CLEVELAND, Ohio – It was 65 degrees and sunny at Globe Life Ballpark in Arlington Saturday afternoon. Indians announcer Jim Rosenhaus called it, "a perfect day for baseball."
The Indians beat the Rangers, 3-1, to end their spring-schedule with a 18-12-4 record, good for a third place finish in the Cactus League. Then they boarded a charter flight to Cleveland where they will find conditions for Monday's regular-season opener against Boston far less than perfect. As a tune-up, it snowed sideways, thundered and hovered in around 36 degrees in the Greater Cleveland area Saturday.
Welcome home, boys of summer.