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Braves’ 4th round pick, infielder Mycal Jones
July 15, 2009: 2009 draft pick infielder Mycal Jones (1) of the Danville
Braves, 4th round draft pick of the Atlanta Braves, prior to a game against
the Elizabethton Twins at Dan Daniel Memorial Park in Danville, Va.
Photo by: Tom Priddy/Four Seam Images
In case you think I was just fooling with you by mentioning Mycal Jones in a previous post and not showing his photo — here he is.
I always wind up with those goofy photos
July 15, 2009: L.V. Ware (7) of the Danville Braves pretends to help Braves
mascot Blooper stretch before a game against the Elizabethton Twins
at Dan Daniel Memorial Park in Danville, Va. Photo by: Tom Priddy/
Four Seam Images
Oh, you know, no matter where I go, I always wind up with a goofy photo or two . . . .
I mean, what else are you gonna do while the teams are just standing around waiting for the game to start?
Despite rain, clouds, it’s good to be in Danville
July 15, 2009: 2009 draft pick infielder Derek McCallum (7) of the
Elizabethton Twins, 4th round draft pick of the Minnesota Twins, prior to
a game against the Danville Braves at Dan Daniel Memorial Park in
Danville, Va. Photo by: Tom Priddy/Four Seam Images
It’s an unusual night game indeed when the light starts out bad and actually gets better as the game progresses. Such was the case last night in Danville, Va.
I can’t count the number of games I’ve shot this year that began in the rain at 3200, or what I like to call f-dark-30. My colleagues around the country say the same thing — the weather this year has not been cooperating.
Rain, fog, heavy cloud cover — these things don’t contribute to good baseball photography. Every shooter likes a little cloud cover cutting down on the bright, glaring sunshine, but this is ridiculous.
Fortunately, as is my usual procedure, I got to the park yesterday way ahead of the rain. I come to Danville every year to catch the young players in the Braves’ rookie affiliate in the Appalachian League, and I always enjoy seeing manager Paul Runge and GM David Cross.
Paul and his coaches, Derrick Lewis and Carlos Mendez, already had the team in the middle of drills when I got there about 3.
The shooting was pretty good during batting practice, and I was able to get some of the top 2009 draft picks on my list, including infielder Mycal Jones of the Braves, and later in the afternoon Derek McCallum of the Twins, (shown here), both fourth-round picks.
So, in case you think I’m complaining about the weather, I’m not. It doesn’t do any good, anyway. Besides, if you get there early enough it all averages out.
Braves think Hanson has a lot of potential
Braves prospect Tommy Hanson is getting a lot of good press this spring, and even the normally conservative Chipper Jones is raving.
“This kid is going to be a No. 1 starter in Atlanta soon,” Jones told the Associated Press. “There’s no holding him back. Even if I had to go to a six-man rotation, I would do it, just to get this kid some experience and get him on his way.”
I got a lot of mileage out of the photo above that I took at the 2007 Spring Training camp. But not so much out of the shot below when Hanson was in rookie ball at Danville in 2006. In 2008 I managed to miss him everywhere I went as he moved from Myrtle Beach to Mississippi.
I hope I get a chance to see him when I get to Spring Training this month.
Tom Priddy
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