Reporting from Tucson: A photojournal (continued)

By Andrew T. Fisher Mar 17, 2010, 6:46pm MDT

We hung out a bit in the back fields this morning for about an hour, but there wasn't a whole lot going on back there. I'll show a bit from that, but first, here's a pic of Jorge de la Rosa pitching from today's game.

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It is marginally interesting I suppose. But here's a good sign. This pitch was a fastball. I took two others at the same point of the delivery (one fastball, one curveball), and all three are completely indistinguishable based de la Rosa's delivery. Duplicates.

More to follow.

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Seriously, if Hi Corbett Field can be this proud of the Rockies winning the pennant, couldn't we get a bigger representation at Coors?

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As we walked passed the minor league fields, it started literally raining balls. Whoever was taking batting practice on the AAA field was launching them over the fence. I retrieved a Sally League ball and mkorpal picked up one from the Pioneer League that had been deposited in the parking lot. I never caught who was hitting, but I did see him hit the top of that tree there (in the purple circle).

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Aaron Cook stops to sign a baseball card for a fan.

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Cole Garner stands nearby the autograph line, but no one asks for his John Hancock. Poor Cole. I would have asked for one in a second if I had anything with me to sign. Or a pen. Oh well.

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Dejectedly, Cole walks off towards Hi Corbett for the game. It ends well though. Four kids stopped him for an autograph not a minute later.

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Rockin' the PR shirt. The only person who commented on it today turned out to be the father of our old friend PioneerSkies. Turns out he's rather busy with a 65+ hour job and can't visit the site much anymore. He says hi, and I might meet him for the game tomorrow in Peoria.

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