Tiger Geist

My flight to Tampa (via Cinncy) leaves in about 8 hours;  i had no idea that there were flights that left SFO before 6am.  But i’m on one.

My father & I are heading to Lakeland tomorrow to catch four tiger spring training games.  We’ve got Washington and Florida in Lakeland (Friday & Sunday), the Yankees in Tampa on Saturday (an impressive stadium that we’ve stayed by for two years but never been to), and then a drive down to Ft Myers for a Monday game against the Red Sox.  Monday’s game will be interesting, as I got the tickets via craigslist and had to befriend a Red Sox family from Boston who we’ll be sitting with at the game.

I’m pretty excited about this year;  we’ve got great seats via stubhub.  Due to conflicts, we almost couldn’t pull this year off, but some last minute vacation days popped up on my schedule.  Sad that neither my brother nor brother in law could make it this year, but I rented a giant telephoto camera lens to capture the moment.  Only downfall is now it appears we won’t see any of Detroit’s WBC players.

So I should have some game day blogs and pictures posted, though i’ll leave the twittering to Jason Beck.  Tomorrow, however, is a lost travel day.  And then onto the Lakeland nightlife!