With most of the Tropicana Field roof shredded by Hurricane Milton, the Tampa Bay Rays and Major League Baseball must address the team’s short-term and long-term needs for home play just five months before the 2025 regular season starts. (more…)
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Rays to train at ESPN Wide World of Sports, play spring games at the Trop
We were told this was the most likely outcome early on, and the Tampa Bay Rays made it official, announcing the team would train at Disney’s ESPN Wide World of Sports complex and then play spring games at Tropicana Field. (more…)
Ripken Baseball Tournaments Coming to ESPN Wide World of Sports
Ripken Baseball will bring youth tournaments to the ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex starting in 2020, with plans to use the former Atlanta Braves spring-training ballpark. (more…)
Saying Goodbye to Champion Stadium and Don & Charlie’s
Spring training is a time of renewals and fresh faces. But it’s also a time for goodbyes, as we bid farewell to two longtime favorites, Champion Stadium and Don & Charlie’s. (more…)
Prepping for Spring Training 2019
With training camps in full swing in a month, it’s time to look at the ballpark changes on hand for spring training 2019, which includes one major renovation and one new Florida ballpark—opening for a single game. (more…)
Braves Continue Spring Training Ballpark Pursuit
With both Palm Beach and Sarasota counties in the mix, the Atlanta Braves are continuing to pursue a new spring training facility in Florida. (more…)
Braves spring training branding MIA
There’s no event like a Disney event, and a recent Atlanta Braves spring-training game at Champion Stadium had all the hallmarks of a big Disney event: Crammed parking lot, crowded walkways, lot of folks buying food and drink in the concourses. Only one thing was missing: any semblance of Braves branding. (more…)
First spring-training schedule posted
Our sister site, Spring Training Online, has posted the first tentative schedule for 2013: the home slate for the Atlanta Braves at Champion Stadium. You can view the schedule here. Spring training will be a slightly longer affair in 2013: games will be starting a little earlier and run through the end of March. You […]