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I don’t know what you did today, but today I met Bob Feller.

This morning we left my parents’ house at 8:00. After a long drive (which really wasn’t all that bad), we parked at Chain of Lakes Park in Winter Haven, Florida. This is where the Cleveland Indians have their training camp.

We watched the 7pm game between the Indians and Astros. I got a foul ball (with the help of Dad) by leaning over the wall on the 3rd base line and having him hold my legs to keep me from falling. I got a couple Astros to sign the ball (read: “not Biggio”), and then we went to find Bob Feller.

For a $5 donation to his museum, you can get Feller to sign just about anything. Bats and shirts are a little more, but all I wanted was a ball and a picture. I got both. He was actually a pretty nice man.

Now for those of you who have lived under a rock for the entire span of your existence, Bob Feller was quite possibly the best right handed pitcher to play baseball. (If not the best, he is very close to the top of the list.) Feller pitched 16 out of 20 seasons from 1936 - 1956. Four of those years (the prime of his career), he was serving his country in the U.S. Navy. Stats here.

I don’t usually have a lot of pictures to share, but since I’ll have a good number this week, I decided to try out flickr. Geof does it, so it must be cool. Right? I’ve got a thing or two more to figure out (perhaps tomorrow), but I uploaded a few pictures here.

We’ve got a long day ahead tomorrow, so I’m going to get some sleep. We watch the Devil Rays (hopefully) beat the Red Sox, then we’ll be heading into Clearwater for some awesome pizza. More on that tomorrow.