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Gameday: Braves @ Astros, 3/14 Kissimmee Florida


First an apology... I got to the game today with my spiffy digital camera only to find out I didn't charge the battery. Fail.  So these pics were taken on an iPhone which kind of explains the low quality, and lack of action shots.  But you can get a decent flavor of what a lovely day at the park it was.

It was an absolutely gorgeous day for baseball, and the Osceola Stadium in Kissimmee is one of my favorite places to catch a game in the Grapefruit League.  Awesome food, good seats, the works. 

I recapped some of my thoughts on a fun game here in the comments section.
 
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Today's lineup.  We got a pretty good lineup for a split squad, I am guessing Bobby wasn't gonna make the Vets take the long bus ride to Dunedin when Kissimmee is 10 minutes.  Obviously I would have loved to see J-Hey, but I will be going to 4-5 more games before they break camp.

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They do it right in Kissimmee when it comes to food, son.  Way better then the Disney garbage.  I had one of these (with a liberal dose of hot sauce), and it was as delicious as the name is awesome.

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I saw a ton of Francouer jerseys today.  I am just going to put this out there now:  You folks rocking the Frenchy jerseys need to pony up for a new player.  I understand we all loved him (for a while) , but this just doesn't fly right now.

 

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I had pretty good seats right on the field, so I got the chance to briefly chat up some of the players and coaches.  TP did more autographs then anyone. Awesome dude.

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 B-Mac love da kids

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Chipper warms up.  In the presence of greatness.

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The dude in the blue hat is Zach Greinke's dad.  Greinke played his HS ball here in Central Florida (Apopka), and is a bit of a local legend.  He knew alot of the Braves pitching coaches and some of the players.

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Stupid no zoom on iPhones.  Like Gondee, the collection of high jersey numbers gave me a quick laugh.

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Chipper on first.  This was about the point where I got frustrated of the iPhone's crappy camera quality and refocused my energies on drinking beer, so thus ends this album.  I'm going to a couple more, most notably Braves- Philles next wednesday, so I will charge the camera and try to give you folks something better.

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The pictures are way better than I expected. Thanks for sharing.

by bighop on Mar 14, 2010 9:18 PM EDT reply actions  

Haha I think i’m going to the game Wednesday too, so I guess we have the same game schedule.

by mj10catchit10 on Mar 14, 2010 10:13 PM EDT reply actions  

I have a couple more notes I didn't post in Gondee's game thread

1) When Bobby did the walk from the outfield to the dug out, even the Astros fans were going nuts. Absolutely EVERYBODY loves Bobby. In my opinion, it is positively un-american to not like Bobby.

2) Michael Bourn put the freaking smack down in the outfield today. On a day filled with errors and defensive sluggishness from the Braves, he was money out there. I had no idea he had that kind of range. He robbed someone, I forget who, of a sure double off the wall by getting back like 40 feet on a spring and snowconing a catch. Impressive stuff.

3) High socks. We need more. I can’t stress this enough.

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by Sid Bream's Moustache on Mar 14, 2010 10:42 PM EDT reply actions  

One or two more:

1) Eric Hinske is slow as dirt. Terrance Cody would smoke this dude in the 40. Seems like hes got a good bat, but from what I saw on the basepath I can’t believe he plays outfield sometimes.

2) I think Nate Mcclouth is playing hurt. On his first at bat he tried to leg out a bunt. I was sitting 20 feet from first base, and he had a clear grimace of pain the whole way from the bag to the dugout, and he was limping slightly. Maybe that is why he is having a terrible spring?

3) One of my favorite things about spring training games is when the veterans bust out in like the 5th inning and just leave. I wish I had a job that allowed me to dip out halfway through and let rookies do the rest of the work.

4) Just so we are clear, I am upwardly revising my McCann predictions to .306 AVg, 31 HR, .889 OPS
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by Sid Bream's Moustache on Mar 14, 2010 10:48 PM EDT up reply actions  

Also, Hinske is freaking short. I thought he was a big guy because he’s kind of fat, but he walked by me today and he can’t be more than 5’10".

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by cbwilk on Mar 15, 2010 12:40 AM EDT up reply actions  

haha

I saw him listed the other day as 6’2"…I understand they exaggerate on those things, but 4 inches?

The third-base umpire ran into the outfield and retrieved the biggest chunk. "It's a f***in' potato."

by alligatorimpersonator on Mar 15, 2010 2:15 PM EDT up reply actions  

Not even close! Wow. I’m 6’2" and he walked by me on even footing and I was dwarfing him.

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by cbwilk on Mar 15, 2010 3:05 PM EDT up reply actions  

Thanks, love the extra shots of the ballpark experience! Forgetting to charge the battery: been there done it too; big of you to admit it and go ahead and work with what you had. But I agree, the iphotos came out pretty good. Thanks!

by Lizziebeth on Mar 15, 2010 1:26 PM EDT reply actions  

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