Friday, February 22, 2008 - Posts

Spring training photo/video requests

Since it's a slow news day -- unless you think Tomo Ohka deserves his own spotlight -- and I'm worn out from a heckuva show, I figure it's a good time to ask what you'd like to see when I hit spring training for five days next week.

Feel free to be specific as you like, and don't worry about being too demanding.  I'm not going to be able to get everything for everybody, because I'm just one guy and I don't get paid for this, but I don't want any good ideas to go unsaid.

I have a few questions that will help me out in terms of prioritizing, but you can add anything else you think of:

No. 1:  Any specific players you'd like to see, whether in the major- or minor-league camp?

The more obscure, the better in my book.  Last year on my Charlotte trip, somebody asked for pictures and footage of journeyman reliever Jake Robbins.  It's not like there's an abundance of Jake Robbins media out there, so I was happy to oblige.

No. 2:  Do you prefer shorter, numerous individual clips, or longer, more encompassing packages?

Here's an example of the latter, piecing together footage from last year's B game:



No. 3:  How important are the pitcher delivery pages?  And are my scouting reports of any value?  (For examples, see Gavin Floyd, Danny Richar, and Lance Broadway)

Go nuts.