Monday was a busier day at Hammond. A few more players and a lot more fans (school holiday).

To explain this day to those who have not been to Ft. Myers I will give a little geography lesson.

As I understand it Hammond Stadium is the ball park used by the Miracle and Twins during

spring training. The rest of the facility is called Century Link Sports Complex. Hammond

is in the northeast corner; to the south is parking lot; and to the west is where the spring training

action takes place.

To the west of Hammond is a full sized ball park. Spring training practices usually end on this

field. There is a waist high portable fence that connects this field with the clubhouse at Hammond.

At the end of practice fans can line up along this fence and players will stop and sign autographs.

Continuing west past this field are 4 more fields back to back. Field #1 is a small infield sized

field with enclosed batting cages where the outfield would be and a clubhouse (I assume).

The other 3 fields are full sized. During these informal workouts the players use fields 3 & 4.

As I approached field #1 I noticed an infield practice going on with 2 players at each base

except first. I didn't recognize anyone, but noticed most of the fans were crowding along the

first base fence; Byung Ho Park was fielding throws at first base.

When this practice ended they all headed to field 3 for hitting. I should refer to this as the Adam

Brett Walker III show. About every 3rd pitch went over the fence and onto Plantation Road.

After Park finished hitting he went to centerfield. He is a sturdy looking man with Killebrew sized

legs. I'm certain Mr. Buxton will never be beaten by Mr. Park in a footrace and he doesn't

appear to have a strong throwing arm. He seems to understand English fairly well and is very

personable while signing autographs.

I heard someone mention John Ryan Murphy's name and asked to point him out. I never would

have suspected him to be a catcher. He is built more like a middle infielder. After practice he

gave a youngster his bat. I got autographs from Park and Murphy.

Monday night was very stormy here and when I got to the park on Tuesday the fields were

covered with tarps with water standing everywhere. I walked back to Hammond where Kyle

Gibson was signing autographs with his wife and little girl nearby. Gibson is 6 ft 6 and his

wife is quite petite. Three catchers were hitting underhand pitches in the batting cage;

Murphy, Mitch Garver, and Alex Swim. Later