spring training

Capitano wasn't the only one on the road last weekend.  On my own dollar, I ditched plans to stop in Orlando for the Braves/Cardinals games in favor of being a part of history. 

My travels took me down to Vero Beach and Dodgertown. The Dodgers have called the sleepy little beach community their spring home since 1948, back when they were the Brooklyn Dodgers. That will all come to an end next weekend as the Dodgers play their final spring training games at Holman Field.I don't follow the Dodgers, or the Houston Astros, who the LA visitors played Saturday, but I enjoy baseball history.

It's time to put Clay County in the rearview for a little while and visit some old friends.
I, like a lot of fans, may have been estranged from our national past time for a little while, but I can't stay mad when spring training is so close. It's a different atmosphere during the lazy days of spring.

It's just like going to Cooperstown. If you are a fan of baseball, then you have to take a trip to a spring training game. I'm not going to travel any great distance. Just a short jaunt down to Orlando to see the Braves play the Cardinals.