For the Eyeball Scout, packing for spring training is no trifling matter. Glasses, contact lenses, saline solution, artificial tears, mascara — we’re talking a good five minutes here. Oh, and clothes; should probably pack those. Arriving to the ballpark with your contact lenses on and nothing else? That’s a mistake you don’t make twice.
With a Thursday flight booked, on the off chance the plane lands safely on the runway (always a pleasant surprise) the Eyeball Scout will take in A’s games Friday, Saturday, Sunday, and Tuesday March 3rd-7th. What will he — he who refers to himself in the third person but who is not Rickey — most be looking for in order to report back to his readers (that’s you, also presumably not Rickey although Rickey if you’re reading .