The Grapefruit League inounza baseball nemafuta kuFlorida imwe neimwe yegore!
Purofesi yekuFlorida inodzidziswa yakadzokera kumakore ekutanga ezana remakore rechimakumi maviri - kutanga nemutambo wekuratidzira muna 1908 pakati peCincinnati Reds uye semi-pro St. Petersburg Saints. Muna 1913, Chicago Cubs yakasvika muTampa pamusana wekuda kweMeya DB McKay ... uye, apa ndipo patinotaura kuti zororo rose. Mapurisa eFlorida aisazombovazve kunze kwezvinhu uye mazwi eAmerica aifarira nguva.
Musi waFebruary 19, Plant Plant yaTampa - iri kuchamhembe kweTampa Bay Hotel inoyevedza uye inoyevedza (ikozvino Yunivhesiti yeTampa) yakanga iri kuona kweCubs kutanga kwekudzidzisa maitiro. Vhiki rimwe gare gare, mutambo wokutanga wemitambo mitatu yemitambo inopesana neCubs neboka reCuban nyenyeredzi, Havana Athletics yakaita kuti vanhu vakawanda vakamboona chiitiko chemitambo muTampa Bay. IChicago Cubs yakaenderera mberi nokutsvaira mutsara.
Vadzidzi vaviri chete vebato rechiuto vakadzidziswa kuFlorida muna 1913 - maCubs muTampa uye neCleveland Indian muPensacola. Negore rakatevera, baseball yakapetwa kaviri kuFlorida neChicago Cubs muTampa, St. Louis Browns muSt. Petersburg, St. Louis Cardinals muSt. Augustine uye Philadelphia Athletics muJackville. Munguva pfupi, inenge yose yeguta reFlorida rakanga richida kushongedza mabhigi makuru ebhora, sezvakangoitawo vatasviki uye vagari venguva yechando.
The St. Louis Browns haana kudzokera kuSt.
Petersburg muna 1915, asi vaFirladelphia Phillies vakaita kuti vave imba yavo. Apo vakakunda vose asi imwe yemitambo yavo yekutanga yekutanga uye vakaramba vachikunda National League pennant, iyo yose asi yakasimbiswa mukurumbira weSt. Petersburg's uye Florida sechimwe chinhu chinoshamisa chekudzidzisa. Yakanga iri pedyo nenguva ino iyo League yeGrapefruit yakagadzirwa.
Muzvose, makumi matatu nemashanu nzvimbo dzakasiyana dzeFlorida dzave dzakaita mutambo wekudzidzira. Maguta ane makore akawanda ekudzidziswa kwegore ndeaya: St. Petersburg naTampa, makore 89; Bradenton uye Clearwater, makore 78; Lakeland, makore 77; Sarasota, makore makumi manomwe; Fort Myers, makore makumi matanhatu; West Palm Beach, makore makumi matanhatu; Orlando, makore makumi matanhatu; Vero Beach, makore makumi matanhatu; uye, Winter Winter, makore 57. * Kutaura zvazviri, mugore ra2011, Lakeland yakapemberera makore makumi manomwe neDetroit Tigers - iyo yakareba kwenguva refu ukama huripo pakati pekugara kweguta uye hurukuro yebhoti baseball. Chimwe chinoshamisa chemakore makumi mashanu emakore iwayo chave chichishandiswa panhandare imwechete - Joker Marchant Stadium. Mukuwedzera, kune rimwe tsime rinodzidziswa nzvimbo, Roger Dean Stadium muJupiter, iyo ine mauto maviri - St. Louis Cardinals & Miami Marlins. Ndiyo chete nzvimbo inowanikwa kuFlorida yakagadzirirwa kugadzirira mapoka maviri makuru emakwikwi.
Kubva muna 2016, Florida Grapefruit League Spring Training inosanganisira mapoka nemahofisi anotevera:
- Atlanta Braves - Disney World
- Baltimore Orioles - Sarasota
- Boston Red Sox - Fort Myers
- Detroit Tigers - Lakeland
- Houston Astros - Kissimmee
- Miami Marlins - Jupiter
- Minnesota Twins - Fort Myers
- New York Mets - Port St. Lucie
- New York Yankees - Tampa
- Philadelphia Phillies - Clearwater
- Pittsburg Pirates - Bradenton
- St. Louis Cardinal - Jupiter
- Tampa Bay Rays - Port Charlotte
- Toronto Blue Jays - Dunedin
- Washington Nationals - Vierra
Mazano:
- Mitikiti kune mamwe mapurogiramu emitambo ekudzidzira anotengesa mberi. Usavimba nokutenga matikiti pabhokisi rebhoppark box pazuva rekusetsa pasina kutumidza kutanga.
- Mitikiti inoshandiswa inosiyana neboka uye nzvimbo (chengetedza mapoka ega ega tsime rekudzidzisa nzvimbo panzvimbo yepamusoro). Chengetedza mari nokutenga matikiti emwaka kana maviri-kana, mana-kana, kana matanhatu-yezvikwata zvetikiti. Zvizhinji zveizvi zvinokubvumira kuti utore mitsva mbiri, ina kana mitanhatu waungada kupinda; kunyange zvazvo vamwe varipo chete kune mamwe mimwe mitambo yakataurwa.
- Zvose-iwe-unogona-kutora matikiti apo inowanika ichachengetedzawo mari. Kusiyana kunoitika zvichienderana nebhoppark, asi vazhinji vanosanganisira chigaro chakachengetwa, hotdogs, popcorn, nacho, tsime inonwa uye mvura yakabhoderedzwa.
- Mazhinji ballparks haazobvumiri vanhu vanononoka, zvikwama, mabhodhoro egirazi, zvokudya, makani kana zvombo.
- Kazhinji bhopparks inobvumira masambula maduku, mabhezi ezvigaro zveberm uye makamera.
- Mazhinji ballparks anonamatira kune rumwe rudzi rwekuchengetedzwa chekuchengeteka pavanopinda gedhi.
* Maererano neFlorida's Grapefruit League History naRaymond Arsenault.