Spring Game 1: Yankees at Phillies
March 3, 2012 – Bright House Field, Clearwater, Fla.
After navigating around an ugly traffic accident in Clearwater, I’ve arrived at the spring home of the Phillies. It’s a beautiful Saturday afternoon with some clouds moving across the sky, temperatures are heading into the low 80s. Here are today’s lineups:
YANKEES (0-0)
Brett Gardner LF
Curtis Granderson CF
Nick Swisher RF
Raul Ibanez DH
Eric Chavez 1B
Russell Martin C
Eduardo Nunez SS
Bill Hall 2B
Jayson Nix 3B
Pitching: Ivan Nova RHP
Also scheduled to pitch: David Phelps RHP, Manny Banuelos LHP, Dellin Betances RHP, Cesar Cabral LHP, Mike O’Connor LHP.
PHILLIES (0-0)
Jimmy Rollins SS
Shane Victorino CF
Hunter Pence RF
Jim Thome DH
Ty Wigginton 3B
John Mayberry, Jr. 1B
Domonic Brown LF
Erik Kratz C
Michael Martinez 2B
Pitching: Cole Hamels LHP
Also scheduled to pitch: Dave Bush RHP, Jonathan Papelbon RHP, Dontrelle Willis LHP, Raul Valdes LHP, Chad Qualls RHP, Michael Stutes RHP.
Bryan Hoch
Good day everyone!
I’ll pop in back & forward – as you can guess, UK tv doesn’t bother with any of the Spring Training stuff, heck even Baseball Tonight is broadcast at 5am! With sport over here being “strained” at best (lets just say Rangers FC are more like the Dodgers/Mets these days than Yankees) i could use some normal service being resumed!
Yanks score first!
No No Nunez!
Chavez getting a work-out!
Ain’t that grand?
ManBan out of a jam!
Jack by Garner!
Dellin can’t find the zone!
And the Phillies help him out!
The pitcher interferes.
That’s all folks!