A View From The Ground

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 A View From The Ground
I was lucky enough to spend this past weekend in glorious Winter Haven, Florida getting a first hand look at the Golden Horde that is the 2008 Cleveland Indians. It was, to say the least, a lot of fun. The weather was mostly good, with temperatures in the 70s; there was an unpleasant wind on Saturday but it was endured. I'll try to hit some highlights below: Day 1: I arrive at Orlando ... [link]

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Lazy Sunday with Bill Shakespeare
Published 3/16/2008 by Paul Cousineau at The DiaTribe
... Finally, here’s an absolutely hilarious first-person view of what a trip to Winter Haven by some hard-living folks in their 20’s (I assume), which comes from the LGT’s resident improvisational actor, afh4. The impossible-to-erase image of Tribe bullpen coach Luis Isaac bellying up to a hotel bar in Winter Haven wearing a Kangol hat has me already making plans to linger around the Tribe bullpen this summer sporting my (as yet unpurchased) Kangol hat, trying to catch Luis' eye. ...

The Scorecard: Lenny Dykstra is back!
Published 3/17/2008 at Big League Stew
... [Bugs & Cranks] A quick rundown of the baseball blogosphere after the jump ... • The New York media is already clearing a spot for C.C. Sabathia in the Yankees' clubhouse [Plain Dealer] • The biggest roadblock to Andre Ethier claiming a starting job in Los Angeles? Juan Pierre's contract. [Sons of Steve Garvey] •  A first-hand account of a twenty-something's time in Winter Haven. [Let's Go Tribe] • If you thought getting Miguel Cabrera and Dontrelle ...

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