Archive: Spring Training Cactus League

One man’s tour of the Cactus League

Luke Lapinski, whom you may be familiar with from his work with the Phoenix Coyotes radio broadcast team, or from his turn as a co-host of “The Show To Be Named Later” right here on Fanster.com, is touring all of [...]

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Plans unveiled for new Wrigleyville in Mesa

When the Wrigley Field was built in 1914, it was done so at a construction cost of $250,000. Now, the Chicago Cubs are getting a new spring training home in Mesa, at a cost of just $99 million. Plans were [...]

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Chicago fans want Cubs to move spring training out of Arizona

More immigration protests in Chicago, even though the Diamondbacks aren’t even there. Guess the Windy City protestors just couldn’t get their stuff together back when the D-Backs were taking two of three from the lovable losers last month? Anyway, this [...]

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Game 11: It’s Always Sunny In Goodyear

April 1, 2010 Texas Rangers vs. Cincinnati Reds Goodyear Ballpark Goodyear, AZ I’ve been doing a rain dance for the last 48 hours. Well, whatever the opposite of a rain dance is because precipitation was expected today and if this [...]

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Game 10: Everybody Was Kung Fu Fighting

March 30, 2010 Chicago Cubs vs. San Francisco Giants Scottsdale Stadium Scottsdale, AZ We’ve certainly saved some of the best for last. I don’t know who exactly decided that the Giants were the lucky team who gets to play in [...]

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Game 9: All’s Well That Ends Wells

March 29, 2010 Cincinnati Reds vs. Chicago Cubs HoHoKam Stadium Mesa, AZ As I make the trek to HoHoKam Stadium in Mesa, I have but one burning question: who will spill beer on me this year? You see, Cub fans [...]

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Game 8: It’s So Hard To Say Goodbye…

March 28, 2010 Milwaukee Brewers vs. Arizona Diamondbacks Tucson Electric Park Tucson, AZ I’m aware that a number of people in Phoenix enjoy taking shots at Tucson but I like to think I’m above that. Still, I feel it is [...]

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Game 7: The Happiest Place on Earth

March 26, 2010 San Diego Padres – Milwaukee Brewers Maryvale Baseball Park Maryvale, AZ With all due respect to Disneyland, Maryvale Baseball Park is the happiest place on earth. Sure you might want to avoid hanging out in the area [...]

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Oakland Shuts Out Bay Area Neighbors

Oakland would get off to a jump-start on the Giants of San Francisco as the two teams played at AT&T Park. In the first inning Kurt Suzuki would hit a two-run shot off of Barry Zito. Oakland would score two [...]

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Oakland Shuts Out Bay Area Neighbors

Oakland would get off to a jump-start on the Giants of San Francisco as the two teams played at AT&T Park. In the first inning Kurt Suzuki would hit a two-run shot off of Barry Zito. Oakland would score two [...]

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