Baseball Musings
Baseball Musings
February 19, 2004
Does Spring Training Really Start?

I came across this article in the Tucson Citizen by Shelly Lewellen. This bit reminded me of something:


Pitchers and catchers from the Arizona Diamondbacks, Colorado Rockies and Chicago White Sox don't officially report until later this week.
But many players have been in Tucson for a while.

More than 50 D'backs are here early, preparing for spring training.

The team has a year-round training center across from Tucson Electric Park.

"Many players from both the major and minor leagues have been here since January, rehabilitating injuries or just working on strength and conditioning," said Tucson operations manager Jack Donovan.


Spring training used to be just that, six weeks to get back into shape after taking the winter off. But players train year-round now. Spring training is now a very long, lucrative warm up for the season, not a part of the year that really decides much.


Posted by David Pinto at 09:01 AM | Spring Training | TrackBack (0)
Comments

As a former U of Arizona student in Tucson, I can think of a lot of more unpleasant places to be from January-March, too. ;)

Posted by: Linkmeister at February 19, 2004 07:47 PM