Second baseman Hyeseong Kim follows through
as he hits a home run, back-to-back, with
Keston Hiura in the bottom of the sixth inning
Thurs., Feb. 27, at Camelback Ranch.
(Photo by Ed Piper)
By Ed Piper
I kept score of most of the six games we attended at Spring Training in Arizona Feb. 25-March 2, after a year-plus hiatus from scorekeeping.
This focus also helped me take long-distance photos with my tiny camera of player action through the first few games, when we were planted in seats (when I went solo, I would buy the cheapest lawn entry ticket and roam the grounds), and could focus on the game at hand.
In the bottom of the sixth inning, after viewing morning workouts at Camelback Ranch, then attending the 1:10 p.m. afternoon game with the White Sox, Hyseong Kim--nicknamed "The Comet" in his native South Korea for his speed--blasted a home run after teammate Keston Hiura did the same.
Reliever Alex Vesia received a heart-felt
round of applause from fans after finishing
the fifth inning.
A heart-warming moment occurred in the middle of the fifth inning, when Alex Vesia walked off the field after retiring three White Sox. Vesia and his wife lost their newborn baby soon after birth last October, and as a result the reliever was not available for duty in the World Series.
As Vesia stepped over the third-base line and headed toward the Dodgers' dugout on the leftfield side, fans gave him a round of applause in support. In response, the player tapped his heart with his left hand to acknowledge the gesture. Pro athletes are real people, and live daily lives with the ups and downs, just like all of us.
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