Another image from another forgotten game.Amazingly, this is pretty much what Citizens Bank Park looked like this afternoon for the final exhibition game of the spring, between the Pirates and the Phillies. The Phillies won 4-3. All of the regulars looked pretty sharp, both in play and in their unis. So wonderful, I must say, to see these guys back again in red, in the best ballpark on the East Coast.
Credit the Pirates for the very cool gesture of bringing Michael Dubee, son of Phillies' pitching coach Rich Dubee and former Phillies prospect, with bringing the younger Dubee along on the trip and putting him in the game. He pitched a scoreless eighth, in front of a proud papa.
Michael Stutes, whom I last saw running out of gas in the playoffs in Reading, pitched the 9th. He allowed a run and some runners but did not look all that bad. If his future is in the bullpen, he may have something.
