It has to be said, the bonus months of baseball in Arizona are definitely a plus. When the rest of the country is still digging itself out of snow-drifts, the state becomes a mecca for all the MLB teams in the Western half of the country. It’s like having an All-Star Game in your backyard. Then, at the end of the year, we get the Arizona Fall League, a showcase for some of the best prospects from all thirty teams. But spring training is not all sunshine and roses…
What do you enjoy most and least about spring training?
I think it’s a delight when it starts,
simply because we’ve been starved of baseball for months. Simply seeing the players wandering about, stretching and taking ground balls is a joy, especially if you’ve been spending your time not giving a damn about the NFL, NBA or… whatever that other league is. But speaking personally, there’s a point – well before the end of the Cactus League schedule – where I’ve had enough of games where even the starting position players only go five innings, and by the end, your score-card resembles the first draft of Peter Jackson’s next trilogy. Then there’s the potential for meaningless baseball leading to very meaningful injury…
So, whether you live in Arizona or not, tell us what you feel about spring training!
