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Spring training is the preseason in Major League Baseball (MLB), a series of practices and exhibition games preceding the start of the regular season. Spring training allows new players to try out for roster and position spots, and gives established players practice time prior to competitive play. Spring training has always attracted fan ...
Let the warmth set in. The New York Mets are about to leave for the Sunshine State and Port St. Lucie, Fla., as pitchers and catchers report for spring training.
And yet, as with many elements of spring training, there’s only so much you can do to prepare for what it’s like when the games — and every individual pitch — start to count.
In response to firefighter labor shortages during World War II, the Rainbow Conservation Camp was established as the first permanent fire camp, in 1946. It was modeled after New Deal Civilian Conservation Corps camps. The program grew to 16 camps throughout California in the 40s and 50s, including the first youth camps.
The largest wildfire burning in California grew to more than 350,000 acres Sunday, but there was hope that progress in containing it, as well as a cooldown, will help defeat it. ... California's ...
Roy Campanella (November 19, 1921 – June 26, 1993), nicknamed "Campy", was an American professional baseball player, primarily as a catcher.The Philadelphia native played in the Negro leagues and Mexican League for nine years before entering the minor leagues in 1946.
Add a fourth pitcher to that all-important health-watch list in the newly inked Montas, a rising star in the game until a shoulder injury and subsequent surgery derailed last season and much of 2022.
A groundbreaking ceremony took place on November 9, 2015, and construction of the new facility was accelerated so that it could be completed in 16 months. Astros and Nationals pitchers and catchers officially reported for spring training at the new facility on February 14, 2017, followed by the rest of the players for both teams on February 17.