Tuesday, March 06, 2012

Orioles in Florida

Ed Smith Stadium, Sarasota, FL




















The older park became a little stale,

but nothing $31 million couldn't fix.

Built when decision-makers still

had a soft spot for nature and for men,

it's pleasing now to see that's been preserved,

to have worked around an old tree,

to have kept a man's name over the main entrance

instead of a corporation's, not yet warped enough

to think they could possibly be people, too, my friends.



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