Word: extendo
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...place I am talking about is Extended Spring. As one Indians coach aptly described Central Florida in June, “Hell is hot...and then there is Extended.” “Extendo,” as it is called, is more or less like being put in a holding pattern. It is a place with no real games and no real statistics. Its members are composed of those unlucky players who fail initially to break camp when Spring Training ends on April...
More importantly, when you are stuck in Extendo there is no safe ground below you; if you aren’t cutting it there, the next step is to be released. And this is a possibility that every player is aware...
...However, being more of a realist than an optimist, I could never have anticipated staying in Extendo for only three days. Upon meeting up with my new team in Hickory, N.C. this weekend for the first time, one of my veteran teammates proclaimed my magic act “the shortest stay” he had “ever heard...
| 1 |