It is the second week of March and I am off to Tampa, Fla. for some much-needed warm weather and plenty of baseball, a trip I look forward to every year.
Here are some of my observations from a few days roaming around Spring Training in the Bay area.
The first stop is in Bradenton to watch the Pittsburgh Pirates host the Atlanta Braves. The buses with the visiting team arrive almost an hour late. The flu bug has been going thru the Braves camp in North Port, so today’s lineup is a little short with regular starters.
Catcher Sean Murphy and outfielder Jared Kelenic are the only everyday players to make the trip up I-75. The rest of the lineup is loaded with mostly veteran players fighting to win a bench job. A lot of guys with high numbers, and even some with no names on their jerseys, are on hand this day. The Braves have
