For many baseball fans, a prime goal in spring training is to take in as much baseball as possible. Sometimes it’s possible to take in two MLB games in a day, while other times you’ll need to create a 2020 spring training doubleheader combining MLB and college games. Here are some tips. (more…)
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Build Your Own 2019 Spring Training Doubleheaders, Part One
One great reason to attend spring training: you have the time to see as much baseball as humanly possible. If you’re like us, that means scheduling doubleheaders throughout the trip. Here’s some advice as you build your own 2019 spring training doubleheaders in Florida. (more…)
College Baseball and Spring Training: DIY Doubleheaders
One of our favorite ways to see as much baseball as possible in spring training is to build college DIY doubleheaders in Florida and Arizona, seeing two games a day in both the Cactus and Grapefruit League areas. (more…)
Fort Myers: We have little chance to land Nats
A proposed renovation of City of Palms Park for the Washington Nationals is dead, according to Mayor Randy Henderson, and Fort Myers officials says it will seek alternative uses for the former Boston Red Sox spring-training home. (more…)
Nationals, Lee County meet to discuss City of Palms Park
Nothing was finalized, but Lee County officials say they’re pleased after meeting with the Washington Nationals about playing in a revamped City of Palms Park as early as 2015. (more…)
Developer holds key to luring Nats to City of Palms Park
A developer interested in redeveloping the area around City of Palms Park could be key in luring the Washington Nationals to Fort Myers for spring training. (more…)
Lee County to pitch Nats again on City of Palms Park
Though there are no funds for renovations, Lee County will once again pitch the Washington Nationals on a move to City of Palms Park after Osceola County rejected a new Kissimmee spring-training complex. (more…)
Spring training unlikely to return to City of Palms Park: Lee County officials
Spring training is unlikely to return to City of Palms Park, according to Lee County officials, who are debating what to do with the former spring home of the Boston Red Sox. (more…)
Lee County still wooing Nats
Though Lee County has little to offer in terms of ballpark and complex upgrades, officials there say they’re still hopeful they can attract the Washington Nationals as a new tenant for City of Palms Park. The former spring home of the Boston Red Sox sits empty, and the Nats front office has openly expressed an […]
Return of spring training to City of Palms Park: Extreme long-shot
· The return of Major League Baseball spring training to Fort Myers’ City of Palms Park is a considerable long shot with no teams openly expressing interest, according to a Lee County Commissioner exploring options for the property deserted this offseason by the Boston Red Sox. John Manning says he’s heard second-hand that two teams […]