Pitchers and catchers are reporting! I love it! If you're a baseball fan, there's nothing better than spring in Arizona! I just don't see how Florida measures up to tell you the truth, the Cactus League has 15 teams that all train within the same metropolitan area, the Grapefruit League by contrast, has 15 teams that are dispersed across the state of Florida. If you spend a week in Arizona you could easily see all 15 teams, no doubt you could do the same in Florida but it would take a lot more time and effort.
My suggestion to anyone interested in coming on down to Arizona, book a room at the Talking Stick Resort in Scottsdale, it's a beautiful resort/casino located right next to Salt River Fields (spring home of the Diamondbacks and the Rockies), it's also fairly close to Scottsdale Stadium (spring home of the Giants) not to mention the top notch nightlife that you can find in Old Town Scottsdale. It's also within reasonable driving distance to Phoenix Municipal Stadium (spring home of the Athletics) and HoHoKam Stadium (spring home of the Cubs). Most of the other stadiums are on the west side of Phoenix and will take a little bit of driving time, it's not bad though as most of the driving can be done via the freeway system.
I'm really looking forward to the Chicago Cubs new spring home, it's set to open in the spring of 2014, that will be the closest stadium to my home!
This spring we will also be the benefactors of the 2013 World Baseball Classic, as some of the pool play games will be held in Arizona! If you haven't been to Arizona for Spring Training you don't know what you're missing. I can't wait!
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