Angels Spring Training Schedule


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Angels Spring Training Schedule

Angels Spring Training Schedule

The first Baseball Spring Training was held in 1870 when the Cincinnati and Chicago ball clubs of the defunct National Association held baseball camps in New Orleans. The purpose of the camps was to find new prospects, help the veterans get into shape and to scrimmage local teams. The experiment did not catch on immediately, however. For the next twenty years, most teams trained locally simply because it was cheaper for owners. As time went on, however, and as owners realized that they could get players in shape and earn money at the same time, several teams held their Baseball Spring Training sessions on the road by combining pre-season workouts and scrimmages with road exhibition games.

By 1890, many teams were training and playing on the road during the month of March. However, training was not held at one centralized facility as it is today. Players traveled between train stops at night and played day games against local colleges, semi-pro teams and even other major league teams. Attendees flocked to these baseball preseason games because most of them were played in southern cities and towns that did not have their own professional teams. Fans knew this was their one chance all year to see pro baseball at its best. These traveling road shows were called “barnstorming tours” and went through most of Arkansas, Mississippi and Georgia.