Florida Spring Training 2018 - Day 18

Today was the first baseball game of spring training, an exhibition game with the University of Tampa (UT) team.  The Phillies traditionally play them in the first game each year.  

The UT team is a strong Division II college team.  They actually beat the Phillies two years ago but not this year.  The Phillies only played a few starters for 4 innings and minor leaguers and non-roster players trying to make the team played the rest of the time.  It wasn't close however, as the Phillies won 9-0.

We returned to the RV and relaxed before dinner in the RV.

There is no home game tomorrow so we will be doing laundry and trying to get caught-up with paperwork and other things that don't go away even on vacation.

The weather remains warm, temperature in the 80s and sunny.

Pictures - Day 18

Florida Spring Training 2017 - Day 24

The first spring training baseball game was today - a 7 inning game against the University of Tampa team.  They are a very good NCAA Division II college baseball team that is presently ranked number 2 in the country.  The Phillies team today was mostly composed of their top rookies who are expected to be playing in the major league in the next year or two, maybe even sooner for some of them. The Phillies won 6-0 and their rookies looked pretty good.

We started the day with breakfast at Lenny's a favorite restaurant popular with Phillies fans here for spring training.

As the game today was not against another major league team and it was still early, it wasn't too busy.  Once again, we had a "hearty" east coast breakfast, Florida style.

A "Redneck Benedict" - two sausage patties on biscuits with two poached eggs covered with gravy and home fries with onions (maybe 2,000 calories).  This is not an everyday breakfast, but it was sure good.

Judy had the more healthy option, lox and bagels - also very good.

And our waitress called us "hon" and started us off with a complimentary "danish basket" of half a dozen small pastries.

Tomorrow is an R and R day, just hanging around the RV, getting caught-up with paperwork and getting haircuts in the afternoon.  The next game is on Saturday.

Day 24 Pictures