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Intro to Spring Training

Welcome back to Baseline! Spring Training is here! We discuss a bit.

It turns out:

• There’s two spring training leagues, one in Florida and one in Arizona.
  • They’re called the Cactus League and the Grapefruit League.
• Teams in one league don’t travel to play teams in the other.
• Spring training games don’t matter.

The point of Spring Training is to GET YOLKED and prepare for baseball that counts.

Here’s why they go to other states.

Here’s the article Kyle referenced.

How to Watch/Listen to Spring Training Baseball (and Baseball In General)

Andrew was thwarted by MLB from listening to the first Reds spring training game, but this has been sorted out at press time.

Meanwhile, Kyle has the hookup from YouTube TV. But, it doesn’t have radio broadcasts. So, MLB At Bat is called for.

Kyle’s Game-Watching Experience

Kyle watched the Mariners play the Athletics in an airport bar. We break it down in considerable detail.

How Baseball Scores Work

If you are somehow less familiar with baseball than Andrew, we go over how baseball scores (the “box score”) are reported, and what it all means.

We also discuss what the point of spring training is, and how it helps in determining starting lineups and rosters.

We decided to watch the upcoming (at time of recording) game between the Giants and the Reds and report back on the next episode. And we decided to set up an MLB.TV subscription.

Genius’ Glossary of Baseball Terms

Movie List Updates

Updates to our Letterboxd movie list and name suggestions for the movie segment. We decide that it will be called Extra Innings.

Letterboxd List Updates

Suggested by Ultranurd:

• The Natural

Suggested by bwernt:

• Soul of the Game
• The Bingo Long-Traveling All-Stars & Motor Kings
• A League of Their Own
• Eight Men Out

Suggested by Haroldina:

• Little Big League

Thanks for the suggestions! You can always send more to movies@baseline.show.

Team of the Week & Closer

This week’s Team of the Week is the Carolina Mudcats, who have decided to temporarily rename themselves the Carolina Micro Brews for four games this season to recognize their connection with the Milwaukee Brewers.

Check out that branding, tho.

Send TOTW suggestions to teamoftheweek@baseline.show.

As always, send topics and feedback to topics@baseline.show.

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Thanks for listening!