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Justin Morneau of the Colorado Rockies high fives Carlos Gonzalez after scoring on 8/6/14
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My random, desktop image of the day reminded me that today is the day MLB pitchers and catchers reported to spring training. My favorite time of the year begins now.
Brad Eldred of the Hiroshima Carp
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At first glance this may look like a Cincinnati Reds game. A white, right-glove guy on first in a Reds uniform conjures up visions of Sean Casey, right? But the crowd gives this one away. This game was in Hiroshima, not Cincinnati.
Eldred had a mediocre first couple of seasons in Nippon Professional Baseball (.250 average and never more than 13 home runs in a season), but last year (2014) he emerged as a star. He hit .260 with 37 home runs and 104 RBIs in just 118 games. A mostly career minor leaguer, Eldred played a bit for the Pirates, Rockies, and Tigers in MLB between 2005 and 2012 before resurrecting his career in Japan last year at the age of 34.
Players in MLB will be trickling into their spring training camps over the next week or two. Preseason has already begun in Japan and preseason games will begin in less than two weeks.
Anthony Rizzo of the Chicago Cubs @ Coors Field in 2014
… can they?
“We’re going to play and we’re going to win the NL Central, you can quote me on that… [winning the World Series] will be fun. Once we do, we’re going to figure out how we’re going to do it again. That’s a long ways away. That’s nine or 10 months away… I know in ‘Back to the Future’ we win it in 2015, which is kind of crazy, to say the least. We’ll do our best to make sure that happens.” — Anthony Rizzo
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Michael Bourn catches Curtis Granderson’s 385-foot drive at Yankee Stadium
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This wasn’t the only near miss. Bourn caught a home run during this same game.
Curtis Granderson home run? backswing
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Today’s photo is part two of three. Part one can be found here. I’ll give you hint, on this day (6/20/12), the game between the New York Yankees and the Atlanta Braves tied the record for most homers in a game at (any) Yankee Stadium with nine.