Your spring training trips?

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I only went in March '84 -- Mets and Cards were both based in St. Petersburg (got Strawberry's autograph). If I do it again, it'd have to be in a pedestrian-friendly city (ie, the Mets' current home of Port St Lucie is out).

― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 4 January 2005 19:58 (twenty years ago)

I might go to Jupiter this year :)

― bnw (bnw), Tuesday, 4 January 2005 20:45 (twenty years ago)

When my grandparents had a place in Ft. Lauderdale, I went to see the Orioles play.

Some players were signing autographs near us, I didn't know any of the guys but my brother decided to get signatures anyway. It turned out that one of them was Gregg Olson, who won the Rookie of the Year Award that year.

― MindInRewind (Barry Bruner), Tuesday, 4 January 2005 21:00 (twenty years ago)

I once spent time w/ a community college baseball team down in FLA at one of the Astros' training facilities. (My dad was the coach.) Ugh ugh ugh ugh ugh. (That's for the cockroaches & the crappy beds.)

Haven't seen any MLB Spring Training action up close & personal, though. I'd love to see major league players kicking it minor league style.

― David R. (popshots75`), Wednesday, 5 January 2005 03:21 (twenty years ago)

I talked about this before, but I used to see the White Sox in Florida all the time when I was a kid. My mom still has the pictures somewhere.

― k3rry (dymaxia), Wednesday, 5 January 2005 13:48 (twenty years ago)

three weeks pass...

You purchased 2 tickets to:
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St Louis Cardinals vs. Los Angeles Dodgers
Roger Dean Stadium, Jupiter, FL

Saturday March 19, 2005 1:05 pm

yay!

― bnw (bnw), Wednesday, 26 January 2005 16:28 (twenty years ago)

Nice!!!

― gygax! (gygax!), Wednesday, 26 January 2005 17:12 (twenty years ago)

Im going to whatever Giants spring training game is on March 12th with some friends. Ill be wearing an LA hat.

― Dude, are you a 15 year old asian chick? (jingleberries), Thursday, 27 January 2005 01:06 (twenty years ago)

nine years pass...

Better Spring Training Setting, Cactus League or Grapefruit league and why

robneyer
I've literally never heard anybody say they prefer Florida. As awful as the highways in the Phoenix area can be, at least you can drive to all the ballparks in less than an hour. And the weather's better, too.

― touch of a love-starved cobra (Dr Morbius), Friday, 16 January 2015 20:31 (ten years ago)

true, but normal people probably aren't trying to get to 'all the ballparks'

― mookieproof, Friday, 16 January 2015 22:11 (ten years ago)

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