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As is my custom, I've taken a few pictures during this visit to Fort Myers.  Well, a few hundred.  Most are crap and I don't know yet which is which, and I won't be able to sort through until I'm back from vacation, probably.  But yesterday on the back fields, during an away game for the big club, was a lot of fun because of whom they left behind.  Buxton, Correa, and Kirilloff all batted (DHed) during one of the two mixed AA-AAA games.  And there were other players to watch as well. David Festa, Marco Raya, Connor Prielipp, and Jordan Balazovic in particular.

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Prielipp. I think had his stuff going this day , as he struck out the side in his first of two innings if I'm not mistaken.  He gave up a run in the second inning on a lucky bouncer that put a runner on and then a solid double to right center, but he recovered to complete the inning with at least one other strikeout that made the batter look overmatched.

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This is not the most flattering image of Balazovic but here he is putting in some side work before the games.  Afterward he went over to an adjoining field to practice pickoff moves to second and first but the photos are pretty nondescript.

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Finally, a Derek Falvey sighting at the center of the back fields during the games.

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Thankyou for sharing. Man we were at same games at the same time.  Hope to meet you next year.  Had a fantastic time...minus the one night in ER with food poisoning.  I will spare the deets.

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7 hours ago, se7799 said:

Thankyou for sharing. Man we were at same games at the same time.  Hope to meet you next year.  Had a fantastic time...minus the one night in ER with food poisoning.  I will spare the deets.

Yeah, I really went back and forth the last few weeks whether I should broadcast my whereabouts and see who else might be there, but in the end wound up not committing to being able to meet up at any particular time - it's a slightly complicated trip this year.  If you noticed a 30-something man with a handlebar mustache and wearing a Washington Nationals cap, and a gray-haired companion with Twins insignias who was obsessively photographing through the chain link fence at both the back field games, that would have been my son (bashbury) and me.

My brother-in-law suffered an ER visit while on the road recently, also due to suspected food poisoning.  Different locale and itinerary so it's just one of those things, but no fun while it's happening.

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I will be at the last home game sitting behind the plate with my son, convinced him to go watch the Twins this year, after wanting to see the Blue Jays last year. Now if only the regular season games were streaming I could fully get him on the Twins bandwagen instead of the Blue Jays.

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16 hours ago, ashbury said:

Yeah, I really went back and forth the last few weeks whether I should broadcast my whereabouts and see who else might be there, but in the end wound up not committing to being able to meet up at any particular time - it's a slightly complicated trip this year.  If you noticed a 30-something man with a handlebar mustache and wearing a Washington Nationals cap, and a gray-haired companion with Twins insignias who was obsessively photographing through the chain link fence at both the back field games, that would have been my son (bashbury) and me.

My brother-in-law suffered an ER visit while on the road recently, also due to suspected food poisoning.  Different locale and itinerary so it's just one of those things, but no fun while it's happening.

No worries.  I am kinda the same way.  I fly solo most of the time.  Always looking for something cool or unique and stay pretty mobile there.  The coaches always comment to me how they are talking to me one minute then they turn around and see me across the fields the next..lol.  I did pass you guys.  Glad you had a great time 

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