Show Spring Training Quinn Kimball Sports Editor At the beginning of every baseball season every Major League Baseball team spends r roughly one month in preparation This month is IS called called Spring Training a month of excitement for every baseball enthusiast and lover of the outdoors Players who play now in in the Majors go o to fine tune their skills skins wile while younger players layers skulls try to prove their skills 10 in order to sign a contract to play in in the big leagues Of the 30 baseball teams that make up the 12 travel to Arizona Anzona while the remaining 18 make Florida their home in March After Spring Training the teams will return to their cities for games of summer base base- ball Hopes to play playoff ball in October can be felt felt by every player For the thc fans Spring Training poses a 1 perfect opportunity to achieve sever severa a at goals The fan walks through the thc tunnel at the ballpark following the light The light is almost symbolic as brightens the way towards every fans fan's dream baseball games As the fan exits out the opposite side of the tunnel tunnel tunnel tun tun- nel a welcoming sun warmly warmly warmly warm warm- ly greets them on their face and smell of green grass in inthe inthe inthe the air sensations almost forgotten since the end of last season During this month fans like those in in Utah who dont don't have a team in their city go goto goto goto to see perhaps their favorite team Also so many teams have facilities in such a small area thus allowing the fan to watch many different teams play without having to travel long distances Perhaps the greatest advantage about Spring Training is is that it engenders a love for Tor lOr a game that has represented America for over years For this national nation nation- al pastime the beginning comes once a year in in 10 Arizona or Florida Baseball is much more than a game It Itis Itis Itis is more than winning and losing To look around and just watch the look on those who attend one may come cometo to understand what makes baseball so loved The regular season will begin in in the first week of April and those fields used in Spring Training will remain empty for the tIle next 11 months The thousands who spent their theirs spring ring watching that baseball that doesn't even count in the regular season return to watch on T. T TV V or goto go goto goto to buy tickets to watch the tIle Cubs in Chica Chicago o or the Yankees in New York The next time someone says baseball begins in in April one who knows better can softly smile and shake their head as they correct the evil party We can tell them baseball baseball baseball base base- ball begins every spring in in Arizona and Florida Flonda |