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LIFESTYLE / SPRING TRAINING<br />
CACTUS LEAGUE<br />
ARIZONA<br />
Arizona Diamondbacks<br />
Chicago Cubs<br />
Chicago White Sox<br />
Cincinnati Reds<br />
Cleveland Indians<br />
Colorado Rockies<br />
Kansas City Royals<br />
Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim<br />
Los Angeles Dodgers<br />
Milwaukee Brewers<br />
Oakland Athletics<br />
San Diego Padres<br />
San Francisco Giants<br />
Seattle Mariners<br />
Texas Rangers<br />
before Opening Day of the regular season,<br />
traditionally the first week of April. In<br />
some years, teams not scheduled to play on<br />
Opening Day will play spring training games<br />
that day. Pitchers and catchers report to<br />
spring training first because pitchers benefit<br />
from a longer training period. A few days<br />
later, position players arrive and team practice<br />
begins. Team members normally wear their<br />
batting practice uniforms for the duration of<br />
spring training and only wear their normal<br />
jerseys beginning on Opening Day.<br />
AS A FRESH SEASON APPROACHES, we’re<br />
excited to see what our favorite team looks<br />
like for the upcoming season. High hopes<br />
the new players acquired in trade deals will<br />
perhaps be the missing link the team may<br />
desperately need or the season veteran has<br />
come back fully recovered from his injury<br />
that kept him out most if not all of last<br />
season. Nonetheless, we are optimistic and<br />
ready to don our favorite sports gear and<br />
head to the ballpark.<br />
Recently, I traveled to Arizona, where<br />
the teams of the Cactus league practice. First<br />
stop was catching up with the World Series<br />
champions, the Chicago Cubs.<br />
Wow, Cubbies fans are truly one-of-akind.<br />
I arrived at Sloan Field on a Monday,<br />
thinking on my drive over, traffic shouldn’t<br />
be to bad; it’s a Monday after all. Well to my<br />
surprise, the traffic was backed up for several<br />
miles leading up to the ballpark. Tailgaters<br />
had their areas all set up ready to party<br />
before the game. Just as you would see on<br />
any given football Sunday.<br />
If that wasn’t impressive enough, inside<br />
Sloan Field replicates a mini version of<br />
Chicago’s Wrigley Field. From brats with all<br />
the toppings to Giordano’s Pizza to Old Style<br />
Light up your night,<br />
with Embers<br />
(513) 984-8090<br />
embersrestaurant.com<br />
8170 Montgomery Road<br />
54 <strong>ULTIMATE</strong> / MARCH-APRIL 2017
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