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Cubs 2012 spring schedule posted

We’ve posted an accurate 2012 spring-training schedule for the Chicago Cubs — a 35-game slate that includes 16 games at HoHoKam Park and two games against Texas in Las Vegas. You can view the schedule here. Tickets go on sale on Wednesday, January 4, at 9 a.m. MST. Our schedule — fact-checked with the team, […]

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Athletics exploring move to HoHoKam Park in 2015

The Oakland Athletics have entered into an exclusive negotiating period with the city of Mesa for a move to HoHoKam Park in 2015, once the Chicago Cubs shift to a new facility. The Athletics currently play spring matches at Phoenix Municipal Stadium and train at nearby Papago Park. Neither set of facilities approaches state of […]

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San Francisco Giants release tentative schedule

The San Francisco Giants released a tentative and incomplete 2012 spring-training schedule, complete with 16 home games at Scottsdale Stadium. You can view the full schedule here. The Giants open play on March 3 with a home game against the Colorado Rockies. In an unusual scheduling move, the team has three split-squad Saturdays, including a […]

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Tentative 2012 Oakland A’s spring-training sched posted

We’ve posted a tentative and incomplete spring-training schedule for the Oakland A’s, who are playing a partial slate of games through March 21 before departing for a season-launching series with Seattle in Japan. You can view the schedule here. The A’s are slated to begin play on March 2 at Peoria Stadium against the Seattle […]

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A’s, Mariners to begin, depart spring training early

With Major League Baseball scheduling a season-opening series between the Oakland Athletics and Seattle Mariners in Japan, both teams will begin spring training early and take a break at the end of spring training. The teams will participate in Japan Opening Series 2012, a two-game set scheduled for March 28 and 29. “Major League Baseball […]

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Could Phoenix lose spring training?

Despite money set aside for ballpark improvements, it looks like the Milwaukee Brewers and Oakland Athletics are shopping for new spring-training complexes come 2013 and 2015, respectively, which could lead to the loss of spring training in the city of Phoenix. The two teams are the last training in the actual city of Phoenix, with […]

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