Category Archives: Baseball

MLB Spring Training 2025

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In 2015 I started going to MLB Spring Training in Arizona. This is affectionately known as The Cactus League. Because there's a bunch of cactus everywhere. There's an east coast version in Florida called The Grapefruit League, which I suppose means there's a bunch of grapefruit in Florida. This post is an archived agenda so I don't have to argue with my friends about where we went previously.

Dates

  • March 5-9

Games

  • Giants vs White Sox at Scottsdale Stadium
  • Cubs vs Royals at Sloan Park (night game)
  • A's vs Guardians at Hohokam Field (rain delayed)
  • Rockies vs Rangers at Salt River Field (rained out / night game)
  • Cubs vs Mariners at Sloan Park

Lodging

  • 5119 E Winchcomb Dr, Scottsdale AZ

Food and Drink

  • Breakfast Club
  • STATS Sports
  • Chompies
  • Tapas Papa Frita at Southbridge
  • The Bread and Honey House
  • 12 West Brewing - Downtown Mesa
  • Mastro's City Hall Steakhouse
  • Snooze, an A.M. Eatery

Starting lineup board at Scottsdale Stadium

MLB 2015 Stadium Map in KMZ Format

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I spent some time dumping all the Major League Baseball (MLB) stadium locations into a Google Map and then exported that to a KMZ file. I did a cursory search to see if this was already available but didn't find exactly what I wanted, so here's this.

I'm using the Google Map as a checklist of stadiums that I've seen games in, and if you happen to embark on a similar mission you should feel free to copy the map or use the KMZ file in Google Earth to start your own list. To copy that map you'll need to be signed into a Google account. If you abstain from having a Google account, for whatever reason, you can still print it out. If you abstain from owning a printer, for whatever reason, you do know that are machines that connect to computers that take a digital representation of information and then imprint that information (text and/or images!) on paper, right? Good, get down to the FexEx/Kinkos office and have a great time there. Beyond those two options, you are officially on your own. Good luck.