Picture Post 2

So since I have been doing the minor league report, my blog has sadly suffered. I have decided to do some picture posts to recap the events of the Tampa Yankees and my adventures following the team to away games and home games and everything in between. I hope you enjoy this post.

                                                   Steinbrenner Field after a night game.

Blue and his friends for Blue's Birthday Bash(Blue is at the bottom right corner) Also helping celebrate his birthday was Thunderbug from the TB Lightning, Finley from the Clearwater Threshers, DJ from the Dunedin BlueJays. Rocky from USF and a dog from celebration station and coney dog from Sonic.

 Rafael Soriano in his first rehab appearance with the TY

 Eric Chavez up to bat in his first rehab game with the TY

Driving to Bradenton in the pouring rain, there was a 45 minute delay.

 I made a pitstop at the Outlet Mall on my way to Bradenton as the game was delayed.

 The Marauders home field and the Pittsburgh Pirates Spring Training home. Pronounced mc-keck-knee

 The suites and press box, the overhangs to the left and right were taken down earlier in the season because they were deemed unsafe by the county. 

 Lineup on the first night I went to Bradenton

 Marauders in the Majors

 A table top by the team store

The Bucco Bar behind the stands in right field.

 View of the outfield

 Another view of the field

 Lineup on the second day that I went to Bradenton.

 Graham Stoneburner throwing a pitch for the TY in Bradenton

 View of the field from behind home plate

 Eric Chavez on deck.

 Eric Chavez practicing his swing before stepping in to hit.

Michael Solbach waiting in the on-deck circle to bat in the 14th inning. He borrowed the helmet from Neil Medchill and the bat and batting gloves from JR Murphy. He kept the ball, gloves and bat after getting the game winning hit.

 Jose Quintana delivering a pitch in Saturday. Quintana allowed 2 runs but got a no decision so his 8-0 record is still safe.

I call this one "how many guys does it take to fix a pitchers mound?" It rained through most of Sunday's game so they were constantly fixing the field. 

I hope you enjoyed my picture post. Expect many of these posts in a week when I go on my road trip.

Picture Post

I really have to apologize for not updating this. I am kind of a do things half way kind of person hence the lack of posting. I also have been doing the minor league report for the TY Booster Club which takes up a ton of time and energy. The TY have also been away for a week so I havent gotten to go to any games recently except Clearwater on Saturday. Since I dont have the energy to write up a lot of stuff, I have decided to just do a picture post and caption the pictures.

Here goes:

 Here is Melky Mesa in the on-deck circle at his only home TY rehab game. I love his batting stance, I could recognize him by this stance in an instance.

 Here is the view from my seats at the Rays game against the Reds. We had a pretty great view of Evan Longoria's walk off home run as it landed a few sections to our left.

 Here is a very blurry picture of Aroldis Chapman sitting in the Reds bullpen. Sadly I didnt get to see him pitch.

This is Slade Heathcott in one of only 4 at-bats he ever had with the TY before hitting the disabled list for good. See you next year Slade.

 This is a storm that was over the field one day when I was late for a TY game. Oddly enough it never rained.

 Brett signed his TY baseball card for me on Saturday July 3rd. They only gave out a few card sets because they made a printing error on a few cards.

 After the game on July 3rd, I got JR Murphy to sign a copy of the Pinstripes Plus magazine with him on the cover.

This is the view from my seat on Saturday July 9th for the GCL Yankees game 1 of a DH. The GCL Yankees got to play at the big boy field because theirs was probably still underwater and the TY have been away for a long time, the field needed some baseball.

 Here is a picture of me and my dog at Brighthouse Field in Clearwater for the Threshers Bark and the Ballpark. I love their field. The Threshers are the class A+ affiliate of the Phillies.

Me and my dogs. Bimmer(brown dog) was being a stubborn dog and would not open his eyes for the picture even with my dad calling his name.