Here we are in Florida - we FINALLY made it to Spring Training and we're having a Blast. We are staying with our friends Karen, Steven and Anya and on our first day,
they loaned us their car so we could drive to Jupiter FL (about 2 hours from their house) to the Cardinals training facility to see a game. In anticipation of the World Baseball Classic next weekend, the Cardinals played the All-Star Dominican Republic team. Against the odds, the Cardinals Won! Whoo Hoo! And it was a great game. We are loving how close we are to the action - minor league intimacy with major league players.
One of the great things about this game is that at the top of the game, they started with the Dominican National Anthem and then the US National Anthem (not sure who the singer was, but I'm guessing it was an Elvis impersonator... at least I hope so!) Then throughout the game, all of the announcements were bilingual! They had a guest announcer from one of the Spanish radio stations and all of the announcements were done in both English and Spanish.Pete said he was not prepared for how hard it would be to score a Spring Training game with all of the changes/substitutions to allow many players to get a chance at bat, but he was able to keep up. We met some very nice people who were sitting next to us and had been coming to Spring Training for 25 years. Where are they from? High Ridge Missouri where Pete's parent's live!! Small baseball world! It's just such a thrill to be watching baseball this early. And the weather is great!
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