Take Me Out to the Ball Game!

Hi Blog!  This is Eileen reporting in from Bright House Field in Clearwater, Florida - spring training home of the Philadelphia Phillies.  This has long been on our bucket list.  For Tom, it is a chance to see some Spring Training games.  For me, it is a chance to come to Florida in February and enjoy some fun in the sun.  We attended our fist game on Tuesday, February 26th against the New York Yankees.  Here is Tom standing at the entrance to the field with Kathy and Dave.

The Phillies got off to a slow start, but Kath and Dave kept cheering them on.  The Phillies came back from behind to win 4 to 3.  Tommy Joseph, the Phillies up-and-coming Catcher, was Tuesday's hero smacking a two run homer to put the Phillies ahead for good.  The stadium is very nice and has a Tiki Bar in left field. Dave was also excited to finally get a Tony Luke's pork sandwich without waiting two hours in line!  We are also going to try all 100 beers from Beers Around the World!

On Thursday, we made our way to our second game against the Atlanta Braves, thanks to Tom's new Garmin (my Christmas present to him).   (Mind you, we weren't sure we would make it on time because it took over three hours to register the Garmin and get the software updates.)

I took the opportunity between innings to go down and let Cole Hamels know how much my daughter, Jen, likes him.  Here he is posing for a photo.

This game was a real slugfest.  We got to see singles, doubles and homeruns - oh my!  The final score was 10 to 5. After the game, Kathy and I went down to the field to meet the players on their way to the clubhouse.  I was able to get a baseball signed by none other than - Tommy Joseph!

Here we are sporting are new Phillies Spring Training wear!  Eat your hearts out Flam and Ingo!

We have one more game left to go on Sunday.  So far we are two for two!  Let's go Phillies and make it a three game win streak!

Chat at you later,

Eileen
(Guest Blogger)