The Cleveland Indians will host their first home game today against the Cinncinati Reds. The two teams share the spring training facility in Goodyear, AZ. Today should have a great turnout since both of the teams are technically playing at home. Justin Masterson will be the starting pitcher for us today. He was acquired in the Boston Red Sox trade for Victor Martinez. Justin is a BIG boy and can throw really hard. We have gotten to know him and his wife through the last couple weeks...and they are awesome! So I'm definitely cheering him on today! Chris isn't starting today, but were hoping he will get in at some point. They will be home for the next three games and then head to Tucson on Monday to play the Arizona Diamondbacks.
Chris has been working so hard the past couple weeks! He has been getting up around 5:30am and heading to the field to do early work with the big league hitting coach, Jon Nunally. He loves getting that one-on-one time with him. We actually saw him last night at a sushi restaurant called Kabuki. The owner of Kabuki, David, is really good friends with Jon. David is an awesome guy and he invites players from a bunch of the different teams to come into the restaurant and basically get free sushi (he just asks that we tip the waitresses good). They take pictures of the players and have their pictures up all over the restaurant. Chris got his official picture taken the other day. David is also a man of many trades. He drives to LA once a week to work for his producing company...he is a casting agent in Hollywood! And then he normally stays up until 3am every night because he does stock trading in Korea. Crazy! But he did tell Chris that next off season if he wants to be in any movies or TV shows to give him a call! Look out Vin Diesel!! :)
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