I-Grapefruit League izisa i-baseball kunye nabalandeli eFlorida nganye intshukumo!
Ukuqeqeshwa kwentwasahlobo yaseFlorida kubuyela kwiminyaka yokuqala yekhulu lemashumi mabini - eqala ngomdlalo wemboniso ngo-1908 phakathi kweCincinnati Reds kunye ne-semi-pro pro St. Petersburg. Ngomnyaka we-1913, iChicago Cubs yafika eTampa kwisimemo soMeya uDB McKay ... kwaye, yilapho sithetha khona yonke imbali. Uhlobo lwaseFlorida aluyi kuphinda lube ngaphandle kwezinto kunye nezandi zentandokazi yaseMelika.
Ngomhla ka-Febhuwari 19, iTown Field Plant - enyakatho yeTampa Bay Hotel (enokuthi yiYunivesithi yaseTampa) yiyona nto yabonwa yiCubs yokuqala yokuqeqeshwa kwentwasahlobo. Emva kweveki kamva, umdlalo wokuqala wechungechunge lwemidlalo emithathu ngokubhekiselele kwiCubs kunye neqela leenkwenkwezi zaseCuban, i-Havana Athletics yathatha isihlwele esikhulu kunazo zonke ukuba sibheke umcimbi wezemidlalo eTampa Bay. I-Chicago Cubs yaqhubeka yatshitshisa loo machungechunge.
Amaqela amakhulu amabini e-baseball aqeqeshwa eFlorida ngo-1913-iiCubs eTampa kunye namaNdiya aseCleveland ePensacola. Ngomnyaka ozayo, i-baseball iphindwe kabili kwiFlorida kunye neChicago Cubs eTampa, eSt. Louis Browns eSt. Petersburg, eSt. Louis Cardinals eSt. Augustine nasePhiladelphia Athletics e-Jacksonville. Kungekudala, phantse yonke idolophu yaseFlorida yayifuna ukukhwela iiklabhu zebhola zebhola, njengokuba zivakhenkethi nabahlali basebusika.
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I-Petersburg ngowe-1915, kodwa amaFilladelphia Phillies enza ukuba ibe yintsapho. Xa bephumelele konke kodwa omnye wemidlalo yabo yokuqala ye-15 kwaye baqhubela phambili ukuphumelela i-National League pennant, bonke bawunqamle igama likaSt. Petersburg kunye neFlorida njengomhlaba ongaqhelekanga woqeqesho. Kwakuku malunga nelo xesha i- League of Grapefruit League yenzeke.
Kuzo zonke iindawo ze-Florida ezahlukeneyo zenze i-spring training. Iidolophu ezinezona zininzi zokuqeqeshwa kwentwasahlobo zi: iSt. Petersburg kunye neTampa, iminyaka engama-89; UBradenton no-Clearwater, iminyaka engama-78; Lakeland, iminyaka engama-77; Sarasota, iminyaka engama-76; Fort Myers, iminyaka engama-66; West Palm Beach, iminyaka engama-65; Orlando, iminyaka engama-64; I-Beach yaseVero, iminyaka engama-60; kunye ne-Winter Haven, iminyaka engama-57. * Enyanisweni, ngo-2011, iLakeland yagubha iminyaka engama-75 kunye neDetroit Tigers - ubuhlobo obude kunabo bonke phakathi komzi okhoyo ngoku kunye neqela eliphambili lebhola lebhola. 49 engummangaliso kuloo minyaka sele isetyenzisiwe kwindibano efanayo - iJoker Marchant Stadium. Ukongezelela, kukho indawo yokuqeqeshwa kolunye uhlobo, uRoger Dean Stadium eJupiter, eneenkampani ezimbini - iSt. Louis Cardinal kunye neMiami Marlins. Yona kuphela indawo eFlorida eyenzelwe ngokukhethekileyo ukulungiselela izindlu ezimbini ezinkulu zeligi.
Ngo-2016, iFlorida ye-Grapefruit League Spring Training iquka amaqela kunye neendawo ezilandelayo:
- Atlanta Braves - Disney World
- Baltimore Orioles - Sarasota
- I-Boston Red Sox - Fort Myers
- Detroit Tigers - Lakeland
- Houston Astros - Kissimmee
- Miami Marlins - Jupiter
- Minnesota Twins - Fort Myers
- IMets New York - iPort St. Lucie
- ENew York Yankees - iTampa
- Philadelphia Phillies - Clearwater
- Pittsburg Pirates - Bradenton
- St. Louis Cardinal - Jupiter
- I-Tampa Bay Rays - iPort Charlotte
- I-Toronto Blue Jays - iDededin
- Washington Nationals - Vierra
Iingcebiso:
- Iikitikiti kwimidlalo ethile yokuqeqeshwa kwentwasahlobo ithengisa kwangaphambili. Ungaxhomekeke ekuthengeni itekiti kwibhokisi yebhokisi lebhokisi lebhokisi ngosuku lomdlalo ngaphandle kokubiza okokuqala.
- Ukukhethwa kwetikiti kuyahluka kwiqela kunye nendawo (jonga iikomiti nganye nganye kwindawo yokuqeqeshwa kwentwasahlobo ngeenkcukacha). Gcina imali ngokuthenga amathikithi enkcubeko okanye ezimbini-ezine, ezine-for, okanye ezintandathu-zokulungiselela iikiti zamatethi. Uninzi lwezi zivumela ukuba ukhethe imidlalo emibini, emine okanye emithandathu onokuthanda ukuya kuyo; nangona ezinye zifumaneka kuphela kwimidlalo ethile ekhankanywe.
- Yonke ityiti-enokuyidla ithikithi apho iyafumaneka nayo iya kulondoloza imali. Utshintsho luyenzeka ngokwebhola yebhola, kodwa ezininzi zibandakanya isihlalo esibekelweyo, i-hotdogs, i-popcorn, i-nas, iziphuzo zamanzi kunye namanzi amabhodlela.
- Ininzi ye-ballparks ayiyi kuvumela ama-coolers, iimpahla zokugada, iibhotile zeglasi, ukutya, iikhenki okanye izixhobo.
- Ininzi ye-ballparks ivumela iibrale ezincinane, iingubo zeberm zokuhlala kunye neekhamera.
- Ininzi ye-ballparks ihambelana noluhlobo oluthile lokukhusela isango kwindawo yesango.
* Ngokutsho kweMbali yeCrapefruit League History kaRaymond Arsenault.