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Cooknn

macrumors 68020
Aug 23, 2003
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Fort Myers, FL
currently one of very few.
That depends on where you are! Here in Fort Myers we have it pretty good. Not too big, not too small. Lot's of economic growth, new schools including (2) 4 year universities, plenty of things for the young people to do and best of all - a new Apple Store at Coconut Point in Estero :D
 

furcalchick

macrumors 68020
Dec 19, 2006
2,426
5
South Florida
marlins vs. cardinals 3/22 pics (pt. 1 of 2)

went to the marlins cardinals game yesterday, with a sell out crowd, and cameras abound the stadium...all the local news stations were there. sorry, no pics of that, but here's the in game pics:

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dontrelle wants to bat.

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...but he gets paid to pitch heaters such as this.

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it's so taguchi swinging and missing a ball.

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carptenter almost ruined uggla's pretty face, as shown here, with him narrowly missing his head.

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but uggla struck out, and heads back to the dugout.

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chris carpenter up to bat.

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shorty david eckstein takes a swing at things.

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dontrelle asking for the ball.

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chris carptenter pitching.

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the scene right after joe borchard makes a game saving catch out in right field.
 

furcalchick

macrumors 68020
Dec 19, 2006
2,426
5
South Florida
marlins vs. cardinals 3/22 pics (pt. 2 of 2)

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miguel during his at bat.

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david eckstein again.

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dontrelle heading back to the dugout.

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alfredo amezaga doing some stretching in the dugout.

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dan uggla again.

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dontrelle with his trademark leg kick

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pitching conference with dontrelle about to leave the game.

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the scene from the marlins dugout.

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why does dontrelle always have his shirt out?

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de aza really wants to make the team, and with those kinds of slides, he could.

something else, i'm getting much better at these, can someone pose a challenge to step up my pictures to the next level? thanks!!!

i'll have one more set next week from st. lucie for the mets and braves game.
 

furcalchick

macrumors 68020
Dec 19, 2006
2,426
5
South Florida
grrr....

due to threat of rain and impending sellout in st. lucie, i'm not going to today's game with the braves and the mets. looks like that ends my st tour...although i could sneak in one last game tomorrow...not sure, but i have to try...

i'll be going to some regular season games this year though, so i'll post some from that.
 

Karpfish

macrumors 6502a
Sep 24, 2006
661
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10x zoom helps, but in spring training, you are up close to the players, like for example, at roger dean stadium, the only thing that separates you from the pen is a two foot high wall, and getting close to the players isn't much of a problem.

Is that in Abacoa? My G-parents have a place about 5 mins from the stadium if it is, I've always wanted to go down during Spring Training but never have.
 

furcalchick

macrumors 68020
Dec 19, 2006
2,426
5
South Florida
Furcalchick-

have all those pictures been taken with that Lumix camera?

yeah. it's the dmc-tz1 i got as an early graduation gift to myself back in december. about a month after getting it, my parents old camera breaks (i used that one sometimes prior to getting the lumix), but it was old anyway. they aren't in a hurry to get a new camera, but i told them the lumix is a good option. they actually told me about the lumix back in the summer while shopping for one, as i was getting a powershot beforehand, but the lumix was compact and much cheaper than the powershot i wanted (i was looking for a camera with great optical zoom).

Is that in Abacoa? My G-parents have a place about 5 mins from the stadium if it is, I've always wanted to go down during Spring Training but never have.

yeah, it's abacoa. how could you tell? alot of my friends go down there on a regular basis and know the area, i usually go down there just for st games, just another planned community on the other side of the city.

and it looks like for some reason, my hosting site decided to dump some of the pics with some city view. at least i still have the originals in my iphoto library.

and one more set coming up, best of the rest will be out today.
 

mantic

macrumors 6502a
Mar 30, 2007
533
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AL
That depends on where you are! Here in Fort Myers we have it pretty good. Not too big, not too small. Lot's of economic growth, new schools including (2) 4 year universities, plenty of things for the young people to do and best of all - a new Apple Store at Coconut Point in Estero :D


Ft Myers.. I'm from Bonita springs off Bonita Beach Rd..
 

furcalchick

macrumors 68020
Dec 19, 2006
2,426
5
South Florida
perhaps i should cancel that best of the rest posting....i have a bunch of other things to do anyway. stupid pics not coming out always end up in disaster.

at least there's the slide show.
 

itgoesbuzz

macrumors regular
Feb 11, 2005
144
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royal oak, mi
Does anyone know the reason that some teams during spring training games do not wear the batting practice jerseys (like the tigers) while it seems like most of the other teams wear them. It probably just to each teams disgression but i was wondering if anyone knew.
 
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