We spent the March 6-13 in Arizona visiting our middle grand daughter, taking in some Spring Training Baseball, and seeing the sights. It was an awesome week. During our stay, the temperature never got above 85, but as soon as we left the thermometer rose into triple digits.

Our grand daughter works for the Athletics major league baseball team, so we got tickets to a couple of the games. We spent one day at the training facility just walking around, watching players and coaches interact, and shooting some photos. Spring Training is such a relaxed atmosphere for the visitor, but I know the players are under pressure to preform and make a team, major league or minor league class A, AA, or AAA. Some are hoping to preform well enough to go to the majors, even if it means they get traded and wind up in a different location. It’s a lot of pressure for some 18-24 year olds to bear, especially those who are away from home for the first time and home is the Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico, or Venezuela.

Monday’s Music Moves Me

I can’t think of a more appropriate song for this post. In many minor league parks, it has actually replaced “Take Me Out to The Ballgame” for the seventh inning stretch. Have a blessed week.

PLAY BALL!!!