Love and Baseball

 Spring training is coming or is it already here... The Twins will do their spring training in Florida and be prepared for the baseball season. There's a lot to be said for the Twins style of baseball, and hopefully our guys will be ready for it.  Wallner, Buxton, Vasquez, and all the guys will be playing for the future of the team... after last season's strong start, we've learned something about performance level pressure. They've got to keep an eye on the season and make adjustments when the season starts getting challenging for the better teams heading into the playoffs. Sound baseball is really good for Minnesota sports...

 It's all about the Twins, who are the Twins? This table is copied from the Twins website (Complements the Twins 40-Man Roster) Are all these guys really 6 foot? Travis Adams R/R 6' 1" 197 01/19/2000 Jorge Alcala   66 R/R 6' 3" 205 07/28/1995 Matt Canterino   83 R/R 6' 2" 222 12/14/1997 Eiberson Castellano R/R 6' 3" 160 05/09/2001 Jhoan Duran   59 R/R 6' 5" 230 01/08/1998 David Festa   58 R/R 6' 6" 185 03/08/2000 Kody Funderburk   55 L/L 6' 4" 230 11/27/1996 Brent Headrick   53 L/L 6' 6" 235 12/17/1997 Ronny Henriquez   31 R/R 5' 10" 155 06/20/2000 Griffin Jax   22 R/R 6' 2" 195 11/22/1994 Pablo López   49 L/R 6' 4" 225 03/07/1996 Zebby Matthews   52 R/R 6' 5" 225 05/22/2000 Bailey Ober   17 R/R 6' 9" 260 07/12/1995 Chris Paddack   20 R/R 6' 5" 217 01/08/1996 Marco Raya R/R 6' 1" 170 08/07/2002 Joe Ryan   41 R/R 6' 2" 205 06/05/1996 Cole Sa...

     It's the middle of winter January 7, 2025, it's about 9 degrees outside and my health leaves something to the imagination. I created a blog specifically for baseball to keep this love alive and share my perspective on baseball happenings, my own baseball practice, niece and nephews games, cards, ideas about the game, pictures, and other miscellaneous baseball trivia. So what great escape would keep Edgar Allen Poe away from his fireplace on a cold winter's day?      In Braham MN I live in a group home but with plenty of options. A couple days ago 1 of the helpers and me took our gloves and played catch... yes in the middle of winter. But, it just reminds me of actual competition and love of life. I'm a baseball player so I might as well play baseball.      This coming spring we're thinking about getting a practice tee which is basically a tee-ball tee with a ball on it that the ball can be hit with a bat and springs back. This would be g...