Florida Trip

A week from tomorrow, we are heading down Florida for our annual spring break trip. This is something that players look forward to year-round. To get out of this city and to some place warm, especially in early March to play baseball, is a highlight of our year. It doesn't get any better than playing baseball under the Florida sun. However, we have a little glitch in our plans. Usually, we take a flight to whatever city we are staying at in Florida. This year, because the economy is so bad, we are taking a charter bus. This did not go over too well with the majority of the team and there are still players who are a bit upset--which is totally understandable. No one wants to be cooped up on a bus for 20 hours, especially since we are driving straight through. Now don't get me wrong, we are stopping for food and things along those lines, but we are not going to a hotel until we reach our destination, which is going to be Port Charlotte. Once we get there, I have a feeling that alot of the stress from the ride will diminish.

The plan is to leave Thursday night around 11 pm. The reason we are departing so late is that some guys have night class, which they will be unable to miss. I guess we will reach Port Charlotte sometime Friday late-afternoon or early-evening. We will then play a double-header Saturday against two top teams in the country--Heidelberg and Ohio Wesleyan. After these games, we will leave Port Charlotte and head to Winter Haven where we will be staying for the rest of the week, playing an additional six games to wrap up the trip. Despite the bus ride, players are already getting real anxious to head down there--including myself.