Goofing Off
The Latino members of the Hickory Crawdads baseball team are definitely my favorites when it comes to snapping photos for my 2008 season photo album. Ronald Uviedo (left) always seems to find his way into my viewfinder. Serguey Linares (right) has recently returned to Hickory for some rehab work, and it was nice to see a smile on his face today. When Serguey first arrived in Hickory last season, He didn't seem nearly as relaxed as he did when I encountered him today. His English has gotten a LOT better also!
Today was my first day back in the ball park in 10 days or so. The 'Dads had a day off before an 8-game road trip followed by another day off. The Crawdads lost game one of a 4-game series with the Lakewood Blueclaws tonight, but there are three more games to go in the series, and then four games against the Delmarva Shorebirds...
Andrew McCutchen Update from yesterday's post:
Andrew McCutchen was a hopeful for the 2008 Olympic Team, but for whatever the reason, it didn't happen. I was really sad to not see his name on the list when I checked this afternoon. Andrew certainly has plenty of good things on the way, but I really think this would have been great...