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50 years ago, the Hank Aaron ‘zoo’ invaded WPB before final assault on Babe Ruth's home run record
FIFTY YEARS AGO , on one of the final days of spring training, Henry Aaron was struck in the head by a baseball at West Palm Beach...
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Mar 31, 20248 min read
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Spring training renovations delayed until 2025 as Marlins, Cardinals revise Jupiter stadium 'facelift'
THE MIAMI MARLINS and St. Louis Cardinals won’t start work on a $108 million renovation of their shared spring training facility in...
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Mar 5, 20244 min read
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The day Brooks Robinson stuck around with a young photographer in West Palm Beach
IN THE PHOTOGRAPH, the Baltimore Orioles star Brooks Robinson is standing on a baseball field, holding a bat and looking at the camera...
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Sep 29, 20236 min read
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Paul Anka tribute singer records all the hits (and runs and outs) at spring training in Jupiter
WITH ALL DUE respect to the St. Louis Cardinals and Miami Marlins, no one at Roger Dean Chevrolet Stadium turns a spring training double...
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Feb 22, 20238 min read
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Cardinals, Marlins ready for construction 'headaches' with $108 million spring training makeover
BATTING HELMETS WON’T be the only hard hats worn around Roger Dean Chevrolet Stadium over the next few years. The Miami Marlins and St....
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Feb 8, 20237 min read
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Remembering Joan Newark, baseball's brightest spring training star
BETWEEN FRED MCGRIFF getting elected to the Hall of Fame and Justin Verlander signing a two-year deal with the Mets, there’s been no...
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Dec 7, 20228 min read
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Gil Hodges, 50 years after his tragic death in West Palm Beach, is finally joining baseball’s elite
FIFTY YEARS AGO , on the eve of the 1972 season, Major League Baseball players went on strike for the first time in modern history. The...
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Mar 30, 202211 min read
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