Florida Spring Training: Your Guide to Touring the Grapefruit League - Softcover

Byrd, Alan

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1887140689 ISBN 13: 9781887140683

Publisher: UNKNO, 2006

Synopsis

Making Spring Training dreams come true for thousands of fans, Byrd concentrates on the vital info they need most: how to find the best parks, best seats, best hot dogs and beer, best spots for getting autographs and snagging foul balls. Plus five week-long trips that combine baseball with Florida fun, theme park thrills, beach blanket bingo, and quiet interludes at the old fishin' hole.

About this title

About the Author

Alan Byrd grew up attending Spring Training games with his Dad. As an adult, he became an award-winning reporter for the Orlando Busines Journal, where he covered Central Florida's sports, tourism, and transportation industries for 10 years. He is currently the director of sales, marketing, and public relations for McCree Inc., an Orlando-based architecture and construction firm. Byrd contributes his skills to a number of Central Florida community organizations and charities. And he still spends Spring Training season in the ballparks, these days with his son.

From the Back Cover

Make Your SPRING TRAINING Dreams Come True!

IN THE SPRING, professional baseball teams turn Florida into every fan's dream destination. For the teams, Spring Training represents a new beginning, the first step on a pilgrimage to the World Series. For the fan, Spring Training represents the opportunity to watch the game's heroes up close and personal for just a few dollars and maybe even get their autographs.

BUT every one of the 17 stadiums is different. Each has its pluses and minuses, so capturing the ideal Spring Training experience can be elusive without the right information.

This book is your key to the ideal Spring Training experience -- at one park or many! For the serious fan, it offers five themed, week-long itineraries that combine baseball fun with theme park thrills, lazy days at the beach, and quiet interludes at the old fishin' hole.

"All the information one could hope to find on the Florida ballparks where 18 major league teams train each spring ... Byrd is the consummate baseball fan."
-- Kim Cool, Venice Gondolier Sun

"Indispensable."
-- Callie Stuhler, US Airways Attaché magazine

"Detailed analyses of each stadium ... extensive advice on acquiring autographs."
-- Harry Shattuck, Houston Chronicle

Alan Byrd visits every Spring Training camp in Florida. He tastes every hot dog and every specialty food at the stadiums, and samples the beer. He sits in box seats and bleachers, tries the standing room, and checks for sun and shade. He tries for autographs at every park and reads every program. And he checks out all the great restaurants and nearby attractions to make sure you'll have plenty to do before and after the game. It's a tough job, but Alan's willing to make the sacrifice.

Edition details

• Publisher: UNKNO
• Publication date: 2006
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1887140689
• ISBN 13: 9781887140683
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 3
• Number of pages: 256