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Auction Block: Spring Training Edition

By Eric Angevine

Monday, February 23, 2009

Spring training hasn't always been held in Arizona and Florida. In the 1920's, when the slate of drills and exhibition games first began, the St. Louis Cardinals practiced for the upcoming season in exotic locales like Hot Springs, Arkansas, and Tulsa, Oklahoma. Baseball didn't take a break during World War II, and neither did spring training. Rationing meant that travel was restricted, however, so teams generally held organized practice in towns near their home bases. The White Sox spent ti ...

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