Yesterday I decided to take some time exploring the backfields of Camelback Ranch.  While it isn’t as quaint as Vero Beach, it really is a nice place to wander, and over time could manage to garner some of the same mystique.  The backfields aren’t nearly as accessible, and the team for some reason has chosen [...]

Yesterday, I was out at Surprise Stadium, to see the Rangers host the Rockies.  On the east coast, I saw the Astros way too much, out here, apparently I’m cursed with the Rockies.  It will be a hard year to be a Rockies fan, I expect. The Rangers though look quite good. Surprisingly good, one [...]

From Bill Madden’s column last week:

Cincinnati Reds rookie Chris Dickerson is making a strong bid for an outfield job and if he wins one, the operative color around the Reds clubhouse will be green. It seems Dickerson is a fanatic about cleaning up the universe and is part of a group seeking to get non-plastic [...]

As I pulled up to the park in Goodyear, I was struck by two things.  The first was how shockingly empty the parking lot was.  The second was how architectural the ballpark looked.  It honestly looked like a Frank Lloyd Wright building, in the middle of the desert.  Its flat lines echoed the desert landscape.
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Despite the amazing prize from Sportnecks.com, I have to declare that there is no winner for last weeks prize.  Though Charlotte knew that Willie Stargelll was the only player to play for the Pittsburgh Pirates World Series teams of 1971 and 1979, she did not return to give me her email address or other contact [...]