Tag Archives: baseball

Grab your balls!

With a snowstorm quickly approaching Colorado, I packed a bag (ok, four bags) and hopped in a rental headed south towards the sunshine with my little pup by my side. My destination was the year-old MLB Spring Training facility, Salt River Fields at Talking Stick in Scottsdale, AZ. This 2011 MLB "Ballpark of the Year" (according to Ballpark Digest) is the first to be built on Native American Land and the first to win a LEED Gold Certificate -- color me impressed. I had two goals –- to get my jersey signed by Colorado's star outfielder “CarGo,” and a baseball signed by “Tulo” (as ... [Read More]

Disneyfication

  March means a lot to sports fans in America. For many it’s the madness of the NCAA tournament as their favorite college basketball teams battle for glory. For others it’s the beginning of the NFL free agent signing period. To those of us devoted to America’s pastime, it means baseball is back. Our long winter of discontent is finally over! In the timeless classic Field of Dreams (at least classic to those of us who understand that “can of corn” really is a sports term, “chin music” is not a calming lullaby and a steal shouldn’t always warrant an arrest), James Earl Jones’ character said America has ... [Read More]