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Written by wrigleyville
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Wednesday, 28 October 2009 |
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Gordon Wittenmyer appears to be applying for a job with the Greater Phoenix Chamber of Commerce - you know, just in case this newspaper field should disappear:
But just over the past half-dozen years, five teams have fled Florida for Arizona, including two from the Eastern Time Zone, Cleveland and Cincinnati (starting 2010). And every team from the West and Mountain zones, along with five of the eight Central time zone teams train there. The Phoenix area has made that big of a regional commitment to major league teams, and the advantages to the short trips and getting the most out of a training day are clear to many teams.
The Cubs can dream about Disneyland-type spring complexes and listen to golden offers all day long, but moving from Arizona would be a mistake. And the Cubs' baseball people don't want the hassles of Florida any more than the players want that 2 1/2-hour bus ride to Dunedin to play the Blue Jays in a meaningless game or that 3 1/2-hour bus ride to Viera for the Nationals.
I, for one, am 97 percent more likely to go to spring training in Naples. For what that's worth.
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