spring training part 1

for as much as these posts were to be about honoring spring training and showing some cool photos from the life mag archive my selections have more or less turned it into a ted williams - a.k.a. the kid, the thumper, teddy ballgame or the splendid splinter - love fest. we'll see how this shakes out as the week goes along, for now this is a shot of the aforementioned "splinter" arriving at the first day of spring training in sarasota florida in 1956. the one question i have is why did he arrive in his uniform? was he so excited to play he slept in it the night before? tune in tomorrow for more olde tyme spring training fun!