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.

Spring is coming in fast, which means baseball fans are flocking to Florida to catch MLB spring training. That includes Port St. Lucie, where the New York Mets play their preseason games. Clover Park ...

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 are many clear, if subtle, differences in demeanor, vibe, and approach to the game by New York’s two baseball teams, all of them mirrored by the cities in which they train each spring. Tampa is ...

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 ...

Growing up in New York City, there are a few things I never imagined myself doing, like driving a car, living in a house or attending big high school games like the ones I’d seen on TV. Yet in the ...