Talk:Spring training
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[edit] Question
What sort of games are played? How competitive is it? Choalbaton 15:45, 20 January 2006 (UTC)
- the games are generally just like any other baseball game. some exceptions: the game can end in a tie if both managers agree, more players are used, sometimes the team plays two different games at once (twenty-some-odd players go to an away part while the rest play at home; referred to as a split-squad game). the records have no effect on the regular major league baseball season or the post-season. the games are competitive, but one major reason for spring training is to give the less-established players a chance to try out for the major-league team (which is limited to 25 players at the end of March). consequently, the players with little or no experience and the veterans who are still trying to play major-league ball past their prime will try a bit harder. the established players--the ones who know they're going to make the team--sometimes use spring to work on specific skills. for example, an established fireballing closer who knows only one pitch will try to work on offspeed stuff. hope that helped. Streamless 15:16, 2 March 2006 (UTC)
What exactly are the cactus and grapfruit leagues? How did they get their names? --69.114.73.180 14:15, 15 June 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Perfect Game
If anything, the tidbit about the perfect game is relevant to an article on perfect games. A perfect game isn't noteworthy for the part of the season in which it is accomplished, it's noteworthy unto itself. The trivia is rambling and does nothing to elucidate spring training. JPeetey 13:13, 22 Februrary 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Geographical split
Is it worth mentioning that the Grapefruit league is predominantly eastern teams while the Cactus league is predominantly western terms? Daveharr (talk) 19:50, 6 March 2008 (UTC)
