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Don't wear sandals, try to avoid scandals
Forget about pitchers and catchers reporting. Everybody’s here. Well, OK, not everybody, exactly. I did see a few unoccupied lockers (I won’t name names here, becuase you never know who’s going to roll...
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"I was in there for two minutes… touch this, feel that, 75 bucks"
Let's get physical(s). A few players just headed out to the ballpark to take some early batting practice, and a few guys are playing catch. But the main thing shaking today at the Indians Player...
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We're born again, there's new grass on the field
It's remarkably trite to quote John Fogerty's "Centerfield," but, well, that's how it feels the first morning pitchers and catchers work out at Spring Training. The sun came out today, and there really...
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From the churches to the jails, tonight all is silence in the world
It's a low-key Sunday at the PDC. Oh, for the record, I'm taking the advice of one reader and, from this point forward, referring to the Cleveland Indians Player Development Complex as the PDC. I...
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I need a camera, to my eye
I present to you, courtesy of team photographer Dan Mendlik, an all-access journey through the Indians’ brand-spanking-new Spring Training facility in Goodyear, Ariz. Unfortunately, this journey does...
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I want you to show me the way
I don’t even like Peter Frampton. Not sure why I’m quoting him. Anyway, somebody asked for a little inside information on Goodyear, so here’s a link to the visitor’s guide that went live today.
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There's a little town just beneath the floodline that needs a local hero
When I was a kid, Cory Snyder came to The Palace at Euclid High School (it was and is, simply, a high school baseball field, but it was referred to as "The Palace" because it had such posh amenities as...
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I've been out in the desert, just doing my time
Having been here long enough to run for Goodyear City Council, I’d say today was a welcomed day on the spring calendar. It’s getaway day, and never has the prospect of flying to Houston for a pair of...
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