I was looking at the KC Royals website and they show a schedule for both leagues. Don't teams typically play in one or the other?
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I thought so. Been watching Spring training baseball in Florida for years and certainly don't recall any Arizona based teams showing up to play? Is that what you are saying?
They show a schedule for both leagues, which a lot of sites do, but they only play in the cactus league.
LOL! Thanks for the clarification!
The Royals play their spring ball in Surprise, AZ which is located on the northwest side of the "valley" which describes the greater Phoenix area.
I live in the southeast valley. My son played for a Royals scout team a few years back and we made the drive out to Surprise every Sunday morning. It's 65 minute trip at 7am on a Sunday.
The facility is absolutely beautiful and very well maintained. One morning as we were waiting for the game to start on a practice field, some of the field guys showed up to make sure things were 'OK'. They immediately started talking on their radios, making wild gestures. I was seriously worried they were calling in an air strike or something worse.
A few minutes later about five more guys showed up riding various heavy duty apperatus. They ran to the field, where they immediately assessed the crisis, which was a single mushroom, having grown over night in the infield grass. They quickly devised a plan and removed said mushroom before anyone was seriously injured.
Those of us in AZ and FL who happen to live near these facilities are SPOILED ROTTEN.
I live in the southeast valley. My son played for a Royals scout team a few years back and we made the drive out to Surprise every Sunday morning. It's 65 minute trip at 7am on a Sunday.
The facility is absolutely beautiful and very well maintained. One morning as we were waiting for the game to start on a practice field, some of the field guys showed up to make sure things were 'OK'. They immediately started talking on their radios, making wild gestures. I was seriously worried they were calling in an air strike or something worse.
A few minutes later about five more guys showed up riding various heavy duty apperatus. They ran to the field, where they immediately assessed the crisis, which was a single mushroom, having grown over night in the infield grass. They quickly devised a plan and removed said mushroom before anyone was seriously injured.
Those of us in AZ and FL who happen to live near these facilities are SPOILED ROTTEN.
DK just finishing up playing out in Arizona(Peoria stadium). He's had the opportunity to play at just about all of spring training facilities for MLB and says Phoenix area is really nice, but you guys are missing the beaches!
I've been to both FL and AZ. I have to say I like Az better. But I think the players might like having a few days off because of rain which happens more in FL than AZ