In 1977 Dunedin became home to the Blue Jays for spring training. Over 40 years later the Blue Jays are the only Major League franchise that still plays in their original spring training park. In 2019 construction began to renovate the park and the Blue Jays signed a 25-year lease …
Read More »Tomorrow’s Stars
This is America’s pastime. The cut grass, the ballpark hotdogs, the romantic life that is only found on and around the diamond. From a young age, being subject to the drug that is baseball can be addicting- the game is a wonderful place to be and is something accessible for …
Read More »Ray vs Pirates in Port Charlotte: Everything Except the Game
TigerTown USA
Thousands of fans sporting Navy Blue and orange filed into Joker Marchant Stadium for the 86th season of Detroit Tiger Spring Training. Home of the ballpark is Lakeland, FL. or better wise known as TigerTown USA. The Tigers have been holding Spring Training in Lakeland since 1934, and moved to …
Read More »Locals and Phillies Fare- Tastes of Spectrum Field
Spectrum Field, located in the heart of Clearwater, FL, is where the Philadelphia Phillies have trained for the last 16 years. Both Florida locals and Phillies fans, which many are trying to escape the low temperatures up north, flock to see their team play during spring training year in and …
Read More »Nationals versus Orioles: Spring Training Game Recap
Yesterday, March 3, 2020’s game, stood scoreless for the 3753 people in attendance until the third inning. The Orioles faced off against the Nationals at FITTEAM Ballpark in West Palm Beach, spring training home to the Nationals and the Astros. Innings 1 and 2 Max Scherzer stood on the mound …
Read More »Yankees clobber Red Sox 9-1
Yankees Score Six Runs in the First Playing in front of their home crowd, the Yankees got off to a fast start and never looked back. It Never Got Better for the Red Sox The Yankees earned three more runs and eight more hits in the rest of the game. …
Read More »Trea Turner Talks Ball
After becoming the 2019 World Series champions, all eyes are on the Nationals as spring training is underway. Among some of the team’s leading returners is 26-year-old Trea Turner. The shortstop has recently moved up from his previous No. 84 ranking in the MLB Top 100 players to 76. While …
Read More »Tigers and Red Sox play to a tie in Spring Training
The Boston Red Sox and the Detroit Tigers went head to head Monday afternoon in Lakeland. The 3-hour game ended in a tie after the Tigers made a huge comeback in the last few innings. A look at the teams Although spring training doesn’t count for much or usually mean …
Read More »360-degree sights help LECOM Park’s popularity soar
LECOM Park may have come in third in USA Today’s 2018 rankings of the spring training parks in the Grapefruit League, but to the hometown fans, it’s number one. The 70-degree weather Sunday afternoon at the springtime home of the Pittsburgh Pirates couldn’t have been more ideal for a ballgame. …
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