Tigers Minor League Baseball Blog

Greetings all and hope the young baseball season has brought fun and excitement to everyone. Down here in Lakeland, we have had our share of excitement thus far, thanks to my spring roommate, Chris Carlson, who launched a two run walk off home run in the bottom of the ninth inning to beat the Tampa Yankees in a come from behind win. I love when that happens; tension is high, everyone is on their toes anticipating something great happening and then the crack. As soon as it leaves the bat everyone runs on the field to mob him at home plate. What fans see on TV when this happens is far from what actually happens in that massive mosh pit slash celebration. I won’t go into details (because we have to keep some secrets of how we do things to ourselves) but lets just say that Chris came back to the locker room with one button remaining on his jersey. Was it fun for him? Yes and then no. But is it a necessary price to pay for greatness? Absolutely. I would expect no less if I were to throw a no hitter (knock on wood). Aside from that moment, we have been a little up and down so far as we try to find our groove and get settled into the day to day. It’s especially important here in the Florida State League because we play lots of games where we commute to the parks the day of the game due to the close proximity of teams. I think once everyone gets used to the everyday grind, the Lakeland Tigers could put up a very good showing this year.