Re Release: History of Spring Training

<p>Ever wonder why we send 30 baseball teams to the desert and the beach every February? ⚾️☀️</p>

<p>I recently took a deep dive into the fascinating (and often weird) history of Spring Training. It wasn’t always multi-million dollar complexes and Gatorade.</p>

<p>In this episode, I look back at:</p>

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<p>The "Birthplace": Why Hot Springs, Arkansas, was the original mecca before Florida and Arizona took over.</p>

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<p>The Legends: From Cap Anson’s "health camps" to the Dodgers moving west</p>

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<p>The Shift: How a desire to escape Jim Crow laws in the South actually helped birth the Cactus League in Arizona.</p>