May
13
ASU baseball making sure stadium deal with Chicago Cubs yields true partnership
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The financial motivation for Arizona State baseball#39;s move from Packard Stadium, its home since 1974, to the new Chicago Cubs spring-training stadium in Mesa is hard to argue. The bigger issues that ASU officials wrangled with were whether the university would be a true partner or merely a tenant playing off campus and whether its nationally known program would be eclipsed by the Cubs#39; even ...
Apr
02
Major League Baseball 2012: Washington Nationals’ pitching rotation could change everything
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In an experience no living Washington baseball fan has ever known, the answer to the eternal question “Who’s the starting pitcher tonight?” will be, “Somebody worth watching.” No, not just on opening day, but for every single game of the season. The Washington Nationals leave spring training with not five or six but seven starting pitchers that are, at the very least, of average major league ...
Mar
31
For 40-ish baseball stars, these are good ol’ days
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TAMPA, Fla. (AP) Mariano Rivera kneeled in his spring training clubhouse and stretched out flat on the floor, his white No. 42 - matching his age - pressed to the gray carpet. He stretched his right foot out and slowly drew it back over his left shoulder. He switched sides and then swung both legs over his head at the same time.
Mar
30
A non-fan’s baseball pilgrimage
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Spring training is a big tourist destination with all the 21st-century bells and whistles, but in some respects it#39;s still a throwback to a more casual, pastoral brand of baseball.
Mar
22
Fantasy Baseball 2012 Injury Updates: Spring Training Ailments: A Fan’s Take
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With most 2012 fantasy baseball drafts completed or taking place over the next week, there are a lot of changes that teams will need to make thanks to a thing called spring training injuries. It is a killer to draft someone you expect to hold down a key position and then see them fall to an injury that puts their season in doubt.