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Back from trip to Spring Training. Went to three games and a couple morning practice sessions. Pretty cool experience, if you're into that sort of thing. The games of course lack the drama or intensity of a real game, but you get to see a lot of stuff up close.
The morning practice sessions are also interesting. Some of their drills are the same as we did in Little League. And it's pretty cool seeing how seemingly effortlessly how great most of these guys are (compared to normal humans). Gordon put on a pretty good show one day. After throwing several strikes in a row to the plate from the deep outfield, during his BP, he was just a machine. Line drive to left, liner to LC, liner to center, liner to RC, liner to right, HR to left, HR to center, HR to right. Machine. Salvy just flicks HRs out to LF seemingly at will.
Also interesting to see how some guys interact with fans. Alex I think makes it a point not to even make eye contact with fans. But if you wanted an autograph from Ned, you got one. He'd spend 45 minutes before the game going down the rail signing every autograph, taking every picture.
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