Florida Spring Training, Second Edition: Your Guide to Touring the Grapefruit League

Spring training means magical moments for tens of thousands of baseball fans. But each stadium offers a different experience. In this guidebook, spring training journalist Alan Byrd gives the play-by-play on each stadium, from getting the best seats to getting autographs. Includes five week-long themed itineraries for fans who want to build an entire vacation around spring training.

For major league baseball 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 Florida’s 17 Spring Training 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. It will help you pinpoint the type of experience you’re after and where you need to go to get it. "Florida Spring Training" doesn’t ignore the history of great old parks, but Byrd is less interested in nostalgia than in ferreting out the little details that will make your visit to any of the Grapefruit League’s 17 parks special. tory of great old parks, but Byrd is less interested in nostalgia than in ferreting out the little details that will make your visit to any of the Grapefruit League’s 17 parks special.