Freealonzo sends this delightful communique from Fort Meyers:
Ron Gardenhire is like a kid in a candy store, always smiling, laughing, giving everyone a hard time, clearly he loves what he is doing.Posted by Batgirl at February 23, 2005 12:15 PMIt's pretty easy to understand why Matty Lacroix gets so much ribbing. He's easily the most vocal person out there, always giving teammates a hard time, and a lot of self-deprecating humor.
According to Freealonzo's wife, Michael Restovich would be her boyfriend. Freealonzo's mom was partial to Terry Tiffle. Cuddyer was sporting new facial hair which according to both Freealonzo's wife and mother, took away from his boyfriendness.
Speaking of boyfriends, there are a number of women at spring training looking to make a Twin or two their boyfriend.
Finally the Chairman's knee looked pretty good. He took part in all drills and to my eye didn't seem to limp, favor his knee, or look like he was in any pain.
Tell the Batlings who are heading to Fort Myers that if they want to see the pitchers, they have to get at the fields early (9:30 am) as they do their warmups and then they are in the club house. Also, the rumor was that Torii and Jacque were also already at camp but that they work out early and then they go inside.
The pitchers and catchers start at 9:30. They get done at around 11:30 to noon. Today, Joe Nathan signed autographs for a good half hour til everyone had one. Mauer was still signing when I left at 11:40 or so.
As far as the rest of the players, the infielders and outfielders are here. He must of missed them. They are on the 2 farther fields. The outfielders hit on one and in infielders on the next one. They were done around 10:30-10:45. Torii stood and signed for everyone today also. But at that field, so if you're after autos, spot who you want and follow them. Today, it was impossible to get both Torii and Johan, as they signed at the same time about 200 yards apart.
I like Mike's chin whiskers. Tommorrow this guy is going to be in his foursome for the golf tourney. It should be a blast!
Posted by: insider at February 23, 2005 12:43 PM