Chain Of Lakes Park in Winter Haven, Florida

Chain Of Lakes Park (also known as Chain O’ Lakes Park) is located at 500 Cletus Allen Drive in Winter Haven, Florida. The ballpark opened in 1966 as the spring training home of the Boston Red Sox. The Red Sox previously had trained in Payne Park in Sarasota, Florida, from 1933 until 1958, with the exception of the war…

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Goodbye Tucson

A fully packed stadium at Hi Corbett Field

Tucson helped usher in the Cactus League when Bill Veeck brought his recently-acquired Cleveland Indians to Hi Corbett Field to train in 1947. On March 31, 2010, 54 spring seasons later, the Colorado Rockies played their final spring training game in this historic ball park. Although there may be one-off spring training games played in…

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