FEATURE STORY
Grapefruit League
spring training schedule:
Plan your 2007 Florida
golf/baseball vacation
From Staff Reports
Heading South for a Florida golf vacation? Love baseball too? Well, this is your time of year! Spring Training action in Florida's Grapefruit League offers fans the chance to get up close and personal with big leaguers, including the World Champion St. Louis Cardinals! Mix in great weather and visits to a few Florida golf courses and you've got the perfect spring break.
As Florida baseball fans (as well as longtime Spring Training pilgrims) know, the Sunshine State's teams are clustered in three main areas.
Southeast Florida, the area from Fort Lauderdale in the south to Melbourne in the north, hosts the Baltimore Orioles (Fort Lauderdale), the St. Louis Cardinals and Florida Marlins in Jupiter, the New York Mets in Port Saint Lucie, the Los Angeles Dodgers in Vero Beach, and the Washington Nationals (Melbourne).
Florida's Gulf Coast hosts the New York Yankees in Tampa, the Boston Red Sox and Minnesota Twins in Fort Myers, the Philadelphia Phillies in Clearwater, the Tampa Devil Rays in St. Petersburg, the Cincinnati Reds in Bradenton and the Toronto Blue Jays in Dunedin.
And Central Florida is home to the Cleveland Indians in Winter Haven, the Houston Astros and Atlanta Braves in the Orlando area (Kissimmee, to be exact), and the Detroit Tigers in Lakeland.
Here's a schedule of Spring Training games for the 2007 season:
Spring Training schedule: Feb. 26
Florida Atlantic University at St. Louis Cardinals
Spring Training schedule: Feb. 27
Florida Southern at Detroit Tigers
Spring Training schedule: Feb. 28
Georgia Tech at Atlanta Braves
Minnesota Twins at Boston Red Sox
Detroit Tigers at N.Y. Mets
FSU at Philadelphia Phillies
MCC at Pittsburgh Pirates
Florida Marlins at St. Louis Cardinals
Spring Training schedule: March 1
L.A. Dodgers at Atlanta Braves
Northeastern University at Boston Red Sox
Houston Astros at Cleveland Indians
Philadelphia Phillies at Detroit Tigers
Baltimore Orioles at Florida Marlins
St. Louis Cardinals at N.Y. Mets
Minnesota Twins at N.Y. Yankees
Cincinnati Reds at Pittsburgh Pirates
Boston Red Sox at Toronto Blue Jays
Spring Training schedule: March 2
Pittsburgh Pirates at Atlanta Braves
Florida Marlins at Baltimore Orioles
Boston College at Boston Red Sox
Toronto Blue Jays at Boston Red Sox
Detroit Tigers at Houston Astros
Washington Nationals at L.A. Dodgers
Cincinnati Reds at Minnesota Twins
Cleveland Indians at Philadelphia Phillies
N.Y. Mets at St. Louis Cardinals
N.Y. Yankees at Tampa Bay Devil Rays
Spring Training schedule: March 3
Houston Astros at Atlanta Braves
Philadelphia Phillies at Boston Red Sox
Minnesota Twins at Cincinnati Reds
Cleveland Indians at Detroit Tigers
L.A. Dodgers at N.Y. Mets
Pittsburgh Pirates at N.Y. Yankees
Florida Marlins at St. Louis Cardinals
Tampa Bay Devil Rays at Toronto Blue Jays
Baltimore Orioles at Washington Nationals
Spring Training schedule: March 4
N.Y. Mets at Baltimore Orioles
Detroit Tigers at Cleveland Indians
St. Louis Cardinals at Florida Marlins
Washington Nationals at Houston Astros
Atlanta Braves at L.A. Dodgers
Boston Red Sox at Minnesota Twins
N.Y. Yankees at Philadelphia Phillies
Cincinnati Reds at Pittsburgh Pirates
Toronto Blue Jays at Tampa Bay Devil Rays
L.A. Dodgers at Washington Nationals
Spring Training schedule: March 5
Washington Nationals at Atlanta Braves
Baltimore Orioles at Florida Marlins
L.A. Dodgers at Boston Red Sox
Philadelphia Phillies at Cincinnati Reds
Cleveland Indians at N.Y. Mets
Detroit Tigers at N.Y. Yankees
Houston Astros at St. Louis Cardinals
Minnesota Twins at Tampa Bay Devil Rays
Pittsburgh Pirates at Toronto Blue Jays
Spring Training schedule: March 6
St. Louis Cardinals at Baltimore Orioles
N.Y. Yankees at Cleveland Indians
Toronto Blue Jays at Detroit Tigers
Boston Red Sox at Florida Marlins
N.Y. Mets at Houston Astros
L.A. Dodgers at Minnesota Twins
Philadelphia Phillies at Pittsburgh Pirates
Cincinnati Reds at Tampa Bay Devil Rays
Atlanta Braves at Washington Nationals
Spring Training schedule: March 7
N.Y. Mets at Boston Red Sox
Atlanta Braves at Detroit Tigers
Baltimore Orioles at Florida Marlins
L.A. Dodgers at Florida Marlins
Washington Nationals at Houston Astros
St. Louis Cardinals at L.A. Dodgers
Pittsburgh Pirates at Minnesota Twins
Cincinnati Reds at N.Y. Yankees
Toronto Blue Jays at Philadelphia Phillies
Cleveland Indians at Tampa Bay Devil Rays
Spring Training schedule: March 8
N.Y. Yankees at Atlanta Braves
Toronto Blue Jays at Boston Red Sox
Detroit Tigers at Cincinnati Reds
Philadelphia Phillies at Cleveland Indians
Florida Marlins at L.A. Dodgers
Boston Red Sox at Minnesota Twins
Baltimore Orioles at N.Y. Mets
Tampa Bay Devil Rays at Pittsburgh Pirates
Minnesota Twins at St. Louis Cardinals
Houston Astros at Washington Nationals
Spring Training schedule: March 9
Washington Nationals at Baltimore Orioles
Cleveland Indians at Cincinnati Reds
Pittsburgh Pirates at Cleveland Indians
Minnesota Twins at L.A. Dodgers
Detroit Tigers at N.Y. Mets
Tampa Bay Devil Rays at N.Y. Yankees
Boston Red Sox at Philadelphia Phillies
Atlanta Braves at Pittsburgh Pirates
Florida Marlins at St. Louis Cardinals
Houston Astros at Toronto Blue Jays
Spring Training schedule: March 10
Toronto Blue Jays at Atlanta Braves
St. Louis Cardinals at Baltimore Orioles
Cincinnati Reds at Cleveland Indians
Boston Red Sox at Detroit Tigers
L.A. Dodgers at Florida Marlins
Philadelphia Phillies at Houston Astros
Florida Marlins at L.A. Dodgers
Tampa Bay Devil Rays at Minnesota Twins
N.Y. Yankees at Pittsburgh Pirates
Philadelphia Phillies at Tampa Bay Devil Rays
N.Y. Mets at Washington Nationals
Spring Training schedule: March 11
Baltimore Orioles at Boston Red Sox
Pittsburgh Pirates at Cincinnati Reds
N.Y. Mets at Detroit Tigers
Washington Nationals at L.A. Dodgers
Florida Marlins at N.Y. Mets
Cleveland Indians at N.Y. Yankees
Detroit Tigers at Philadelphia Phillies
Atlanta Braves at St. Louis Cardinals
Houston Astros at Tampa Bay Devil Rays
Minnesota Twins at Toronto Blue Jays
Spring Training schedule: March 12
L.A. Dodgers at Baltimore Orioles
N.Y. Yankees at Boston Red Sox
Toronto Blue Jays at Cincinnati Reds
Florida Marlins at Minnesota Twins
Houston Astros at Philadelphia Phillies
Cleveland Indians at Pittsburgh Pirates
Atlanta Braves at St. Louis Cardinals
Detroit Tigers at Tampa Bay Devil Rays
N.Y. Mets at Washington Nationals
Spring Training schedule: March 13
Houston Astros at Atlanta Braves
N.Y. Mets at Cleveland Indians
Baltimore Orioles at Florida Marlins
Detroit Tigers at L.A. Dodgers
St. Louis Cardinals at Minnesota Twins
Cincinnati Reds at N.Y. Yankees
Philadelphia Phillies at Tampa Bay Devil Rays
Boston Red Sox at Toronto Blue Jays
Spring Training schedule: March 14
Florida Marlins at Baltimore Orioles
Pittsburgh Pirates at Boston Red Sox
Tampa Bay Devil Rays at Cincinnati Reds
Toronto Blue Jays at Cleveland Indians
N.Y. Mets at Detroit Tigers
Atlanta Braves at Houston Astros
Minnesota Twins at N.Y. Yankees
Washington Nationals at St. Louis Cardinals
Cleveland Indians at Toronto Blue Jays
Spring Training schedule: March 15
Pittsburgh Pirates at Cincinnati Reds
Tampa Bay Devil Rays at Cleveland Indians
Florida Marlins at Houston Astros
Washington Nationals at L.A. Dodgers
Baltimore Orioles at Minnesota Twins
Boston Red Sox at N.Y. Mets
Atlanta Braves at N.Y. Yankees
Toronto Blue Jays at Philadelphia Phillies
Cincinnati Reds at Pittsburgh Pirates
L.A. Dodgers at St. Louis Cardinals
Detroit Tigers at Washington Nationals
Spring Training schedule: March 16
St. Louis Cardinals at Atlanta Braves
Minnesota Twins at Baltimore Orioles
Toronto Blue Jays at Cincinnati Reds
Washington Nationals at Cleveland Indians
Philadelphia Phillies at Detroit Tigers
N.Y. Mets at Florida Marlins
N.Y. Yankees at Houston Astros
Boston Red Sox at L.A. Dodgers
Pittsburgh Pirates at Tampa Bay Devil Rays
Spring Training schedule: March 17
St. Louis Cardinals at Atlanta Braves
N.Y. Mets at Baltimore Orioles
Cincinnati Reds at Boston Red Sox
Baltimore Orioles at Florida Marlins
Houston Astros at L.A. Dodgers
Washington Nationals at N.Y. Mets
N.Y. Yankees at Philadelphia Phillies
Minnesota Twins at Pittsburgh Pirates
Cleveland Indians at Tampa Bay Devil Rays
Detroit Tigers at Toronto Blue Jays
Spring Training schedule: March 18
Detroit Tigers at Atlanta Braves
Boston Red Sox at Baltimore Orioles
Atlanta Braves at Cincinnati Reds
L.A. Dodgers at Cleveland Indians
Tampa Bay Devil Rays at Detroit Tigers
Toronto Blue Jays at Houston Astros
Philadelphia Phillies at Minnesota Twins
Pittsburgh Pirates at N.Y. Yankees
N.Y. Mets at St. Louis Cardinals
Washington Nationals at Florida Marlins
Spring Training schedule: March 19
Cleveland Indians at Atlanta Braves
Cincinnati Reds at Detroit Tigers
Houston Astros at Florida Marlins
St. Louis Cardinals at L.A. Dodgers
Pittsburgh Pirates at Philadelphia Phillies
N.Y. Yankees at Toronto Blue Jays
L.A. Dodgers at Washington Nationals
Spring Training schedule: March 20
Minnesota Twins at Boston Red Sox
Washington Nationals at Florida Marlins
St. Louis Cardinals at L.A. Dodgers
Baltimore Orioles at N.Y. Mets
Philadelphia Phillies at N.Y. Yankees
Detroit Tigers at Pittsburgh Pirates
Cleveland Indians at Tampa Bay Devil Rays
Spring Training schedule: March 21
Tampa Bay Devil Rays at Houston Astros
N.Y. Mets at L.A. Dodgers
Cincinnati Reds at Minnesota Twins
Boston Red Sox at Pittsburgh Pirates
Baltimore Orioles at St. Louis Cardinals
Philadelphia Phillies at Toronto Blue Jays
Atlanta Braves at Washington Nationals
Spring Training schedule: March 22
N.Y. Mets at Atlanta Braves
N.Y. Yankees at Cincinnati Reds
Cleveland Indians at Detroit Tigers
Washington Nationals at Houston Astros
Baltimore Orioles at L.A. Dodgers
Boston Red Sox at Philadelphia Phillies
Florida Marlins at St. Louis Cardinals
Minnesota Twins at Tampa Bay Devil Rays
Pittsburgh Pirates at Toronto Blue Jays
Spring Training schedule: March 23
Baltimore Orioles at Boston Red Sox
Houston Astros at Cleveland Indians
L.A. Dodgers at Florida Marlins
Toronto Blue Jays at Minnesota Twins
St. Louis Cardinals at N.Y. Mets
Atlanta Braves at Philadelphia Phillies
N.Y. Yankees at Pittsburgh Pirates
Cincinnati Reds at Tampa Bay Devil Rays
Detroit Tigers at Washington Nationals
Spring Training schedule: March 24
L.A. Dodgers at Baltimore Orioles
Philadelphia Phillies at Cincinnati Reds
Atlanta Braves at Cleveland Indians
Atlanta Braves at Detroit Tigers
N.Y. Mets at Florida Marlins
Detroit Tigers at Houston Astros
Pittsburgh Pirates at Minnesota Twins
Baltimore Orioles at N.Y. Mets
Toronto Blue Jays at N.Y. Yankees
Boston Red Sox at Tampa Bay Devil Rays
St. Louis Cardinals at Washington Nationals
Spring Training schedule: March 25
Washington Nationals at Atlanta Braves
Florida Marlins at Boston Red Sox
N.Y. Yankees at Detroit Tigers
Cleveland Indians at L.A. Dodgers
Houston Astros at N.Y. Mets
Minnesota Twins at Philadelphia Phillies
Tampa Bay Devil Rays at Pittsburgh Pirates
Baltimore Orioles at St. Louis Cardinals
Cincinnati Reds at Toronto Blue Jays
Spring Training schedule: March 26
Boston Red Sox at Cincinnati Reds
Tampa Bay Devil Rays at Cleveland Indians
Washington Nationals at Detroit Tigers
St. Louis Cardinals at Florida Marlins
Atlanta Braves at Houston Astros
Baltimore Orioles at Minnesota Twins
L.A. Dodgers at N.Y. Mets
Philadelphia Phillies at N.Y. Yankees
Toronto Blue Jays at Pittsburgh Pirates
Spring Training schedule: March 27
Detroit Tigers at Atlanta Braves
Florida Marlins at Baltimore Orioles
Pittsburgh Pirates at Boston Red Sox
Cleveland Indians at Houston Astros
N.Y. Yankees at Minnesota Twins
Cincinnati Reds at Philadelphia Phillies
L.A. Dodgers at St. Louis Cardinals
Tampa Bay Devil Rays at Toronto Blue Jays
N.Y. Mets at Washington Nationals
Spring Training schedule: March 28
St. Louis Cardinals at Baltimore Orioles
Toronto Blue Jays at Cleveland Indians
L.A. Dodgers at Detroit Tigers
Washington Nationals at Florida Marlins
Boston Red Sox at Minnesota Twins
Atlanta Braves at N.Y. Mets
Houston Astros at N.Y. Yankees
Tampa Bay Devil Rays at Philadelphia Phillies
Cincinnati Reds at Pittsburgh Pirates
Spring Training schedule: March 29
Cleveland Indians at Atlanta Braves
Tampa Bay Devil Rays at Boston Red Sox
Minnesota Twins at Cincinnati Reds
Houston Astros at Detroit Tigers
St. Louis Cardinals at Florida Marlins
L.A. Angels at L.A. Dodgers (Dodger Stadium)
N.Y. Mets at L.A. Dodgers
Philadelphia Phillies at Pittsburgh Pirates
Houston Astros at Round Rock Express
N.Y. Yankees at Toronto Blue Jays
Baltimore Orioles at Washington Nationals (Cooper Stadium)
Spring Training schedule: March 30
Chicago White Sox at Atlanta Braves (Turner Field)
Washington Nationals at Baltimore Orioles (Harbor Park)
Tampa Bay Devil Rays at Cincinnati Reds
Toronto Blue Jays at Cleveland Indians
N.Y. Yankees at Detroit Tigers
KC at Houston Astros (Minute Maid Park)
L.A. Angels at L.A. Dodgers (Dodger Stadium)
St. Louis Cardinals at Memphis Redbirds (AutoZone Park)
Florida Marlins at N.Y. Mets
Boston Red Sox at Philadelphia Phillies (Citizens Bank Park)
Minnesota Twins at Pittsburgh Pirates
Spring Training schedule: March 31
Chicago White Sox at Atlanta Braves (Turner Field)
Florida Marlins at Cincinnati Reds (Fifth Third Field)
KC at Houston Astros (Minute Maid Park)
L.A. Dodgers at L.A. Angels (Angel Stadium)
Detroit Tigers at N.Y. Yankees
Boston Red Sox at Philadelphia Phillies (Citizens Bank Park)
Pittsburgh Pirates at Minnesota Twins
Cleveland Indians at St. Louis Cardinals (AutoZone Park)
N.Y. Mets at Tampa Bay Devil Rays (Tropicana Field)
Cincinnati Reds at Toronto Blue Jays
Baltimore Orioles at Washington Nationals (RFK Stadium)
Any opinions expressed above are those of the writer and do not necessarily represent the views of the management. The information in this story was accurate at the time of publication. All contact information, directions and prices should be confirmed directly with the golf course or resort before making reservations and/or travel plans.
