Spring training is over!

It really doesn't stop though, pitchers needing to get in their work have to report for games tomorrow. We will go up and get the truck tomorrow, if games are later we'll watch him pitch. I guess he's decided that he can live without it for awhile, I think he learned last year that shipping it out, only to have to return two months later. was one big waste of money.
Son flies out Easter, gets the afternoon and Monday off, simulated game for bullpen on Tuesday and Wednesday leaves on the road for a week to begin the season. First start is on the 12th. We saw him tonight, over for dinner and he seems excited. The manager (Ron Pop Warner) is awesome, they say he is being groomed for TLR's job, and Denis (Martinez) is now the pitching coach in Springfield. Dave has been working with him for 2 years. He's awesome.

The one thing that you will find as you go through levels, is that the instruction, the management is not always consistant. That was one of the reasons why we felt that college would be a better fit for son out of HS.

Very strange, we sent son off to college very far away, it was an adjustment as our last to leave the nest, has been here in Jupiter (except for two months last year in Springfield until the arm started up) most of his professional career (although lots of it in rehab). It feels like going away for teh first time all over again.

At dinner one discussion was about optioning players from ML to minor league, and about the pay. He's never spoken about that before, so I guess his interests are broadening. I guess once you reach a certain level, you kind of taste it more, so you begin to think about those things. We also talked about the per diem increase on the road, now 25 dollars, strange part is that you have to pay 11 a day for clubhouse dues while on the road. That money covers before and after meal, so 14 dollars is left to spend on another meal, and any golden corral or all you can eat restaurant in any town is always high on a players list.