Have just finished up a welcome dinner with all of the other participants and players. Had Jim Eisenreich at my table, who shared plenty of stories of his 20 years in the majors. Interesting guy who's met plenty of interesting characters along the way. While most of the stories were about the '93 Philies, he threw in a few about the World Series win with the Marlins and playing with George Brett and Bo Jackson in Kansas City.
Funniest story was when he was asked whether Randy Johnson was the toughest pitcher he ever faced, he said "yes, but I hit my first grand slam off him and probably batted 0.400 against him. Just about everyone at the table just stopped trying to comprehend how you could say something like that without coming off as full of s**t.
About to hit the sheets - have an early start with breakfast at 6:30 and need to be on the bus to the field by 7:30. Looking forward to getting out on the diamond and getting in touch with my inner 13 year old.
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