Spring Training

Day two of our vacation was more of Aaron's day.  For Christmas, I gave him tickets to a Yankees spring training game.  I wish I could say it was great planning on my part to get tickets for our 6 month anniversary weekend, but really, it was just pure luck.  I had no idea back when I bought them that it was our anniversary. 

Anyways, we woke up to another gorgeous day and headed out to their facilities.  Their field is right across the street from the Tampa Bay Buccaneers stadium, so that was cool for Aaron to see as well. 

I loved how small their ball park was.  It provided great opportunities for pictures and to actually meet the players.  This was the view we were greeted with as we came off the bridge.

the bullpen was right next to the bridge and you could look down into it

On the other side was another field where the majority of the team was taking batting practice.  We saw Nick Swisher signing autographs for about 15 minutes before heading in to change for the game.  We stopped by the pro shop and bought a few souvineers before heading to our seats.  Our seats were amazing!  We were right behind the Yankees dugout which provided for some awesome pics.

The Yankees ended up losing...but they played several minor league pitchers until the 6th inning when Mariano Rivera, one of the greatest closers of all time, came in to pitch for the first time this spring.  He did awesome! 

the Sandman

After the game, we headed out to St. Petersburg for dinner with my uncle.  He took us to a great little Mexican restaurant and then we headed out to the beach to enjoy the sunset and some drinks.  It was a little chilly with the wind coming off the water, but it was BEAUTIFUL. 

Till next time :)