Ever wonder why we send 30 baseball teams to the desert and the beach every February? ⚾️☀️ 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. In this episode, I look back at: The "Birthplace": Why Hot Springs, Arkansas, was the original mecca before Florida and Arizona took over. The Legends: From Cap Anson’s "health camps" to the Dodgers moving west The Shift: How a desire to escape Jim Crow laws in the South actually helped birth the Cactus League in Arizona. Spring Training is about more than just getting in shape—it’s about the hope of a new season.
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