A Little Magic Every Day: PLAY BALL!

Yup -- time for spring break; time for spring training. Welcome to the Cactus League here in the greater Phoenix metropolitan area.

Welcome to Phoenix! THESIS IS DONE!!!

Pizza complete with a concert on the world's largest Wurlizter Organ.
It was fabulous -- and the pizza was pretty fine too.

That be us!

Overall -- we had a great time. Easy going & friendly crowds; small and intimate stadiums (less than 10,000 seats); approachable players. We all went to have fun and spent a couple glorious days watching baseball close up. The season beckons.

Our first game was the Mariners vs Oakland. Old town; New town. We wanted to see Robinson Cano work some magic. We sat about 3 rows behind the A's dugout and definitely were on the look out for line drive foul balls. One came through and DUCK!!! Time to pay attention.

The Mariners took an early lead; then fell behind....until the bottom of the 9th inning.

Go TEAM

Will Cano bring the Mariners into contention???

3 run HOMER (Romero) to win the game in the bottom of the 9th. SWEET.

The Yees came south for spring training too. We had them to the RV Park and we enjoyed all the amenities: outdoor fireplace, putting green, horseshoes, batting cage, bocce ball, pickleball, and pool. It is tough to have so many choices!!

Stephanie, Michelle, William, and Marcus Yee

Game 2: Giants vs Angels. We sat in the lawn and it was so HOT. Everything was HOT except for those Giants. Hunter Pence signed Bryan's Giants hat. The Giants started off to an early lead, and then, well, a long afternoon of batting practice for the Angels. Final score: 11-4

2014 Giants

Hunter Pence #8 -- kind enough to sign the hat.

Looking good -- bases loaded & Pablo Sandoval at bat. OOPS. Downhill after the 3rd inning.

Cactus League smiles

Game 3: Giants vs Brewers. We were back in seats. About 8 rows up. Great friendly crowd. Everyone from Milwaukee was just glad not to be THERE in the deep freeze zone.

The game was exciting...the lead changed hands and in the top of the 9th -- we took the lead with a homer and held off the Brewers for a 5-4 win. Very exciting!

Walking out they were passing out ice creams. Fun!