PORT CHARLOTTE, Fla. — Pitchers and catchers are back, signaling another Opening Day is not too far ahead. But first comes the state's annual rite of spring, Major League Baseball's Spring Training ...
When Bill Veeck was planning to sign Larry Doby, the American League's first Black player, to integrate his Cleveland baseball team in 1947, the club was still training in Florida. To escape the harsh ...
PORT CHARLOTTE, Fla. — There have been a ton of smiles this week at the Charlotte Sports Complex, the spring training home of the Tampa Bay Rays, as pitchers and catchers reported. Perhaps the ...