After several rounds of voting with over 12,000 individuals participating, readers of Ballpark Digest and Spring Training Online chose Salt River Fields at Talking Stick as the leading Cactus League spring-training facility in the websites’ annual Best of the Ballparks polling, with 70 percent choosing the spring home of the Arizona Diamondbacks and Colorado Rockies. […]
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Teams Mixing up Menus in 2016
If you said the biggest baseball development in Kansas City last season was the Royals winning the World Series … well, of course, you would be right. After all, the loyal fans inside Kauffman Stadium hadn’t tasted ultimate victory for 30 years. (more…)
Cincinnati’s Parade an Opening Day Custom
Opening Day marks not only the return of Major League Baseball, but of one of the game’s most time-honored traditions. This year, Cincinnati will once again celebrate the beginning of a new season for the Reds with the Findlay Market Parade, which is baseball’s signature Opening Day Parade. (more…)
Nationals to End Viera Run Today
It was not a spring-training facility that anyone associated with the Washington Nationals or predecessor Montreal Expos ever explicitly chose, so it’s no surprise there won’t be too many tears shed for today’s finale at Viera’s Space Coast Stadium. (more…)
Palm Beach County Pitches Woo at Braves
We have a bidding war for a Atlanta Braves spring training camp, as Palm Beach County officials have responded to a Sarasota County pitch with one of their own — and a possible county commitment to advanced negotiations as soon as early April. (more…)
St. Pete Begins Planning For a Post-Rays World
With the Tampa Bay Rays on the search for a new-ballpark site, St. Petersburg is moving forward with planning for what comes next at the Tropicana Field location — with or without a new ballpark at the site. (more…)
Diamondbacks: Improve Chase Field Or We Will Leave
In a very complicated situation, Arizona Diamondbacks management is threatening a move from Chase Field — or at least launch a very public legal battle — if deferred capital improvements are not carried out in a timely fashion. (more…)
April Exhibitions Fuel Talk of Montreal MLB
With the annual Toronto Blue Jays exhibition series scheduled for next weekend, it’s time for the annual discussion of if or when Major League Baseball will return to Montreal, as Mayor Denis Coderre updates ballpark and ownership issues. (more…)
Nationals Giving Back to Viera
With their time at Space Coast Stadium winding down, the Washington Nationals are showing their gratitude to Viera. Before this evening’s game at Space Coast Stadium, the Nationals will give a donation aimed at improving the local high school baseball experience. (more…)
Rays to Face Cuban National Team Today
The day has arrived for the exhibition game in Cuba between the Tampa Bay Rays and the Cuban National Team. (more…)
Nats to Once Again Shop Nationals Park Naming Rights
The Washington Nationals will once again seek a naming-rights partner for Nationals Park, this time with a popular team and a more favorable economy. (more…)
Promotions Watch: MLB History Nights
The history of Major League Baseball will be thoroughly celebrated by all 30 teams this year, as seemingly every club is hosting a throwback promotion. (more…)
Big League Weekend in the Alamodome: A Precursor?
Major League Baseball returns to San Antonio this weekend, as the Texas Rangers and Houston Astros face off at the Alamodome in a series that inevitably brings up a discussion of the city’s suitability to host MLB in the future. (more…)