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2015 MLB
Derek Norris formerly of the Oakland A’s
In one month and one day (4/5/15) the 2015 regular season for Major League Baseball will begin. I’m not as excited as I was last year. I really loved the A’s team for the first half of 2014, before Billy Beane got greedy and thought trading away the future and favorites like Yoenis Céspedes would make the A’s better for the stretch run of 2014. It didn’t; in fact it made the team much worse. Then, in the off season, he got rid of much of what was left so we no longer have Norris, Brandon Moss, or Josh Donaldson. Hopefully 2015 isn’t a complete disaster for my A’s.
Pitchers and catchers report
Justin Morneau of the Colorado Rockies high fives Carlos Gonzalez after scoring on 8/6/14
@JustinMorneau @Rockies @MLB
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.
Softball season begins
@OregonSB @CourtneyCeo22 @USSSAPride
The Ducks are looking for their third consecutive Pac-12 championship this season. They opened their season this past weekend in Arizona with a 6-0 record. Oregon won’t have Courtney Ceo this season as she has moved on to the professional USSSA Florida Pride team.
My Raiders are scheduled to play today in Ashland after going 4-0 on their road trip last week in California.
Strange looking Reds game
Brad Eldred of the Hiroshima Carp
@CARP__Hiroshima
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.