Spring Training recap and Pictures....Baseball is Back!! Good Times!!!

It has taken me a while to figure out what to post about our ST trip so here goes....Sorry everyone with a slow download... but there are some pictures attached to all of my rambling....

Well, well, well... we have just come back from ST in Arizona... what a fun few days it was... I am totally excited that baseball is back, now I am waiting for April 3rd with baited breath... and of course, camera in hand...
Flying in Thursday night was fairly uneventful, catching dinner and drinks in Tempe, was all we could muster after a long day... The Tavern is my new favorite bar, the drinks were made very well and incredibly inexpensive, not to mention the security guy that carded me and totally adorable bartender, I know carding me was just to be nice, but it made this old girls night....

Friday morning couldn't come fast enough, we headed to the park, and it was beautiful weather... St. Patrick's Day celebrating was in full swing by 10:30... Mark the beer guy at the stadium was in all his garb...and the boys were clowning around during warm-ups...Baseball is Back!!!  Good Times!! The A's played a good game but came up short in the 10th... Friday night proved to be just as exciting; who would have thought that a bar named McDuffy's would be so much fun on St. Patty's day... hmmmm.  We rode the shuttle from the hotel to McDuffy's with a man we now call "Angry Cubs Guy" who was fairly amusing with his ranting and raving about being "stuck in the desert"... why come to ST just to be miserable?...maybe being angry is a prerequisite for cubs fans??? Who knows?

Saturday was beautiful and sunny with just enough breeze to keep you comfortable, if not a bit chilly... Early entry day was very nice... chatting with Ray Fosse proved to be just as fun as I imagined, he has a really sweet personality and is quick witted... the players were in rare form for warm up, joking and laughing, letting their personalities show... Baseball is Back!!  Good Times!!!  Blanton started off well, except for a few bad calls from the umpire, which really seemed to irk him to no end. When he left the mound I believe he said something like "Do you even know what a strike zone is?" the umpires rebuttal was something like "Do you"... hmmmm not very nice in my opinion...The game was going well until the 7th when we had a bit of a meltdown; which led to a 9th inning rally but unfortunately we couldn't pull it out... final score 7-17...

Sunday was wet and cold... the tarp was on the field, the boys hiding in the dugout, we didn't know if there was even going to be a game.... But low and behold the field crew marched out and removed the tarp... Baseball is Back!!  Good Times!!!  The game was very exciting the Cubs were playing well, but our boys were better.... I even got a chance to heckle "Angry Cubs Guy" that I must say was very amusing...  There was one highlight of the game for me... The umpire made a really bad call at 2nd and the old man behind me yelled "Disappointed!" it was one of the funniest things I have heard in awhile... it is now going to be my answer for a particularly bad call... that and "Seriously?!?" which I have picked up from Grey's anatomy... The A's pulled it off an won 8-4... it was so good to hear Cool and the Gang...
Baseball is Back!!  Good Times!!!  

Saarloos fielding grounders






Chavvy breaking for a ball




OOPS!!

Hmmm I am kinda hot aren't I...

Dance Puppet Dance!!

it wouldn't be the same without one of these..

Saarloos..what a guy

I hate it when that happens...

Huston saving the day..

the boys..


Wasn't me!!!

Ellis's home run...

thats all for now.... I have plenty more, I will save them for later... thanks for letting me ramble and ramble...
It was really great to meet a few fellow ANers...thanks for the laughs... Enjoy...