The Florida ‘Grapefruit League’ Gets Underway
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Being from England my knowledge of Baseball is limited to movies that have featured it heavily. That would include ‘A League of Their Own’, ‘Fever Pitch’, ‘Field Of Dreams’ , ‘Major League’, ‘Bull Durham’ , ‘The Babe’ and the like.
Nevertheless this week saw the start of what is nicknamed ‘the Grapefruit League’ in Florida, or to give it its official name, ‘Spring Training’. In Major League Baseball spring training is a series of practices and exhibition games preceding the start of the regular season.
So, if you’re in Florida you have the chance to see teams like the New York Yankees (in Tampa), Boston Red Sox and Minnesota Twins (in Fort Myers) and current World Series holders St. Louis Cardinals (in Jupiter) not forgetting Florida’s own Tampa Bay Devil Rays (in St. Pete) and the Florida Marlins (in Jupiter).
If you’re looking for game schedules and the best up to date ‘Grapefruit League’ news check local Florida papers and the teams own Spring Training pages. Read the rest of this entry »
