February 2010
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Your Guide to Giants Spring Training
Actual games start this Wednesday and for the next month, Phoenix turns into a Giant practice field.
Hopefully this little bit of info helps those planning to visit who have never been before.
Let’s start with TICKETS:
ALL THE GENERAL INFO ABOUT TICKETS CAN BE FOUND HERE. (pricing, seating chart, etc.)
It’s always a good idea to lock in the days you want to come ahead of time.
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02.27.10 - Full Squad Practice
The rain stayed in the clouds today which was nice because we had practice and the overcast skies provided some decent lighting.
Diamond Notes:
- Even though the set up isn’t the best to get pictures of everyone on the squad, the 2 field split gives a new batch of pitchers on the main field. Today was headlined by Jonathan Sanchez, Todd Wellemeyer, Dan Turpen, Brandon Medders, Henry Sosa,...
02.26.10 - Full Squad Practice
Diamond Notes:
- I’m definitely ready for the games to start. Everyday of practice has been essentially the same.
Start out with some stretching, drills, and warm up tosses
Then on to some infield/outfield drills
Live BP followed by traditional BP
- Today they mixed in some pop up/flies situational drills which at least changed the flavor a bit. There was one collision by the plate...
02.25.10 - Full Squad Practice
Diamond Notes:
- Matt Cain and Brian WIlson headlined the live BP session today on the main field followed by Hinshaw, Mota, Pena, and Turpen. Cain and Wilson looked really good to me. I can’t remember anything hit hard off of them, mostly ground balls if that.
- I was very glad to see Alex Hinshaw take the mound for a couple reasons. I loved it when he got called up a couple years ago and...
Zito Long Toss Video
02.24.10 - Full Squad Practice
Diamond Notes-
- Day brought more work for pitchers as they took on the duties of throwing live BP. It’s definitely fun watching teammates face each other, even if it’s just practice. Zito and Lincecum headlined the session on the main field both facing Pablo, Huff, Schierholtz, Posey, and possibly a couple others.
- The only homerun I saw during live BP was from Uribe off of Sergio...
02.23.10 - Full Squad Practice
The first day of full squad practice is in the books and baseball is officially back.
Diamond Notes:
-Today’s practice started a little late due to “Ice on the Field.” We have been having some interesting weather out here with the last three days raining. Despite the delay, today ended up being just picture perfect for baseball.
-As far as the actual workout goes, the team was...
Dave Dravecky, Affeldt, Lil Lincecum?
Dravecky’s uniform from Montreal that had to be cut off of him in the hospital after breaking his arm on the mound
Although there wasn’t any practice coverage today, I did get to help out at the Spirit of the Game event out here in Surprise. The event was put on by Tim Salmon and Dave Dravecky shared his testimony. Jeremy Affeldt also came by and did a quick Q&A on what...
Rain in the Forecast
Looks like there is projected rain for the next three days out in Scottsdale. Unsure how this will affect the workout schedule, but it helps me out as I won’t have access until Tuesday anyway. I may have some exclusive shots from a friend if they do end up practicing on the fields but won’t know until later.
First Official Workout
As promised, here are some shots from the first official workout.
Not a whole lot was done today other than some stretching exercises, agility drills, some bp, and jogging. Bumgarner was doing some fielding drills from the mound as well. If you haven’t already surfed over there, CSN’s Mychael Urban has some “Home Videos” that fill in most of the day for you. Starting...
Start date for full coverage delayed...
Nothing like a 1.5 hour traffic filled drive across the Valley… Apparently there was a mix up with access starting with today’s practice through Monday’s. Anyway, here’s the deal. We will still have coverage today, just not directly from me. Stay tuned for a post later today, with some shots, and hopefully a brief recap.
Thursday 2/18 is "Opening Day"
Got confirmation that the first day for access will be this Thursday, with photos available Thursday night on the site.
Also, if you happen to be in the Phoenix area this Saturday, there is a great event called “Spirit of the Game” at Surprise stadium that I will be covering. Dave Dravecky will be speaking and current and former MLB stars will be putting on clinics for kids and...
Spring Training Coverage Schedule
Tickets are in, batteries charged, and fields are prepped.
We are only a month away from Spring Training and I know most of you are counting the days. This post is to explain how coverage is going to work and to provide you with a schedule of what you can expect.
1. I will be starting coverage from when Pitchers and Catchers report in a couple weeks. The actual start date is still uncertain as...
Bryce Harper
Here are a couple shots from the game.The gallery on Flickr is live. I know he’s not really Giants related but figured people would be interested in the potential #1 pick. He had a decent game. Not sure on the scoring because of possible errors but Harper had at least 2 hits with a couple RBI’s. His swing is a little interesting, seemed like an awkward motion to me, but he generates a...
