I-Grapefruit League ilethela i-baseball nabalandeli eFlorida njalo entwasahlobo!
Ukuqeqeshwa kwentwasahlobo yaseFlorida kubuyele emuva eminyakeni yokuqala yekhulu lama-20 - kuqala ngomdlalo wokubukisa ngo-1908 phakathi kweReds Cincinnati kanye neSt. Petersburg Saints. Ngo-1913, iChicago Cubs yafika eTampa isimemo seMeya uDB McKay ... futhi, yilapho sisho khona ukuthi wonke umlando. Isikhathi sasehlobo saseFlorida sasingeke siphinde sibe khona ngaphandle kwemibono nemisindo yezintandokazi ezithandwayo zaseMelika.
Ngo-Ephreli 19, i-Plant Field yaseTampa - enyakatho yeTampa Bay Hotel enhle futhi ekhangayo (okwamanje iYunivesithi yaseTampa) yiyona eyayiyibona imisebenzi yokuqeqeshwa kwe-Cubs yokuqala. Ngemva kwesonto, umdlalo wokuqala womdlalo wezemidlalo emithathu ngokumelene namaCubs kanye neqembu lezinkanyezi zaseCuban, i-Havana Athletics yakhipha isixuku esikhulu kunabo bonke abazobona umcimbi wezemidlalo eTampa Bay. I-Chicago Cubs yaqhubeka isula lolo chungechunge.
Amaqembu amabili kuphela amaqembu e-baseball aqeqeshwa eFlorida ngo-1913 - amaCubs eTampa namaNdiya aseCleveland ePensacola. Ngonyaka olandelayo, i-baseball yayiphindwe kabili eFlorida neChicago Cubs eTampa, eSt. Louis Browns eSt. Petersburg, eSt. Louis Cardinals eSt. Augustine nasePhiladelphia Athletics e-Jacksonville. Ngokushesha, cishe wonke amadolobha aseFlorida ayezama ukuheha amakilabhu amakhulu ebhola, njengoba nje enza izivakashi nezakhamuzi zasebusika.
I-St. Louis Browns ayizange ibuyele eSt.
EPetersburg ngo-1915, kodwa amaFilladelphia Phillies enza kube yindlu yabo yasentwasahlobo. Lapho bewina wonke umdlalo wabo owodwa wokuqala futhi baqhubeka banqoba i-National League pennant, konke kubizwa ngokuthi idumela likaSt. Petersburg neFlorida njengengxenye engavamile yokuqeqesha. Kwakuyizungeze ngalesi sikhathi lapho i- Grapefruit League yaqala khona.
Kuzo zonke izizinda ezahlukene zeFlorida ezihlukene ezingama-35 ziye zaqhuba ukuqeqeshwa kwentwasahlobo. Imizi enezinsuku eziningi zokuqeqeshwa kwentwasahlobo yilezi: USt. Petersburg noTampa, iminyaka engu-89; UBradenton no-Clearwater, iminyaka engu-78; Lakeland, iminyaka engu-77; Sarasota, iminyaka engu-76; Fort Myers, iminyaka engu-66; West Palm Beach, iminyaka engu-65; I-Orlando, iminyaka engu-64; I-Vero Beach, iminyaka engu-60; futhi, i-Winter Haven, iminyaka engu-57. * Eqinisweni, ngo-2011, iLakeland yagubha iminyaka engu-75 neDetroit Tigers - ubuhlobo obuhlala isikhathi eside phakathi komuzi wamanje kanye neqembu elikhulu league lezemidlalo. Iminyaka engu-49 yalowo mdlalo isetshenziswe enkundleni efanayo - iJoker Marchant Stadium. Ngaphezu kwalokho, kukhona indawo eyodwa yokuqeqeshwa kwentwasahlobo, uRoger Dean Stadium eJupiter, enezinkampani ezimbili - iSt. Louis Cardinal kanye neMiami Marlins. Yona kuphela indawo eFlorida eyenziwe ngokukhethekile yokwakha amaqembu amakhulu amabili eqembu.
Kusukela ngo-2016, i- Florida's Grapefruit League Spring Training ihlanganisa amaqembu nezindawo ezilandelayo:
- I-Atlanta Braves - Disney World
- I-Baltimore Orioles - I-Sarasota
- I-Boston Red Sox - i-Fort Myers
- Detroit Tigers - Lakeland
- I-Houston Astros - Kissimmee
- UMiami Marlins - Jupiter
- Amaminithi ama-Minnesota - i-Fort Myers
- I-New York Mets - iPort St. Lucie
- New York Yankees - Tampa
- I-Philadelphia Phillies - I-Clearwater
- I-Pittsburg Pirates - Bradenton
- St. Louis Cardinal - Jupiter
- I-Tampa Bay Rays - iPort Charlotte
- I-Toronto Blue Jays - Dunedin
- Washington Nationals - Vierra
Amathiphu:
- Amathikithi eminye imidlalo yokuqeqeshwa kwentwasahlobo athengisa kusengaphambili. Ungaxhomeki ekuthengeni amathikithi ebhokisini lebhokisi lebhola lebhokisi lezinsuku ngosuku lomdlalo ngaphandle kokubiza kuqala.
- Izinketho zamathikithi ziyahlukahluka eqenjini nendawo (hlola amaqembu ngamunye isayithi ngalinye lokuqeqeshwa kwentwasahlobo ukuze uthole imininingwane). Londoloza imali ngokuthenga amathikithi enkathi noma ezimbili-for, ezine-for, noma eziyisithupha-izinhlelo zamathikithi. Iningi lalawo likuvumela ukuba ukhethe imidlalo emibili, emine noma eyisithupha ongathanda ukuyiyo; nakuba ezinye zitholakala kuphela emidlalweni ethile.
- Wonke amathikithi angayidla lapho kutholakala khona futhi azogcina imali. Izinguquko zenzeka ngokwebhola le-ballpark, kodwa iningi lifaka isihlalo esiphezulu, ama-hotdogs, ama-popcorn, ama-nas, iziphuzo zamanzi namabhodlela.
- Iningi le-ballparks ngeke livumele ama-cooler, ama-backpacks, amabhodlela e-glass, ukudla, amathini noma izikhali.
- Ama-ballparks amaningi avumela izambulela ezincane, izingubo zokufaka izihlalo ze-berm namakhamera.
- Iningi le-ballparks lihambisana nhlobo uhlobo lokuhlola esangweni esangweni lokungena.
* Ngokomlando we-Florida's Grapefruit League History kaRaymond Arsenault.