On this disgusting, cold and rainy January day in Baltimore, I come to you with a message of hope. We will see the sun again, we will be able to open the front door without bracing ourselves because of the cold and dammit, baseball will be here before we know it.
Down in Sarasota, Florida, where my iPhone’s weather app says it’s cloudy and 73 degrees, 20 pitchers showed up to Orioles minicamp to prepare for the upcoming 2015 season.
Let the #orioles minicamp begin pic.twitter.com/Q4eydj1Llj
— Roch Kubatko (@masnRoch) January 12, 2015
Buck Showalter arrives at one of the practice fields #orioles pic.twitter.com/S2orLEcX6I
— Roch Kubatko (@masnRoch) January 12, 2015
Mark Hendrickson warming up with Eddie Gamboa at #Orioles minicamp. pic.twitter.com/c4FR3EOHz1
— Eduardo A. Encina (@EddieInTheYard) January 12, 2015
Mychal Givens warming up at #Orioles minicamp today. Note Givens' low arm slot. pic.twitter.com/VJEEaoUtaL
— Eduardo A. Encina (@EddieInTheYard) January 12, 2015
LHP Stephen Tarpley throwing a pen session at #Orioles minicamp. pic.twitter.com/jXHcytjubI
— Eduardo A. Encina (@EddieInTheYard) January 12, 2015
Mark Hendrickson talking to pitching coach Dave Wallace. Hendrickson is the tall one #orioles pic.twitter.com/MWkYoqw841
— Roch Kubatko (@masnRoch) January 12, 2015
Chris Tillman and Tommy Hunter are here. Razors left at home #orioles pic.twitter.com/D8ym5VrOy7
— Roch Kubatko (@masnRoch) January 12, 2015
Dylan Bundy doing some long tossing. Wonders how long he can keep the beard #orioles pic.twitter.com/ABzjYbAEz8
— Roch Kubatko (@masnRoch) January 12, 2015
We’re still 38 days from pitchers and catchers reporting at the O’s Spring Training complex, but today’s news makes me feel a little more optimistic that we’ll all make it through the winter.
