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Ah, Lakeland. Today was a “best of” day for our trip:

• Tigertown - best Spring Training facility.
• Tigertown Nachos - totally worth the $5. I’d probably pay $7. Don’t tell them that.
• Yankees - best team to see play. (I admit this one is partially opinion.)
• Yankees at Tigers - best game to see.  (Again, partially opinion.)
• Capogna’s Dugout - best wings and pizza.

We started with a Sonic breakfast this morning because IHOP, Denny’s, and Bob Evans were all packed. Then we headed over to Tigertown to wait in line. (When the Yankees are in town, you need to be at the stadium about an hour before gates open to get a good spot for autographs.)

The game was great. We got to see Joba Chamberlain pitch. That was a thrill. And the Yankees really beat up on the Tigers’ Verlander. That also was fun to see. Yanks won 11-7, and even though the spring games don’t matter, it was fun to see the Yankees beat the Tigers.

After the game, I caught up with an internet friend. It was cool to see her since we’ve only actually ever met once.

Then Dad and I drove down to Tampa and checked into the hotel. After settling in, we headed down to Capogna’s Dugout in Clearwater, a regular stop on our spring tour. Now we are settled back in (with full stomachs) and are going to get to sleep early.

Tomorrow we’re heading down early to see the Yankees. We hope to get there around 8:00 hoping to see some of the early workout sessions. In all of our years coming down to Spring Training, we’ve never gone extra early just to see teams practicing on the practice fields. That should make for some interesting pictures and blogging.

After the Yankees game, we drive to Clearwater for the Legends charity game that Wade Boggs hosts every year. I’ll have lots of fun pictures from that as well.

Anyway, pictures from today are with the rest of the Spring Training 2008 pictures on flickr. I’m going to sleep now.