Enjoy spring training on an overnight or weekend getaway
Coming february to early march, Phoenix and Central Florida, come alive with the sound of the crack of the bat as spring training comes to town. Pitchers and catchers report in early February with full teams reporting just a few days later. Tortes the end of February deems typically start in the early afternoon or early evening. Tickets are cheap usual restarting and under $20.00 and are also available even on a walk a basis.
Attending a spring training game is unlike a regular team during the season. You get much closer to the players in the field and everything is more laid back. You can go early and watch the players practice and it is much easier to get close to the players and coaches and get autographs. Hot dogs and snacks are sold at the small in some and stadiums and tend to be cheaper. 
How intimate are the stadiums in spring training? The Texas Rangers home stadium in Arlington Texas owns over 49,000 fans! Their stadium in surprise Arizona holds 10,500. The New York Yankees play in New York holds over 50,000 fans while their spring training stadium in Tampa hold just over 11,000.
For ticket to see the Boston red sox you’ll pay $165 or more for seen by the field along the first and third base line during the regular season. That is if you could even get tickets to a home game. Spring training tickets run you as little as $5.00 and the most expensive tickets are all a $48!
So as you bet your march schedule you want to look at the city’s below or bid for an overnight near one where your favorite team will play their spring training games. You can check in schedules and buy tickets online at their web sites.
Generally, there two weeks for spring training the cactus league in phoenix and the grapefruit league in Florida. The teams are divided as follows:
Cactus league
- Glendale -Chicago white sox
- Glendale – Los Angeles dodgers
- Goodyear – Cincinnati Reds
- Goodyear – Cleveland Indians
- Peoria – San Diego padres
- Peoria -Seattle mariners
- Phoenix – Milwaukee brewers
- Phoenix – Oakland A’s
- Mesa -Chicago cubs
- Scottsdale – Arizona diamondbacks
- Scottsdale – Colorado Rockies
- Scottsdale – San Francisco giants
- Surprise – Kansas City royals
- Surprise – Texas Rangers
- Tempe – California angels
Grapefruit league
- Bradenton – Pittsburgh pirates
- Charlotte County – Tampa Bay rays
- Clearwater – Philadelphia Phillies
- Dunedin -Toronto blue jays
- Fort Myers – Minnesota twins
- Jupiter – Florida marlins
- Jupiter – St. Louis cardinals
- Kissimmee – Houston Astros
- Lake Buena vista – Atlanta braves
- Lakeland – Detroit tigers
- Lee county – Boston red sox
- Port Saint Lucia -New York Mets
- Sarasota – Baltimore orioles
- Tampa – New York Yankees
- The air – Washington national’s
There’s a lot more to do besides just attending spring training. After a game go play a round of golf. Many times will run into players also playing a round of golf. If the team has a day off you can almost guarantee at least some of the players will be found at the nearby golf course.
The large number of golf courses also means you’re going to find very reasonable rates for round of golf.
The other place you’ll find players in the off hours we’ll be around the pool. The trick is to finding out where favorite team is staying. Learn that info and then head for the pool. You’re very likely to find players lounging around.
Most players and coaches are very approachable during spring training. Collecting autographs is much easier during spring training than during the regular season.
If you have for phoenix you can take in multiple teams and on several days will be able to take in a couple of games. The cactus league has 15 teams in all of them spend their spring training in or around the Phoenix area.
If you’re headed for Florida to take in the grapefruit league venue will have to drive around to get the various schemes is the grapefruit league teams are spread out from the East Coast to the west coast of Florida in from as far north as the land O area to as far south as West Palm Beach and fort Myers.
Spring training camps make for great getaway or something to chew on an overnight. Got Kids?
You have to make a trip to spring training a must do with them. It will be a trip you remember for years to come.