Sure, Spring Training brings a lot of tourists who don't quite understand our U-turn laws, but it also brings a whole lot of kids stuck in the bodies of 50 year-olds...
The Tigers host the Indians on EasterCool day for baseball CC by Chuck Welch.
A marriage proposal and a tour of a Child of the Sun are two examples of Lakeland making Spring Training news in the cold North. Get the details at Lakeland Local
I'm still away on my mini-vacation, but eagle eye readers will have noticed the last two Spring Training photos were by a photographer new to this site, Thomas Hagerty. For more information about some Lakeland photographers see Lakeland Local
Stop by Lakeland Local to see why each spring Kossie Akins drives from Fort Walton Beach to stay at the Safar Inn on Highway 92.
The Detroit Tigers officially open spring training today with a game against the New York Mets. The weather won't e as warm as yesterday, but hopefully we'll have no rain. Get the rest of the news at Lakeland Local.
It is our favorite day of the year at Lakeland Local. Pitchers and catchers officially report today at Noon. Of course, we have a lot planned for the next month of baseball. In addition to helpful links, and a few stories, we're lucky to again have the fine photographs from Lakeland resident Roger DeWitt. Here's a sample of what you'll find every Spring Training day at the top of Lakeland Local...
Spring training is just around the corner and our friends from Michigan are going to be here soon. Maybe a Lakeland local can help out Nick B. from Detroit....
The Detroit Tigers and the Cleveland Indians have released their 2008 Spring Training schedules. It's the last year for the Indians in Winter Haven. I think they were forced out to make room for a rail hub.*
• Before you head down to Lakeland, take a tour of Joker Marchant Stadium. The Ledger just published a podcast and a photo slide show about the stadium. While both the photos and text are interesting separately, the podcast narration isn’t completely synced to the slide show. Though you can easily download the narration, it [...]
The Tigers lost to the Red Sox today 7-6. The “big news” was the bench clearing “discussion” between the two teams. The impetus for the confabulation? Red Sox pitcher Josh Beckett plunked Sheffield and Ordonez and Tigers pitcher Todd Jones was tossed for missing J.D. Drew. Yeah, tossed because he threw and missed. The umpire [...]
The Tigers are in Tampa Monday to play the Yankees. It’s on ESPN at 1:00 pm. XM is also carrying some Tigers Spring Training games: 03/07 XM177 Braves @ Tigers 1:05 pm eastern 03/10 XM179 Red Sox @ Tigers 1:05 pm eastern 03/14 XM177 Mets @ Tigers 1:05 pm eastern 03/17 XM178 Tigers @ Blue [...]
The Michigan State baseball team arrives in Lakeland today for spring break. Don’t worry, we’re not turning into Ft. Lauderdale. The Spartans are spending their week at Joker Marchant. They’re sharing the Tigers’ spring training complex as a base for eight games in eight days starting Sunday. The team’s first two games will be in [...]
The Tigers are undefeated in the Grapefruit League. OK, that’s just after two games. But it’s still a good start. Forget all your troubles; forget all your cares, and go downtown… Tiger fans in town…First Friday is a celebration held downtown, well, the first Friday of each month. Tonight Tigertown Comes Downtown. Flying Tiger players [...]
Last night, the Tigers won their opening Spring Training game. The beat the Florida Southern College team 14-0. If you make the trip to Lakeland stop by the Ledger offices and purchase a copy of the Tuesday February 27th, 2007 newspaper. The Sports Extra (a wraparound for the Sports section) for that day was the [...]
Pitchers and catchers have reported and spring training is off to a cool weather start. That photo at left is a sign I found yesterday at Tiger Town. And here I thought the team had most positions filled. This is our first Spring Training at Lakeland Local. We’re doing what we can for the fans [...]
I can’t believe I missed this collection in literally my own back yard. I’ve been to the Lakeland Library Special Collections Room dozens of times and never stumbled across the Dan Sanborn Photo Collection. It took Absolute Michigan to open my eyes. Sanborn was a photographer for the Ledger and elsewhere, and was there when [...]
Bio: The short line? Father, husband, writer. My online presence is primarily through as the editor, writer, and occasional photographer for the news sites, Lakeland Local, a sampling of the news, concerns, and events for Lakeland, Florida, and Metro i4 News, which covers the Interstate 4 corridor in Central Florida. Both sites feature the work of myself and other contributors. As a hobby, I manage a forum and some web sites that feature a pulp fiction series written by Lester Dent -- Doc Savage Organized, Doc Savage Info, and Flearun.
