SPRING TRAINING '09 GAME PHOTOS
SIGN AT THE BACK ENTRANCE TO GOODYEAR BALLPARK. THE CINCINNATI REDS WILL BE JOINING THE TRIBE IN GOODYEAR NEXT YEAR, AND THEY WILL BE SHARING THE STADIUM. THEY WILL EACH HAVE THEIR OWN SEPARATE TRAINING FACILITIES HOWEVER. PART OF OUR GROUP ENTERING THE GATE AT THE REAR ENTRANCE.WHAT IS THE FIRST THING YOU DO BEFORE YOU GET TO YOUR SEAT?A SHOT OF THE FIELD DURING PLAY.TRAVIS HAFNER AT BAT.ANDY MARTE PLAYING FIRST BASE.INDIANS RUNNING TO THEIR POSITIONS.BEN BROUSSARD, FORMERLY WITH THE INDIANS, AND TRADED TO SEATTLE, IS NOW TRYING TO WIN A JOB WITH THE WHITE SOX. ANOTHER SHOT OF THE ENTIRE FIELD AT GOODYEAR BALLPARK.AFTER CERTAIN GAMES THEY LET THE SENIORS, NOT ONLY SENORS, "WALK" THE BASES!BUFFALO, LYNDA & WARREN WALKING FROM THE PARKING LOT TOWARDS THE BALLPARK IN PEORIA.WORLD'S FIRST PTICHING CAGE IN PEORIA.JOHNNY PERALTA IN PEORIA WARMING UP FOR THE GAME.HITTING INSTRUCTOR DEREK SHELTON.BRIAN GILES, ANOTHER EX-INDIAN NOW WITH THE SAN DIEGO PADRES.KERRY WOOD, THE INDIANS NEW CLOSER, ON THE MOUND. A SHOT OF ASDRUBAL CABRERA. HE WAS PACKED UP, AND DONE FOR THE DAY.SIDEWINDER....OOPS.....SIDE-ARMER JOE SMITH. BORING NAME! I HAD TO MAKE IT SOUND EXCITING!I WAS TRYING TO CATCH AN ANGEL GETTING THROWN OUT AT SECOND BASE ON A STEAL ATTEMPT, BUT THE CATCHER DROPPED THE BALL. DARN! OH OH, PITCHING COACH CARL WILLIS ASKING THE PLAYERS WHERE THEY ARE GOING TO GO EAT DINNER. HERE IS VLADIMIR GUERRERO A PITCH BEFORE HE HIT A HOME RUN. DARN!NOW THIS IS BIG TROUBLE. HE WAS OK. NOT TO WORRY. TRAVIS HAFNER SWINGING FREE AND EASY AGAIN!HERE IS JOEL SKINNER, THIRD BASE COACH, ASKING HAFNER: "HOW THE HECK DID YOU GET ON BASE?"RYAN GARKO AT FIRST BASE. AND HERE ARE THE MANAGERS OR THEIR REPRESENTATIVES MEETING WITH THE UMPIRES AT FIRST BASE TO GO OVER THE GROUND RULES. THEY ARE ALSO ASKING WHO'S BUYING DINNER?A PICTURE OF JODY GERUT ON THE SCOREBOARD WHEN HE WAS UP TO BAT. NOW WITH THE SAND DIEGO PADRES JODY IS AN EX-INDNAN WHO BELONGS TO THE JOE CHARBONEAU CLUB! AND HERE IS THAT NO GOOD VLADIMIR GUERRERO CROSSING THE PLATE AFTER HE HIT THAT HOME RUN. HE NEVER WALKS!!!
How did this happen? One of my friends, Buffalo Bob, who I worked with at Goodyear drove up from West Virginia to fly with me to Tucson, Arizona. Another friend, Jim Bob, flew from Nashville, TN to join us in Tucson where we stayed with my sister Lynda, and her husband, Warren. While there we went to 4 Indians Spring Training games. (Jim bob arrived later and only attended two games) We saw two games in Goodyear, AZ (The new spring training home of the Cleveland Indians). One game in Peoria, AZ (The spring training home of the San Diego Padres, and one game at Tucson Electric Park (The spring training home of the Arizona Diamondbacks) Below is a Photo Gallery of pictures from some of those games.  
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