SARASOTA, Fla. - The sun is shining brightly (and hot), the grass is olive green (it needs rain) and the Cincinnati Reds continue to play exhibition Baseball - with everybody happy because the losses don't count yet.
Only 29 sunrises left until Opening Day: Best place for lunch in Sarasota: Five Guys, a burger franchise. I ordered large fries and my three companions tried to order fries and the counter guy said, "Trust me, you get enough fries in one order to serve four." He wasn't lying. We had a bag of fries as big as a bowling ball bag.
Top hangouts: The Gator Club (upstairs scotch and cigar bar); The Banana Factory (karaoke); and The Daiquiri Deck in Siesta Key (bikinis).
Former Reds pitcher Jack Billingham
showed up last week and said, "No beer and no tobacco in the clubhouse? The Big Red Machine couldn't have functioned."
Top prospect Todd Frazier keeps asking me for my premium cigars. Hope he remembers me when he begins making his millions and can afford to buy a cigar factory of his own.
- Hal McCoy,
staff writer
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