchers reported to camp yesterday and Spring Training is just around the way. Most teams report back next week and there’s much to be excited about. To borrow from David O’brien at the Atlanta Journal Constitution, who writes the best Braves blog out there:
“The one thing that’s notably different about baseball spring training and other pro sports. Unlike an NFL or NBA training camp, most baseball players want to be there and don’t mind saying so. Baseball teams, with 6-7 weeks to train together in the February and March sunshine of Florida or Arizona, don’t generally work at a frenetic pace. The crack of the bat and the comforting sound of the ball hitting leather, nearly constant during a spring training day. The dew on the perfectly manicured ball fields. The aroma of coffee colliding at 8 a.m. (or earlier) with the smells of pine tar, chewing tobacco and an occasional cigar. Later, the smell of brats and BBQ from grills beneath the sta...
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PLAYERS:
Chipper Jones,
Hank Aaron,
Yogi Berra,
Miguel Cabrera,
Aubrey Huff,
Carl Crawford,
John Kruk
TEAMS: Atlanta Braves, Detroit Tigers, San Francisco Giants, Boston Red Sox
TEAMS: Atlanta Braves, Detroit Tigers, San Francisco Giants, Boston Red Sox
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