walkoffwalk.com - 4/1/2009
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Note: Part of the reason I've been in Florida for Spring Training was to write a magazine feature on players acting like maniacs during camp. There were lots of old stories from the 70s and 80s but leads were few and far between for current guys. The angle of the piece ended up changing and as ...
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The Hard-Partying Days of Spring Training Are Sadly Over
The700Level.com - Philly Sports & Minutiae —
... Sure, spring training down in Florida is a great time for pilgrim fans, and we don't hear any players complaining about spending February til April in a nice warm climate. But as guys like Bill Conlin can tell you, it ain't like the old days. Kris "CTC" Liakos of Walkoff Walk is down in Florida, taking in some games and chronicling some of the interesting details of life at the Grapefruit League. His post on how and why the party scene has died for MLB players over the past few decades is definitely worth a read this afternoon. ...
At Least One Organization Can Claim They’ve Been Helped By Karim Garcia
Can't Stop The Bleeding —
... Trouble is, said firm isn’t a Major League Baseball franchise. Walkoff Walk’s Kris Liakos attended Spring Training in Florida last month, hellbent on exploring “the working vacation where ballplayers walked a razor’s edge between getting in shape and getting bent.” Alas, times have changed. ...
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Spring Training For Major League Baseball Players
majorleagueblogging.com 4/4/2009 —
There is some intense training that occurs throughout the life of a baseball player. Some of that training begins when they are very young and is not considered as a guarantee that anyone would be training for Major League Baseball play. At this point in life, they are simply learning how ...
The Grapefruit League…
spartyandfriends.com 4/3/2009 —
Florida is losing another one.
The Reds have called Florida home every spring since 1946. But next year, they’ll be in Arizona. Over 1500 miles away from Cincinnati, and a heck of a long way from the Sunshine State.
Floridians have always been proud of Spring Training. You see, ...
The Hard-Partying Days of Spring Training Are Sadly Over
the700level.com 4/1/2009 — Sure, spring training down in Florida is a great time for pilgrim fans, and we don't hear any players complaining about spending February til April in a nice warm climate. But as guys like Bill Conlin can tell you, it ain't like the old days. Kris "CTC" Liakos of Walkoff Walk is down in ...
Good Bye Florida, Hello Miami...
miamisportsgeneration.com 3/26/2009 — Yea, that's right. Say goodbye to the Florida Marlins and welcome the Miami Marlins of 2012. After 16 years of being named after the state, the Marlins must pay their respect to the city that "bailed them out" of their stadium crisis - The City of Miami and Miami-Dade County. Had it not been ...
At Least One Organization Can Claim They’ve Been Helped By Karim Garcia
cantstopthebleeding.com 4/2/2009 —
(recent Lotte Busan Giants signing Karim Garcia , sending his best wishes to all of his fans back in the United States)
Trouble is, said firm isn’t a Major League Baseball franchise. Walkoff Walk ’s Kris Liakos attended Spring Training in Florida last month, hellbent on ...
Spring Training Game 32: All Around Great Game
213milesfromshea.metsblog.com 4/1/2009 — When looking at the box for tonight's game, I cannot put anyone in the bad category, everyone did well. Tonight played like a real game, with the exception of Maine going 5.2 innings, but then the pen was used like how it would in a real game. It seems like I focus a lot on starting pitching, so ...
The Marlins Finally Secure a New Stadium
jorgesaysno.blogspot.com 3/24/2009 — Get ready, Miami. The Marlins are coming. Or at least they will be. 2012! ESPN.com: " The Florida Marlins will soon have a home of their own. The team on Monday cleared the last political hurdle in its decade-long quest to get its own ballpark in Miami when the Miami-Dade County ...
Spring Training Game 30: I can't Believe I Have Written 30 of These
213milesfromshea.metsblog.com 3/29/2009 — The Mets played Spring Training Game 30 today (number includes exhibition games) and I am so ready for the regular season to start, especially after games like today. Pelfrey was supposed to start today, he got an out in before the rain started, so the Mets are not going to put him back in after ...
Freddy Garcia Isn't Giving Up
mlb.fanhouse.com 3/25/2009 — by Ed Price The Mets essentially named Livan Hernandez their No. 5 starter Tuesday. Hernandez beat out Tim Redding (injured), Jonathon Niese (deemed not ready) and Freddy Garcia , who accepted a minor league assignment. Garcia is expected to stay ...
The Spring Training Scam
hardballtimes.com 3/30/2009 — Every year, lawmakers, chambers of commerce and municipalities in Florida and Arizona go on about just how much of an economic impact spring training has on local economies. On the basis of that impact, they argue for the use of public dollars to construct or improve spring training facilities, ...
