A Summary of Spring Training 2011

It’s spring time again and many baseball fanatics are now rushing to see their favorite baseball teams train for the upcoming season. Spring training season has become a ritual for many baseball enthusiasts. In fact, almost every baseball team offer their fans a special weekend package which include accommodation on a hotel that is a few distance away from the spring training complex.

For those who are not really into baseball, here are some important tidbits on how spring training season came about. Truth of the matter is, the specific origin of spring training is unknown up to now. But many have reason to believe that it is as old as the game itself. This is evidenced by the spring training that was held during the 1870. This is the time when the Chicago White Stockings and Cincinnati Red Stockings made organized baseball camps right in New Orleans. However, some historians argue that it was the Washington Capitals who introduced spring training in 1888. During this time, the Washington Capitals held a four-day camp in Jacksonville, Texas. Although the origin of this annual ritual is still debatable, by the 1900’s, spring training has already firmly established itself. Since then, majority of the National and American League teams head out of town to train for the new season. This is also the time when their managers evaluate each player’s performance.

Grapefruit League and Cactus league have posted the schedule of the 2011 Spring training early this year. Spring training programs for both leagues began during the last week of February and all games concluded on the last week of March.

For 2011, Arizona Spring Training game was first held on February 25 and the last game was held on March 29, Tuesday. However, baseballs fans in Arizona should expect more baseball games since the Arizona Diamondbacks will be hosting the All-Star Baseball Game 2011 at Chase Field on the 12^th of July. So, for those of you who have missed the Spring training games in Arizona, there is no reason to mope since you can still expect to see your favorite baseball teams and players during the All-Star Baseball Game on July.

Meanwhile, in Florida, there are over 1.5 million baseball fans that went to see the baseball teams playing at the Grapefruit League. Overall, there are a total 239 Baseball Games that were held for Florida Spring Training 2011. The games were played from Feb.25 to March 31 (a total of 33 days) in 14 different locations statewide.

Indeed, Spring Training season went by really quick but baseball fans would never forget the wonderful memories they had this year. And since the last game has been recently concluded, baseball fanatics and enthusiasts cannot wait to watch their favorite baseball teams play in the regular season.