Today is Truck Day at Truist Park. For the longest time, it was just truck day, no capital letters. The Braves would load an equipment van and their highest-salaried player would drive it to Florida for the start of spring training, even though the actual first day of spring was a ways away.
That part about the highest-salaried Brave being the wheelman? I made it up. Though Greg Maddux and his heavy-duty ride clogging the McDonald’s drive-thru in Lake City, Fla., would have made quite the photo op.
That’s what Truck Day has become – a moment for photographers and videographers. There’s the gear being toted. There’s the back door being shut. There’s the vehicle pulling out. Pitchers and catchers to report soon! Spring is here! (Sort of.)
