Lakeland, Fla. – Ian Kinsler has been in professional baseball since 2003. Every February he packs up, says good-bye to the family and heads off to spring training. No big deal. All part of the routine.
So why, then, on his flight into Tampa Monday did he feel so darn nervous?
“I had butterflies in my stomach,” he said Tuesday before the first official workout of the spring. “I don’t know why. I couldn’t get rid of them. I didn’t know what was going on. I could not put my finger on why I was so nervous.