Usher Jane Matson gets seats at Ed Smith Stadium ready for fans attending the 2025 spring training season opener between the Orioles and the Pirates in Sarasota, Florida, on Saturday. (Kenneth K.

New York Yankees Aaron Judge takes the field during his spring training game against the Houston Astros at George M. Steinbrenner Field in Tampa, Florida. March 1, 2025. Credit: Newsday/Thomas A.

There is almost no better way to get ready for the upcoming MLB season than to attend spring training. Since Feb. 20, spring training has been taking place at various different ballparks in Arizona ...

They’re the two words that herald the coming of spring, the promise of warm sunshine and long days, the sound of bat-on-ball and the return of the boys of summer: play ball!After months of waiting and ...

Long before I got to go to spring training for my job, I went to spring training as a fan. And as a fan who grew up in Georgia, spring training meant a trip down to Florida. I think I’d been to the ...