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Are 105-Degree Days Coming to the Cactus League? Spring Training Could Turn to Summer in Arizona
Record-breaking temperatures could exceed 105°F during spring training while MLB owners threaten a lockout over rising player salaries, risking disruption to future seasons.
- On Wednesday, Arizona spring training resumed with fans seeking autographs while billionaire MLB owners threaten a lockout on Dec. 1 over rising salaries.
- Many spring-training games start at 1:10 p.m., leaving activity in peak heat while clubs control scheduling and the long-standing trip east to Peoria remains a tradition.
- Bobby Witt Jr. crushed a 3-run homer and Elly De La Cruz seamlessly turned a double play, while players faced autograph-seeking crowds during practice.
- Torey Lovullo, Arizona Diamondbacks manager, said the team may alter schedules to keep MLB players healthy as even well-conditioned athletes might struggle in extreme heat, with teams able to move day games to night.
- Next week forecasts show a roughly 55% chance of temperatures rising above 105, increasing to 70% on March 19 and 85% on March 20, with broad exposure as fifteen MLB teams train in Phoenix.
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Are 105-degree days coming to the Cactus League? Spring training could turn to summer in Arizona
A day of fun in the sun for a Major League Baseball spring training game in the Cactus League looks like it’s about to get toasty — even by Arizona standards.
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A paean to spring: 33 years of visiting Arizona baseball training
PEORIA, Ariz. – The trip east from San Diego to Peoria on I-8 has become almost a yearly jaunt over the last three-plus decades — buggy drives (mosquitoes plastered all over the windshield) on the 85, scary drives back through snow in the Laguna Mountains. The sounds of baseball after four months being away; the sights of the bright green grass and kids trying to get autographs from their Major League heroes; the sounds of ease and recreation re…
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