Tonight the team takes our coaches, Oscar Gamble and Homer Bush, along with the minor league team staff to dinner at a nearby steak house. As the week progressed we got closer as a team. The average age for our bunch was 51 by far the youngest team or camp I’ve been a part of. We had one guy 39, a couple of 40s and our oldest was 64. We came from five states- Florida, Alabama, California,Louisiana and Georgia. Ironically not one New Yawker in our midst. Just 12 guys living their fantasy for a week brought together by their age, love for baseball and in this case the Yankees. Fun week, fun group.
We ended the day telling a typical fantasy camp story that happened this morning. During our game at Steinbrenner Field, a retired couple from New Jersey, big Yankee fans, came into the stadium not knowing what was going on. After watching fantasy baseball for about 5 minutes Joe turns to Millie and says “I sure hope they get better by April!”
So do we Yankee fans!
Catch parts 1, two, three, four and five of Roy’s Yankees Adventures and check back tomorrow for more Fantasy Baseball Camp adventures.
And for more fantasy baseball reading, check out:
- Roy Berger’s previous adventures starting with: Pt. 1, Fantasy Baseball Camp: Choosing Your Camp
- 5 Places to Catch Baseball’s Spring Training
- Adventure & Sports Travel section
- Top Five Baseball Stadiums to Visit this Summer
Text and Photos by Roy Berger for PeterGreenberg.com
