Errors will KILL you!

Eventful day in St. Pete.

The Jays won 7-4 today at Al Lang Field. Victor Zambrano got the win and Ryan Houston ended the drama by getting Evan Longoria (no lie) to ground into a 6-4-3 double play with the bases loaded in the 9th. The Toronto attack was powered, ironically, by 6 Tampa Bay errors leading to 4 unearned runs.



Curtis Thigpen provided some explosive insurance in the 9th inning with a homerun off of Tony Peguero and John-Ford Griffin had an RBI double to lead Syracuse, er...uh Toronto. During the late innings, the Devil Rays showed their true opinion of the game by allowing the backups to get loose in the outfield DURING the game!



After the game we went to "The Pier" where we ate some excellent Jamaican Jerk Burgers and Chicken. We bought some Florida produced Strawberry Riesling and Tia got to feed a pack of hungry Pelicans!



Tomorrow we catch the Jays/Phillies B-Game in Clearwater and then go to Dunedin where we will finally see the Toronto regulars against the Pirates. Now it's off to Congo River for some crazy putting action. Will need pants though. It hasn't been very warm here since about 3PM.

-Bob

We made it! And its raining...

Travel has not gone well so far.

Both of our flights were delayed, though this did allow us to score some good Chinese Food at JFK Airport in New York City.

Another airport, another interesting train system

The Tampa airport is kind of shaped like a spider as this Google Map Satellite Image shows.

To get to each of the 'Airsides' as they are called, you take a small APM which is described in greater detail at Wikipedia. Here's me about to get on.




It's Peanut Butter Jelly Time!111!!

Well we are about to go to Clearwater Beach and the Palm Pavilion Inn for dinner and drinks on the Gulfo. Will check in again tomorrow with a writeup of our time in St. Petersburg.

-Bob

Gearing up for Florida!

So we decided it was time to take another trip. The general lull in the sports landscape this time of year made baseball spring training an attractive choice. It sure will be nice to get away for a few days from this:

The plan is to catch March baseball action in St. Petersburg, Clearwater, and Dunedin. On Sunday, we'll head down to St. Pete to Al Lang Field to see the Rays and Jays play.

Monday morning, we'll go to BrightHouse Networks Field and the Carpenter Complex to watch the Phillies train less than a mile from our hotel!

After that, we'll head to Knology Park, home of the Dunedin Blue Jays for an Exhibition Game between the Toronto Blue Jays and the Pittsburgh Pirates.

Hopefully all goes well. The forecast as of Wednesday is 63 and 67 but sunny for those two days. I wonder if that's 'unseasonably cool?'