Spring Training for Spring Break !

For Joseph's Spring Break, we took a (somewhat disjointed) trip to Florida for Spring Training. Dad and Joseph went to the Nationals park in Palm Beach on Monday, and got to watch a workout with most of the starters, get autographs from manager Davey Martinez and closer Sean Dolittle, and watched the Nats win a walk-off versus the Marlins.

The following day, Joseph and Dad went to see the Mets, also play the Marlins, in Port St Lucie. We also watched a workout, though it was a bit different, with mostly minor leaguers and a few major leaguers who were rehabbing (Yoenis Cespedes and Dellin Betances). Then the Mets lost versus the Marlins, with Syndergaard giving up three runs in his three innings of work.

On Tuesday after the game, Mary Jo flew in to watch another 3 days of Spring Training, focused exclusively on the Nats, as well as explore South Florida (Everglades and even a fortuitously scheduled UVA basketball game at Miami!).