Spring Training - Arizona
In fact, spring training and Arizona (AZ) are like hot dogs and baseball.
You just can’t have one without the other.
Major League Baseball’s annual spring training is one of the things that make Arizona such a popular travel destination in March.
Arizona’s sunny skies and balmy weather – at a time when much of the rest of the country is still under a blanket of snow – brings vacationers and baseball players to get warmed up in preparation for the summer months.
Even Arizonans get into spring training in Arizona - playing hooky from work, school and other obligations - to enjoy a day under the sun, watching one or more of the over 150 Arizona spring training games.
What is Spring Training in AZ?
For those who aren’t familiar, Major League Baseball holds a series of pre-season games in warm and sunny climates for about one month before the regular baseball season begins.
This yearly event is known as spring training or baseball spring training camps.
All of the professional teams head south to play practice games against each other as well as warm up for the baseball season.
These games do not count as regular season games and, therefore, have no bearing on who will go to the World Series.
This is also the time for teams to try out a large number of players before deciding on a final roster for the regular season, which begins in April.
Professional baseball spring training is split into two leagues – the Grapefruit League, which is held in Florida, and Arizona’s Cactus League.
When Does Spring Training in Arizona Begin?
The Arizona Cactus League generally runs anywhere from the last week in February to the end of March or the first week of April every year.
For 2011, the tentative Arizona baseball spring training schedule runs from Saturday, February 26, 2011 through Tuesday, March 29, 2011.
The schedule is published piecemeal, beginning sometime after the end of the World series. Each team publishes its schedule according to its own timeline.
Tickets for Cactus League games usually go on sale by mid-January. However, some teams begin selling single game tickets as early as mid-November.
For 2011, there will be fifteen baseball teams coming to spring training in Arizona.
The Arizona Cactus League teams play in ten different stadiums in nine different cities across the greater Phoenix area.
Over 1 million fans will fill the stadiums - and Arizona roads - for a first look at their favorite teams' new lineups.
Why Go to Spring Training in AZ?
Spring training in Arizona gives you a chance to experience the good old days of baseball.
The Arizona spring training stadiums are smaller than the huge stadiums that baseball teams play at during the regular season.
This intimate atmosphere gives you a chance to get closer to the players - either during the game or before at the practice fields.
Fans can get autographs and watch the players train and play almost every day.
You might even get to talk baseball with the players.
At a stadium like Phoenix Municipal Stadium, fans can get a seat in the 5th row behind the Oakland A’s right field line bullpen, where there is only a 3-foot high wall separating them from the players.
At many Arizona spring training sites, there are no fancy screens for instant replay or "between innings" video dot races.
Instead, you’ll see actual go-karts or costumed mascots race along the outfield warning track.
The warm sun, smell of fresh cut grass and the broad, verdant lawn seating give a spring training in AZ game a casual, family-friendly "picnic" atmosphere.
Baseball teams and fans bring their hopes and expectations for a glorious, winning season that may see them playing in the World Series.
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